First, stay healthy and eat whole grains in spring.
Nowadays, people tend to eat fast food, or it is greasy and high in calories, which has done great harm to some people's health. In spring, people's immunity declines, and various functions of the body run too fast or too slow, which is easy to cause anger or fatigue. At present, the body's demand for diet has greatly increased. Nowadays, there are few natural nutrients in food. Therefore, Chinese medicine reminds that eating more whole grains is of great benefit to human health.
Whole grains are responsible for producing most of the energy needed by the human body. Carbohydrate is the main component of staple food and an indispensable nutrient for human body. Among protein, fat and carbohydrate which provide heat energy for human body, carbohydrate is the best and fastest source of heat energy. The energy needed by the brain is only glucose, and carbohydrates are polysaccharides, which can be quickly converted into glucose.
In fact, we can also see that many people are beginning to pay attention to spiritual cultivation, and people's demand for coarse grains and vegetables is gradually increasing. We often see people go back to dig wild vegetables and eat coarse grains such as steamed bread. It can be seen that people's health awareness is gradually increasing, so what are the functions of those foods?
1, nourishing liver and eating soybean sorghum
Sorghum and soybean belong to miscellaneous grains, but they are indispensable supporting roles in the whole grain. Sorghum has the effects of nourishing the liver and benefiting the stomach, astringing and stopping diarrhea, especially for people with chronic diarrhea. Eating it for a period of time will have a good effect.
2, tonify the spleen and drink more millet porridge
Millet is the first of the five grains, and it can replenish the spleen and stomach if eaten often. Millet is the top tonic for people with spleen deficiency and infirmity, which can tonify the middle energizer and prolong life.
Wheat is the first choice to nourish the heart.
Wheat is called "the price of five grains". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, except for annoyance and mania. It has dietotherapy effect on eliminating female climacteric syndrome, spontaneous sweating, night sweats and dysphoria.
4. Nourish the kidney and pay attention to black beans in soybeans
Black beans in soybeans are called "kidney valley". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening body, detoxifying and moistening skin, and has a good therapeutic effect on kidney deficiency and edema.
5, moisten the lungs and eat more rice
Rice covers rice, purple rice and so on. When symptoms such as lung heat appear, it has a good effect of nourishing yin and moistening lung.
In addition, the old doctor of traditional Chinese medicine reminds people to pay attention to light diet in spring, try to avoid greasy stimulation, and let the body supplement nutrition and enhance immunity at this time.
Second, nourish the liver and drink chrysanthemum tea in spring.
Tomb-Sweeping Day entered the "continuous spring rain" season. Traditional health preserving theory holds that "spring corresponds to liver", so nourishing liver in spring is always healthy.
Spring is the season when liver yang rises, so it is not advisable to eat "greasy" foods (such as bamboo shoots and chicken). ). Eat more food that softens the liver and moistens the lungs during the Qingming period. Shepherd's purse, spinach, yam and tremella are all good choices.
Before and after Qingming, you might as well drink some chrysanthemum tea. Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum can dispel wind and clear heat, and has the functions of calming the liver, preventing colds and lowering blood pressure. But drinking too much chrysanthemum tea will also hurt the liver, so drink it in moderation.