A lot of guiling paste on the market is made of guiling paste powder, which is not authentic at all, and the authentic guiling paste is made of tortoise shell, so how to boil the authentic guiling paste with tortoise shell?
How to boil Guiling ointment with tortoise shell
Method 1
Materials: a piece of tortoise shell, a kilogram of Smilax glabra, five coins of honeysuckle, five coins of chrysanthemum, one or two coins of raw land, one or two coins of Prunella vulgaris, three coins of Arnebia euchroma, moderate amount of herbal jelly and two coins of licorice.
Method:
1. Wash all the ingredients, put them into the pot, pour in clean water, put the ingredients (except the herb) into the pot, and boil for two hours.
2. Put in the herb and boil for half an hour.
3. Turn off the fire and take out the slag.
4. Pour the medicine juice into a bowl and freeze it into paste.
5. According to your own taste, add condensed milk or honey, and make delicious tortoise shell and guiling paste. How to boil Guiling ointment with tortoise shell
Method 2
Materials: 8 liang of tortoise shell, 2 liang of raw land, 2 liang of honeysuckle, 2 liang of Smilax glabra, 2 liang of herbal tea, 8 liang of Forsythia suspensa, 1 liang of chicken bone grass, 5 liang of dandelion, 8 liang of Atractylodes lancea, 5 Qian of tinea alba, 5 Qian of Fangfeng, 5 Qian of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 5 Qian of chamomile, 5 Qian of Lysimachia christinae, 10 liang of sticky rice flour and 2 liang of Yingsu flour.
Method:
1. the tortoise shells should be stewed for 10 hours with a stew cup or a pressure cooker. After cleaning all the ingredients, add 30 bowls of water to boil, and then slow down the foam.
2. Put the tortoise shells into a pot and boil them over medium heat to 15 bowls of water, then remove the dregs.
3. Take out 5 bowls of medicinal juice and let it cool; boil the remaining 10 bowls of medicinal juice and slow down.
4. Mix the cold medicine juice with sticky rice flour and Eagle corn flour to make a paste, and divide it into 15 bowls.
5. Use the rolling medicine juice to make the powder paste. Pay attention to the powder paste juice to mix well.
6. When eating, stir up Guiling cream, add condensed milk or honey, Osmanthus fragrans, fruits, etc. to eat together, which is nutritious and delicious.
How to solidify fresh tortoise shell and guiling paste
Generally, as long as the formula and the correct steps are followed, the fresh tortoise shell and guiling paste can naturally solidify in a low temperature environment, such as the refrigerator. Because the tortoise shell glue boiled out of the tortoise shell paste is not only of high nutritional value, but also contains animal collagen which will solidify in low temperature environment.
If guiling paste is not solidified in the refrigerator and cold dining room, it is due to excessive water, low temperature and inaccurate formula.
Efficacy and taboo of Guiling ointment
Efficacy of Guiling ointment
In fact, there are many formulations of Guiling ointment, but without exception, they all contain tortoise shell and poria cocos. Guiling ointment is also named because it contains these two ingredients. In addition, when boiling Guiling ointment, Rehmannia glutinosa, dandelion, honeysuckle and other traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat will be added.
Among them, tortoise shell is cold in nature, sweet and salty in taste, with the functions of nourishing yin and Yang, tonifying kidney and bone, nourishing blood and tonifying heart; Poria cocos is flat in nature, sweet and light in taste, which is beneficial to water infiltration, strengthening spleen and calming heart; in addition, some other Chinese herbal medicines with heat clearing effect have the functions of clearing heat and reducing fire, cooling blood and detoxifying, strengthening spleen and dampness, moistening intestines and defecating, beauty and beauty. It is suitable for people in hot summer and hot humid areas. People with fire, constipation and acne can also use Guiling ointment for dietotherapy. After eating barbecue, hot pot and other food, a bowl of Guiling ointment can also reduce fire.
Taboo of Guiling ointment
Due to the cold nature of Guiling ointment, people with weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite and thin stool should not eat it. Tortoise shell can stimulate the uterus, which may lead to abortion. Pregnant women should not eat it. Once there is abdominal pain, do not want to eat, diarrhea and other conditions, it should be stopped immediately.