Yanshan Sanqi [Yunnan Yanshan Specialty]

What is Yanshan Sanqi? Authentic Yunnan Yanshan specialty: Yanshan Sanqi

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Basic Introduction of Yanshan Sanqi

Sanqi is one of the earliest precious medicinal and edible plants used in China. It was first recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" and has been regarded as the "most precious among traditional Chinese medicines" and has been applied to this day, earning it the reputation of "gold cannot be exchanged"

1. The main root is conical or cylindrical in shape, with a length of 1-6cm and a diameter of 1-4cm. The surface is gray brown or gray yellow, with intermittent longitudinal wrinkles and root marks. There are stem marks at the top and tumor like protrusions around. Weight, solid texture, gray green, yellow green or gray white cross-section, with slightly radiating arrangement of wood. Qi is faint, taste bitter and sweet again

2. The reinforcing bars are cylindrical or conical in shape, with a length of 2-6cm, an upper diameter of about 0.8cm, and a lower diameter of about 0.3cm

3. The cut is irregularly wrinkled, blocky or strip-shaped, with several obvious stem marks and rings on the surface. The center of the section is gray green or white, and the edges are dark green or gray

Method of making Yanshan Sanqi

1. Sanqi: Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, and crush them when used

2. Sanqi powder: Take Sanqi, wash it, dry it, and grind it into fine powder

3. Cooked Sanqi: Take clean Sanqi and crush it into small pieces. Fry it in edible oil until the surface turns brown yellow. Take it out, drain off the oil, and grind it into fine powder

4. Sanqi slices: Take Sanqi, wash it, steam it through, take it out, slice it in time, and dry it