How to make Tianma pig brain soup and its effects

The ancients said: What you eat nourishes what you eat. Whether it is true or not, Gastrodia elata and pig brain do have the effect of nourishing the brain. They can dispel wind, treat dizziness, headache, and neurasthenia. People who often use their brains can drink Gastrodia elata and pig brain soup to nourish their brains.

Preparation method

Method 1:

raw material

15 grams of Gastrodia elata, a handful of pig brain marrow, a few wolfberries, scallions, ginger slices, cooking wine, pepper water, sugar, MSG, sesame oil, and salt in appropriate amounts.

Cooking steps

1. Wash the Gastrodia elata, put it in a bowl, add cooking wine and sugar, steam it for about 40 minutes, take it out and slice it.

2. Put the pig brain into a casserole, add pepper water, green onion, ginger slices, salt and boiling water, and stew over high heat.

3. Remove the scallion and ginger slices, add Gastrodia elata slices and MSG, bring to a boil and drizzle with sesame oil.

Method 2:

15 grams of Gastrodia elata and 1 pig brain.

Wash and slice the Gastrodia elata, and wash the pig brain. Put the pig brain and Gastrodia elata slices into an enamel basin and stew them over water until cooked.

Main effects of pig brain stewed with Gastrodia elata

1. Dispel cold, open the orifices, dredge blood vessels, calm the nerves and nourish.

2. Suitable for high blood pressure, dizziness, neurasthenia, hemiplegia caused by cerebrovascular accident and language disorders, etc.;

Gastrodia elata

1. Analgesic effect: The Tianma injection made from Tianma has obvious analgesic effect on trigeminal neuralgia, vascular neurosis headache, cerebrovascular disease headache, toxic polyneuritis, etc.

2. Sedative effect: Some medical institutions use synthetic gastrodin (Gastrodin) to treat patients with neurasthenia and neurasthenia syndrome, with an effective rate of 89.44% and 86.87% respectively. It can also inhibit the central stimulant effect caused by caffeine and enhance the sleep time effect of pentobarbital.

3. Anti-convulsion effect: Gastrodia elata has certain therapeutic effects on facial nerve spasms, limb numbness, hemiplegia, epilepsy, etc. It can also relieve smooth muscle spasms, angina pectoris, and cholangitis.

4. Blood pressure lowering effect: Gastrodia elata can treat high blood pressure. Long-term use can calm the liver and replenish qi, benefit the waist and knees, strengthen the tendons and bones, and increase peripheral and coronary blood flow, which has a protective effect on the heart.

5. Improve eyesight and enhance intelligence: Gastrodia elata can improve eyesight and significantly enhance memory. Gastrodia elata has a significant protective and regulatory effect on the human brain nervous system and can enhance the resolution of the optic nerve. It has been used as a brain health food or brain health medicine for high-altitude pilots. Japan uses Gastrodia elata injection to treat Alzheimer's disease, with an effective rate of 81%.

Pig Brain

Pig brain contains more calcium, phosphorus and iron than pork, but the cholesterol content is extremely high, with 100 grams of pig brain containing up to 3,100 mg of cholesterol. The cholesterol content in pig brain is the highest among common foods.

Precautions for stewing pig brain with Tianma

1. The cholesterol content in pig brain is very high, so people with hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease should avoid eating it.

2. Do not eat pig brain with wine or salt.

3. Gastrodia elata should not be used together with Herba Cibotii Root, otherwise there is a risk of intestinal congestion.