Regulate health gastrodia elata blume said

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Gastrodia elata and name them, and set the ghost mail the grass, and because of its stem such as wayfaring tree and red, red arrows the name. Legend tang clear huang LiLongJi every morning tone takes a cup red arrows powder, as a tonic to health care summit, and then the toward the principle politics. In sichuan, yunnan folk, "honey stains for fruit or cooking edible gastrodia elata" custom, it is said that can increase the intellectual man fit moisture, and wind.

        According to modern pharmaceutical research, gastrodia elata contain vanilla alcohol, sweet pod LAN aldehyde, gastrodia elata element, gastrodia elata polysaccharide, vitamin A kind material, nucleoside, crystalline material, NianYeZhi neutral and trace alkaloids etc, composition, sex flat, taste Kennedy, into the liver, XiFeng can have, the knee, the waist the effect of strong energy, to YanHei vertigo, head wind headache, numbness, half-paralyzed, language Jian astringent, infantile surprised, seizures wait for disease. In the past, people always think, gastrodia elata for the god of medicine to the wind, and ignore it, having the effect, the song dynasty famous doctors ShenKuo once said: "herbal top grade, in addition to five cheese, red arrows outside of the first, the fairy regulate health of top grade." The Ming dynasty famous traditional Chinese medicine experts LiShiZhen also think "compensation, gastrodia elata, the world first irrigation, the management of the wind, with good but also." This shows that not only can cure the wind can gastrodia elata, but also help sun be the spirit, the role of the blood, can be used for WuLaoQiShang, take profit for strength. Modern clinical studies showed that, gastrodia elata contain of gastrodia elata polysaccharide can increase the body's immune function, gastrodia elata injection can improve myocardial and brain nutrition blood quantity and improve the body hypoxia ability, to the treatment of alzheimer's disease, restore the old memory, improve blood circulation are elderly brain has good effect. In the market, YaoFan lawlessness in the potato tuber cooked with dry, purple jasmine root scrape off the cork is cooked, or dry with trumpets of RAMS 'horns gastrodia elata posing as quality goods gastrodia elata, when using, pay attention to identify.

        Now teach you "three see" to know what's true: a look genuine yellowish-white or yellowish brown for surface, translucent, often have light color of skin flake remains, the more the wrinkle, visible and not very few lines of obvious they arranged in a link on lines; 2 see top have red brown to dark brown sere bud, commonly known as "the parrot mouth"; Look at the other end have three disc type dent, commonly known as the "your belly button". In addition, can add iodine test, will grind to water soaking liquid at the end of gastrodia elata, try to join iodine fluid shows are for purple genuine. (HanDeCheng)