(l) Drinking milk often is called the formula of benefiting qi and milk for the elderly.
(2) Sixian mutton soup: 250g fat mutton, boiled, 30g angelica, 30g astragalus, a little ginger, boiled in water for 4 portions.
What is dietotherapy?
Dietotherapy refers to a method of preventing and treating diseases and strengthening the body by using foods with pharmacological effects. According to the theory of "homology of medicine and food" and "homology of medicine and food" in traditional Chinese medicine, many Chinese herbal medicines can be used as drugs for treating diseases and good food at the same time, that is, many vegetables and fruits in our daily life are often edible and medicinal. Therefore, these foods are edible and medicinal, and become a rich material basis for dietotherapy. China's traditional experience in food nutrition and dietotherapy has accumulated a lot of valuable property, and then under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, it has continuously absorbed new knowledge, continuously carried out clinical practice, continuously summarized and improved, and gradually formed a special dietotherapy science.
Dietotherapy can regulate the balance of immune function, keep the internal environment relatively constant and regulate substance metabolism. Medicinal diet is not only safe for treatment, but also can nourish the body, and it is also important to avoid the adverse side effects brought by chemical drugs to the human body.
Through long-term practice, dietotherapy has many characteristics, such as safety, effectiveness, convenient materials, delicious food and so on, so it is easily accepted by people and widely welcomed.
On dietotherapy and drug therapy
Dietotherapy and drug therapy are often confused in daily life, especially Chinese medicine. Drugs are sometimes inevitably mistaken for complementary foods, thinking that they are all nutrients anyway.
The theory of "homology of medicine and food" and "homology of medicine and food" in TCM reveals the development track of TCM in China. Food and medicine experienced a long and painful course in ancient times, and accumulated rich perceptual knowledge of millions of people. In the long-term practice, they are summarized and distinguished, and the most complete and nutritious food is selected as the essential food to maintain daily life, while the others are regarded as "herbs". The former is grain and the latter is Chinese medicine. Of course, there are many "herbs" that are edible and can be used to treat diseases. Later, it was found that these foods have different effects on zang-fu organs and yin and yang from the pharmaceutical point of view, thus further summarizing the medicinal value of these foods, which is a rich material basis for the development of dietotherapy. "homology of medicine and food" does not mean homology of medicine and food, nor does it mean the same work of medicine and food. Therefore, if medicine is regarded as food based on the theory of "homology of medicine and food", there is no certain basis.
To sum up, we can generally understand that dietotherapy refers to a method of using foods with pharmacological effects to prevent and treat diseases, preserve health and strengthen the body. It is a special science formed by summing up the experience of traditional dietotherapy in China, and then absorbing new knowledge through the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, repeatedly carrying out clinical practice, and developing and perfecting.
Drug therapy is to treat known diseases based on syndrome differentiation, and to attack evil with drugs. Even for the sake of health, when taking medicine to nourish, we must make targeted supplements according to the doctor's advice. Now take tonic medicine as an example to talk about drug therapy: tonic and nutrition mentioned in Chinese medicine are by no means the same concept. According to the viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine, "deficiency is tonic, but actually diarrhea" is a law that must be observed. Traditional Chinese medicine tonic is aimed at the functional deficiency of internal organs, yin and yang, qi and blood. Adopt drugs with antagonistic therapeutic effect to achieve the balance and coordination of all-round functions. Tonic drugs are divided into viscera, viscera and meridians according to their different functions, and there are also differences in invigorating qi, enriching blood, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and strengthening yang. Therefore, tonic must be carried out according to the actual situation of the body, otherwise, it is not only useless, but harmful. So, there is no such thing as a world. There is no tonic for all ages in Xianyi. If you mistake supplements for nutrition and add them to food casually, regardless of gender, age, it must be a problem. To sum up; Dietotherapy is dietotherapy, and drug therapy is drug therapy, that is to say, "health should be supplemented by food, and treatment should be supplemented by medicine." Although dietotherapy and drug therapy have different meanings, they complement each other. Dietotherapy should be used as an important auxiliary means of drug treatment. On the basis of affirming drug therapy, ancient medical scientists fully emphasized the importance of dietotherapy, that is, "deficiency can be supplemented, medicine can be removed, and food can be followed." It shows that the prevention and treatment of diseases can not rely solely on drugs, but should pay more attention to the efficacy of food in preventing and treating diseases. Therefore, drug therapy and diet therapy should be combined with each other. So as to play a higher practical value in clinic. Ok, thank you for listening.
What are the methods of diet therapy?
What diet therapy methods are of great concern to everyone. Now we will talk to you about the ways and means of diet therapy. When using food to treat diseases, there are mainly the following three situations:
1. It is a food for individual use: that is, fresh fruit juice, soup, brew, candied fruit, candy, rice, porridge and dishes made from food.
2. It is the method of adding drugs to food: that is, cooking or processing food and drugs into food, which is what we are used to calling "medicated diet" at present.
Commonly used dishes, rice, porridge, wine, cream, tea, dew, drinks, juice, soup and so on.
3. Necessary nutrients are added to the food, such as vitamins, inorganic salts and trace elements. This method is mainly convenient to strengthen a certain aspect of nutrition or adjuvant therapy, and plays a role in preventing and treating diseases. Foods made in this way are often called "fortified foods".
The ways of diet therapy are generally divided into "internal treatment" and "external treatment". The former is what we used to call "internal therapy" of dietotherapy. Another way is not to eat, but to apply externally to achieve the curative effect.
The former route is mainly through diet; In a few cases, the latter refers to the edible parts of food, such as seeds and nuts. Or inedible parts of food such as roots, stems, leaves, flowers, etc. Used to prepare various dosage forms, which are carried out in a non-dietary way, such as smearing, rubbing, etc. Through the absorption of skin and mucosa to achieve curative effect. This is also the "external treatment method" of dietotherapy.
What is cuisine therapy?
Cooking therapy refers to a dietotherapy method that uses medicinal diet and drugs to cook dishes to prevent and treat diseases.
The preparation method of (1) is firstly cleaning, that is, selecting medicinal and edible parts of medicinal materials and food, and carrying out elutriation, soaking, bleaching, finishing and other processes; Step 2, softening and cutting: the separated raw materials can be soaked with clear water, wine, rice swill, medicinal juice and milk according to the situation to soften them, and then cut into certain specifications according to the cooking needs; Finally, cooking, cooking methods of dishes are usually stew, stew, simmer, steam, boil, cook, stir-fry, marinate, stir-fry and burn. Generally, stewing, stewing and steaming are the main dish therapies. The above processing method can make the medicine release the effective components from food and medicine to the maximum extent during the long-term heating process, and improve the working efficiency.
(2) Characteristic food therapy is a delicious food with certain color, fragrance, taste and shape, which is made by combining traditional Chinese medicine with food with medicinal value and adopting the unique cooking technology in China. Can stimulate the appetite of patients, is easily accepted by patients, and is beneficial to the recovery of the body. People who are not sick and weak, children and the elderly often take some appropriate medicated diets, which also have the functions of health care, disease prevention, physical fitness and delaying aging.
What is medicated diet therapy?
Medicated diet therapy is a method to prevent and treat diseases by making grains, some foods and medicines into rice, cakes, cakes, steamed buns, steamed buns and snacks.
(1) Production method ① Medicinal rice is made by directly smearing grain with medicinal effects. For example, glutinous rice has the functions of warming the spleen and stomach, tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi. (2) Use some medicated food and grain to make medicated rice. For example, cardamom steamed bread has the functions of appetizing, invigorating spleen and regulating qi. (3) Take the Chinese medicine juice, turn the juice into granules, and make the medicated rice. For example, Fuling cake, after decocting Fuling soup, take the juice and add flour to make a cake, which has the functions of strengthening the spleen, regulating the stomach, calming the heart and calming the nerves.
(2) Characteristic medicated diet is a traditional dietotherapy method. Rice and whole grains generally have the effect of invigorating the spleen. If it is mixed with drugs and made into medicated rice, it can strengthen the spleen, strengthen the body resistance and eliminate pathogens, and delay aging.
What is medicated porridge therapy?
Medicinal diet porridge therapy refers to the method of decocting Chinese medicine and rice porridge together to prevent and treat diseases.
(1) preparation method ① traditional Chinese medicine (fresh lotus leaf, jujube, mung bean, etc. ) is directly cooked with japonica rice into porridge. (2) First, decoct Chinese medicines (Ziziphus jujuba, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc.). ) Remove the dregs and cook porridge with japonica rice. (3) grinding the traditional Chinese medicine into fine powder (ginseng, lotus root starch, etc.). ) Then cook porridge with japonica rice.
(2) Special porridge is a traditional and distinctive dietary form in China. Medicated porridge therapy can be used as an adjuvant therapy, which is suitable for the elderly who are weak, so as to produce health care, physical fitness, conditioning and nourishing effects.
What is herbal tea therapy?
Herbal tea therapy refers to the application of some traditional Chinese medicines or foods with medicinal properties, which are processed into therapeutic drinks such as tea and drinks, soup, pulp, juice and water for preventing and treating diseases.
(1) manufacturing method
Tea: after mixing medicine or tea with medicine, brew it with boiling water and drink it directly. Such as ginseng jasmine tea, arhat fruit tea and so on.
Decoction for drinking: it is made from a single Chinese medicine or 2-3 Chinese medicines and can be drunk directly. Such as: double flower drink, apricot pear drink, clove sour plum soup, etc.
Aqueous solution: refers to various natural aqueous solutions containing various metal ions and having medicinal effects. Such as: mineral water, well water, rainwater, snow water, etc.
Fruit juice: the liquid obtained by squeezing fresh fruits, vegetables and traditional Chinese medicine is called fruit juice. Such as apple juice, Ophiopogon japonicus juice, Fritillaria cirrhosa almond juice, etc.
Emulsion: a therapeutic beverage made of milk or dairy products and corresponding Chinese medicines. Such as: goat milk, ginger milk, etc.
What is medicated wine therapy?
Medicated wine therapy is a kind of treatment method that drugs and wine are processed into medicated wine to prevent and treat related diseases through oral administration or external use.
Preparation method of (1)
Brewing method: firstly, the selected, sliced and processed medicinal materials are boiled, and then the medicinal juice, distiller's yeast and glutinous rice are put into a container for fermentation and maturity. The medicinal liquor prepared by this method has low alcohol content and good nourishing components, but it is more troublesome to make.
Cold soaking method: put the medicine processed into small pieces or ground into coarse powder in advance (put it in a silk bag or gauze bag with the mouth tightly tied) into a container filled with wine and soak it in a sealed way. It is best to shake it regularly during soaking to improve the precipitation rate of effective components of drugs. The days of soaking are generally about half a month, so you can filter and drink.
Hot soaking method: put the drugs pre-processed into decoction pieces or coarse powder (packed in silk bags or gauze bags, and the bag mouth is tightly tied) into a container, add a proper amount of wine, put them in a pot for water-proof cooking, seal them for about 1 week, and then filter them for later use. Hot soaking method can accelerate the precipitation of effective components of drugs, shorten the soaking time, and adapt to taking in an emergency.
Decocting method: Decoct the pre-selected and processed drugs with wine for 3-4 times, cool, filter and remove residues, and then use.
Quenching wine method: put the sliced medicine into fire to burn red, immediately quench it with wine, and then filter to get wine for later use.
(2) Characteristic medicinal liquor, as an enduring therapeutic and health care dosage form, has many advantages: ① It is easy to obtain materials, simple to make and convenient to take. ② Wine can accelerate blood circulation and improve the body's ability to absorb drugs. ③ Wine can separate out effective components which are only soluble in alcohol, and improve the therapeutic effect. ④ Medicinal liquor is suitable for both internal and external use. Clinically, it is mostly used for hemiplegia caused by rheumatism and apoplexy sequelae, and muscle soreness caused by liver and kidney deficiency in the elderly. It can also be used as a tonic for strengthening the body and delaying aging. The medicated liquor for external use can be used for dermatoses and orthopedic diseases, such as scabies, stubborn sores, traumatic injuries, rheumatism and joint pain.
What is drug sugar therapy?
Medicated sugar therapy refers to a dietotherapy method in which some foods and drugs are boiled together with sugar to make medicated sugar, which is used to resist diseases and strengthen the body.
(1) There are many processing methods for making medicinal sugar. The common processing steps are as follows: ① First, put the sugar into a pot, add a proper amount of water, and cook it with slow fire until it becomes thick. (2) Processing food or medicine first. For peanuts, sesame seeds, walnuts and other foods that can be eaten directly, they can be fried, chopped or ground for later use. For ginseng, lobster sauce, astragalus and other drugs that cannot be eaten directly, stir-fry and cook the juice for later use. (3) Put the processed food or medicine juice into the sugar while it is hot, stir it evenly, and continue to fry until it is silky. (4) Then pour the boiled sugar juice into an enamel dish coated with vegetable oil in advance, dry it and cut it into small pieces for eating.
(2) Features: Medicated sugar therapy can be used as an auxiliary therapy for diseases in internal medicine and pediatrics. Regular taking of medicated sugar can also play a role in health care, physical fitness, disease elimination and longevity.
Dietotherapy should pay attention to the overall aftercare
The human body is an organic whole, and the dynamic balance of yin and yang must be maintained between the human body and nature, and between the internal organs, which requires that the nature and taste of diet should be impartial and suitable for the yin and yang of the body. Eating too much will cause excess yin and yang and cause diseases. "Su Wentong's Theory of Strange Heaven" says: "The taste is too sour, the liver qi produces fluid, and the temper is absolutely; The taste is too salty, the bones are exhausted, the muscles are short and the heart is depressed; The taste is too sweet, the heart is full of asthma, the color is black, and the kidney is unbalanced; The taste is too bitter, the temper is not strong, and the stomach swells; The taste is too pungent, the bones and muscles are slack, and the spiritual center. " Therefore, the five flavors should be used with caution and avoid excessive movement, otherwise it will hurt the five internal organs and be harmful to health.
Attention should be paid to gastrointestinal function in dietotherapy
Dietary nutrition plays an important role in promoting human growth, development, health and longevity. Chinese medicine believes that a person's growth and health depend on two factors: congenital and acquired. Congenital factors refer to kidney qi and kidney essence, and acquired factors refer to spleen and stomach, that is, the qi of Shui Gu. Nature depends on the day after tomorrow, and spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow. The diet you eat must be accepted and transported by the spleen and stomach before it can be transformed into qi and blood, nourish the body and maintain life. Therefore, whether you can replenish qi and blood depends on both the source of diet and the function of the spleen and stomach. When the spleen and stomach function is strong, it can be combined with diet and nutrition according to the needs of the disease. For example, if you are weak and have severe anemia, you can choose high-protein food and animal liver to replenish blood; If the spleen and stomach function is poor, only eat a light and digestible diet that is conducive to restoring the function of the spleen and stomach, and cooperate with drugs that regulate the spleen and stomach to promote appetite. After the spleen and stomach function is restored, the diet should be supplemented. Perfecting the physiological function of spleen and stomach is the most important for dietotherapy, because dietotherapy can only play a role in preventing and treating diseases through the digestive function of spleen and stomach.
Dietotherapy should pay attention to local conditions according to people, time and place.
The most important principle of dietotherapy is to adjust measures to local conditions according to people, time and place, so as to better play its role and achieve the health care effect of promoting growth and development, resisting aging and strengthening the body.
People's gender and age are different, and there are also physiological differences. When using diet therapy for different people, we should first make reasonable arrangements according to the differences of yin and yang cold and heat properties, age and gender of the human body. Children are in the stage of growth and development, so medicated diet should be used to promote growth and development, improve intelligence and enhance strength; For the elderly, anti-aging and anti-aging medicated diet should be adopted; For obese people, yin deficiency is more, blood deficiency is less, body fluid is less and deficiency heat is endogenous. They should eat more foods that moisten and promote body fluids, such as milk and eggs, and they can also take nourishing foods such as tremella. Dietotherapy should also adapt to the changes of seasonal climate and geographical area. If the spring warmth rises, it should be supplemented; It is hot in summer, so it needs to be supplemented; It's cool in autumn, so it needs to be replenished; Winter dominates the cold and should be warm. Due to the different climatic conditions and living habits in different regions, people's physiological activities and pathological characteristics are also different, so medication should be different. For example, in the cold northwest, the dose should be heavy, and in the warm southeast, the dose should be light.
Dietotherapy should be combined with drug therapy.
Dietotherapy is an important adjuvant therapy for drug therapy. On the basis of affirming drug therapy, ancient physicians fully emphasized the importance of diet therapy. Neijing said: "Great poison cures diseases, and ten go to six; Often poison cures diseases, nine times out of ten; Small poison cures all diseases, ten in and eight out; Non-toxic treatment, nine times out of ten; Whole grains, fruits and vegetables, eat and raise. " "Deficiency supplements it, medicine disperses it, and food follows." It shows that the prevention and treatment of diseases can not rely solely on drugs, but should pay more attention to the efficacy of food in preventing and treating diseases. The combination of drug therapy and food therapy has high practical value in clinic. In addition, in dietotherapy, we should also pay attention to the cooperation between drugs and dietotherapy, that is, at the same time of drug treatment, we should also pay attention to choosing foods suitable for drug treatment. There are many food taboos in TCM books, for example, Platycodon grandiflorum and Mume don't eat pork and Achyranthes bidentata don't eat beef, which can be used for reference.
Prescription of maternal health care, beauty and diet therapy
As the saying goes, "a pot of fire before delivery, a piece of ice after delivery", that is to say, pregnant women are weak, and if they do not pay attention to health care, they will easily get sick. Therefore, the puerpera should properly choose a medicated diet that warms and tonifies qi and blood, which is of great benefit to the prevention of postpartum diseases.
Because mutton is rich in minerals such as protein, fat, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron, and vitamins B 1 and B2, its warming and nourishing effects are particularly obvious. And has the functions of moistening skin, beautifying face and helping fetal development. Therefore, pregnant women should take it regularly, and they can take it with 150 ~ 200g decoction every day. If angelica 15g and ginger 15g are added to the soup, it has the effects of warming yang and dispelling cold, nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, and can prevent and treat postpartum anemia, lumbago, abdominal pain and joint pain. If you use Polygonum Multiflori Radix 15g and trotters 1 * * to make soup, it can tonify kidney, replenish essence, nourish blood and promote hair growth, and can prevent and treat postpartum hypogalactia, dizziness and tinnitus. Has good effects of promoting hair growth and protecting face; Just like jujube 10, ginger 10 and scallion 6 grams, it has the functions of benefiting qi and expelling wind, warming yang and dispelling cold, and can be used to prevent and treat autumn cold, wind chill and body pain.
New concept of nutritious breakfast
Breakfast occupies the most important position in three meals a day. A good breakfast can provide people with enough nutrition and energy to cope with busy activities in the morning. In the United States and Australia, many research results also point out that a nutritious breakfast can effectively improve children's performance in school, which is of great help to their attention and reaction ability in learning.
In China, with the improvement of living standards, people gradually realize the importance of breakfast. But we are usually used to snacks, porridge, fried dough sticks or noodles as breakfast, so what is the ideal breakfast? The world's authoritative nutrition organization pointed out through research in recent years that the ideal breakfast should only contain low fat and cholesterol, and be rich in complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Instant cereal is an ideal breakfast food proposed by these breakfast nutrition experts. This kind of food is made of high-quality natural grains, which are steamed, pressed into thin slices and baked into golden and delicious chips. It is never fried, rich in complex carbohydrates including dietary fiber, vitamins, protein and iron, with extremely low fat and no cholesterol.
Instant cereal is often used as breakfast in western countries, so it is called breakfast cereal. It has not been long since it was introduced into China market, and it is still a new thing. However, its advantages such as good taste, high nutrition and convenient eating have aroused people's interest and been recommended by the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. It is considered as an ideal breakfast food for children's growth and development, which will improve the nutritional value of breakfast in China and make the dining table in China more diversified.
Eating pig liver should not be too much.
Pig liver is rich in nutrition and delicious, and has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, but it is not suitable for excessive consumption. This is because pig liver contains more vitamin A and cholesterol.
According to the data, every100g of pig liver contains about 8,700 international units of vitamin A, and the daily requirement of adults is 2,200 international units. If you eat a lot of pig liver, you will be poisoned by too much vitamin A in your body, which will not be excreted through your kidneys. Poisoning can cause nausea, vomiting, headache, drowsiness and blurred vision. And it will lead to osteoporosis, rash, dry hair and other symptoms for a long time, and it will also do some damage to the liver. Every100g of pig liver contains more than 400 mg of cholesterol, and a person should not take more than 300 mg of cholesterol from food every day. If the amount of cholesterol exceeds the normal consumption, it will lead to arteriosclerosis and aggravate cardiovascular diseases, especially patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. So eat pork liver in moderation, not in excess.
Which patients should not eat fish?
Fish is rich in nutrients and contains unsaturated fatty acids, which is quite suitable for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. But for other patients, it is taboo, otherwise it will induce diseases, aggravate the condition, and even endanger life, so we should not take it lightly.
If allergic patients eat catfish, sardines, tuna, etc. They are prone to headache, chest tightness, nausea, swelling of lips and throat, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, skin flushing, rash, dyspnea, blood pressure drop and other allergic reactions, mainly because these fish contain a lot of histamine and other allergens.
It is difficult for patients with liver cirrhosis to produce coagulation factors, with low platelets and easy bleeding. If you eat fish again, it contains eicosapentaenoic acid, which can inhibit platelet aggregation, just like adding fuel to the fire, and promote the rapid deterioration of the disease.
When patients with tuberculosis are treated with isoniazid, it will not only inhibit and kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but also hinder the function of histamine oxidase in human body. However, the histamine content in fish is quite high, and once eaten, it will accumulate poisoning.
Because of uric acid is too high in blood, gout patients have a series of symptoms in joints, connective tissues and kidneys. Eating fish will increase the concentration of uric acid, make the old disease relapse or aggravate the condition.
Bleeding patients, such as hemophilia, thrombocytopenia and vitamin K deficiency, should not eat fish. Because fish contains eicosapentaenoic acid, it can inhibit platelet aggregation and affect hemostasis, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury.
Summer beauty jiapin
Asparagus is a perennial herb, which has the functions of nourishing yin and essence, eliminating valley and harmonizing middle energizer, calming heart and benefiting qi, moistening lung and caring skin. It is the best product of yin beauty in summer. Lily is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of clearing heart, calming nerves, moistening lung and benefiting qi, nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is not only a good health care product for clearing heat and preventing heatstroke in summer, but also can reduce wrinkles, beauty beauty, moisturize skin and prevent diseases. It's midsummer, sunny, sweaty, and humid and transpiration in summer. If asparagus, lily and rice are used to cook porridge, it will play a positive role in moistening the lungs and clearing away summer heat, protecting the face, and preventing diseases such as acne, facial eczema, dermatitis and boils.
What is suitable for eating after fatigue?
Many people often feel muscle and joint pain and mental fatigue after strenuous labor or exercise. In order to relieve fatigue as soon as possible, they buy some chickens, fish, meat and eggs for a big meal, thinking that this can supplement nutrition and eliminate fatigue. In fact, eating this kind of food at this time is not conducive to relieving fatigue.
Normal blood is weakly alkaline. After work and exercise, people will feel muscle and joint pain and mental fatigue. One of the reasons is that sugar, fat and protein in the body are decomposed in large quantities. Acidic substances such as lactic acid and phosphoric acid are produced in the decomposition process, which stimulates human organs and makes people feel pain and fatigue in muscles and joints. At this time, if you simply eat meat and eggs rich in acidic substances, it will make your blood more acidic, which is not conducive to the lifting of fatigue.
Therefore, when people are tired, they should eat more alkaline substances, such as fresh vegetables, fruits and bean products. In this way, it is not only beneficial to relieve fatigue quickly, but also beneficial to human health. In daily diet, we should also pay attention to the reasonable collocation of two kinds of foods containing acid and alkali, so as to maintain the basic balance of pH in human body and maintain human health.
How about drinking coffee often?
Coffee is rich in nutrition, fragrant and delicious, has the functions of refreshing the brain, eliminating fatigue and stimulating appetite, and has become a hobby and fashion.
Besides fat, protein, vitamins and carbohydrates, coffee is mainly caffeine, and a cup of brewed coffee contains about 150 mg.
However, after drinking strong coffee, the elderly often cause excitement, insomnia, rapid heartbeat, or premature beats, leading to arrhythmia, so it is not suitable for patients with arteriosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease.
Even healthy young people, if they drink a lot of coffee for a long time, the cholesterol content in their blood will increase significantly. Among patients with myocardial infarction, only 17% do not drink coffee, while 48% drink 5 ~ 6 cups of coffee every day, which shows that drinking coffee has a certain relationship with coronary heart disease. Another study found that the blood lipid content increased significantly 2 hours after drinking coffee. At the same time, substances such as lactic acid and blood sugar also increase, which will promote arteriosclerosis and lead to hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Generally, the elderly drink less coffee and less times, so it is not advisable to add more sugar. Because of the poor tolerance to sugar, and coffee itself can raise blood sugar, it is easy to cause sugar metabolism disorder and lead to diabetes.
Coffee can also stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, causing pain and bleeding at the ulcer and aggravating the condition, so patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers are forbidden to drink it.
Food tonic is better than medicine tonic.
Drugs are substances specially used to treat diseases, all of which have different degrees of toxic and side effects. Many drugs must be detoxified and excreted through liver and kidney, and excessive tonic will increase the burden on liver and kidney.
Sun Simiao, a great doctor in the Tang Dynasty, pointed out: "The foundation of life lies in food." "The eater doesn't know, it's not enough to survive." In daily life in China and Japan, it is necessary to mix coarse grains with flour and rice, eat more fruits and vegetables, and properly supplement fish, poultry, eggs and dairy products in order to maintain various nutrients such as protein, amino acids, minerals and sugars needed by the human body. People with yin deficiency can choose millet, wheat, soft-shelled turtle, duck, rabbit, lotus seed, lily, fungus and wax gourd. People with yang deficiency can choose dog meat, sparrow meat, venison, glutinous rice, leek and so on. People with blood deficiency can choose lean pork, skin, animal blood, Monopterus albus, seafood, litchi, longan, jujube, etc. People with qi deficiency can choose chicken, eggs, mushrooms and carrots. Those with signs of dryness and heat should often eat watermelon, cucumber, wax gourd, water chestnut, mung bean juice, sugarcane juice, fresh orange juice, sour plum juice and other cool and sweet foods; Those with severe heat injury should choose raw pear, tender lotus root, honey, tremella, lily and other foods to moisten dryness and promote fluid production.
Why doesn't tonic work?
Some people are keen on tonic, but they often don't get results. What is the reason?
(1) tonic drugs should be selected according to the principle of supplementing what is lacking. For those who are short of breath and weak, tonic drugs such as ginseng can be taken; If you are afraid of cold, backache and backache, you should take drugs such as velvet antler to benefit kidney and strengthen yang; Those with dizziness, hot flashes and excessive internal heat should take nourishing yin and nourishing blood drugs such as Ejiao and Tremella as usual. However, it is obviously inappropriate for some people to take ginseng because of dizziness and memory loss; Some belong to the constitution of yin deficiency and fire flourishing, and taking velvet antler is tantamount to adding insult to injury; Otherwise, tonic due to cold, fever, indigestion, abdominal distension and diarrhea in loose stool will add insult to injury. Don't take it for granted and blindly take tonic.
(2) Improper dosage According to the regulations, the daily dosage of ginseng should not exceed 5 grams, and generally a course of treatment is 10 ~ 15 days. If necessary, it can be reused after 2 weeks. Ejiao daily 15 ~ 20g. Drinking 5 ~ 8 ml of deer antler wine every day can give full play to the curative effect. But some people use too little, so it is naturally difficult to work.
(3) If the administration method is improper, it should be taken with warm boiled water instead of tea, otherwise the curative effect will be reduced. Pilose antler should be ground into fine powder, swallowed or soaked in wine. It's invalid when fried.
Species of ginseng
Ginseng can be divided into wild ginseng and garden ginseng. Wild ginseng, also known as wild ginseng, is wild in the mountains and forests, and now it is extremely rare. Some so-called "wild ginseng" in the market are transplanted ginseng, that is, after being cultivated in the wild for a certain number of years, they are transported to Shan Ye and continue to grow in the wild for 3 ~ 6 years or longer to fill the wild ginseng.
Garden ginseng, that is, ginseng cultivated in ginseng field, generally grows for 3 ~ 6 years or 9 years. After digging the soil, it is processed into various commodity specifications according to the size and shape of ginseng. Due to different processing methods, it can be divided into red ginseng, sun-dried ginseng, sugar ginseng, fresh-keeping ginseng and ginseng beard. Red ginseng is made from fresh ginseng by washing, cooking, pickling and drying.
Sun-dried ginseng is made from fresh ginseng by digging, washing and drying at low temperature. It is common to sun-dry all ginseng.
Ginseng whiskers are branches and roots trimmed by fresh ginseng workers. Due to different processing methods, they can be divided into red ginseng whiskers and sun-dried ginseng whiskers.
Fresh-keeping gift ginseng is selected from fresh ginseng with good appearance, washed, pickled and sold in sealed bags.
Ginseng Radix Panacis Quinquefolii is mainly composed of ginsenoside, ginseng polysaccharide, ginseng polypeptide, volatile oil, amino acids and trace elements. However, the content of ginsenoside in branch roots and ginseng whiskers is generally higher than that in main roots. Therefore, if you eat it yourself, it is more economical to buy roots and ginseng.
What should I pay attention to when taking ginseng?
Although ginseng is the king of tonics, it is harmful to abuse it at will. For example, ginseng is decocted with traditional Chinese medicine, and the effect will not be good; For example, patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire or acute diseases, such as taking ginseng, will make their condition worse. Medical and pharmaceutical experts at home and abroad believe that healthy people under the age of 40 are energetic and easily excited, especially children, and it is best to refuse to accept ginseng; All patients with hysteria, mania and schizophrenia should not take ginseng; Ginseng should be banned in the acute stage of hepatitis, nephritis, coronary thrombosis and other diseases, as well as when symptoms such as cough, excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, constipation and high fever appear; Because anticoagulants, cardiac glycosides, sedatives and steroids that people participate in have antagonistic or synergistic effects. If patients take the above drugs, they should not take ginseng at the same time. Usually, the daily dosage of ginseng is 5 ~ 10g. For example, people participating in tremella decoction are suitable for lung qi deficiency and tuberculosis; People take part in Lycium barbarum decoction and drink it with proper amount of honey, which is suitable for liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis; Ginseng jujube soup is suitable for chronic gastritis and ulcer; Ginseng is ground into fine powder and taken in warm water, which is suitable for hyperlipidemia and angina pectoris of coronary heart disease. As for middle-aged and elderly people, if you want to resist diseases and strengthen your body for a long time, soak the whole ginseng in white wine until the color is light yellow and drink a small cup every day; If the color is dark yellow, it means that the parameters are too strong and need to be diluted with wine. Those with weak spleen and stomach or early recovery from a long illness should be taken with ginseng stewed chicken soup. Ginseng can also be used to stew mutton and drink soup in winter.
Healthy children should not take ginseng.
Chinese medicine believes that ginseng has the effects of invigorating qi, promoting fluid production, calming nerves, relieving convulsions, and improving intelligence and prolonging life. There are more and more kinds of ginseng tonics on the market. Some parents don't fully understand the medicinal properties and indications of ginseng, just to make their children stronger, and often spend money to nourish their bodies, which is counterproductive. Some children have nervous system hyperactivity symptoms such as excitement, agitation, irritability and insomnia after taking it.
Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that "few people refuse to participate" since ancient times. According to modern scientific research, the main component of ginseng contains human body.