There are many commonly used Chinese medicines with the function of invigorating qi. Only the following are listed here.

① Ginseng

This is one of the most important and expensive Chinese medicines for invigorating qi. Its taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and its nature is slightly warm, which has great functions of invigorating vitality, improving intelligence and calming the nerves. It is a good product for nourishing and health care.

Studies have confirmed that ginseng can promote the development of human cells and increase the number of cell divisions. However, American scholar fleek believes that human cells stop dying after about 50 times of division, and it takes 2.4 years for cells to divide once. If they can divide 50 times, they can live to 120 years old. Because ginseng can greatly replenish vitality, it can often be used for symptoms such as weak breathing, cold limbs, weak pulse and hypotension shock.

Modern research has confirmed that ginseng contains many kinds of saponins, volatile oils, polysaccharides, vitamins B 1, b2, C and so on. It has good regulating effect on nervous system, sex hormone-like effect and cardiotonic effect; It can reduce blood sugar, enhance hematopoietic function, enhance adrenal cortex function, improve the adaptability of the body to the external environment and improve immune function. In addition, ginseng can promote the synthesis of protein, inhibit the occurrence of hypercholesterolemia and promote the rehabilitation of chronic diseases.

If stewed, the dosage is generally 3-9 grams; When stewing, simmer for more than 1 hour, so as to fry the effective components of ginseng and ensure the curative effect. If swallowed, dry ginseng and grind it into fine powder, with the dosage of 1-2g each time. If soaked in wine, chop ginseng and soak it in rice wine. 1 month later, you can drink two spoonfuls each time. 1 twice a day.

② Radix Astragali

Astragalus membranaceus is the dried root of Leguminosae Astragalus membranaceus. It is best that the meat is yellow and white, firm and easy to break, rich in powder, sweet in taste and hollow without black heart.

Astragalus membranaceus is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating qi and yang, invigorating qi and consolidating exterior, supporting toxin and promoting granulation, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis and edema, painful gangrene, internal injuries and fatigue, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, proctoptosis and all symptoms of qi deficiency and blood deficiency.

Astragalus membranaceus contains sugar, folic acid and various amino acids, which can excite the central nervous system, so it can cheer up the spirit, resist fatigue, improve immune function and enhance disease resistance, and is quite effective in preventing qi deficiency, colds and infections, as well as strengthening the heart and diuresis and lowering blood pressure. It contains trace element selenium, which is the natural enemy of cancer, so Astragalus has anti-cancer effect.

Decoct in water, with dosage of 9-30g each time; However, those with excess heat such as high fever, thirst and constipation should not be used.

③ American ginseng

American ginseng, also called American ginseng, is mainly produced in the United States and Canada. It is called seed ginseng transplantation in China. Its roots are used as precious medicinal materials and are a good product for nourishing and health care. Anyone who wants to use ginseng but can't stand its temperature can use it.

American ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, and has the functions of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, clearing fire and promoting fluid production. It is suitable for lung deficiency, chronic cough, cough and asthma, hemoptysis, lung flaccidity and aphonia. Take this product 1-3g, and take it with water instead of tea, which has the effect of moistening the throat and beautifying the voice. It is often drunk by operas and singers and is beneficial to voice health care. American ginseng is also a good product for sports and health care. People who are tired, thirsty and sweating after intense activities can take it.

When in use, it can be ground into fine powder, and taken with 1- 1.5g each time with warm boiled water. It can also be decocted with water alone, each dose1.5-3g; Preserve against corrosion and moth during storage. It can be sealed after drying or stored in a cool and dry place.

This product should not be used with veratrum nigrum, and it is not suitable for people with deficiency and cold.

④ codonopsis pilosula

Codonopsis pilosula is the root of codonopsis pilosula, a perennial herb of lemon family, and ginseng from Shanxi is the best. Contains inulin, alkaloids, saponins, vitamin b 1, b2 and other ingredients, which can excite the central nervous system, refresh the spirit, eliminate fatigue, increase red blood cells and hemoglobin, and enhance immunity; In addition, it can aggravate the cytopenia caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

This product is mild and sweet, and has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi, promoting fluid production and nourishing blood. It is often used for thirst caused by qi deficiency, fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitation, eating less loose stool, gas injury and body fluid injury. Deficiency of both qi and blood. Symptoms such as yellow and dizziness, as well as weakness and malnutrition after illness.

If soaked in wine, chop Codonopsis pilosula, soak in 1 kg rice wine or Chinese liquor, take it after 1 month, 2-3 tablespoons each time, 1 day, and take it three times;

Decoct with water, 9- 15g each time, and take orally.

This product has anti-veratrum effect, so it is not suitable for combination.

⑤ Radix Pseudostellariae

Pseudostellaria heterophylla is a perennial herb of Dianthus, which is a tonic, containing fructose, starch, saponins, amino acids and vitamins, and has a strong effect and can improve the immune function of the body.

Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, and has the functions of tonifying lung and spleen, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, which can be used for people with weak temper to eat less and make children tired and thin; Cough due to lung deficiency, spontaneous sweating and palpitation, lack of body fluid and thirst, and deficiency of both qi and yin after illness.

Dosage: 9-30g each time. To prevent mildew, it should be placed in a dry and ventilated place or sealed after drying.

⑥ Atractylodes macrocephala

Atractylodes macrocephala is the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, a perennial herb with chrysanthemum roots. Atractylodes macrocephala produced in Zhejiang is the best, and it is the main medicine for invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. It contains volatile oil, mainly atractyl alcohol and atractylone, and vitamin A substances, and has the functions of protecting liver, lowering blood sugar and strengthening physical strength. It can promote the secretion of gastrointestinal fluid, enhance digestive function, have obvious and lasting diuretic effect and increase the function of blood cells.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is warm, sweet and bitter, and has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, stopping sweating and preventing miscarriage, and is used for eating less loose stool, being weak in temper, being tired and spontaneous sweating; Spleen deficiency, excessive phlegm and dampness, edema; Pregnancy with spleen deficiency, qi deficiency, restless fetal qi and swollen feet.

Dosage: 5- 15g. It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, internal heat, loss of body fluid, bare tongue coating and dry lips.

⑦ licorice

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is the root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, a perennial herbaceous plant in Leguminosae. It is characterized by heavy weight, thin skin and tight furrow, yellow-white cross section, rich powder, sweet taste and little chewing fiber. It contains glycyrrhizin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin and so on. Animal experiments have proved that liquiritigenin has adrenocortical hormone-like effects and anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects. In addition, it also has antitussive, analgesic and anticonvulsant effects.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and harmonizing middle energizer, relieving acute pain, moistening lung and relieving cough, detoxicating and harmonizing various drugs, and is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, epigastric pain, cough, palpitation, sores and swelling, poisoning and other symptoms.

Dosage: 1.5-9g, not suitable to be used with Euphorbia, Daphne genkwa, Kansui and seaweed.

A coconut for invigorating qi is 1. Peel and shell the coconut, take the white pulp, cut it into small pieces and eat it, and count it each time.

Coconut meat, another name for coconut milk, is the endosperm of palm coconuts, which is white in color and chewy like meat. It tastes sweet, "benefiting qi and expelling wind, eating without hunger, makes people feel good" (Compendium of Materia Medica).

The oil content of coconut pulp is 60%-65%, and the fatty acids in the oil are mostly saturated fatty acids, with little oleic acid and linoleic acid. This is very different from ordinary vegetable oil. Although saturated fatty acids have some shortcomings, they are also nutrients needed by human body. In order to maintain a good health level, nutritionists suggest that saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids each account for 1/3, that is, it is more appropriate to maintain the ratio of1:1. In addition, coconut meat also contains some protein, sucrose and glucose, which is also good for skin bodybuilding.

Use with caution for the elderly, people with hyperlipidemia and obesity.

200 grams of soybean milk and 59 grams of japonica rice; The right amount of sugar. Add water to soybean milk and cook with rice to make porridge, or cook porridge with japonica rice as usual, add soybean milk when cooked, continue to cook until the porridge is finished, and season with white sugar twice a day.

This prescription can tonify deficiency, make people fat and healthy, and is suitable for the weak and sick.

There are many kinds of anemia.

Recommend several homemade blood-enriching foods for iron deficiency anemia:

Black beans: In ancient China, eating beans was always considered beneficial. Most books will introduce that black beans can make people's hair black. In fact, black beans can also produce blood. How to eat black beans depends on everyone's preference. If it is postpartum, it is recommended to cook black-bone chicken with black beans.

Nostoc flagelliforme: Nostoc flagelliforme is dark and unsightly, but it contains high iron. Cooking soup with Nostoc flagelliforme can replenish blood.

Carrots: Carrots contain high levels of vitamins B and C, and at the same time contain a special nutrient-carotene, which is extremely beneficial to blood. Cooking soup with carrots is a good soup for enriching blood. But many people don't like carrots. My personal practice is to juice carrots and add honey as a drink.

Gluten: This is a folk food. There are vegetarian restaurants and pot-stewed stalls in general, and the iron content of gluten is also quite rich. And blood must be supplemented with iron first.

Spinach: This is the most common vegetable. It is also a famous blood-enriching food. Spinach is rich in iron carotene, so spinach can be regarded as an important food in blood-enriching vegetables. If you don't like carrots, eat more vegetables.

Day lily: Day lily has the largest iron content, which is 20 times higher than the familiar spinach. It is rich in iron, vitamins A, b 1, C, protein, fat, colchicine and other nutrients.

Longan meat: Longan meat is longan meat, which is sold in any supermarket. Longan meat is rich in iron and also contains vitamins A and B, glucose and sucrose. Tonifying blood can also treat amnesia, palpitation, neurasthenia and insomnia. Longan soup, longan gum and longan wine are also good blood-enriching foods.

Dried radish: Dried radish is a kind of beneficial vegetable, which is extremely rich in vitamin B and high in iron. Therefore, it is the most humble, cheapest and best health food, and its iron content exceeds all foods except day lily.

It should be noted that people with anemia had better not drink tea, and drinking more tea will only aggravate the symptoms of anemia. Because the iron in food enters the digestive tract in the form of trivalent colloidal iron hydroxide. Under the action of gastric juice, high-priced iron can be absorbed only after it is converted into low-priced iron. However, tea contains tannic acid, which easily forms insoluble iron tannic acid after drinking, thus hindering the absorption of iron. Secondly, milk and some drugs that neutralize stomach acid will hinder the absorption of iron, so try not to eat it with iron-containing foods.