Eating Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival, using the "Five Elements Health Yuanxiao" to regulate the spleen and stomach, contains Redmi, green tea, yellow pumpkin, purple yam, black sesame and other elements, which is delicious and healthy. (Photo/Huang Zhiwen) Chinese medicine doctor Chen Chaozong pointed out that food color is closely related to the health of five internal organs. There is a saying that "green enters the liver, red enters the heart, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lungs, and black enters the kidney". Basically, all kinds of foods present different colors and provide different nutrition. The design of the Five Elements Lantern Festival hopes to add points to health through balanced intake of various foods.
"Monascus" is the fermented product of rice, which is also commonly known as "red grains". Sweet and non-toxic, it has the functions of promoting digestion and blood circulation, invigorating stomach and spleen, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is suitable for female dysmenorrhea or confinement.
"Yellow pumpkin" is one of the anti-cancer fruits and vegetables, which contains phytochemicals such as β-carotene, lutein phenol, mannitol and pectin. Among them, the content of β -carotene is the highest among melons. β -carotene can not only prevent cancer, but also protect the heart and blood system and enhance the health and resistance of mucosa and skin.
"Green Matcha" has both health-preserving effects. It can not only fight cancer and reduce the chance of heart disease, but also lower cholesterol, burn too much fat and prevent diabetes and stroke. In addition, catechins in green tea have the function of dilating blood vessels, which helps to improve the elasticity of blood vessels and make them less likely to be blocked.
Purple yam is considered by Chinese medicine to have the effects of invigorating spleen and kidney, moistening lung to stop diarrhea and astringing sweat. Purple glutinous rice, also known as black glutinous rice, contains black anthocyanins, which is a good source of antioxidants, can delay aging, and is also rich in vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and other minerals and essential amino acids, and has a health-preserving effect.
The health functions of "black sesame" include nourishing liver and kidney, promoting lactation and blackening hair, promoting constipation, and resisting aging. It is a food with high calcium, high iron and high protein, but it is forbidden for men with impotence and women with excessive leucorrhea.
Five elements of healthy Lantern Festival:
Ingredients: Redmi, pumpkin, purple yam, matcha powder (green tea), pure black sesame powder; Red dates and longan are boiled with rock sugar or sugar substitute.
Practice: Take glutinous rice balls to make four-color Yuanxiao respectively. First, steam the pumpkin and knead it into pumpkin jiaozi; Knead matcha powder into matcha glutinous rice balls; Kneading black sesame powder into sesame dumplings; Wrap diced purple yam into yam dumplings. Then, the red dates and longan are cooked together, and a proper amount of rock sugar or sugar substitute is added to make a sweet soup, and then the four-color Yuanxiao is added to boiling water and boiled until water comes out; Chinese herbal medicines such as Fructus Lycii and Fructus Jujubae can be added during cooking, and sugar substitutes or rock candy can also be added for eating.