In autumn and winter, many elderly people are plagued by constipation, and the easiest way to deal with dry intestines is dietary therapy.
Sand ginseng jade bamboo duck soup
Directions: 60 grams of northern sand ginseng, 50 grams of jade bamboo, 20 grams of mustard, 2 slices of ginger, 1 duck (about 800 grams). Wash the northern sand ginseng, jade bamboo, mustard fruit, ginger, and remove the hair and internal organs after the old duck is killed, and chop the pieces. Put all the ingredients into a casserole dish, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over low heat, simmer for 2 hours, and season. Drink soup in fractions and eat duck.
Effect: Nourish the yin and moisturize the lungs. It is used for people with dry cough and less sputum, exertion and fever, thirst quenching, dry intestines and constipation.
Osmanthus walnut jelly
Directions: 250g walnut meat, sugar, cream and osmanthus flowers to taste. Grind the walnut meat with water into a syrup, stir well with 100 grams of sugar and cream, boil it and put it in a pot and freeze it in the refrigerator, cut into small pieces with a knife when eating, and sprinkle 15 grams of fresh osmanthus flowers.
Benefits: Detoxify, quench thirst. Suitable for sputum fever cough and asthma, kidney weakness and waist pain, dry bowel constipation and other symptoms.
□ Chief TCM Physician of Nie Bin, Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province