Dietary therapy of lung qi deficiency
Lung qi deficiency, mainly manifested as cough fatigue, fear of wind and spontaneous sweating. More common in cough, asthma, spontaneous sweating, as well as emphysema and lung heart in western medicine.
Dietotherapy is very important for invigorating qi and nourishing qi, and diet should follow the principle of "invigorating spleen and benefiting qi". Commonly used drugs for invigorating qi are ginseng, codonopsis pilosula, astragalus, atractylodes macrocephala, yam and so on. Raw materials for invigorating qi include beef, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybean, white lentils, jujube, crucian carp quail, Monopterus albus, shrimp and mushrooms. For people with qi deficiency, the ingenious combination of medicinal materials and edible materials can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
People with lung qi deficiency can eat more foods that can replenish lung qi, nourish yin and moisten lung, such as Beiqi, Lily, Ginseng, Almond and Sydney. But it is not advisable to eat too much at a time, and it is advisable to eat a small amount for a long time. For those who are physically weak, it is necessary to prevent "deficiency without tonic".
1, Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis black chicken soup
Materials: Half black-bone chicken, Astragalus membranaceus 10g, Codonopsis pilosula 10g, 6 jujubes, proper amount of salt and water.
Practice: Wash and chop black-bone chicken, wash Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis for later use, and dig out jujube for later use. Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, add water until the ingredients are completely submerged, stew for one and a half hours on medium heat, take out and season with a little salt.
Efficacy: Astragalus membranaceus is sweet, slightly warm, and enters lung, spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It is mainly used to treat night sweats caused by yin deficiency, yang deficiency and lung qi deficiency, and also has therapeutic effect on acute and chronic nephritis edema.
2. Fritillaria cirrhosa and jellyfish lean broth
Ingredients: Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae 12g, jellyfish skin 80g, lean pork 200g, and 2 slices of ginger.
Practice: Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and jellyfish skin were washed separately, microbubbled and dried; Wash the lean meat and cut the whole piece without a knife. Then put it into a clay pot filled with ginger, add1750ml of clear water (about 7 bowls of water), boil it with strong fire, and then change it to slow fire for about1.5h, and add appropriate amount of salt.
Efficacy: Fritillaria Fritillariae Cirrhosae and jellyfish stew lean pork. Its soup is clear and moist, with a slight taste of traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effect of assisting in the treatment of nasal snoring, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and promoting fluid production and moistening lung qi.
3. Yin Bei Sydney soup
Ingredients: 20g of tremella (dried), 200g of pear, 5g of Fritillaria, and 30g of rock sugar.
Practice: Remove the roots and impurities from the tremella, wash it and tear it into small pieces. Wash and peel Sydney, remove the core and seeds, and cut into dices. Wash Fritillaria cirrhosa. Put the processed tremella, Sydney and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae together in a saucepan, add 1 cup of sugar and water, steam in a cage for about 1 hour, and take out.
Efficacy: Tremella can nourish yin and moisten lung, moisten dryness and produce fluid; Sydney has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and resolving phlegm; Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae has the functions of tonifying lung, clearing lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. The combination of the three products has good effects of clearing heat, benefiting lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm; It is especially suitable for chest tightness, shortness of breath, dry cough without phlegm or expectoration and hemoptysis caused by lung deficiency, emphysema and poor lung function in the elderly.
4, rock sugar sand ginseng porridge
Materials: Adenophora adenophora 15 ~ 30g (fresh Adenophora adenophora 30 ~ 60g), japonica rice 100g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: First take Radix Adenophorae 15 ~ 30g, decoct juice, remove residue, add japonica rice to cook porridge, and add rock sugar to cook porridge.
Efficacy: nourishing stomach and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for lung heat and lung dryness, dry cough with little phlegm or lung qi deficiency, chronic cough without phlegm caused by lung and stomach yin deficiency, dry throat, or thirst caused by body fluid injury after heat.
Next, I will continue to introduce you to four dietotherapy methods for lung qi deficiency. Don't miss it.
5, yam red bean porridge
Ingredients: yam, red beans, coix seed, rock sugar.
Practice: clean the yam, peel and cut into pieces for later use; Then soak other ingredients in clear water; Then put all the ingredients into the pot to cook porridge. When the red beans are soft and rotten, add rock sugar, stir well, continue cooking for about ten minutes, and then take out the pot.
Efficacy: Red beans have a good effect of replenishing qi and blood. Regular consumption can replenish qi and blood for the body. If there is lung qi deficiency, the digestive function of the body will be affected and the physique will get worse and worse. At this time, it is very beneficial to take some red bean porridge in moderation.
6. Coix seed yam porridge
Ingredients: raw coix seed 60g, raw yam 60g, persimmon cream 30g.
Practice: Cook the Coix seed until it is cooked thoroughly, then mash the yam, cut the persimmon cream into small pieces and cook it into paste porridge.
Efficacy: Tonifying the lung, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach. It is suitable for all spleen and lung deficiency symptoms such as yin deficiency, internal heat, cough, loose stool and anorexia.
7. Korean ginseng clam soup
Ingredients: 200g of gecko, 250g of partridge, 0g of Korean ginseng12g, 5g of dried tangerine peel, 4g of salt and 4g of ginger.
Practice: Scrape and wash the partridge, remove hair, viscera and cut into pieces. Remove the gecko's head, claws and scales, wash them with water and cut them into blocks. Wash Korean ginseng and dried tangerine peel with clear water respectively. Korean ginseng removes the reed head and slices it. Add a proper amount of water to the casserole and boil it with strong fire. Add ingredients and cook over medium heat for 3 hours. Season with salt and serve.
Efficacy: This soup has the functions of tonifying lung and kidney, resolving phlegm and regulating qi, relieving asthma and relieving cough. It is helpful for lung and kidney qi deficiency, cough with excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, shortness of breath during exercise, mental fatigue, laziness and burnout.
8. Yam longan porridge
Ingredients: yam 100g, longan pulp 15g, 3 lychee meats, 3g Schisandra chinensis, and proper amount of sugar.
Practice: Peel the yam and cut it into thin slices. Boil yam slices, longan, lychee meat and Schisandra together, and add sugar after cooking.
Efficacy: This porridge can tonify middle energizer, lung, strengthen essence, strengthen tendons and bones, and promote granulation. Yam contains nutrients such as amylase, which is quite beneficial to farmers.
The diet prescription of lung-qi deficiency has been introduced above, and then I will introduce the food and health preservation methods suitable for lung-qi deficiency for everyone.
Recommended food for lung qi deficiency
1, Jujube: warm in nature, sweet in taste, it is a regular food and can replenish qi and blood. It is often used by patients with qi deficiency in past dynasties. "Bielu" said that jujube can tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi. Meng Wei, a food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, once said: Jujube supplements qi deficiency, cooking supplements the stomach, and invigorating qi is the first in fat.
2. Grape: it is flat and sweet, and it is a fruit that tonifies qi and blood. In addition to benefiting qi, ancient medical literature also believes that grapes can strengthen the spleen and stomach, benefit the liver and kidney, and strengthen bones and muscles. For example, the Classic says, benefiting qi makes you stronger. Herbs in southern Yunnan believe that grapes can greatly replenish qi and blood. "Xiyin" also records: benefiting qi and nourishing kidney, benefiting liver and yin and strengthening bones and muscles.
3, japonica rice: flat, sweet, with the effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi. As early as "Bielu", there was a record of benefiting qi. Meng Wei, a food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also said: Japonica rice is warm and beneficial. Wang Qing-Meng Ying also praised japonica rice porridge as ginseng chicken soup for the poor, and said that the poor have deficiency, so thick rice soup should be used instead of ginseng chicken soup, and people with qi deficiency should eat it regularly.
Four tips of TCM to help reduce lung qi deficiency
1. Rub your nose: Rub the outside of your two thumbs against each other. After feeling the heat, massage up and down on both sides of the bridge of the nose and the alar with the outside of both thumbs for about 30 times. Then, press 15-20 times on Xiang Ying points on both sides of the nose. Rubbing the nose 1-2 times a day can enhance the cold resistance of the nose, treat cold and stuffy nose, and enhance lung qi function.
2. Back thumping: Sit up and relax, close your eyes slightly, hold empty fists in both hands, and thump the center and sides of your back for 3-5 times each. Hold your breath while pounding your back and knock your teeth 3- 10 times. When you pat the back, you should pat it from bottom to top, then from top to bottom, along the back, and so on several times. This method can dredge the back meridians, prevent colds, and has the function of strengthening and nourishing the lungs.
3. Support: relax the whole body, breathe evenly, sit up, cross your legs naturally, bend over and support with your hands, and lift your body to 1 group for 3-5 times, and repeat the group for 3-5 times. When lifting your body, try to bend down and use your arms instead of your legs. Your legs naturally cross. This method has the effect of regulating wind evil lung and lung qi deficiency.
4, rubbing the throat: the upper body is straight, sit up, the neck is straight, and the hand is pressed down the throat until the chest. Rubbing hands alternately for 20 times is 1 time, and can be done for 2-3 times continuously. When rubbing, the thumb and other four fingers are open, the tiger's mouth is aimed at the throat, and the chin is rubbed down, and the strength is appropriate. This method is beneficial to the throat and has the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.