Dietary aftercare has always been the best way for many diseases or health preservation, so what food is the most beneficial for patients with qi stagnation? These six kinds of food, soothing the liver and regulating qi, improve qi depression, and eating them in moderation is of great benefit to the body.
1. Garlic
As one of the three brothers in the kitchen, garlic is a common condiment. Northerners often eat garlic raw with dipping sauce, which has a strong bactericidal effect and can enhance people's appetite. Eating garlic in winter can not only protect the liver, but also ventilate and prevent respiratory infection. Garlic is not the main course, so friends with depressed constitution can put more garlic when cooking, which not only increases the taste, but also is good for the body.
2. white radish
As the saying goes, "winter radish competes with ginseng." Radish is the best food for regulating qi and promoting qi. Many doctors will advise patients to drink radish soup often, which can help patients vent, and its effect of regulating qi is particularly good. However, many people have made a mistake, that is, they habitually peel off the outside skin when eating radish, but in fact, radish skin is rich in nutrition and can also be used as medicine, such as boiling water with radish skin, which has a good effect on relieving cough. So when eating radish, it is best to eat it with the skin.
Step 3: bean sprouts
Bean sprouts are cheap and have a long history of eating. They have been eaten by people since the Song Dynasty. They are rich in cellulose and minerals, which can help intestinal peristalsis and have a good laxative effect. Especially mung bean sprouts, with low calories, are the favorite food for dieters. Usually, it can be fried and eaten, which can well dredge liver qi and is suitable for patients with qi stagnation.
4. coriander
In daily life, coriander appears in the form of "supporting role", but most people don't like the taste of coriander and will avoid it. So little is known about its medicinal effects. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded that "coriander, pungent, has the heart and spleen inside and reaches the limbs outside, which can control all kinds of evil spirits". Although coriander is a supporting role, its effect is very remarkable, especially suitable for patients with qi stagnation, which can help patients regulate qi and exhaust gas and escort the operation of qi in the body, so they can eat more at ordinary times.
5. Lotus root
Lotus root is a common food, and the effects of different lotus roots are also very different. Raw lotus root has the functions of removing blood stasis, cooling blood, clearing away heat, quenching thirst and appetizing. Cooked lotus root has the functions of ventilation, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, nourishing heart and calming nerves. Boiling lotus root or porridge is the best. In addition, the lotus root can also emit a unique fragrance, containing tannin, which has certain functions of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite and loss of appetite. However, it should be noted that lotus root is cold and pregnant women should not eat it too early. At the same time, people with small spleen and stomach and low function in loose stool are not suitable for raw food.
6.buckwheat
Buckwheat is cool and sweet, and belongs to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridian. It has the reputation of "intestine-clearing grass" and is a good product for purging qi and clearing intestines. Proper consumption in daily life can clear the lower qi, clear the stomach and remove filth. If you have abdominal distension and anorexia caused by obesity, you can fry buckwheat noodles and eat them after blending with water. However, it is necessary to remind everyone that people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat it.
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