Spring is here, so you should keep up with the seasonal changes. Drinking more soup in spring can help you get rid of spring sleepiness and dryness! So what soup should I drink for health in spring? Here are eight spring health soups for you. You can protect your health by changing them every day!
First, spring health soup
1, Nanxing Zhu Fei decoction
Materials: Nanxing 12g, Beixing 9g, 4 candied dates, and pig lung 200g.
Practice: Peel the south apricot and the north apricot, clean the pig lungs and cut them into small pieces, stir-fry them thoroughly in an iron pan with a little cooking oil, add a proper amount of boiling water, put them in a casserole with candied dates, and cook them for 1~2 hours.
Efficacy: It can replenish lung qi, moisten lung, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for people who are usually weak in lung qi deficiency and prone to cough, and can also be used for strengthening the body during the recovery period of pneumonia.
2, radish lotus seed pig tongue soup
Ingredients: 750g of radish, 50g of lotus seed, 25g of gordon euryales, 3 candied dates, 500g of pig tongue and 750g of pig bone.
Practice: wash the radish with skin and cut it obliquely into medium pieces; Wash lotus seeds, gordon euryales and candied dates and soak them in clear water; Scrape the pig's tongue repeatedly, cut it into large pieces, blanch it with boiling water for a while, remove the blood, and split the pig's bone with the back of a knife after flying; Put all the materials together in the inner pot of the flameless reboiler, add appropriate amount of water, and turn off the heat after boiling. Then put the inner pot into the outer pot and cover it. After two and a half hours, open the lid and add some salt and a little oil to taste.
Efficacy: Radish can eliminate stagnation, eliminate phlegm and clear heat, reduce qi and relieve middle energizer; Lotus seeds can strengthen the spleen and stomach and nourish the heart; Euryale ferox can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea; Jujube has the functions of benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and stomach; Pig tongue can replenish qi and blood, nourish and strengthen; Pig bones nourish blood and produce marrow, strengthen tendons and bones. Combined into soup, it moistens dryness and nourishes, and it is cold in spring and dampness.
3. Smilax glabra and pork bone soup
Ingredients: 50 grams of Smilax glabra, 500 grams of pig spine, lentils 15 grams, adzuki beans 15 grams, and 3 candied dates.
Practice: First, wash the pig's spine, add water to simmer the soup, skim off the upper oil slick, and when it is fried into about 3 bowls of soup, remove the pig's bones. Wash Smilax glabra, slice it with gauze, put it into pork bone soup with washed lentils, red beans and candied dates, and cook until there are about 2 bowls of soup left.
Efficacy: This soup has the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and benefiting marrow, and is especially suitable for diabetics to drink.
4. Crucian carp tofu soup
Ingredients: crucian carp 1 strip, 1 tofu, 2 shallots, a few slices of ginger, proper amount of cooking oil, pepper and salt.
Practice: Wash the crucian carp, remove the black film and unclean internal organs, then draw a long cut on the back of the fish with salt, cut ginger slices and insert them into the incision on the fish, marinate for a while, wash the tofu and cut into pieces for later use, and cut the onion into sections for later use; Take out the ginger slices from the pickled fish, wash them with clear water, and then suck up the water in the fish with paper; Take a wok, add a little oil, and turn the wok so that the oil is evenly distributed in the wok. After burning, put the crucian carp into a wok and fry it on low heat until both sides are golden; Put the soup pot into half a pot of clear water, directly put the fried fish into cold water, add 3 or 4 slices of ginger and bring to a boil. After boiling, add tofu and appropriate amount of pepper, turn off the fire and cover it, then turn off the fire for about 10 minutes, and sprinkle a little salt and scallion before eating.
Efficacy: Carassius auratus has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, harmonizing middle warmer, stimulating appetite, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, warming middle warmer and lowering qi. It has a good nourishing and dietetic effect on spleen and stomach weakness, edema, ulcer, tracheitis, asthma and diabetes. People often stew crucian carp soup for postpartum women, which can not only replenish deficiency, but also nourish and promote lactation.
Second, what food to eat for health in spring?
1, spring bud
Eat spring buds in spring. As we all know, eating seasonal vegetables and fruits is more beneficial to health. Confucius said "don't eat when you don't eat", and the classic medical work Huangdi Neijing also said "eat the old valley", which means not to eat this season. In spring, all plants give birth to bright green buds, and there are many edible spring buds, such as Toona sinensis, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, bean sprouts, lettuce and so on.
2. honey
Chinese medicine believes that honey is sweet, enters the spleen and stomach, and can replenish the middle energizer, replenish qi and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation. In spring, the climate is changeable, and the weather is hot and cold, which makes people easy to catch a cold. Because honey contains a variety of minerals and vitamins, and has the function of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying, it can enhance human immunity and is the most ideal tonic in spring. Therefore, in spring, if you can drink 1~2 spoonfuls of honey every day, take it with a cup of warm water or add milk, which will have a nourishing effect on your body.
3, red dates and other spleen sweets
Sun Simiao, an ancient famous doctor, said: "It is advisable to keep sour and sweeten in spring to nourish your temper." It means to eat less sour and eat more sweet in spring. Spring is a time of vigorous liver qi. Eating more sour food will lead to excessive liver qi and damage the spleen and stomach, so eat less sour food. In spring, people have more outdoor activities in spring than in winter, consume more physical energy and need more calories. At this time, the spleen and stomach are weak and the digestive ability of gastrointestinal tract is poor, which is not suitable for eating greasy meat. Therefore, heat can be properly supplied by sweets. Jujube is such a good way to replenish spleen in spring.
Third, vegetables suitable for spring health preservation
1, lettuce
Lettuce is beneficial to the five internal organs, dredging meridians, opening the chest and diaphragm, benefiting qi, strengthening bones and muscles, whitening teeth, clearing eyes and ears, dredging milk and facilitating urination. The white emulsion in the tender stems of lettuce has hypnotic effect. Women in postpartum hypogalactia or women who can't breastfeed eat more lettuce, because lettuce can promote lactation and reduce lactation. If the urine is not smooth or there is blood in the urine, fresh lettuce leaves can be pounded into mud and applied to the navel, and the therapeutic effect is very obvious.
2, leeks
In Chinese medicine, leek has a very loud name called "aphrodisiac grass", and some people call it "intestinal grass". Not only that, leeks have many names. Professor Chang of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine said that leeks are also called grass stalactites, rising grass and long grass, and also called flat vegetables. The history of Chinese chives used as medicine can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In Compendium of Materia Medica, the function of Chinese chives is: "Promoting fluid production and controlling qi, breathing and detoxifying bacon. Boiling juice can stop coughing and night sweats. "
3. Chinese kale
Chinese kale contains organic alkali, which makes it bitter, can stimulate people's taste nerve, stimulate appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion. Another unique bitter ingredient in kale is cinchona cream, which can inhibit the overexcited body temperature center and play a role in relieving summer heat. Chinese kale contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can prevent constipation. Traditional medicine believes that kale has the effects of eliminating pathogenic heat, eliminating fatigue, clearing heart and improving eyesight.
Fourth, what kind of fruit is good for spring health?
1, strawberry
Strawberry is the most popular fruit in spring, which contains vitamins B 1, B2, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and other minerals, and is also rich in vitamin C. Strawberry also has high therapeutic value, which can decompose food fat and promote digestion. But when eating strawberries, you should pay attention to cleaning, first remove the leaves, rinse them under running water, then soak them in salt water for 5 ~ 10 minutes, and finally soak them in cold boiled water for 1 ~ 2 minutes.
Step 2: bananas
Eating bananas can help people who are weak and sentimental to dispel pessimism and irritability and maintain a peaceful and happy mood. This is mainly because it can increase the content of serotonin in the brain. Studies have found that the content of 5- hydroxytryptamine in the brain of patients with depression is less than that of ordinary people.
3. Grapes
Grapes are especially suitable for "lazy" people, because the healthiest way to eat them is "no peeling and no spitting". Grape skins and grape seeds are more nutritious than grape meat. Red wine has better health care effect than white wine because it is brewed with skin. Researchers at Bordeaux University in France also found that 85% of opc, a substance rich in grape seeds that enhances immunity and delays aging, is absorbed and utilized after entering the human body.
4. Citrus
Constant emotional excitement increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. Experts from Harvard Medical School advise people to eat oranges regularly to reduce the probability of these diseases. But be careful not to eat more than four capsules a day, otherwise there may be what Chinese medicine calls "excessive internal heat", such as aphtha.