Dietotherapy refers to a method that uses the characteristics of food to adjust the body function, make it healthy or prevent diseases under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory. Nowadays, with the popularization of medical knowledge, dietotherapy is well known by more and more people, and many people try to regulate their bodies through dietotherapy. Want to protect and nourish the heart, which foods can show their talents?

Coarse grains are good for cardiovascular protection.

Coarse grains are staple food and an important source of qi and blood biochemistry. Among them, besides being rich in sugar, it also contains a lot of B vitamins and vitamin E, which plays an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health and stabilizing mood.

Glutinous rice can tonify deficiency of qi and blood, millet can remove annoyance and clear heat, corn can strengthen the heart and strengthen the body, oats can reduce blood fat and relieve constipation, brown rice can detoxify and lose weight, barley malt can eliminate stagnation, and floating wheat is a commonly used medicine for calming nerves and removing annoyance in traditional Chinese medicine, which is mostly used for anxiety of menopausal women. Eating these coarse and coarse grains regularly is beneficial to cardiovascular health, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.

Vegetables and fruits can dredge blood vessels.

Vegetables are "dredging vegetables", which are high in various vitamins and dietary fiber. On the one hand, they can make people feel full and control their food intake. On the other hand, they can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and make defecation smoother. They are "scavengers" of the intestines. When the calorie intake is properly controlled and the excretion is smooth, the metabolism of fat and cholesterol is normal, people are less likely to be obese or arteriosclerosis, and blood vessels are cleaner and healthier. Therefore, eating more vegetables can dredge blood vessels and blood.

Fruit is also rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, and its juice is rich, which can nourish yin and moisten dryness. Especially suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, especially those with excessive heart fire, thirst, oral ulcer and irritability. It is advisable to eat more fruits such as watermelon, pear, kiwi fruit and grapefruit to clear the fire.

Nourish the heart and eat more beans.

Bean foods include soybeans, mung beans, adzuki beans, peas, broad beans, flower beans and various bean products such as soybean milk, tofu and dried beans. Beans have the highest content of protein in plant foods, and are rich in vegetable oil, vitamin E, B vitamins, calcium, iron and dietary fiber. , with high nutritional value, is the patron saint of cardiovascular diseases, is conducive to reducing blood lipids, relieving arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and enhancing heart function.

Soybean is rich in soybean isoflavones, known as "natural estrogen", which can improve the discomfort caused by the rapid decrease of estrogen in menopausal women, such as anxiety, insomnia, hot flashes, night sweats and so on, thus playing a role in nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.

Mung beans and adzuki beans have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can regulate hyperactivity of heart fire, oral ulcer, irritability, oliguria, constipation and obesity.

Dried fruits and nuts nourish blood, nourish heart and brain.

Dried fruit foods, such as jujube, lotus seeds, longan meat, raisins, medlar, etc. They all have the effects of invigorating spleen, invigorating qi, nourishing blood, tranquilizing mind, strengthening brain and improving intelligence, and are especially suitable for people with deficiency of heart-qi and heart-blood, and can improve symptoms of heart-brain diseases such as pallor, mental fatigue, restlessness, insomnia, shortness of breath, hyperhidrosis, amnesia and dementia.

Nut foods, such as walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, almonds, etc. , rich in vegetable oil (mainly unsaturated fat to prevent acid, which is healthier), vitamin E, zinc, iron and other minerals. Moderate consumption can play a role in strengthening spleen and nourishing blood, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, moistening dryness and relieving annoyance, and protecting cardiovascular system. It is suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and blood, malnutrition due to deficiency of blood, arteriosclerosis and mental retardation.

Bitter into the heart, to the heart.

Among the five flavors, bitterness corresponds to the heart, that is to say, suffering into the heart has a good effect on clearing the heart fire. Therefore, when the heart is full of enthusiasm, you may wish to add more bitter foods to your diet, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, chicory, oily wheat, chrysanthemum and so on. Moreover, you can also make tea with materials such as bitter lotus plumule, kudingcha, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, etc., and the effect of clearing away heart fire is remarkable, especially in summer. If it is an oral ulcer caused by excessive heart fire, gargling wild chrysanthemum tea can obviously relieve it.

People who don't like bitter taste can improve their taste by careful cooking and adding other seasonings. If it is a weak syndrome such as heart-yang deficiency or heart-blood deficiency, it is best not to eat more bitter food, so as not to aggravate cold deficiency and make the condition worse.

Red food is good for blood vessels.

From the five colors, red corresponds to the heart, and it is also the color of fire and blood. Generally speaking, eating more red food is beneficial to nourishing the heart and replenishing blood, promoting blood circulation or cooling blood, dredging blood vessels and improving the cardiovascular system.

Carrots, red dates, longan meat, cherries, red grapes, medlar, etc. Rich in sugar, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin C, carotene and so on. It has the effects of nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, and is suitable for weak people such as heart-qi deficiency, heart-blood deficiency, anemia, pale face, mental fatigue, premature aging, insomnia, irritability, etc.

Red beans, tomatoes, watermelons, etc. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness and diuresis, calming the nerves and relieving restlessness, and is suitable for people with hyperactivity of heart fire, polydipsia due to blood heat, sores on mouth and tongue, short and red urine, Huang Chi urine, damp-heat or phlegm-dampness, and obesity, especially in summer.

A small amount of red pepper can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which is suitable for those who block blood vessels due to cold and dampness, but not for those with strong heart fire, internal heat due to yin deficiency and bleeding tendency.

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