Buddha's hand - Good medicine for digestive diseases

After Tet, many people do not know what to do with Buddha's hand or use it carelessly, so it is a waste. Actually, it is a medicinal herb used a lot in oriental medicine.

Buddha's hand fruit, translated as "Buddha's hand fruit", has a spiritual meaning, also known as happiness - longevity - orange, and is a symbol of luck. Buddha's hand has a beautiful appearance and bright color, emitting a fragrant and long-lasting aroma, so it has a solemn position in the Tet fruit tray on the ancestral altar. After Tet, many people do not know what to do with Buddha's hand or use it haphazardly, so it is very wasteful. In fact, Buddha's hand is a medicine used a lot in Oriental medicine.

Buddha's hand has the scientific name Citrus medica var. sarcodactilis (Noot) Swingle. The citrus family (Rutaceae). Buddha's hand fruit used as medicine must be picked when the skin is still green or yellow, sliced ​​lengthwise, dried (Buddha's hand slices) and stored in a sealed container.

According to Oriental medicine, Buddha's hand is warm, spicy, bitter, and sour. It affects the spleen and lung meridians. It regulates the body's qi, harmonizes the middle, strengthens the stomach, reduces cough, and clears phlegm. Use 3-6g per day in powder and decoction form. It is used to treat liver and stomach diseases, chest tightness, shortness of breath, bloating, nausea, poor digestion, and cough with phlegm. The Buddha's hand tree's stem, leaves, and fruit peel all contain essential oils and active ingredients such as lisnonoid, hesperosides, etc.; many vitamins B1, B6, B12, C, E, etc., and minerals such as zinc, calcium, iron, and selenium.

Buddha's hand is also called "Buddha's hand".

Some medicinal recipes with Buddha's hand

Gastrointestinal diseases

Loss of appetite, indigestion, chest and rib pain, nausea, phlegm, back pain: 30g Buddha's hand fruit, 5 liters of wine. Slice Buddha's hand fruit, drain, and soak in wine. Can be taken out every 5 days to drink, 15 - 20ml each time before dinner.

Treat poor digestion and indigestion: 50g Buddha's hand fruit, thinly sliced ​​and dried, 12g Sichuan pepper, 12g cardamom, 12g fennel. Grind all ingredients into powder, mix with warm boiled water and drink. Twice a day.

Strengthen the spleen and aid digestion: 15g rice, 100g rock sugar. Cook Buddha's hand to get the water, then cook porridge to eat in the morning.

Stomach ache due to cold: 15g dried Buddha's hand, 30g roasted rice. Boil and drink 3 times a day.

Belching: Fresh Buddha's hand peel soaked in sugar, chew a little at a time and swallow.

Gastric and duodenal ulcers: Cook 30g of Buddha's hand root with enough pig stomach to eat.

Cure liver and stomach pain: 10g fresh Buddha's hand fruit, 6g tangerine peel, boil in water to drink. Or 10g Buddha's hand flower, 10g cyperus rotundus, 6g aconite, 15g cardamom, 15g white peony, 3g licorice, boil in water to drink.

Respiratory diseases

Cure cough, asthma, phlegm, shortness of breath: Buddha's hand fruit 9 - 15g, ginger peel 5 - 9g, patchouli leaves 9g. Boil to get water to drink.

Tonsillitis: Buddha's hand flower 10g, rose 10g, wallflower 10g, apricot flower 6g. Boil in water to gargle or drink.

Cure chronic bronchitis: 1-2 fresh Buddha's hand, finely chopped, put in a large bowl with enough malt sugar, boil in a double boiler until Buddha's hand is soft. Use for 3 weeks, eat a large spoonful each time.

In addition, Buddha's hand is also used as medicine to treat some diseases:

Menstrual cramps: 30g fresh Buddha's hand, 6g angelica, 6g fresh ginger, 30g rice wine, enough water. Boil and drink.

Vaginal discharge:Buddha's hand 30g, young pig intestines about 0.5 - 1m long. Cook until done and eat continuously for 5-7 days.

Lower digestive diseases (diabetes, cloudy urine…): Buddha's hand root 15 - 25g, 1 set of small pig intestines. Cook well before eating.

Epileptic: 30g Buddha's hand root, 1 clean white-feathered hen, simmer until cooked. Drink the water and eat the chicken.

Cure for hangover: 30g fresh Buddha's hand. Boil in water to drink.

Note: People with heat and yin deficiency should not use./.

According to Health and Life