After Grain Rain, it means that spring is coming to an end. According to the viewpoint of "nourishing liver in spring" in traditional Chinese medicine, we should seize the opportunity to regulate liver blood. The liver opens the eyes, liver blood deficiency. Don't be blind to everything, or the stagnation of liver-qi turns into heat, which will make you dizzy if you disturb the leaders. At this time, the main points of diet therapy focus on nourishing liver and clearing liver, and nourishing eyesight. Among many vegetables, spinach is the most suitable for nourishing liver.
Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet, cool and enters the stomach. It has the effects of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, benefiting the five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, quenching thirst, moistening intestines, nourishing yin, calming liver, helping digestion and clearing stomach heat and toxin, and is often effective in the adjuvant treatment of stomach diseases due to stagnation of liver qi. It has a good therapeutic effect on hypertension, headache, dizziness and anemia caused by liver yin deficiency in spring.
It should be noted that spinach contains more oxalic acid, which hinders the body's absorption of calcium. Therefore, when eating spinach, you should first blanch it with boiling water and then fry it. Spinach should not be mixed with foods containing more calcium, such as tofu, for example, spinach boiled tofu, because oxalic acid reacts with calcium to produce calcium oxalate, which will affect people's renal function and form crystals to stay in the urinary tract, causing stones.
Soybean sprouts are the number one food to prolong life.
In spring, people are easy to lack vitamin B2 and vitamin C, and some people will have oral erosion and oral inflammation, commonly known as "rotten mouth". In view of this symptom, you should eat more soybean sprouts.
Soybean contains trypsin inhibitor and more phytic acid, which affects the absorption and utilization of nutrients. During the germination of soybean, trypsin inhibitor was mostly destroyed, and protein contained in soybean was decomposed into soluble peptides and amino acids, which not only increased the freshness of bean sprouts, but also increased the utilization rate of protein in bean sprouts by at least 10% compared with soybean. Soybean sprouts also contain an interferon inducer, which can induce interferon and interfere with virus metabolism. People are more prone to viral colds and other miscellaneous diseases in spring. Therefore, eating soybean sprouts in spring can also enhance the body's ability to resist viral infection.
Toona sinensis can improve immunity.
Some time before and after Grain Rain, it was the time when Toona sinensis went on the market. At this time, Toona sinensis is mellow and refreshing, with high nutritional value, so Toona sinensis is as tender as silk before rain. Toona sinensis is generally divided into purple Toona sinensis buds and green Toona sinensis buds, especially purple Toona sinensis buds. Fresh Toona sinensis buds are rich in sugar, protein, fat, carotene and vitamin C. Toona sinensis has considerable nutritional and medicinal value, and its leaves, buds, roots, skins and fruits can be used as medicine. Toona sinensis has the functions of improving immunity, invigorating stomach, regulating qi, relieving diarrhea, moistening skin, resisting bacteria, diminishing inflammation and killing insects. It should be noted that because of the high nitrate content in fresh Toona sinensis, it should be blanched with boiling water before eating.
As a good vegetable, Toona sinensis can be eaten in many ways. In addition to mixing tofu with Toona sinensis and frying eggs with Toona sinensis, sliced tender Toona sinensis buds and eggs can be rolled into thin skin, or the whole Toona sinensis buds and egg powder can be stirred and fried into a "Toona sinensis fish", which is crispy, tender and unique. Toona sinensis can be eaten raw, but it can also be pickled. Adding salt to Toona sinensis and sealing. After half a month, you can eat it. When eating, you can cut it into small pieces and mix it with garlic. Fresh Toona sinensis can also be washed and cut into pieces, preserved with plastic wrap and frozen in the refrigerator.