Spice, we can't do without it. It's needed for cooking, soup, and sometimes even medicine. Do you know what kinds of spices we often use? Let's get to know each other today!
What are the common spice plants? 1. Star anise, also known as anise, fennel and Daliao, is a woody plant. I like spices. It tastes sweet and fragrant. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. It is mainly used for animal raw materials such as burning, stewing, stewing, etc. Sometimes it's also used in vegetarian dishes. Such as stewed radish, stewed bean, etc. Star anise is the main seasoning in five spice powder. It is also the most important spice in brine.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: treating abdominal pain, relieving vomiting, regulating stomach, treating hernia, dispelling cold and dampness, soothing liver and warming stomach.
Star anise
2. Fennel (namely fennel seed), also known as fennel, grass fennel. It is a kind of herb of vanilla, which tastes fragrant. It tastes sweet and fragrant. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. The tender leaves of fennel can be used as stuffing for dumplings, but they are rarely used for seasoning. Fennel seed is mainly used for stewed and cooked poultry dishes or beans, peanuts, bean products, etc.
The taste, properties and functions of star anise are basically the same as those of star anise.
fennel
3. Cinnamon, also known as cinnamon, is the bark of cinnamon. It belongs to the woody plant of fragrant wood. I like spices. It tastes sweet and fragrant. It is usually used in combination with other drugs, but rarely used alone. It is mainly used for stewed, burned, boiled and simmered animal dishes. It is the main seasoning in brine.
Attribute: sexual heat, dry fire. Functions: Yigan, Tongjing, Xingxue, Quhan, dehumidification.
dried tangerine peel
4. Ramulus Cinnamomi, that is, the twigs of cinnamon tree, has the same taste, use, property and function as cinnamon, but not as strong as cinnamon.
Ramulus Cinnamomi
5. Fragrant leaves are the leaves of osmanthus. The taste, use, property and function are the same as cinnamon, but the taste is lighter.
Fragrant leaves
6. Shajiang, also known as Shannai, shanla. It belongs to vanilla herb. This food is full of spices. The taste is pungent and fragrant. It's OK to eat raw or cooked food. It is better to use it alone or in combination with other drugs. It is mainly used to cook, stew, simmer, roast and other animal dishes. It is often processed into powder and used in Cantonese cuisine.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: enter the spleen and stomach, open stasis, expel evil Qi, treat stomach cold and pain.
Alpinia officinalis
7. Angelica, a kind of herb of vanilla, tastes fragrant. It tastes sweet, bitter and fragrant. It is mainly used for stewing livestock or animal dishes. Because its taste is very strong, so the dosage is very small, otherwise, the dishes will be defeated.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: tonifying and activating blood, regulating qi and relieving exterior, treating irregular menstruation, leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, anemia, etc. It is a good medicine for gynecology.
Chinses angelica
8. Schizonepeta tenuifolia: it is a kind of herb of vanilla, which is a kind of spice. It is pungent and fragrant. It is not widely used. Sometimes it is used for cooking meat, mainly for cooking.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: into the lung and liver, Shufeng evil, clear head.
Herba schizonepetae
9. Perilla, a herb of vanilla, has dual-purpose. The taste is pungent and fragrant. It is not widely used. But it is used to stir fry snails. It tastes wonderful. Sometimes it is used to cook beef and mutton.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: relieving exterior and dispersing cold, regulating qi and harmonizing middle, eliminating phlegm and asthma, promoting meridians and activating collaterals. It can cure wind cold, fever and aversion to cold, cough and asthma, nausea and vomiting, fish eating crab poisoning, etc.
perilla frutescens crispa
10. Mentha haplocalyx is a herb of vanilla. Both taste and book. The taste is pungent and fragrant. It is mainly used for making drinks and sugar water, and sometimes for sweet dishes.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: clear leader, dispel wind and cold, benefit throat, moisten heart and lung, dispel bad breath.
Mint
11. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, also known as Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, is a woody plant. It tastes fragrant and is also a natural pigment. Its color is orange red or orange yellow. The taste is slightly bitter and light fragrant. It is not very useful. Sometimes it is used for seasoning of poultry or rice products. Generally, it is mainly used for color matching.
Attribute: cold nature. Function: clearing away heat and purging fire, clearing away heat of heart and lung, mainly treating fever and upset, red eyes, jaundice, hematemesis, bleeding, heat toxin, sore, etc.
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
12. Angelica dahurica is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent and fragrant. Generally, it is combined with other drugs. It is mainly used for stewed, roasted and simmered animal game dishes.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: dispel cold and dehumidification, detumescence and discharge pus, clear head.
Angelica dahurica
13. Cardamom is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent and fragrant. In combination with other drugs. It is commonly used in roast, stewed and simmered animal dishes.
Attributes: sexual heat, dry fire. Function: entering lung, dispersing pathogenic factors, breaking stagnation, harmonizing stomach and stopping vomiting.
Cardamom
14. Cardamom fragrans is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent, fragrant and slightly sweet. Combined with other drugs, it is mainly used in stewed, boiled, burned, stewed and simmered poultry and game dishes.
Attribute: sexual fever. Functions: it tastes stronger than cardamom, warms the stomach and warms the middle, cures cold and pain in the heart and abdomen, clears the chest and the diaphragm, treats vomiting, dryness and dampness, strengthens the spleen, and can relieve depression and phlegm internal toxin.
Cardamom fragrans
15. Nutmeg is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent, fragrant and bitter. Combined with other drugs, it is used for stewing livestock dishes.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: warm the middle and disperse the adverse, enter the stomach to remove pathogenic factors, lower Qi to move phlegm, thick intestines to stop diarrhea.
nutmeg
16. Caokuo is a kind of herb of vanilla. It tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent and fragrant. Combined with other drugs, it can be used for cooking, stewing, boiling, simmering and other meat dishes.
Attribute: sexual heat and dry fire. Function: break miasma Qi, send cold of spleen and stomach, cut off malaria and remove phlegm.
Tsaokuo
17. Curcuma longa is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent, fragrant and bitter. It is a kind of perfume with both color and flavor, which is not only a perfume, but also a natural pigment. Generally, it is mainly used for toning, combined with other drugs, for cattle and sheep dishes, and sometimes for chicken, duck, fish and shrimp dishes. It is also the main ingredient in curry powder and satay sauce.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: break Qi and blood stasis, dispel wind and cold, detumescence and pain.
turmeric
18. Amomum villosum is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent and fragrant. Combined with other drugs, it is mainly used for meat dishes or bean products such as burning, stewing, simmering and boiling.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: dispel cold and quicken Qi, stop vomiting, treat stomachache, eliminate stagnation and resolve phlegm.
Amomum villosum
19. Zingiber officinale is a kind of herb of vanilla, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent and fragrant. Combined with other drugs, it can be used for cooking, stewing, simmering and other dishes.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: in addition to cold, zhixinabdominalgia, sanni treatment, salivation and vomiting.
Zingiber officinale
20. Clove, also known as chicken tongue fragrance, is a woody plant of fragrant wood, which tastes fragrant. The taste is pungent, fragrant and bitter. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs. It is often used for steaming, burning, simmering, boiling, stewing and other dishes. Such as clove chicken, clove beef, clove tofu skin, etc. Because of its strong flavor, it can not be used more, otherwise, it will backfire.
Attribute: sex temperature. Function: Xuanzhong, Wenwei, Yishen, Zhuangyang, zhivomit.
clove
21. Zanthoxylum bungeanum, also known as Sichuan pepper, is not unique to Sichuan, nor is it a good product of Sichuan. It is produced in North China, Northwest China, central China and East China. Zanthoxylum is a woody plant. It tastes spicy, spicy and fragrant. All animal raw materials can be used. It can be used alone or in combination with other drugs, but it is mostly used in fried, boiled, stewed, roasted, fried dishes. In Sichuan cuisine, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is widely used.
Attribute: dispel cold in warm. Function: cold pain in stomach and stomach due to deficiency of spleen and stomach; Ascaris lumbricoides abdominal pain; Vomiting and diarrhea; Lung cold cough and asthma; Lung cold cough and asthma; Dental caries and toothache; Under the belt of Yin Yang; Eczema, itchy skin.
Sichuan Pepper
22. Cumin is spicy, spicy and fragrant. Usually single use, mainly used for roast, fried, fried mutton, beef, chicken, fish and other dishes. It is a kind of spice commonly used and preferred in Northwest China. Cumin is very strong and special. It is difficult for southerners to accept this flavor, so there are few cumin dishes in Southern cuisine.
Attribute: sexual fever. Function: Xuanfeng Quhan, warm stomach dehumidification.
Cumin
23. Pepper, a vine, tastes spicy. The taste is pungent and fragrant. All animal ingredients are available. Both soup and dishes are suitable. Because of its strong taste, the dosage is very small. It is often ground into powder. Pepper is widely used in Cantonese cuisine.
Attribute: sexual fever. Function: dispel cold, lower Qi, widen middle, dispel wind, remove phlegm. Note: pepper can produce sore, help fire, hurt Yin, stomach heat, avoid eating.
pepper
24. Liquorice, also known as sweet grass, is a kind of herbaceous plant. It tastes sweet and fragrant. It is mainly used for pickled products and pickled vegetables.
Attribute: sexual balance. Functions: harmonizing, detoxifying, invigorating qi and moistening lung, relieving cough, purging fire, stopping all pain, can treat Qi deficiency and fatigue, less food, loose stools, cough and asthma, sore throat, sore poisoning, abdominal and limb spasm and pain. Note: eating too much makes people vomit.
Licorice
25. Siraitia grosvenorii belongs to liana, which tastes fragrant. It tastes sweet. It is mainly used for stewed vegetables.
Attribute: cool. Functions: clearing away heat, detoxifying, invigorating Qi, moistening lung, reducing phlegm, relieving cough, relieving summer heat, producing fluid, clearing liver, clearing eyesight, moistening intestines, relieving stomach, can cure various diseases of respiratory system, digestive system and circulatory system, especially for bronchitis, acute and chronic pharyngitis, asthma, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases.
Momordica grosvenori
26. Citronella is a kind of vanilla herb, which tastes fragrant. It tastes fragrant and slightly sweet. It is usually ground into powder. Mainly used for barbecue dishes. It is also used to make compound sauces.
Attribute: cold nature. Function: reduce fire, benefit water, clear lung.
Citronella
Tangerine peel, that is, dried orange peel. It is a woody plant. I like spices. The taste is pungent, bitter and fragrant. It should be used alone or in combination with other drugs. It is mainly used for meat dishes such as burning, stewing, steaming and simmering. It is also used to make compound sauces.
Attribute: sex temperature. Functions: dispelling cold and removing dampness, regulating qi and dispersing adverse reactions, relieving cough and phlegm.
dried tangerine peel