Post Date December, 03 2023
Gorgon fruit is commonly known as chicken head rice by ordinary people. It is a nourishing and strong traditional Chinese medicine with the same origin of medicine and food. Winter is the best time to invigorate the kidney and spleen. Frequently taking Congee with Gorgon Euryale Fruit will achieve unexpected results.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the fruit of Euryale ferox has a sweet, astringent taste, and a smooth nature. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, and benefiting the kidney and consolidating essence. As stated in the "Shennong Classic of Materia Medica", "Nourishing the middle part of the body... invigorating the vital energy, strengthening the will, making one's ears and eyes smart, keeping one's body light without hunger, and enduring aging after a long time of consumption." The "Materia Medica from the New Era" says that it can "nourish the spleen and strengthen the kidney, assist the qi and astringent essence, treat dreamy and slippery essence, relieve heat and alcohol poisoning, treat turbid and diarrhea, and relieve urination."
There are many records in ancient medical books that Congee is cooked with the fruit of Gorgon Euryale. For example, "Shijian Materia Medica", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and so on all record the prescription of "Congee with fruit of Gorgon Euryale", saying that its long serving "benefits essence, strengthens ambition, is smart in ears and eyes, is clear in the five zang organs, and is good in color". According to modern research, every 100 grams of Euryale contains 32 grams of carbohydrates, 4.4 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 9 mg of calcium, 110 mg of phosphorus, 0.4 mg of iron, 0.4 mg of thiamine, 0.08 mg of riboflavin, 2.5 mg of nicotinic acid, vitamin C6, and trace carotene. This shows that there is a certain scientific basis for using the fruit of Gorgon as a strong nourishing product in traditional Chinese medicine.
In winter, you can take 30g of Gorgon Euryale, 5 Jujubes and 50g of rice with porridge, once every other day. For excessive nocturnal urination due to kidney deficiency, chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, and five night diarrhea due to yang deficiency of spleen and kidney, you can fry the fruit of Euryale ferox in the pot until it is slightly yellow, and then cook porridge every day, with the dosage of about 50g each time, once a day. After stir-frying, the fruit of the gorgon sauce has a slightly warm nature, a fragrant aroma, and an enhanced effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the spleen.
(Intern Editor: Liu Jinhao)
