Women use blood all their lives, and they lose a lot of blood every month during menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, etc., and blood is yin, which is why after middle age, the body is prone to blood deficiency and yin deficiency.
Especially after the age of 40, it is more obvious, the face is haggard, the menstrual period is disordered, wrinkles, pigmentation increases, dark circles, endocrine disorders, and even early menopause, these problems are inseparable from yin deficiency. The symptoms of menopause, including upset, irritability, insomnia, dreaminess, flushing, sweating, etc., are all due to the fact that the kidney yin has dropped to a certain level from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.
Therefore, nourishing yin and nourishing yin is an important homework for women, which is not only related to physical and mental health, but also the root cause of delaying aging and maintaining appearance.
However, nourishing yin and nourishing yin is not achieved overnight, it needs to be adhered to for a long time in daily life, so the method used must not only be effective, but also simple, convenient and ordinary, and white fungus is an ingredient that meets these conditions, very common, very cheap, but has an outstanding effect of nourishing yin.
Empress Dowager Cixi is considered a health expert, in that era when there were no hyaluronic acid, photorejuvenation and other medical beauty methods, her skin and hair in her old age far surpassed her peers, which has a lot to do with her attention to internal nourishment, and white fungus is her favorite, it is said that the first thing she does when she gets up every morning is to take a bowl of white fungus soup.
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Tremella fungus, flat in nature, sweet and light in taste, non-toxic, enters the lungs, stomach, kidneys, spleen, and five meridians of the large intestine.
Tremella fungus enters the kidney, which can fill and nourish the kidney yin.
Kidney yin is the yin of the body, so eating white fungus can also nourish the yin of the body.
Normally, after middle age, the kidney essence naturally declines, which is also the beginning of physical aging. The main bone of the kidney produces marrow, the essence and qi are deficient, the bone marrow cannot be metaplasia, the bone is not replenished, and the bone is weak and weak when the medullary is empty, and it will become very fragile. In Western medicine, it is said that calcium deficiency and osteoporosis begin in middle-aged and elderly people, which is a manifestation of kidney deficiency from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. The brain also needs the medulla to nourish in order to function normally, when the kidney essence is deficient, it will also lead to the lack of cerebral medulla, people will become poor memory, slow response, decreased energy, lack of concentration, and drowsiness.
Although the decrease in kidney essence is a natural law of life, we can make this process a little more relaxed. Taking a small bowl of white fungus every day to nourish our kidney essence will keep us young for longer, and even in menopause, various symptoms unique to menopause can be reduced a lot.
Tremella enters the lungs and can nourish the yin and moisten the lungs.
Lung washing and dryness, coughing, coughing and wheezing, especially the kind of cough that is bad for a long time, are all related to the lack of yin fluid in the lungs. The ability of white fungus to nourish yin and moisturize the lungs has a good conditioning effect on this.
In the "Identification of Revised Pseudo-Medicines", it is written: (Tremella fuciformis) "treats lung fever and dryness, dry cough and phlegm, hemorrhage, hemoptysis, and blood in the sputum." ""Decoction Pieces and New Ginseng" :(Tremella)" clears and replenishes lung yin, nourishes fluid, and cures cough. It is also recorded in the "Questions and Answers of Materia Medica" that Tremella fuciformis "treats dry mouth and lung impotence, phlegm depression and cough".
The lungs are the main fur, the essence of the lungs has the effect of moistening the fur, the lung yin is insufficient, the hair is dry, the skin is dry, the forehead lines, crow's feet, nasolabial folds will become more, insist on taking white fungus, nourish the yin and reduce the fire, it will naturally restore the moisture of the hair, the skin will become moisturized, and the wrinkles will be reduced.
White fungus enters the stomach and can nourish stomach yin
Now there are many people who suffer from stomach problems due to unhealthy diet, some people show faint burning pain in the stomach, dry throat and mouth, upset and sleepless, dry stool, hot hands and feet, red tongue or cracks, and less moss, which is caused by the deficiency of stomach yin, and insisting on taking white fungus can regulate these problems, of course, the diet must also be controlled, especially can no longer eat raw and cold, spicy and stimulating, fried food.
White fungus enters the spleen meridian and can nourish the spleen and yin.
Manifestations of spleen yin deficiency include noisy feeling in the stomach, dry stool, dry lips, dry hiccups, loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, body emaciation, and red tongue.
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Therefore, it can regulate constipation caused by intestinal dryness.
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Tremella is not only a master of nourishing yin, but also very peaceful in nature.
Zhang Ren'an, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, praised Tremella fungus in the "Notes on the Antidotal Properties of Materia Medica": "This thing has the moistness of wheat winter without its cold, the sweetness of jade bamboo without its greasy, and the essential product of sincerely moistening the lungs and nourishing yin, which is beyond the reach of ginseng, deer antler velvet and bird's nest." ”
Nourishing yin but not greasy, not cold, proper "only help not add chaos", so it is suitable for long-term use.
Therefore, the white fungus has been regarded as a product of longevity throughout the ages. Those who have been sick for a long time, and those who are weak and should not use other tonics, are especially suitable, especially suitable for white fungus to nourish.
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From the perspective of Western medicine, white fungus is also a rare nutritional product, and regular use of white fungus can not only improve immunity, but also control and lower blood sugar.
Tremella fungus contains a substance called "fungal polysaccharide", which can activate the body's immune cells, including T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, macrophages and natural killer cells (NK), etc., increase their number, enhance their activity, and promote their function, so Tremella fuciformis has also been honorably awarded the title of "immunomodulator".
Although this "fungal polysaccharide" is called sugar, it is actually a polysaccharide, which is not as easy to be decomposed and absorbed by the body as monosaccharides and disaccharides, causing an increase in blood sugar. And it belongs to the β polysaccharides, because there is no β enzyme in the human body, β polysaccharides will not be decomposed when they enter the human body, so they will not cause an increase in blood sugar, and more importantly, this sugar can also increase the sensitivity of human cells to insulin, that is, to increase insulin efficiency, as we said before, the cause of type 2 diabetes is that the work efficiency of insulin has decreased, so the fungal polysaccharides contained in tremella can lower blood sugar and regulate type 2 diabetes.
Moreover, studies have found that the fungal polysaccharide of Tremella fuciformis can also resist radioactive radiation, increase the content of white blood cells, and have various effects such as anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombosis, and lowering blood lipids.
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It can be seen that white fungus is not a good health product for our common people. We can also eat according to the specific situation of the individual.
1. Regulate fatigue cough
Manifestations: blood in the sputum, yin deficiency and thirst......
White fungus glutinous rice porridge
Ingredients: 6g dried white fungus, 100g glutinous rice, 10g rock sugar;
Method: Add water to boil porridge and eat.
(From "Therapeutic Porridge Recipe")
2. Regulate bronchitis, pulmonary heart disease, hypertension and coronary heart disease with cardiopulmonary yin deficiency
Manifestations: palpitation, upset, insomnia, hot hands and feet, dry cough, dry mouth and throat.
Bird's nest white fungus soup
Ingredients: 10 grams of bird's nest, 20 grams of white fungus
Method: Brush the bird's nest with water first, then soak it in hot water for 3-4 hours, then select the plush, and then soak it in hot water for 1 hour. Use a porcelain jar or covered bowl to put in bird's nest and white fungus, stew it in water and serve it.
(Chinese Medicine Prescription)
3. Regulate insomnia and dreams caused by yin deficiency
Manifestations: restlessness, insomnia, dreams, palpitations, weakness and sweating, thirst and dry throat......
White fungus jujube kernel soup
Ingredients: 15 grams of white fungus, 20 grams of sour jujube kernels.
Method: Wash and soak the white fungus, wrap the sour jujube kernels with cloth, put them in a casserole, add water to boil them into soup, discard the jujube kernels, and then take them.
(Chinese Medicine Prescription)
4. Regulate the deficiency of heart and yang, and the deficiency of heart qi and yin
Manifestations of heart yang deficiency: palpitations, slow heart rate, chills, cold limbs, shortness of breath and fatigue, lack of appetite, loose stools, clear and long urine, cyanosis of the lips and nails, dull tongue, white and slippery tongue, etc.
Manifestations of qi and yin deficiency: dry mouth and bitter mouth, red cheeks, red and thin tongue, little or no lichen, thin pulse, palpitations, palpitations, palpitations, fast heart rate, shortness of breath and fatigue, spontaneous sweats, night sweats, hot flashes in the five hearts, etc.
Steady heart porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of white fungus, 10~12 grams of lily, 10 lotus seeds, 3 grams of radix radix, 15 grams of longan meat (2 grams of stevia), 100~150 grams of rice.
Method: After washing all the ingredients, boil them together for 30 minutes and cook them into porridge.
(This dietary prescription was recommended by Zhou Yuping, chief physician of the Department of Cardiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences)
In addition, people with yin deficiency and fire can be paired with lilies, people with spleen deficiency can be paired with lotus seeds and japonica rice, people with qi and blood deficiency can be paired with jujubes, people with liver qi stagnation can be paired with roses, and people over 40 years old can be paired with wolfberry. For specific practices, please refer to "Eating white fungus in autumn to relieve dryness, different physiques have different ways to eat".