1, Precautions for tonic
1. Don't confuse reality with reality:
The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to replenish deficiency. It does not mean that patients with asthenia should not use tonics. Deficiency is divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Only symptomatic medication can make up the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive and hurt the body. Although health care is not as strict as treating diseases, at least the dining objects should be divided into two categories: cold and heat. Slightly cold people are afraid of cold and like heat, their hands and feet are not hot, their mouth is pale and drooling, their stools are loose, their urine is long, their tongue is pale, and their pulse is heavy and thin. Fever is caused by fever of hands and feet, dry mouth, bitter taste, halitosis, dry stool, short and red urine and red tongue.
2. Don't overdo it:
Eating too many supplements is harmful. It is considered that it is not advisable to "take more tonics, treat diseases and strengthen the body without diseases". If you take ginseng antler supplements too much, it will cause bloating and not think about diet; Taking too much vitamin C can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
3. Don't take medicine:
Diet can cure diseases better than doctors. Eating more celery can prevent and treat hypertension; Eating more radishes can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion, smooth the qi, broaden the chest, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough; Eating more yam can replenish the spleen and stomach. Daily use of walnuts, peanuts, red dates, lentils, lotus roots and so on. It is also a good supplement.
4. Don't re-enter, but re-exit:
In recent years, health experts put forward a new concept of health care that pays attention to "negative nutrition", which not only pays attention to the discharge of human excreta, but also reduces the retention and absorption of "enterotoxin", and advocates that timely and unobstructed defecation should be paid attention to while supplementing.
5. Don't use a single tonic for a long time:
It is not good for your health to eat a certain tonic and then develop into a partial eclipse and overeating for many years. Because drugs and food not only have health care and therapeutic effects, but also have certain side effects, long-term use will affect the nutritional balance in the body. Especially for the elderly, not only the functions of various organs have declined to varying degrees, but also they need comprehensive and systematic conditioning, and they also have different demands for health care drugs and food in different seasons.
6. Don't rank by ranking:
Rare things are precious. Those noble traditional foods, such as bird's nest and shark's fin, actually have no peculiar dietotherapy function, while very common foods such as sweet potatoes and onions have dietotherapy value worthy of attention. In addition, all dietotherapy has certain objects and indications, so the medicated diet should be determined according to the needs, and what is missing and what is supplemented. Don't divide high and low, especially the elderly, but take practical low price as the principle.
2. Common nourishing Chinese medicines
1, angelica sinensis
Efficacy: Mainly produced in Min County, Gansu Province and Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province. Divided into head, tail and whole angelica. "Head" stops bleeding and goes up; "Body" nourishes blood and keeps it in the middle;
The "tail" does not flow without blood, and the "whole" does not walk with blood circulation. Headache caused by blood deficiency should be treated with angelica head; If you are weak, you can use angelica; Angelica tail can be used for pain of bones and muscles and numbness of hands and feet.
2. Chinese wolfberry
Efficacy: Lycium barbarum produced in Yinchuan, Zhongning and Zhongwei in Ningxia is the best. Lycium barbarum has ten famous functions: invigorating qi, enriching blood, promoting Yang Can, nourishing yin, improving eyesight, calming nerves, nourishing liver, tonifying kidney, reducing fire and removing rheumatism.
Its main functions are nourishing liver and kidney, improving eyesight and calming nerves. For the elderly, Lycium barbarum also has the function of relaxing bowels.
Usage: soak in water, make soup or eat more than ten capsules a day.
3, velvet antler
Therapeutic effect: velvet antler is divided into plum velvet antler and red deer velvet antler, which is produced in Shuangyang County, Jilin Province. Has the effects of warming kidney, strengthening yang, nourishing essence and blood, and preventing miscarriage.
Can be used for treating cold limbs, dizziness, soreness of waist and knees and other symptoms caused by yang deficiency. It has a good therapeutic effect on kidney-yang deficiency.
Usage: Soak in water, wine, stew or take directly.
4. (Chinese herbal medicine) Codonopsis pilosula
Efficacy: Codonopsis pilosula has the functions of tonifying middle energizer, nourishing blood and calming nerves. For people with spleen and stomach weakness, taking codonopsis pilosula is more effective.
The ancients had a good summary of Codonopsis pilosula: invigorating spleen is not dry, moistening lung is not cold, nourishing stomach is not cold, nourishing blood is not dry. Nourish and nourish blood.
Usage: Cut Radix Codonopsis into small pieces and make soup. Stewed mutton with dangshen is also good. The whole branch of codonopsis pilosula can be put in a bottle to soak in wine.
5. American ginseng
Therapeutic effect: American ginseng, also known as American ginseng, is mainly produced in Oasis Tianmai, Canada and France.
American ginseng is different from other ginseng. It has the function of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, and will not get angry after taking it. Especially middle-aged people, eating two or three tablets a day is very beneficial to their health.
Usage: soak in water, stew meat, and take it directly.
6.chrysanthemum
Dietotherapy: There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, such as daisy, chrysanthemum, Huang Ju, chrysanthemum, Qiju and so on. This is a tribute chrysanthemum. As the name implies, it used to be dedicated to the emperor.
Produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province. Gongju has the functions of improving eyesight, clearing away heat and expelling wind. Headache caused by cold, soak some chrysanthemum tea to get rid of the head wind.
Usage: make tea.
7.notoginseng
Therapeutic effect: this medicinal material is harvested for three to seven years, so it is called Sanqi. It is shaped like a lion's head and is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Notoginseng supplements a small amount of blood, and promotes blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
Usage: Mash it when eating and stew it with chicken and meat, which can treat headache and waist creatine weakness of the elderly.
8. Radix Astragali
Therapeutic effect: yellow, yellow; Qi, Chang also. It is an ancient Chinese medicine. Origin in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi. The main therapeutic effects of Astragalus membranaceus have four functions: tonifying middle energizer, invigorating qi, strengthening exterior surface, stopping sweating, supporting toxin and expelling pus, and promoting diuresis and detumescence.
It is better to have insufficient qi during treatment, such as feeling of falling in the stomach and symptoms of breathlessness. It can also strengthen the spleen and stomach, so it has an appetizing effect.
Usage: Soak in water and drink in wine.
9.Eucommia ulmoides Oliv
Efficacy: Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. Mainly produced in Sichuan. Its function is to nourish liver and kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, and prevent miscarriage.
It can be taken by men, women and children, especially those with weak waist and knees, and has a good therapeutic effect.
Usage: soak in water, wine and stew.
10, Tianma
Efficacy: Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Its functions are calming, expelling wind and relieving pain.
If headache and numbness of hands and feet are caused by wind, gastrodia elata can stop it, so it is also called Dingfengcao.
The curative effect is quick, reaching the focus directly. As fast as an arrow, it is also called "red arrow".
Usage: soak in water, wine and stew.