Zhangjiajie's Three Treasures: Fern Root Powder
A fern species, taken dissolved in boiling water. Regular consumption helps reduce inflammation, lower internal heat, reduce blood pressure, and remove fat. Because 100% pure wild fern powder is rich in iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and other trace elements, abundant amino acids, and unique pharmacological properties, it is notably effective in lowering blood lipids, eliminating internal inflammation, reducing heat, and promoting diuresis. It is beneficial for diabetes, high blood pressure, weight loss, and beauty...
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It belongs to the fern family. Mix with boiling water and drink. Regular consumption has the functions of reducing inflammation, lowering internal heat, lowering blood pressure, and reducing fat. Because 100% pure wild fern powder is rich in multiple trace elements such as iron, calcium, potassium, and phosphorus, as well as abundant amino acids and unique pharmacological properties, it is especially notable for lowering blood lipids, eliminating inflammation in the body, and clearing heat and promoting diuresis. It is an ideal supplementary food for diabetes, high blood pressure, weight loss, and beauty care.
I. What is fern root powder?
"Fern root powder" looks like black vermicelli. It is a vermicelli food made from starch extracted from the roots of wild fern. Because the roots of wild fern are purple, the vermicelli made from them also becomes "black vermicelli." Fern root powder retains most of the nutrition in fern roots (starch jelly and vermicelli lose more nutrition compared with the raw material, and bean powder is not easy to digest), and the health benefits of "fern root" to the human body rank among the top among root and tuber foods. This is another example of the rule that the darker the color, the higher the nutrition.
II. The effects and ingredients of fern root powder:
Fern root powder is a natural wild plant that is both medicine and food. It can be used as medicine and eaten as food. It is rich in multiple trace elements such as iron, zinc, and selenium, as well as vitamins and multiple essential amino acids. Its VC content is as high as more than 28.6 mg per 100 grams. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that *fern root removes heat and detoxifies, promotes urination, induces sleep, and supplements the deficiencies of the five organs.* Fern root starch is a rare wild food that people have always greatly enjoyed. The raw materials of this product are collected from deep mountains, naturally wild and pollution-free, and refined from the root starch through modern techniques. It is another treasure among green health foods.
It is mainly composed of a special type of high-grade starch. The Compendium of Materia Medica once recorded that fern root has effects such as lubricating the intestines and relieving constipation, clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing fat and lowering blood pressure, promoting meridians and activating collaterals, descending qi and resolving phlegm, and helping sleep. It has the functions of "clearing heat and detoxifying, lowering blood pressure, and treating coronary heart disease." It also has good dietary therapeutic effects on sore throat, periodontitis, clearing internal heat, and diarrhea. Therefore, it is very suitable for elderly people as a therapeutic food and as a summer cold dish. It is an ideal nutritious product for the elderly, pregnant women, and children.
III. How to prepare fern root powder
1. Blanch in boiling water until there is no hard core left, then rinse with cold water (to make it chewy), and drain off the water.
2. Slice red chili peppers, slice pickled wild mountain peppers (available in supermarkets), and crush garlic and chop it into minced pieces.
Add vinegar, a little soy sauce (June Fresh is recommended), an appropriate amount of salt, a small spoonful of sugar, and then some of the liquid from the pickled mountain peppers, and mix well.
Put the chili peppers and minced garlic from earlier into the seasoning sauce and stir.
3. Pour the seasoning sauce from step 2 onto the fern root powder from step 1 and stir.
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