Warm food
Longan meat: nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, nourish blood and strengthen the spleen.
Litchi: Sweet and nourishing, beneficial to people's color.
Maltose: tonify the middle-energizer, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.
Lentils: spleen and stomach, dampness and summer heat.
Hawthorn: Xiaoshi Jianwei, Huoxue Huayu.
Walnut: tonify kidney and strengthen yang, astringe lung and relieve asthma.
Cereals: flour, broad beans, soybean oil, wine and vinegar.
Vegetables: ginger, garlic, onion, leek, coriander, mustard seed, carrot and Allium macrostemon.
Fruits: plums, olives, papaya, dark plum, millet, grapes and jujube.
Sugar: honey, white sugar and granulated sugar.
Animals: chicken, pheasant, duck, dog meat, mutton, beef, venison and cat.
Fish scales: crucian carp, shad, carp, shrimp, eel, silver carp, silver carp head, shad, loach and abalone.
② Cold food
Mung beans: clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and removing troubles.
Water chestnut: resolving phlegm and resolving stagnation, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production.
Chrysanthemum: clearing liver and improving eyesight, dispersing wind and dissipating heat.
Pear: Raw food can clear away heat and quench thirst, while cooked food can nourish yin and moisten dryness.
Watermelon: clearing away heat and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat and diuresis.
Cereals: Millet, Buckwheat, Tofu, Douchi, Soymilk.
Cucumber vegetables: amaranth, rape, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, wax gourd, bamboo shoots, taro, eggplant, loofah, wax gourd and mushrooms.
Fruits: water chestnut, lotus root, sugarcane, ginkgo, persimmon.
Animals: rabbit meat, elk meat.
Scale: snakehead, eel, frog, crab, turtle, turtle, clam, oyster, etc.
3 eat lotus seeds: nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, benefit the kidney and converge, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.
Black sesame: nourishing liver and kidney, moistening dryness and relaxing bowels.
Yam: tonify the spleen and stomach and benefit the lungs and kidneys.
Cereals: wheat, glutinous rice, japonica rice, black beans, soybeans, peas and cowpeas.
Cucumber and vegetable: gourd and pumpkin.
Fruits: loquat, green plum and peanut.
Animals and birds: pork, goose, goose, pigeon, bird's nest.
Fish scales: whitebait, squid, shark, herring and mandarin fish.
In addition, cock, carp, shrimp, crab, hairtail, dog meat, pig's head meat, beef and mutton, mushrooms, yellow flowers, toon, pumpkin and coriander in vegetables are not suitable for allergic diseases, infectious diseases, hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. [Edit this paragraph] Traditional medicine pays attention to the unity of heaven and man. Spring is born in summer and autumn harvest in winter, so people should also nourish yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter. The five internal organs correspond to the four seasons, spring belongs to wood, and the liver is full of qi. The' excessive liver-qi' in TCM is roughly equivalent to saying that when people are nervous, their sympathetic nerves are excited, which is a' stress' reaction state in modern language. When the liver qi is strong, people are easy to get angry, nervous and impatient.
Sun Simiao, a doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said: "On the seventy-second day of spring, acid is preserved and sweetened to nourish the temper." It is also recorded in Gao Lian's "Eight Notes on Respect for Life" in the Ming Dynasty: "In spring, the taste of food should be reduced and the sweetness should be increased to nourish the temper." This means that when the liver fire is strong in spring, you should eat less acidic food, otherwise it will make the liver fire stronger and hurt the spleen and stomach. You can eat more sweets at this time. Throughout the spring, the principle of feeding and nourishing is to reduce acidity and improve sweetness and nourish temper. Because the liver is prosperous in spring, it is easy to cut spleen and stomach diseases, and the sour taste is the original taste of the liver, so at this time, it is necessary to reduce the sour taste, do not encourage the liver qi, and avoid being too prosperous, so as to protect the temper from being cut. Sweetness is the original flavor of spleen. In order to resist the possible invasion of liver qi, increasing sweetness and strengthening temper can strengthen the body's defense.
Eat more cold salad.
Chinese medicine says that food is divided into five flavors: sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty. Spring diet should be nursed back to health, it is advisable to choose spicy and sweet products, and avoid acidity. Diet should be light and delicious, avoid greasy, cold and irritating food. The so-called "acid" does not mean the acidic and alkaline foods that are often said now. The taste and taste are roughly the same, but they are not too absolute. The sweet food mentioned in Chinese medicine not only means that the food tastes a little sweet, but more importantly, it has the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach, such as jujube and yam. Most of the whole grains are sweet, and cereals are the first choice for warm and sweet foods, such as glutinous rice, black rice, sorghum, millet and oats. Fruits and vegetables, such as kidney beans, pumpkins, lentils, red dates, walnuts, chestnuts, etc. , is not completely divided by taste. It is wrong to understand "sweet" as eating more sugar.
After the temperature rises in spring, bacteria and viruses also become active. You should eat more foods that are beneficial to regulating immune function, and you can often eat some wild vegetables, such as Houttuynia cordata, which have a good anti-infection effect. After a while, you can get rid of a lot of that special fishy smell and add a little seasoning to make cold dishes.
"spring sleep" complementary food
With the warming of the climate, many people will feel sleepy, tired, listless and sleepy, and some people will suffer from insomnia, dizziness and inattention at work. This is what people often call "spring sleep". According to local media reports, in recent years, the number of people troubled by "spring sleep" is quietly expanding, especially among "white-collar workers". "Sleepiness in spring" is actually a manifestation of sub-health, suggesting that the body has some bad "signals" such as lung yin deficiency, lung dryness and heat, phlegm dampness, hyperactivity of liver yang and kidney yin deficiency.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to keep Tibet in winter. If we don't do a good job and lay a good foundation for spring, in the spring when everything is born, people's yang is relatively insufficient, which leads to poor spirit and frequent sleepiness. The so-called "if you don't hide essence in winter, you will get sick and warm in spring." But now people are always in a state of tense life rhythm, and it is impossible to adjust their schedules according to the seasons, so the spring sleep syndrome is becoming more and more obvious.
Traditional medicine believes that the key to solving spring sleepiness is to replenish yang qi. Eat more foods that strengthen the spleen, such as jujube and yam. Pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes and taro are all spleen-nourishing. Eat less mutton isothermal food, do not eat spicy, fried, barbecue food, dog meat, wine, hot pot and other hot food. Leek is warm, and people with yang deficiency are prone to lethargy and laziness. Those who don't want to move can eat more leeks.
I often eat celery, which is sweet, spicy and cold. Enter lung, stomach and liver meridians. It has the functions of calming liver, clearing heat, promoting diuresis and treating stranguria. Modern research has proved that celery is high in iron, rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, and has the functions of clearing liver heat, lowering serum cholesterol, promoting waste excretion in the body and purifying blood.
Experts remind: celery can be divided into cress and celery, and celery is the main medicine. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.
Spinach is sweet, cool, cold and slippery, belonging to stomach, large intestine and bladder meridian. It can nourish blood, stop bleeding, moisten dryness, benefit the five internal organs, dredge the intestines and stomach, open the chest and diaphragm, lower qi, regulate middle energizer and quench thirst. It is now believed that spinach also contains magnesium, which is a mineral that women and middle-aged and elderly people are more likely to lack.
Tips: Spinach fried cooked food is mild and has little effect on patients with gastrointestinal deficiency and cold; However, the soup is cold and slippery, and it is not suitable for people with deficiency-cold syndrome, diarrhea and urinary calculi. Spinach contains more oxalic acid, which can be removed by scalding with boiling water.
Leek, also known as Cao Yang and Longevity Leek. Pungent and sweet, mild in nature and non-toxic. Meridian enters the liver, spleen, stomach and kidney. It can tonify kidney and Yiyang, harmonize viscera, promote qi and blood circulation, stimulate appetite, warm stomach, reduce qi, promote blood circulation and eliminate dampness.
Tips: leek is spicy and warm. Although it has the functions of strengthening yang, tonifying kidney and dispelling cold, it will also produce sore poison. Eating more makes people smell bad and dizzy. People suffering from carbuncle, sores, beriberi, dermatitis and damp toxin are not suitable for eating. Those with yin deficiency and heat syndrome and excessive fire should eat carefully. Leek is not easy to digest and should not be eaten more.
Rape is sweet and cold. Enter the liver, lung and spleen meridians. Has effect in promoting blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieving swelling and removing toxic substance.
Cabbage, also called cabbage. Sweet, flat. Entering the liver, intestine and stomach meridians. Has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving hard mass, invigorating stomach and dredging collaterals. Modern research has proved that cabbage is rich in nutrients and trace elements such as molybdenum, pectin and cellulose, which has the functions of improving human immune function, preventing cancer and hypercholesterolemia.
Yam, sweet, flat. Enter the lung, spleen and kidney meridians. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, nourishing stomach, tonifying lung, consolidating kidney and replenishing essence. Yam has been eaten in China for more than 3,000 years, and has been regarded as a nourishing product since ancient times. Modern research has proved that the biggest feature of yam is that it can supply a large amount of mucin, which is a polysaccharide protein, which can prevent fat deposition in cardiovascular system and maintain the elasticity of blood vessels.
Taro tastes sweet, spicy and flat. Enter the spleen and stomach meridian. Has effect in removing toxic substance, relieving swelling, invigorating stomach, invigorate spleen, harmonizing middle energizer and relieving pain. Modern research shows that taro is an alkaline food and can be used to prevent hyperacidity. Taro is rich in mucosaponin, which can stimulate appetite and help digestion.
Potatoes are sweet and flat. Meridian enters the stomach and large intestine. It can benefit qi, strengthen spleen and regulate stomach, and is suitable for asthenia due to spleen deficiency, mental fatigue, anorexia and dyspepsia. Potatoes are rich in nutrition. There are many intimate names for potatoes in various countries. The French call it "apple", the Germans call it "pear" and the Russians call it "second bread". Germans often use potatoes to treat indigestion. The practice is to put two peeled potatoes into a blender and make juice for drinking.
Tip: Many nutrients in potatoes are easily soluble in water, so try not to soak them in water after peeling or cutting, so as not to lose many nutrients.
Carrots are sweet, flat and non-toxic. Spleen and lung meridian. Can nourish blood, improve eyesight, invigorate spleen, promote digestion, invigorate qi, promote blood production, and promote qi circulation to relieve depression. Modern research believes that carrots are rich in α and β carotene, which are two strong antioxidants and can slow down the damage of harmful substances to cells.
Tip: Carotene is a fat-soluble substance, and it is best to cook with vegetable oil.
Pumpkin, sweet, flat and non-toxic. Enter spleen, stomach and large intestine meridian. It can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, detoxify and kill insects, clear away heat and stop dysentery, relieve pain and prevent miscarriage. Chen Xiuyuan, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, said: "Pumpkin is a good product for enriching blood." Modern research shows that pumpkin contains a lot of linoleic acid, palmitic acid and stearic acid, which can lower blood pressure and blood lipid. [Edit this paragraph] The characteristics of summer food supplement are firstly that it is clear and not nourishing. This is because in the hot summer, if you use nourishing and warm Chinese medicine, it will "add fuel to the fire", which is counterproductive. It is best to choose supplements with the functions of benefiting qi, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, such as Radix Pseudostellariae, Fructus Lycii, Radix Glehniae, Radix Ophiopogonis and Radix Panacis Quinquefolii. Instead of nourishing and warming, such as donkey-hide gelatin, velvet antler, red ginseng, aconite and so on.
general idea
People who like cold drinks in summer are prone to symptoms of gastroenteritis such as abdominal pain, anorexia and irregular stool. Therefore, adding some traditional Chinese medicines for invigorating the spleen and stomach can get twice the result with half the effort. Commonly used are lentils, yam, atractylodes macrocephala, dried tangerine peel and fried tobacco seeds.
When tonic, we should also pay attention to the phenomenon of "wet weight" such as loss of appetite, bad breath and thick and greasy tongue coating in early summer. At this time, it is necessary to "eliminate dampness", that is, clean up the gastrointestinal tract. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Pogostemon cablin, Magnolia officinalis, Cordyceps militaris, dried tangerine peel, Coptidis Rhizoma and Cang Shu. You should take tonic only after removing dampness.
Reasonable diet
First, it is advisable to cool off the heat. It is advisable to eat cool food and various fruits, such as mung beans, corn, edamame, watermelon, wax gourd, cucumber, etc., which can not only relieve summer heat, but also supplement a lot of body fluids and minerals lost due to excessive sweating.
Second, it is desirable to make up for suffering. Bitter taste is not so popular, but its effect of purging fire can not be underestimated. Bitter gourd and beer (drunk in a small amount) can calm the heart fire, reduce sweating and preserve body fluids (but not too much, in case of bitter cold and stomach failure).
Third, it should be fragrant and trendy. Because of the continuous rain, humid climate and low air pressure, it will affect the blood flow, making people weak and even painful joints. Appropriate use of Pogostemon, Eupatorium odoratum, Coicis Semen, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, fried Radix Saposhnikoviae, etc. Cooking soup and porridge can drive away dampness and ward off evil spirits.
Fourth, it is appropriate to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. It is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and bitter summer, and can be decocted with fried atractylodes, fried Coicis Semen, prepared Atractylodes rhizome, lentil coat, etc. And take it twice a day; Or grind it into powder and take it with water instead of tea, which has a certain nourishing effect on people with spleen deficiency and dampness, greasy food and sticky mouth.
Old people should replenish water in hot summer. It's difficult to give the order of "sharbat" because the thirst center of the elderly brain reacts slowly. If drinking water is not replenished in time, it will often lead to dehydration, increase blood viscosity, slow blood flow and poor circulation. So it is easy to induce a stroke. Therefore, the elderly should replenish water in summer.
Potassium supplementation Modern medicine believes that potassium should be supplemented for health preservation in summer, because potassium is an indispensable trace element for human body. Adult human body contains potassium 150g, which is stored inside and outside the cell respectively, and plays a role in maintaining osmotic pressure inside and outside the cell and acid-base balance, and maintaining normal functions of nerves and muscles.
In hot summer, the temperature is high, and the human body sweats a lot, which leads to the loss of some water and salt in the body, and a certain amount of trace element potassium is discharged with sweat. If the body is short of potassium, it will often make people feel tired and weak, and their energy and physical strength will drop. At the same time, there will be heat-resistant imbalance, metabolic disorder, arrhythmia, and general muscle weakness.
Potassium supplementation often makes people feel refreshed. Potassium supplementation can avoid the mechanical injury of arterial wall caused by hypertension and reduce the incidence of stroke in patients with hypertension. The best way to supplement potassium is to eat more foods rich in potassium in daily diet, such as soybeans, red beans, fresh peas, edamame, rape, celery, spinach, kelp and laver. In addition, milk, goose, carp, eel and other foods also contain a certain amount of potassium, which should be eaten regularly.
Magnesium should be properly supplemented in summer health care. For the average person, the best tonic method is to eat more foods rich in magnesium. Such as green leafy vegetables, eggplant, radish, potatoes and so on. ; Grapes, bananas, lemons, oranges and so on. In fruit; Brown rice, barley, buckwheat, fresh corn, wheat germ and so on. In grain; Peas and red broad beans in beans; Sea cucumber, cuttlefish, salmon, sardines and shellfish in aquatic products. Therefore, eating more coarse grains, vegetables and fruits can generally effectively increase magnesium intake. If the daily intake of magnesium greatly exceeds the physiological needs, resulting in excess magnesium, it will be excreted through the kidney. If magnesium supplementation is needed, it should be carried out reasonably under the guidance of a doctor.
Supplementing the right amount of salt in summer makes people's metabolism very active, and the most obvious thing is sweating more. If you don't pay attention to replenish water when sweating, it can cause hypertonic dehydration, and the clinical manifestations are thirst and general fatigue. However, after sweating, only adding water without paying attention to adding proper amount of salt will turn hypertonic dehydration into hypotonic dehydration, and the water outside the cell will be transferred to the cell, thus causing intracellular edema, making people feel uncomfortable, nausea, vomiting, and even convulsions and coma in severe cases. Therefore, when sweating, you should drink about two thousandths of light salt water, and it is advisable to drink a small amount for many times.
In hot summer, some women often complain that they are afraid of the cold. What's going on here?
According to the conclusion of medical researchers, the main reason is iron deficiency. The scientific basis of this conclusion is that medical researchers in the United States examined hundreds of women shivering in air-conditioned rooms and swimming pools in swimsuits and found that most of them were iron deficient.
Experts believe that men also have this situation, but they eat more and can supplement iron at any time, while women will lose a lot of iron during menstruation. Women who often feel cold can ask a doctor to check the iron content in their blood, which is more accurate than measuring hemoglobin.
In this regard, experts suggest that all women with iron deficiency should supplement iron in summer and eat more foods with high iron content, such as lean meat, fish, chicken, bean products and other rhizomes and green leaves; At the same time, under the guidance of a doctor, iron supplements are often taken.
Calcium supplementation Modern medical research believes that calcium is an indispensable element for human body, accounting for about 1? 5%~20%; Calcium is the main component of bones and teeth, and also participates in the coagulation process; Calcium can maintain the excitability of neuromuscular and transmit information, and keep the osmotic pressure of human body relatively constant. Calcium deficiency in human body, especially in infants, will cause rickets, hand and foot convulsions and other diseases, which will seriously affect children's health.
Midsummer is the best season for children to supplement calcium. Due to the high temperature, abundant sunshine and strong ultraviolet rays in summer, 7- dehydrocholesterol in children's skin is quickly converted into vitamin D after being irradiated by ultraviolet rays, which doubles the vitamin D in the body and is beneficial to the absorption of calcium.
Parents should let their children go outdoors more. After a long time, the amount of exercise will also increase, the blood circulation in the body will be accelerated, and the blood supply to bone marrow and dental pulp will be sufficient, which is conducive to the absorption and utilization of calcium.
The metabolism of bones and teeth is closely related to a variety of trace elements (magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, copper, etc.). ) and vitamins, especially vitamin C. There are many kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits in summer, and the intake is also large, which is a good condition for calcium absorption and utilization.
Children should pay attention to the following two points when supplementing calcium. First, try to take complementary food and eat foods rich in calcium, such as bones, shrimp skin, bone soup, fresh fish, live shrimp, kelp, milk, bean products and so on. Children should have a wide range of recipes, not partial eclipse, such as eating foods rich in vitamin C (vegetables and fruits) and vitamin D (fresh fish). Second, people with severe calcium deficiency can take calcium supplements as appropriate. At present, there are many kinds of calcium supplements, but "Gaitianli" or "Calcium Treasure" are commonly used in clinic. Because it is ionized calcium, it can not rely on the diffusion and absorption of vitamin D in the intestine. In addition, these two calcium agents have low sugar content and good taste, and are suitable for children. [Edit this paragraph] Autumn tonic autumn is conducive to conditioning vitality, getting rid of the old and renewing, and it is the most suitable season for the human body to supplement. Therefore, with a little nourishment, you can get the effect of getting rid of diseases and prolonging life. People who are prone to chronic heart and lung diseases in winter should lay a good nutritional foundation in autumn, enhance their internal adaptability, reduce virus infection and prevent the recurrence of old diseases when winter comes.
Autumn tonic, should choose "tonic but not strong", "anti-dry and not greasy" flat tonic products. Foods with this function include water bamboo, pumpkin, lotus seeds, longan, black sesame, red dates, walnuts and so on. Patients with spleen and stomach weakness and indigestion can take lotus seeds, yam and lentils. , can strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Autumn is prone to dry mouth, burning lips and other "autumn dryness" symptoms. You should choose foods that nourish and moisten dryness, and benefit the middle and qi. This kind of food includes tremella, lily and so on. Tremella contains carbohydrates, fat, protein, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, calcium and so on. Has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production. Can be soaked in water, boiled and taken with sugar, which has a good effect on treating and preventing "autumn dryness"; Lily also has the effects of nourishing lung yin, nourishing lung dryness, clearing heart fire and calming nerves.
Autumn is a good season for people with chronic diseases to take nourishing diet therapy, and it is also a good season for healthy people to take food supplements. People can maintain healthy body and vigorous energy through food supplement, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing diseases and delaying aging.
Sugarcane: sweet, astringent and flat in nature, it has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. It is suitable for dry mouth, constipation, cough and scanty phlegm caused by insufficient body fluid. Insufficient gastric juice and retching; Thirst and upset caused by heat injury to body fluids are all suitable food supplements in autumn.
Bird's Nest: It is a precious tonic, with a particularly high content of protein. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, invigorating qi, invigorating middle warmer, and prolonging life. It is suitable for hot flashes, night sweats, dry cough with little phlegm and hemoptysis caused by lung yin deficiency; It also has a good curative effect on hiccups, nausea and spontaneous sweating caused by insufficient stomach yin.
Sesame: sweet in taste, flat in nature, has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, tonifying kidney and strengthening brain, relieving cough and asthma, and is suitable for constipation caused by intestinal dryness due to insufficient vaginal fluid, dizziness caused by dry skin and deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, premature graying of hair, and soreness of waist and knees; In addition, it is also effective for postpartum blood deficiency and hypogalactia.
Carp: It is a precious tonic with delicious meat, easy to digest and absorb, promoting blood circulation, nourishing yin, cooling blood and benefiting qi. It is often used for bone steaming, hot flashes, backache, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, proctoptosis and other symptoms caused by qi deficiency.
Lotus root: sweet and cool in nature, it is a good medicine for stopping bleeding and promoting fluid production. Rich in starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins, especially vitamin C.
Spinach: sweet and cool in nature, it can nourish yin and moisten dryness, nourish blood and stomach. It can be used for hemorrhagic diseases such as thirst, constipation, anemia and hematochezia caused by insufficient body fluids.
Black-bone chicken: Black-bone chicken is regarded as the holy medicine of gynecology, and it is used as medicinal diet in autumn and winter. Very effective, nourishing yin and clearing heat, nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is often used for asthenia, thirst quenching, metrorrhagia, leukorrhagia, etc., and has good curative effect on vexation, hot flashes, night sweats, emaciation, dry throat, cough and other symptoms.
Pig lung: sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, and can replenish lung. If you cough due to lung deficiency, you can use pig lungs, cut thin slices with a bamboo knife, fry with sesame oil, and cook porridge with rice. Or after cleaning pig lung, add 15g almond and stew. Chinese medicine believes that the lungs correspond to the autumn season, so pig lungs eat more in autumn, "nourishing the dirty with the dirty."
Soymilk: Soybeans are soaked, ground into juice, filtered and cooked. Sweet, nourishing deficiency and moistening dryness, clearing away lung heat and resolving phlegm, and relieving stranguria. Commonly used for physical weakness and postpartum qi and blood deficiency. Chronic lung deficiency, cough, asthma due to phlegm-fire and stranguria.
Maltose: sweet and slightly warm, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency, moistening lung, relieving cough, calming qi and relieving pain. This product is rich in nutrition. It is a sugar food made of glutinous rice, japonica rice, wheat, chestnut and so on. Cooking, adding malt, fermenting and saccharifying. It can be used as a nourishing product for people who are weak, children and parturients. It is also effective for lung deficiency or lung dryness with little phlegm, fatigue and cough; In addition, it is also suitable for epigastric pain caused by spleen-stomach yang deficiency or qi deficiency.
Duck eggs: sweet and salty in taste, cool in nature, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and can be used for cough with little phlegm caused by yin deficiency, dry throat pain, thirst, phlegm cough and dry stool caused by lung and stomach deficiency heat.
Honey: It is not only a good tonic, but also a good medicine for many diseases. Honey contains 39% fructose and 34% glucose, both of which can directly supply heat, replenish body fluids and nourish the whole body. It has certain curative effect on various symptoms such as body fluid deficiency and epigastric pain caused by spleen and stomach yin deficiency or qi deficiency.
Carp: It is the meat of soft-shelled turtle, which is a good tonic. It can not only nourish yin and reduce fire, but also replenish blood and clear heat. Commonly used for bone steaming hot flashes, hemoptysis and hematochezia caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire; It is also effective for muscle and bone pain and physical weakness caused by deficiency of yin and blood. Attention should be paid when using it. It should not be eaten with pork, amaranth and wax gourd. It can be seasoned with onion, pepper and sauce, seasoned with salt, or cooked in mud. [Edit this paragraph] Winter food supplement The winter climate is very cold, and the animals and plants in nature are in a dormant collection state. People also conform to the changes of nature and enter the winter storage season, just as the ancient Chinese medicine book Neijing said: "Spring is born, summer is long, autumn harvest is common, and winter storage is common; People should also respond. " He said: "People who live in winter and March are sealed." In other words, from March to winter is a good time to recharge your batteries. At this time, people's skin and muscles are dense, sweating is less, and the ingested nutrients are easy to store. In addition, in winter, people have a strong appetite, so this is the best time to take supplements, especially after the winter solstice.
Cold has many effects on human body. Firstly, it affects the hormone regulation of the body and accelerates the metabolic decomposition of protein, fat and carbohydrate, especially fat; Secondly, it affects the digestive system of the body, making people increase their appetite and digest and absorb it better; Third, it affects the urinary system of the body, and the corresponding increase in urination increases the loss of minerals such as calcium, potassium and sodium. Therefore, these changes need to be reasonably regulated by corresponding nutrients to prevent the above-mentioned physiological changes in the winter environment. The specific requirements should be as follows:
(1) Increasing the intake of warm food in cold winter often makes people feel unwell because of the cold, and some people are particularly afraid of the cold because of the weak yang in their bodies. Therefore, in winter, it is necessary to use cold-proof food to keep warm and recuperate, so as to warm and nourish the whole body tissues, enhance physical fitness, promote metabolism, improve cold-proof ability, maintain the functional activities of body tissues, resist exogenous pathogens and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that warm tonic foods should be eaten in winter, such as mutton, dog meat, turtle, sparrow, shrimp, pigeon, quail, sea cucumber, medlar, leek, walnut and glutinous rice.
(2) Increase the intake of heat-producing food. Due to the cold climate in winter, the human body consumes more energy every day to adapt to the cold environment, so it is necessary to increase the intake of thermogenic nutrients. Thermogenic nutrients mainly refer to protein, fat and carbohydrates. Therefore, we should eat more foods rich in these three nutrients, especially increase the intake of fat. For example, we should pay attention to the intake of fat when eating meat dishes and put more cooking oil.
(3) Supplementing essential methionine can provide a series of methyl groups necessary for cold tolerance through transfer. The cold climate increases the excretion of creatine in human urine and accelerates the metabolism of fat. The heat released by the oxidation of creatine, fatty acids and phospholipids in mitochondria needs methyl. Therefore, we should eat more methionine-containing foods in winter, such as sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, dairy products, yeast, leafy vegetables and so on.
(4) Eat more foods rich in vitamins. Due to the cold climate, the oxidation heat production of human body is strengthened, and the vitamin metabolism of the body has also changed obviously. For example, increase the intake of vitamin A and enhance the cold tolerance of the human body. Increasing the intake of vitamin C can improve the adaptability of human body to cold, which has a good protective effect on blood vessels. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots, dark green vegetables and other foods, and vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables and other foods.
(5) People who are afraid of cold by properly supplementing minerals also have a certain relationship with the quality of mineral intake. For example, the content of calcium in the human body can directly affect the flexibility and excitability of the heart, blood vessels and muscles, and calcium supplementation can improve the cold resistance of the human body. Foods rich in calcium include milk, bean products and kelp. Salt is also very important for human body to keep out the cold, which can enhance the heat-producing function of human body. Therefore, in winter, it is mainly heavy taste and pungent heat, but it should not be too salty, and the daily salt intake should not exceed 6 grams at most.
(6) Pay attention to hot food In order to adapt the human body to the cold environment outside, we should eat hot meals and hot dishes in order to absorb more energy to keep out the cold. You might as well arrange more hot soup on the dining table, which will not only increase your appetite, but also eliminate the cold feeling.