Sophora flowers cool blood
Frangipani, dampness, honeysuckle, heat-clearing three kinds of medicine and food homology, together build a healthy summer defense line!
Sophora flower: clear heat and cool blood
Sophora flowers not only have elegant appearance, fragrant smell, sweet and delicious to eat, but also have good medicinal effects.
Acacia flower is also known as gold medicine tree, house protection tree, bean locust, locust rice, etc. Bitter taste, slightly cold, return to the liver and large intestine meridians, and have the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and purging fire. Sophora can be used raw to clear the liver fire, and it should be fried or fried with charcoal to stop bleeding.
In fact, the acacia flower was used as medicine in ancient China
It has been a long process.
In the Tang Dynasty's "Collection of Materia Medica", it was recorded that "the flower can be dyed yellow", but its medicinal value was not discussed, so it can be seen that the locust flower was mostly used as a dye at this time. In the period of the Five Dynasties, the medicinal effects of Sophora sinensis were recorded in the "Rihuazi Materia Medica". In the "Compendium of Materia Medica" of the Ming Dynasty, it was pointed out that the acacia flower was "harvested when it is not open, the old one is good, and it is used in medicine and fried". It can be seen that with the change of the times, the medicinal properties, main effects and processing methods of Sophora sinensis have been gradually improved, and more and more comprehensive understanding has been obtained.
Modern pharmacological studies have found that the rutin in Sophora sinensis can reduce vascular fragility, adjuvant the treatment of hypertension, and reduce the risk of stroke in hypertensive patients. Sophora flowers are rich in carotene and vitamin A, which can help relieve eye fatigue and treat night blindness and dry eyes.
Although acacia flowers are delicious, they also have some contraindications when eating:
Those with spleen and stomach deficiency should use with caution; Not suitable for pregnant women; Diabetics should not eat too much; People with allergies should also be cautious.
It should be noted that the traditional medicinal use is the Chinese acacia, which is slightly poisonous and not suitable for daily consumption. In contrast, acacia flowers are more suitable for health consumption. In addition, acacia honey has a sweet and delicate taste, which has the benefits of clearing heat and nourishing yin.
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Recommend:
【Acacia flower porridge in two places】
Method: Wash 30g of raw land, 30g of ground bone skin, 30g of acacia flowers and decoction water, remove the slag and extract the juice, and cook it with 30~60g of japonica rice for porridge.
Efficacy: Clearing heat and fixing meridians. It is suitable for people with heavy menstrual bleeding, dark red or purple menstrual color, blood clots, accompanied by waist and abdominal distension and pain, upset and thirst, yellow urine, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, and slippery pulse.
【Sophora Steamed Fish】
Method: 500g of crucian carp or carp is washed and offalized, the belly of the fish is cut obliquely 3~5 knives, add green onions, ginger, garlic, salt, cooking wine, and steam for 20 minutes. Finally, put in 15g of washed acacia flowers, add a little sesame oil, and you can eat.
Efficacy: Clears away heat and dampness. It is suitable for people with damp and hot constitution who are usually thirsty, red tongue, and yellow and greasy tongue.
Frangipani: relieves heat and dehumidification
Frangipani is one of the commonly used folk herbs in the Lingnan region and has a long history. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that frangipani is sweet, slightly bitter, cool, and returns to the lungs and large intestine meridians, and has the functions of clearing heat and dampness, moistening the lungs, relieving cough, and dissipating heat.
The southern region is hot and rainy, and people generally have damp and hot physique, especially in summer, which is more likely to cause dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach, and damp heat and diarrhea. Frangipani is best at clearing the spleen and stomach damp heat, and is used for abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by damp heat epidemic poison directly entering the intestines and fumigation.
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Recommend:
【Double egg lily soup】
Method: Take 10 fresh frangipani, 10 grams of dried lilies, 2 eggs, 80 grams of rock sugar; Wash the lily, put it in a pot, add 800 ml of water and bring to a boil; Wash the fresh frangipani, take only the petals, put it in a pot and cook, add rock sugar and cook until melted; Beat the egg mixture, pour it into the sugar water, and cook.
Efficacy: Frangipani clears away heat and heat, is best at cleaning up gastrointestinal dampness and heat, and can be commonly used for diarrhea in summer. Lily cleans the heart and calms the nerves, and the rock sugar water itself can also moisturize and rejuvenate, which is suitable for drinking when the mouth is dry, upset and stuffy. If the spleen and stomach are weak, you can add a few slices of ginger and cook together.
Honeysuckle: clears away heat and detoxifies
Honeysuckle is sweet in taste, cold in nature, returns to the lungs, heart and stomach meridians, and has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, and evacuating wind and heat.
Modern studies have found that honeysuckle contains trace elements such as iron, manganese, copper, zinc, etc., as well as organic acids such as chlorogenic acid and flavonoids such as luteolin and honeysuckleside. Honeysuckle decoction has inhibitory effects on various pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, as well as anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, regulating human immune function, reducing blood lipids, and promoting bile secretion.
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Recommend:
【Honeysuckle Dew】
Method: Take 50g of honeysuckle, soak it in 500ml of purified water for half an hour, decoction for 30 minutes, filter out the soup, add rock sugar, stir well and drink.
Efficacy: Clearing heat and relieving heatstroke, it has a good effect on relieving heat and thirst and pediatric prickly rash, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency are not allowed to take it.
【Honeysuckle pear root soup】
Method: Take 250g of raw pears and 200g of fresh lotus root, peel and slice for later use. After 15g of honeysuckle is selected, boil the juice and set aside. Add the cut pear and lotus root to the honeysuckle juice, simmer for 30 minutes, add an appropriate amount of sugar after cooking, and stir well.
Efficacy: Clearing heat and detoxifying, generating jin and dissolving phlegm, and has a certain curative effect on sore throat, boils and swelling caused by internal heat. People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not take it.
【Honeysuckle lean porridge】
Method: Wash 50g of glutinous rice and soak it for 2 hours for later use. Wash and chop 40g of lean pork, marinate with salt and cooking wine for 15 minutes. Add an appropriate amount of water to the casserole, add 5g of washed honeysuckle after boiling, and simmer for 10 minutes. Then remove the honeysuckle, add glutinous rice to the casserole and simmer for 40 minutes. Finally, add the marinated lean pork, simmer for about 8 minutes and add an appropriate amount of salt to taste.
Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies, and can be taken in summer to prevent heatstroke and cool down, and prevent heat cold.
Source of this issue: Health China
Editor of this issue: Duan Shasha
Editor in charge: Mei Hongyu
Reviewer: Yuan Jianfeng
Final review: Jiang Jinglong
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