Milk is neither hot nor cold. Milk is actually a neutral food. Chinese medicine believes that milk is flat and sweet, which can nourish the spleen and stomach, promote fluid production and moisten the intestines. Therefore, we can often drink milk without worrying about its physical properties affecting our health.

Milk is a neutral food, so people who are cold or dry can often drink milk. Only people who are lactose intolerant should drink less milk. People who are lactose intolerant may have problems such as gastrointestinal discomfort when drinking milk.

nutritive value

1. Milk is rich in vitamin A, which can prevent dry and dull skin and make skin fair and shiny;

2. Milk contains a lot of B2, which can promote skin metabolism;

3. Whey in milk can eliminate melanin and prevent spots caused by various pigmentation;

4. Milk can provide skin with sealing oil, form a film to prevent skin moisture from evaporating, and also temporarily provide moisture to ensure smooth and moist skin;

5. Some substances in milk have protective effects on middle-aged and elderly men. Men who drink milk tend to be slim and energetic, and the prevalence of hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases is also low.

6. Calcium in milk is the most easily absorbed, and the collocation of various minerals such as phosphorus, potassium and magnesium is also very reasonable. Pregnant women should drink more milk, and middle-aged women before and after menopause often drink milk to slow down bone loss.

Edible effect

Milk tastes sweet, flat and slightly cold, and enters the heart, lungs and stomach;

Has the effects of tonifying deficiency, benefiting lung and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening intestine;

Can be used for treating chronic asthenia, deficiency of qi and blood, malnutrition, cough, nausea, gastric and duodenal ulcer, thirst and constipation.

Applicable people

The general population can eat it.

1. Skim milk is suitable for the elderly and hypertensive people; High calcium milk is suitable for people with moderate and severe calcium deficiency, children, the elderly, women with irritability, blindness and high work pressure;

2. Patients with iron deficiency anemia, digestive tract ulcer, lactobionic acid deficiency, cholecystitis and pancreatitis should not drink it; Use with caution for diarrhea due to deficiency of spleen and stomach and phlegm-dampness accumulation.