The medicinal value of the four ingredients
Chen Zhangong Liu Yan
In the daily diet, there are many ingredients of the same origin as medicine and food, and the use of the following 4 ingredients can play a role in nourishing the internal organs.
Lotus Seeds: Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit "If you want to avoid insomnia, cook porridge and add white lotus". According to the pharmacopoeia, lotus seeds taste sweet and astringent, flat, return to the spleen, kidneys, heart meridians, have the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, and are often used clinically for spleen deficiency and diarrhea, palpitations and insomnia. When eating lotus seeds, it is better to remove the heart with skin. Recommend a lotus seed diet remedy "lotus seed red jujube cinnamon soup": take 30 grams of lotus seeds, 20 grams of red dates and cinnamon meat, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar; lotus seeds to the heart, red dates to the core; put them together in a casserole pot, add water and simmer until the lotus seeds are crispy, and season with rock sugar. It should be reminded that lotus heart is also a taste of Chinese herbal medicine, its sexual taste is bitter and cold, when you are upset on fire, you may wish to brew a cup of lotus heart tea to drink.
Chestnut: Prevention and treatment of kidney deficiency "Chestnut, the fruit of the kidney, kidney disease should be eaten." Chinese medicine believes that chestnut sweet temperature, has the effect of nourishing the stomach and spleen, strengthening the kidneys and strengthening the tendons, activating blood and reducing swelling, etc., and is often used to treat the chronic diarrhea and trauma fractures caused by kidney deficiency caused by kidney weakness, leg and foot failure, urination and spleen and stomach deficiency caused by chronic diarrhea and trauma fractures, congestion tumors, muscle and bone pain, etc., especially for kidney deficiency, so it is called "kidney fruit". Chestnuts are especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, eating 5-10 raw chestnuts every morning and evening, which can effectively prevent kidney deficiency, waist and leg pain. When eating, chew carefully and swallow slowly, and should not eat too much at a time.
Peanuts: Nourishing the internal organs Chinese medicine believes that peanut kernels, peanut red coats, peanut shells, peanut stems and leaves and peanut sprouts have certain medicinal value. Peanuts are best stewed, and it is best to eat them with a peanut coat. Recommend a dietary remedy "peanut porridge": take 45 grams of peanut rice, 100 grams of japonica rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, 30 grams of yam for those with spleen and stomach deficiency, and 15 grams of lilies for those with dry cough in the lungs. This porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, suppressing cough and asthma, and moisturizing the intestines and laxative.
Qi shi: dispel dampness and healthy spleen Qi shi taste sweet, flat, return to the spleen, kidney meridian, with dehumidification, spleen, stop the effect, has the "water ginseng" reputation, often used for frequent enuresis, spleen deficiency and diarrhea and other symptoms. If the humidity in the body is relatively heavy (manifested as a heavy head, not thinking about eating, bloating, sticky mouth, sticky stool, muddy or dripping urine, drowsiness and coldness, etc.), you may wish to try the dietary remedies: take the same amount of mustard, fried barley, red beans, and all three together boil porridge to take. In addition, children are born with a weak spleen and stomach, if the diet is improper, often diarrhea, vomiting, can often eat squash porridge. Specific method: Prepare pumpkin, mustard, rice, the ratio is about 4:1:1, first put the mustard and rice under the pot, add 3-4 times the water, wait for the mustard to cook until flowering, add peeled pumpkin, cook until viscous.
Source: China Gansu Net, the illustration comes from the network