1) Lily Gruel (Baihe Zhou)
INGREDIENTS
Lily, 30g
Rice, 50g
Crystal sugar, right amount
Cinnabar, 1g
PROCESS: Soak the lily in the water for half a day to debitterize, then add rice to boil until it is well-done, season it with crystal sugar for eating, twice a day, in the morning and in the evening. For serious patients, add cinnabar into the gruel, twice a day. Lily, which contains little amount of starch, fat, protein and micro-alkaloid (colchicin), has the effect of clearing heat and nourishing yin, moistening lungs and quiet the spirit. It’s the effective drugs with stringing and nourishing functions to treat neurasthenia.
2) Wheat Gruel (Xiaomai Zhou)
INGREDIENTS
Wheat, 100g
Chinese-date (Fructus Ziziphi Jujubae), 6
Polished round-grained rice, 00g
PROCESS: Wash wheat clean and boil in right amount of water for 20-30 minutes, take out the wheat, then add clean polished round-grained rice and denucleated Chinese-date to boil into gruel, once or twice a day, continuously take for 5-6 days. The smoothing nerves effect will be much better if add 10g fried Semen Ziziphi Spinosae into this gruel. It’s applicable to insomnia, palpitation and delirium due to heart-qi deficiency. It has the effect of quieting the heart and spirit, tonify spleen and stomach.
3) Semen Boitae Gruel (Boziren Zhou)
Semen Biotae (Baiziren), 10-15g
Honey, right amount
Polished round-grained rice, 50-100g
PROCESS: Make all the above ingredients into gruel for eating. It can moisten the intestines to improve defecation, nourish heart and smooth the nerves. It’s applicable to patients with palpitation, insomnia, amnesia and chronic constipation.
4) Sea Cucumber Gruel (Haishen Zhou)
INGREDIENTS
Sea cucumber, right amount
Polished round-grained rice or sticky rice, 100g
PROCESS: Soak sea cucumber in the water and wash it clean, cut into slices and boil until it is well-done, then add rice to make into gruel. It can tonify kidney, boost essence and nourish blood. It’s applicable to patients with essence and blood deficiency, weak constitution, kidney deficiency and frequent micturition. Continue to read TCM Treatment Evaluation for Neurasthenia.
