The invention relates to a nutritious ingredient which consists of fennels, nutmegs, angelica dahurica, elecampane, liquorice, wide peppers, chinese cinnamon, hawthorn, star anise, spiceleaf, gardenia, green tangerine orange peels, galanga resurrectionlily rhizome, gingers, orange peels, Amomum villosum, flower bud of lily magnolia, galangal, etc. The nutritious ingredient has the important characteristic that the ingredient contains natural nutritious green environmental-protection plants as raw materials, and each raw material performs nutritional and health-protection functions by a scientific matching method. A proper amount of ingredients can be added to a dish which is cooked according to the quantity of the dish and the difference of taste, thereby increasing the appetites of eaters. A person can fully taste and absorb nutrients in the dish after eating the delicious dish cooked with the ingredient, thereby achieving the purposes of achieving physical fitness, preventing diseases, improving the health, strengthening the body, whitening skin, increasing appetites and prolonging life.