I don't know if you have ever heard such a saying: "Spring food is sweet, the spleen is safe, and illness is not stained". And the "sweet" we are talking about here does not refer to sweet and greasy foods such as cream and candy, but to the sweet and light taste that can nourish the temper.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine: in spring, everything recovers, the temperature gradually warms up, the liver qi is vigorous, but it is easy to hurt the spleen, if the spleen has a problem, then there is a problem with the hub zone equivalent to nutrition, and the appropriate increase in sweet food helps to replenish vitality, so nourishing the spleen and stomach is to nourish the body!
What foods can nourish the spleen and stomach?
There is no better food than rice, pasta, yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and oats! But if you want to say that the best food to nourish the spleen and stomach is millet!
Why say Xiaomi
Is it the best food for the spleen and stomach?
This is related to the vitality of millet, because even if the land is barren, millet can grow, and yellow food is the most nourishing spleen and stomach, millet has the heaviest rustic, and the color is also the purest yellow, it can help enter the spleen and stomach meridians, and the sweetness is relaxed!
For people who have gastrointestinal problems, often the spleen and stomach function is weak at this time, and it is more suitable to drink some millet porridge at this time, which can not only eliminate heat accumulation, but also nourish the spleen and stomach.
Millet in addition to nourishing the spleen and stomach
Many people don't know about these two effects!
We all know that spring is the best season to nourish the liver, but spring is prone to hyperactivity of liver yang, causing some headaches and other problems. Too much liver yang will also cause people to be easily irritable and lose their temper, and anger is also easy to hurt the liver, so spring is very suitable for drinking some millet porridge!
In addition, millet can also enter the kidney meridian, can nourish kidney qi, urine, often drink millet porridge, kidney is also liver.
And the essence of millet porridge is the layer of rice oil on top after boiling. Rice oil, which is like a paste, is the best way to nourish stomach qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and warm the kidneys and yang. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that rice oil nourishes yin, can replenish human body fluid, nourish yin and nourish people.
Millet porridge can not only benefit the liver and kidneys
And it helps calm the nerves!
Spring is a season that is particularly prone to insomnia, because of the strong yang energy, many people have excessive yang energy during the day, and at night there will be the problem of yang not entering the yin, especially those who are irritable and short-tempered.
In addition to drinking some millet porridge, pressing the Taichong acupoint more before going to bed every night can also help reduce liver fire!
The Taichong acupoint is located on the dorsum of the foot, between the 1st and 2nd toes.
When taking acupoints, use the thumb to push up along the transverse lines between the 1st and 2nd toes of the dorsum of the foot (the 1st and 2nd metatarsals) until it touches a depression (in front of the junction of the bottom of the two metatarsals), which is the Taichong acupoint.
Taichong acupoint is one of the important acupuncture points on the liver meridian. It has the effect of calming the liver and calming wind, strengthening the spleen and dissipating dampness, and daily health care can keep people calm and healthy.
Share a few foods that go well with millet every day, and you can go together!
Having said so much, in fact, everything is the same, and the root of health preservation is to nourish the spleen and stomach. Therefore, drinking more millet porridge can nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and blood, and improve immunity.
In addition, you can also practice more yoga movements or strength training to help improve muscle strength, which is also a way to replenish qi and raise yang, but remember not to practice too much!
Source: Nishigo Ong Bear