Vascular aging and vascular blockage are common health hazards in middle-aged and elderly people, and they are often the precursors of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
When people reach a certain age, the elasticity of blood vessels gradually declines, blood circulation is not smooth, and blood clots are easy to form, and once the blood vessels are blocked, it may lead to cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diet is an important means to maintain health, prevent and treat diseases, and a reasonable diet can effectively unblock blood vessels and prevent blood vessel blockage.
Ginger is one of the commonly used ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine diet, known as the "long of a hundred medicines", it has the effects of diaphoresis and surface relief, temperature and nausea, dampness and cold.
Modern studies have found that gingerol and other ingredients contained in ginger can promote blood circulation and prevent platelet aggregation, thereby playing a role in preventing blood vessel blockage.
Below, we will introduce 3 kinds of "ginger plus one thing" recipes, each of which can help middle-aged and elderly people unblock blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
First, ginger and garlic
Ingredients: 30 grams of ginger, 30 grams of garlic, appropriate amount of water
Steps:
Step 1: First, cut the ginger into small slices, crush the garlic, and then put them together in a blender to squeeze into juice.
Step 2: Strain out the residue to leave only the juice, and then put the juice and lemon apple cider vinegar into the pot and boil.
Step 3: Boil them on low heat for half an hour, and after cooling, you can put them in a container prepared in advance, and it is best to drink them on an empty stomach every morning.
Tips: The combination of allicin in garlic and gingerol in ginger can play a role in dissipating cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, helping to reduce blood lipids and prevent blood vessel blockage.
Second, ginger vinegar
Ingredients: 200g ginger, 500ml rice vinegar
Steps:
Step 1: Wash and slice the ginger, dry it, put the ginger slices into a clean glass bottle, pour in rice vinegar until the ginger slices are covered.
Step 2: Seal well, place in a cool place, and soak for more than 7 days before eating.
Tips: Vinegar can soften blood vessels, ginger vinegar not only has a mellow taste, but also invigorates blood circulation and dispels blood stasis, promotes blood circulation, and reduces the risk of blood vessel blockage.
Third, fungus jujube ginger soup
Ingredients: 30 grams of ginger, 50 grams of black fungus, 10 jujubes, appropriate amount of water
Steps:
Step 1: Soak the black fungus in water in advance, wash the jujube and remove the pit, and wash and slice the ginger for later use.
Step 2: Put all the ingredients into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 30 minutes, turn off the heat, and drink after a little cooling.
Tips: Black fungus can clear blood and prevent blood clots, jujube can nourish blood and calm the nerves, and cooperate with ginger's warm yang and cold dissipation effect to jointly fight blood vessel aging and prevent blood vessel blockage.
Summary: Middle-aged and elderly people should also pay attention to a balanced diet, avoid high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, and increase the intake of vegetables and fruits, so as to better protect blood vessels and stay away from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Doctor's advice: Moderate exercise and maintaining a good attitude are also the key to preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and a healthy lifestyle coupled with a reasonable diet can make "cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction detour" and enjoy a healthy life in old age.
Source: Xu Dabai