Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Raw eating involves no cooking and I agree, but I have always wondered about chinese herbs in which you cook them. I guess you could soak them to extract the nutrients but would take longer. Are the herbs tainted if cooked or are they still beneficial. I have not read any Raw food books talk about this. And also chinese herbs have helped many people with their conditions with the cooked herbs so I am wondering if it was the herbs or was it that they improved their diet instead or was it a combination of the 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Sometimes I use Chinese Tonic Herbs. I do not cook them however, I powder them down and add to my food, smoothies, etc. Some are preheated though, like rhemannia but most are raw I believe. Shira Raw eating involves no cooking and I agree, but I have always wondered about chinese herbs in which you cook them. I guess you could soak them to extract the nutrients but would take longer. Are the herbs tainted if cooked or are they still beneficial. I have not read any Raw food books talk about this. And also chinese herbs have helped many people with their conditions with the cooked herbs so I am wondering if it was the herbs or was it that they improved their diet instead or was it a combination of the 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 lin chi mushroom (reishi) and ho shu wu (fo ti) can be powdered, but it takes a lot of grinding. However the wolfberry can be eaten raw. Finding it raw is another problem as it usually comes partly dried like a raisin. Shizandra berries come the same way. rusty - " vitalvisions " <vitalvisions <rawfood > Monday, January 19, 2004 7:21 PM Re: [Raw Food] Chinese Herbs > Sometimes I use Chinese Tonic Herbs. I do not cook them however, I powder them down and add to my food, smoothies, etc. Some are preheated though, like rhemannia but most are raw I believe. > Shira > > Raw eating involves no cooking and I agree, but I have always > wondered about chinese herbs in which you cook them. I guess you > could soak them to extract the nutrients but would take longer. Are > the herbs tainted if cooked or are they still beneficial. I have not > read any Raw food books talk about this. And also chinese herbs have > helped many people with their conditions with the cooked herbs so I > am wondering if it was the herbs or was it that they improved their > diet instead or was it a combination of the 2? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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