Ophiopogon, Dendrobium, Lotus Seed, Astragalus and Codonopsis can be used to stew chicken, which can benefit qi and nourish yin, benefit the stomach, nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and nourish the blood. However, in order to avoid taking it improperly and produce dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other adverse reactions, please take it under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not take it by yourself.
1. Ophiopogon, sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold in nature. It belongs to heart, lung and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of nourishing yin and generating fluids, moisturizing the lung and clearing the heart. It is used for dry cough, cough with deficiency of yin, paralysis of the throat (pharynx is red, swollen and painful, or dry, with a foreign body sensation, or pharyngeal itching and discomfort, difficulty in swallowing), sore throat, thirst due to injury of the body fluid, internal heat and thirst (internal fever accompanied by symptoms such as overeating, drinking and urinating), and so on.
2. Dendrobium, sweet flavor, slightly cold nature. It belongs to stomach and kidney meridian. It has the effect of benefiting the stomach and generating fluids, nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is used for heat illness, dry mouth and thirst, deficiency of stomach yin (deficiency of yin fluid in the stomach), and dry vomiting with little food.
3. Lotus seed, sweet and astringent in flavor, flat in nature. It belongs to spleen, kidney and heart meridians. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping leucorrhea, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind. It is used for diarrhea in spleen deficiency, and subluxation of the belt.
4. Astragalus, sweet in flavor, slightly warm in nature. It belongs to lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of tonifying qi and elevating yang, consolidating the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscle surface), inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. It is used in treating qi deficiency, loose stools (thin and unshaped feces), and sinking of the middle qi (deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, which results in the falling of the internal organs).
5. Codonopsis pilosula, sweet in flavor and flat in nature. It belongs to spleen and lung meridian. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs, nourishing blood and promoting the production of body fluid. It is used for spleen and lung qi deficiency, poor appetite and tiredness, cough and asthma, deficiency of qi and blood, and yellowish color.