Old people with cold waist and knees drink more porridge in winter.
Cold waist and knees, deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of kidney qi and weakness of spleen and stomach in winter will bring many problems to the elderly. Therefore, it is necessary for the elderly to properly choose foods that have the functions of keeping out cold, keeping warm and conditioning, which can improve this situation. Eating more cold-proof food can warm the whole body tissue, enhance physical fitness, promote metabolism and improve the cold-proof ability of human body. Some health porridge in our life has the functions of nourishing qi and blood, warming spleen and stomach, replenishing essence and marrow, and is suitable for the elderly with yang deficiency, loss of qi and blood, and soreness of waist and knees.
1. Black rice and jujube porridge
Practice: 80 grams of black rice, 20 grams of rice, 40 grams of red dates and 5 grams of medlar. 5 grams of sugar. Washing black rice and soaking for 5 hours; Wash and soak rice for 30 minutes; Wash red dates and remove the core; Wash medlar. Put the pot on the fire, add black rice, rice, red dates and appropriate amount of water, turn to low heat to cook porridge after the fire boils, then add Lycium barbarum and cook for 5 minutes, and season with white sugar.
Efficacy: Black rice and red date porridge is most suitable for people with spleen and stomach discomfort, indigestion, cold pain in waist and knees and dry stool. Drinking black rice and jujube porridge in winter can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach and improve indigestion.
2. Sydney porridge
Practice: 2 Sydney, raw land 15g, japonica rice 100g. First add a little water to the raw land and cook it together. After the juice of Radix Rehmanniae is boiled, remove the residue. Then, wash and slice Sydney and cook it with the juice of Radix Rehmanniae. Finally, add the washed japonica rice and cook until it is sticky.
Efficacy: Sydney porridge can help the elderly improve thirst and lung discomfort. Snow sweet porridge is fragrant, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and regulating stomach. Suitable for people with sore throat.
3. Corn longan porridge
Practice: millet 1 kg, longan meat 15 g, japonica rice 50 g. Millet is shelled and washed. Wash the hard rice, put it in aluminum pot, add millet and longan meat, add appropriate amount of water, boil it with strong fire, then cook it with slow fire, add sugar and stir well. Breakfast and dinner.
Efficacy: Millet longan porridge helps to nourish the heart and kidney and benefit the waist and knees. Millet longan porridge is suitable for deficiency of heart and kidney essence and blood, palpitation and insomnia, and soreness of waist and knees.
4. Five grains health porridge
Practice: buckwheat, coix seed, black rice, Gordon Euryale seed, peeled mung bean, brown rice, red bean and wheat kernel 1 spoon, red dates 10, longan 10, and japonica rice100g. Wash buckwheat, Coicis Semen, black rice, Euryale Semen, peeled mung beans, brown rice, red beans and wheat kernels and soak them in water for two hours. Longan is shelled. Wash red dates and japonica rice for later use. Put the above raw materials together in a pressure cooker, add 1500ML water, cover the pressure valve, and turn off the fire after the fire is sprayed. Wait until all the air is exhausted, then open fire and cook until the air blows, and then turn off the fire. Just spray it three times.
Efficacy: Five-grain health porridge can help the elderly to relax bowels, improve constipation and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Porridge is delicious, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, nourishing the stomach and warming the body.
Old people must pay attention to a balanced diet in winter. We should not only eat food that supplements calories, but also supplement water and fresh vegetables and fruits. Moreover, the elderly are prone to three high diseases and respiratory diseases. Therefore, it is very suitable for the elderly to drink more porridge, especially porridge that tonifies the kidney and qi, strengthens the spleen and appetizes. For example, the black rice and red date porridge, Sydney raw porridge, millet longan porridge and grain health porridge we introduced above are all very suitable for the elderly with cold waist and knees.