Codonopsis Pilosula (PDF)

It is a good Chinese medicine, and an upstart ingredient!The health is not based on treatment, but on health preservation.The "e;tonic food"e; is a new concept created with the "e;Chinese Herbal Medicine on the Table"e; series, leading the new trend of health and giving people health and vitality. Codonopsis pilosula is good to spleen and lungs, and can nourish blood and enrich the saliva.Its main functions include the treatment of the following indications: poor health and tiredness, low food intake and sloppy stool due to deficiency of qi in the middle warmer; shortness of breath and thirst due to impairment of both qi and the body fluid, as well as withered-yellow facial complexion, dizziness, and heart palpitations due to Qi and blood loss.In modern clinics, it is also used for the treatment of diseases such as anemia, leukemia and thrombocytopenia, primary aplastic anemia, thalassemia and neurosis.It can adjust gastrointestinal motility, antiulcer, enhance immune function, enhance hematopoietic function, resist stress, strengthen cardiac function, resist shock, regulate blood pressure, resist cardio-cerebral ischemia, improve blood rheology, have sedative hypnotic effect, improve memory, etc. The book also introduces the methods of identifying good codonopsis pilosula, its application in the kitchen, preservation and eating taboos, etc.; in particular, it emphasizes on more than 130 ways of eating for households.