Eat coix seeds during the rainy season, and keep your spleen healthy and healthy

Rain is the second of the twenty-four solar terms, a season that reflects changes in rainfall, and it means that from now on, most parts of the country will stop snowing and start to rain. In the "Seventy-two Waiting Solutions to the Moon Order", it is said: "In the middle of the first month, the sky is full of water. Spring begins with wood, and those who give birth to wood will also have water, so the spring will follow the rain. And when the east wind is thawed, it scatters into rain. "So from the rainy season, the weather will gradually warm up, the temperature will rise, and the rain will gradually increase."

Chinese medicine believes that the main body of the liver grows, so the spring liver qi is exuberant, the liver wood is easy to ke spleen soil, so improper spring health is easy to damage the spleen, resulting in a decline in spleen and stomach function. At the same time, after the rain festival, the rainfall will increase, and the evil of cold and dampness is most likely to trap the spleen. At the same time, the wet evil is nostalgic and difficult to remove, so the spleen should be maintained before and after the rain.

The focus of spring spleen nourishment is:

Cold avoidance: Moisture is generally sandwiched between "cold", so you must pay attention to keep warm before and after the rain, do not get cold.

Diet: Keep it balanced, and maintain a corresponding proportion of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, etc. in food. At the same time, it is also necessary to keep the five flavors unbiased, try to eat less spicy foods, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. And we must pay attention to eating less raw and cold things to take care of the spleen and stomach yang.

Emotions: Keep a good mood. Anger is easy to hurt the liver, and thinking is easy to hurt the spleen. Emotions that are too intense can lead to an imbalance in the function of the internal organs.

Exercise: In the spring, appropriate activities, such as walking, playing tai chi, etc., can not only make the human body's qi and blood smooth, but also can nourish the liver and achieve the role of liver health care.

Recommended medicinal food: coix seed porridge, milk coix seed soup

Preparation: Coix seeds and japonica rice are boiled into porridge and eaten, or after milk is heated, add coix kernel powder and stir well.

Medicinal diet analysis: The main medicinal food homologous food used in these two medicinal diets is coix kernel. Coix kernel has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dampness, maintaining the temper internally, and clearing the wet evil outside, so as to achieve the purpose of nourishing the spleen.

If there is no coix kernel at home, you can also use common ingredients to achieve the same effect, such as: yam, millet, lotus seeds, amaranth and other foods, all have the effect of strengthening the spleen. And carp, red beans, lotus leaves, winter melon and other foods are conducive to the role of wet, according to personal taste, reasonable collocation, you can achieve the spleen and stomach, damp and cold effect.

During the rainy season, beware of the cold spring

After the rain, the rainfall increases, and it is easy to suddenly cause the temperature to drop due to the rain when the temperature gradually warms up, which is the so-called "spring cold". "Spring cold" is a greater threat to the health of the elderly and children, especially when the temperature drops suddenly, the blood pressure of the elderly will increase significantly, which is easy to induce heart disease and myocardial infarction. Children, on the other hand, are prone to respiratory diseases due to changes in temperature, leading to colds and fevers.

During the epidemic period, it is also important to strengthen the spleen and prevent spring cold

Recently in the epidemic period of the new coronavirus pneumonia, many people who are isolated at home or stay at home for a long time will have symptoms of nausea and fatigue, although at this time, although we must also pay attention to nutritional collocation and balanced diet, we must also pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach, so that the nutrients can be better digested and absorbed. In addition, pay attention to keep warm to prevent fever caused by cold and cause panic.

Therefore, here we also remind everyone again that in the spring, we should pay attention to keeping warm and not to reduce clothing prematurely. Maintain the spleen and stomach, protect the cold and keep warm, so that we can spend this special period healthily.

Text/Department of Nutrition, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Review/Guo Rongjuan, Bai Liqun, Cao Jianchun, Yan Jiankun, Liu Fang