"An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Among many fruits, apple is the most common and peaceful one, but its nutritional value should not be underestimated. Chinese medicine believes that it can "promote fluid production and moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite"; Nutritional analysis shows that apple contains the most fructose, and contains a variety of organic acids, pectin and trace elements.
Apple pectin belongs to soluble fiber, which can not only promote cholesterol metabolism, effectively reduce cholesterol level, but also promote fat excretion. The French did an experiment in which a group of healthy middle-aged men and women ate two or three apples a day. A month later, their cholesterol levels were measured, and it was found that 80% of people's low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, also called bad cholesterol) decreased. At the same time, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL is good cholesterol) has increased. Apple's help to the cardiovascular system can be seen.
Potassium, a trace element contained in apples, can dilate blood vessels, which is beneficial to patients with hypertension. Zinc is also necessary for human body. When lacking, it will lead to disorder of blood sugar metabolism and decline of sexual function. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
Eating apples raw can not only get the above benefits, but also regulate the stomach, because it is rich in fiber and helps to excrete. On the other hand, it is good for people with diarrhea to eat it, because malic acid has astringent effect, but it should be noted that if it is chronic diarrhea with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, apples must be wrapped in tin foil. H cook or simmer before eating.
Apples are rich in nutrition and low in calories, so they are very popular with dieters. In dietotherapy, boiling water with apple peel and ginger slices can stop vomiting. Using apples with pears can reduce the coldness of pears and have the effect of strengthening the lungs and moistening the stomach. In autumn syrup, some apples and pears are used, and lily 1 (30g), Dendrobium 5 (15g) and apricot 3 (9g) are added to moisten the lungs and relieve cough.
Eating papaya helps digestion.
Papaya is actually very good, but some people insist on not eating it because it tastes bad. Papaya is called "papaya" in China. As the name implies, eating more can prolong life. As for the reason, the ancient books did not say it clearly, but it is estimated that it is related to the enzymes contained in it.
It is reported that papaya contains enzymes similar to human growth hormone, and eating more can keep people young. Yeah, yeah, it needs to be verified. What is certain is that the proteolytic enzyme contained in papaya helps to decompose protein and starch, which is of great benefit to the digestive system. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Medical books say that "spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow", and eating fruit can help digestion and absorption, thus consolidating the spleen and stomach, which is really cost-effective. According to medical analysis, papaya is sweet, flat and slightly cold, which is helpful for digestion, relieving summer-heat, quenching thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough.
There are also some Chinese medicines, but this papaya is Sichuan papaya, also called Xuan papaya, not papaya sold in fruit stalls. Sichuan papaya tastes sour and slightly warm. What is its main function? Damp arthralgia, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals are most suitable for patients with rheumatic pain.
As for papaya, eating it raw can relieve throat discomfort, and it is also helpful for colds, expectoration, constipation and chronic bronchitis. In diet therapy, cooked papaya and persimmon can be decocted in water to cure asthma and cough; Peel cooked papaya and add honey after steaming to cure lung dryness and cough; Juice or dry raw papaya and grind it into powder to repel insects. The most widely known is that papaya boiled fish tail or stewed pig's trotters can promote milk secretion.
Advantages and disadvantages of eating more watermelon.
Walking in the street, sweating like rain, a frozen watermelon, or a glass of bright watermelon juice, who can resist me? In fact, if you know medicine, you can enjoy this delicious and juicy food and medicine by the method of "medicine and food are homologous". [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
One of my patients, MISS ZHOU, did an experiment like this: One day, she felt thirsty and hot, sweated after shopping and lost her appetite, so she "opened" watermelon for lunch to replenish water and clear away heat. After eating it for about two hours, it really worked. However, what she received was not all the heat-clearing effect she expected. What happened? MISS ZHOU's period suddenly came early, and it was like water, which scared her to call a car into the emergency room.
In fact, watermelon is innocent, but MISS ZHOU's body is weak and cold. Watermelon is famous for its "natural white tiger soup", which is cold in nature and stomach and should not be eaten by pregnant women. Although the body is slightly hot and dry, people with weak foundation should not eat more. Otherwise, the light is dizzy, and the heavy is like MISS ZHOU's bloody collapse.
What really needs to eat watermelon to clear away heat and purge fire is a strong, really hot person. What's really spicy is usually loud, jealous and talkative. On the contrary, people with deficiency-heat like MISS ZHOU are prone to fatigue and dizziness, so watermelon should not be eaten too much. If you accidentally eat too much, you will feel dizzy, but a piece of ginger can save you.
If you are not too strong and want to use watermelon to relieve summer heat, you can use Cui Yi (namely watermelon skin), lotus leaf and lotus leaf as the main materials, with lentils and raw coix seed. Make a bowl of heat-clearing and fire-purging soup. If the spleen and stomach are not good, cooked coix seed can be used to strengthen the spleen. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
Pear with good heat-clearing property
It's fall here. Tianjin is full of pear, fragrant pear, tribute pear, sand pear and crystal pear. It is very convenient to buy a pear at any time to clear away heat and moisten the lungs. However, it turns out that eating too many pears can also cause trouble. I have a patient, Miss Tan, who once had a sore throat. She thinks pear juice can clear away lung heat, so she drinks a big glass every morning, afternoon and evening. Unexpectedly, the next day, it was so dizzy that she couldn't get out of bed and go to work.
In fact, it is correct to use pears to clear heat. The problem is that Miss Tan uses "medicine" too hard. It should be noted that a glass of pear juice contains several pears, and three cups a day is equivalent to eating ten pears, which is not only "hot" but also "cold". Miss Tan coincides with her menstrual period and is in poor health. Of course she can't stand such a cold diet.
Pear has been honored as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times, which can cure cough and moisten the lungs. It's a pity that everyone only knows its efficacy and ignores whether its nature is suitable for their own physique. Pear has the function of clearing heart and moistening lung, but it is cold. People with cold and cough due to deficiency should not eat it raw. They must be steamed with water, or put in soup, or stewed with herbs.
The most popular pear diet can be regarded as boiling sugar water or soup with apricots, pears and tremella, which is quite effective for dry mouth. However, it should be noted that this recipe is cold in pear and cold in snow ear, which is more suitable for people who need to clear away heat due to excess heat or deficiency fire. In case of physical weakness and cold, you don't need snow ears. If this prescription is slightly modified, it can strengthen the effect of 3 yuan (9g) Fritillaria cirrhosa on invigorating lung qi. If matched with lily, it can nourish yin and soothe the nerves. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Speaking of the problem of pear coldness, more in-depth research shows that different kinds of pears have different degrees of coldness. For example, Tianya pear, which we often eat, is almost as cool as small and exquisite fragrant pear and large tribute pear, while thick-skinned sand pear and imported pear are even colder.
Mango also has medicinal value.
Mango, one of the few fruits rich in protein, is easy to get full if eaten too much. Traditionally, it can benefit the eyes and moisturize the skin, which may be the reason why it contains carotene. Its nucleus can also be used as medicine, which can detoxify, eliminate food stagnation and lower blood pressure.
According to the analysis of dietotherapy in traditional Chinese medicine, mango belongs to the fruit that is flat and sweet, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production. Eating raw can stop vomiting and cure seasickness, and the effect is the same as sour plum. People who are not used to sailing and have bumps and chest tightness may wish to take mango as a "medicine". When pregnant women feel bored, they can eat mango meat or mango soup. The only thing to note is that mango is wet and poisonous. If you have skin diseases or tumors, you should remember to avoid them.
Dampness is one of the six evils in traditional Chinese medicine. Skin diseases such as eczema, abscess and pus discharge, gynecological diseases such as leucorrhea, and internal medical diseases such as edema and beriberi can all be described as "dampness". People with wet constitution may get worse if they eat wet and poisonous foods such as mangoes. On the contrary, some people worry that eating mangoes will increase youth bean, but this idea is a bit overdone. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
When mango is not ripe, the pedicel will ooze white juice, which may be the cause of allergy. In any case, people who cough due to deficiency-cold (itchy throat with white phlegm) should avoid eating to avoid itchy throat. Asthma patients should also fast according to the doctor's advice. In fact, not only Chinese medicine has this charge, but also western medicine has included mango in the list of taboos for asthma. According to my personal experience, even if I don't have sensitive people, eating a few mangoes at a time will make me lose my voice in real time. Fortunately, the sequelae of dry throat and swollen lips can be solved by gargling with light salt water in real time. People who are sensitive and addicted to mangoes can eat dried mangoes to relieve their appetite.
Kiwi has a good way to prevent cancer.
Kiwi, which many people think is a special product of New Zealand, is actually native to China, originally named Kiwi, and was introduced to New Zealand only a century ago. Nowadays, kiwifruit suppliers vigorously promote that kiwifruit is rich in vitamin C, which is true. According to analysis, every 100g of fresh exotic pulp contains 100 to 300 mg (even more than 400 mg) of vitamin C, which is 20 to 80 times higher than that of apples and 5 to10 times higher than that of oranges.
No wonder kiwifruit is listed as an anti-cancer fruit in the Classic of Food Anti-cancer, because vitamin C, an antioxidant, can effectively prevent the carcinogen ammonium nitrite from forming in the human body. Scientists in Henan once did an experiment: taking 900 mg of vitamin C every day, the content of ammonium nitrite in urine decreased by 60%. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
The medicinal value of kiwifruit has been recorded in Chinese medical books in past dynasties. It is believed that kiwifruit can "regulate the qi of middle-aged and elderly people" and has the functions of nourishing and strengthening the body, clearing away heat and diuresis, invigorating the stomach and moistening dryness. The folk prescription, with 60 grams of kiwifruit peeled and eaten raw, can cure internal heat, prevent scurvy, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer and so on. The pharmacological action is that its vitamin C can prevent the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines, and its pulp can reduce blood cholesterol and triglycerides. It is said that kiwifruit has unique skills in treating digestive tract cancer and lung cancer.
The roots of kiwifruit and peach also have medicinal effects, but unfortunately the drugstore pays the bill here and now. Kiwi seems a little fruity to some people, and it has a bitter feeling after eating it. Eating while coughing may aggravate the condition, but whether it is allergic or not is unknown.
Mangosteen fruit is cool after cooling.
Liu? And mangosteen are among the fruits, and they are called kings respectively. However, the properties are just the opposite, one is hot and the other is cold. It is said that those who are cold are hot, those who are hot are cold, and those who have always been cold in physique will definitely feel uncomfortable if they ignore their physique and eat too many cold things, such as mangosteen.
Once a patient suddenly fainted at home. In the end, it is related to mangosteen and cold constitution. That day, Teacher Wang had a heart-to-heart talk with two good friends. Beer is drunk in cans. During this period, some people feel hungry, but they don't want to cook or go out for supper. So they suggest cutting up a few Jin of mangosteen that they just bought for dinner. Miss Wang has never eaten mangosteen on weekdays, but now she is addicted to it and keeps eating. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Who knows that at dawn, Miss Wang feels bored and dizzy. At first, I thought I was overdrawn by staying up late, but I didn't know until it got dark. Fortunately, her friends Qi Xin helped save her.
After listening, I asked her if she was prone to dizziness, fatigue and shortness of breath (cold bottom) on weekdays. Is there leucorrhea (uterine deficiency and cold)? Did you have your period (poor health) when the incident happened? The answers are actually all right. No wonder people who are so cold "coincidentally" meet mangosteen with beer and waste their energy all night.
In fact, mangosteen is cold, and it is acceptable for people with deficiency and cold constitution to eat less, but not more. Don't eat with cold food such as watermelon, soybean milk, beer, Chinese cabbage, mustard, bitter gourd, white gourd and lotus leaf soup. If you accidentally eat too much, you can cook ginger tea with brown sugar to solve it.
Pineapple can promote fluid production and strengthen the stomach.
When you go to a vegetarian restaurant, there must be two dishes of snacks, namely pineapple and fried peanuts. However, that pineapple dish is usually canned and has a high sugar content. On the nutritional value, fresh fruit is certainly higher. It is said that pineapple was introduced into South China of China from Brazil in the16th century. Its pulp is soft, sweet and sour, and can stimulate appetite. In addition, it is rich in fructose, glucose, protein, citric acid, vitamins and other nutrients, which is very popular. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
It is rumored that pineapple is hot and humid, and eating too much will cause diarrhea. Actually, I think it's wrong. Because pineapple is rich in fiber, it can stimulate the intestine and accelerate peristalsis, so some people go to the toilet soon after eating pineapple. Medically, this fragrant fruit has astringent effect. Moderate consumption can not only prevent diarrhea, but also help to stop diarrhea.
Li Shizhen, an ancient physician, even thought that pineapple could "strengthen the spleen and stomach and strengthen the vitality". This view is the same as modern scientific analysis. The pineapple cup rich in pineapple can decompose protein in the stomach and help digestion. However, it should be noted that some people are allergic to pineapple, so some western doctors will advise patients with sensitive trachea or bronchus to give up eating pineapple.
Even ordinary people should soak the chopped pineapple in salt water to decompose some organic acids, reduce its toxicity and make the pulp more delicious. If you feel sore throat after eating pineapple, it is an allergic symptom. Stop eating immediately and drink a glass of light salt water to dilute the allergic ingredients.
Eating durian for tonic in deficiency of cold
Liu? What's so good about it? Guests love its unique charm, and people who hate it will avoid it when they smell it far away. In fact, as far as nutrition is concerned, this kind of fruit is the most comprehensive, but it is hot and sluggish, which may not be suitable for everyone. Cancer patients or rehabilitation patients should be more careful not to be greedy for temporary satisfaction and lead to the deterioration of their condition. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
I once treated a breast cancer patient. When she came to see me, her condition was quite serious, and the affected area festered and oozed water. After a period of treatment, the situation is very happy to improve and the patient gradually relaxes. Although she remembers my voice telling her not to eat durian? But he broke the precept because he mistakenly thought he had recovered.
How was the funeral? You can't believe it. Just one day after eating, the breasts that have recovered initially have pus again. Although not every patient is like this, from the medical analysis, no matter how weak, cancer patients always carry some heat poison. Similarly, people who suffer from skin diseases or liver fire due to yin deficiency should also avoid eating durian? , to avoid trouble.
The luckiest thing is that you are addicted to durian. And the constitution belongs to the generation of deficiency and cold. Because of durian? Sexual heat can just strengthen yang and help fire. If postpartum deficiency is cold. Might as well use this as a tonic. But some people are sweating profusely, their limbs are weak, and some people are too weak to sleep, their faces are red and their mouths are dry. In the latter case, it is better to eat cherries instead.
If you are not careful with pomegranate? Eat too much, so that you get stuck in hot phlegm, have difficulty breathing, blush and have bloating. You should eat some mangosteen immediately, because mangosteen is a very cold thing and can restrain pomegranate. Hot.
Litchi [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
As the saying goes, "three fires in one bite of litchi", don't think it is an exaggeration. For yin deficiency and liver heat, the evidence is conclusive. I have a patient who caught fire because he was with a group of people.
This Mr. Chen has a skin disease, dry mouth and insomnia, and belongs to a typical person with yin deficiency and fire flourishing. When he was taking Chinese medicine to regulate his body, he secretly joined the litchi group without listening to the doctor's advice; As a result, the day after I returned to Hong Kong, I was anxious to find you.
Without being under pressure, Mr. Chen admitted that he ate less than ten lychees "in moderation" Unexpectedly, his lips were swollen that night and it was difficult to sleep. This is all because of adding fuel to the fire. It should be noted that litchi is something for nourishing blood and strengthening yang. Faced with this beautiful fruit like white jade, people with fever can only bear it. Gout and diabetes patients should not eat more.
If you eat too much lychee, you can take one of the following teas to reduce the fire. Use Scrophularia 3 yuan (9g), Ophiopogon japonicus 3 yuan (9g) and three corduroy flowers to make a bowl with three bowls of water. Or eat cold watermelon and drink a bowl of lotus leaf and melon water, or turn down the fire a little.
It is said that boiling water with litchi shells can cure the physical discomfort caused by eating litchi. Yang Guifei used this one-step method to eliminate the sequelae such as nausea, limb weakness and dizziness caused by litchi. You might as well try. People with yin deficiency and heat or liver fire should remember that eating less lychee is better than eating more lychee. Those who are peaceful or deficient in cold can enjoy the fruits of Lingnan without worry. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Coconut is a pure misunderstanding
Coconut is a treasure in tropical areas, which contains a lot of fat and protein. Picking ripe coconuts from trees at will can provide a good meal. The biggest misunderstanding of coconut in Hong Kong is that it is moist. In fact, coconut meat is warm, which can replenish yang fire and strengthen the body. It is most suitable for people with weak body, weak limbs and easy fatigue, especially coconut glutinous rice stewed chicken, which has a particularly good effect, because coconut meat, glutinous rice and chicken are nourishing, and the nourishing effect is more obvious when stewed and processed.
However, it is still an old saying that people who are full of calories should not eat coconuts often. If you sleep at night for a long time, you like to eat delicious fried food, and you are prone to lose your temper and thirst. Remember not to eat more coconuts. In addition, the sea coconut, which has always been famous for its freshness, is actually the same as the temperate zone.
If you really love coconut fragrance, you can choose cool coconut water to cool off the heat, or add other ingredients to balance when making coconut dessert, such as Adenophora adenophora, lily, Dendrobium, etc., which can clear away heat and nourish yin; Adding winter melon seeds can purge lung fire; Adding cool tremella or clear yellow ear can neutralize the dryness of coconut.
People used to think that coconuts could repel insects, especially ginger worms. However, today, I believe that there is not much market for this natural insecticide. On the contrary, when you have a cold and cough, you might as well eat some coconut meat, which can relieve cough and eliminate phlegm and replenish fire. If you don't know what a cold and cough is, ignore the symptoms such as weakness, itchy throat and no phlegm, and just drink cabbage soup, your cold gets worse and you cough incessantly, coconut meat or coconut stewed chicken can effectively alleviate these symptoms. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
Buy you a lemon.
Rejected on the spot, dubbed "eating lemons". The fruit turned sour without asking. So few people cut lemons and eat them raw. However, if we are thirsty after sun exposure, putting lemon slices in our mouth can relieve summer heat and thirst, which is more effective than water or even tea.
Even less famous, even lemons? Phlegm, and? Phlegm is more effective than oranges and oranges. Add warm water and salt to lemon juice, drink it and cough up the thick phlegm accumulated in your throat. It is very effective. At the beginning of a cold, you might as well wash it with lemon and honey, which can relieve sore throat and relieve the discomfort of dry throat.
Lemon drink, lemon juice and lemon honey all have their own curative effects, and lemon tea is almost the same. It's not that lemon tea is invalid, but that black tea is brewed at high temperature. The effective component catechin in tea was destroyed, but the harmful substances increased. Moreover, tannic acid and citric acid in tea are quite acidic, and people with stomach diseases had better avoid drinking them, but for those with stomach diseases, a cup of lemon tea after meals can really help digestion.
To some extent, lemon can be said to be a female fruit, because it can give birth to babies, so it is called "suitable for mother and child". It can also be used for beauty, because its citric acid can remove spots and prevent pigmentation, which can be taken orally or externally. More domestic studies have pointed out that lemon can improve uterine anteversion, uterine ligament prolapse and even amenorrhea. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Lime can lower blood pressure and cholesterol and improve cardiovascular disease. Like grapefruit, it contains an insulin-like ingredient, so eating it can lower blood sugar, which can be said to be a wonderful "medicine" for fruit.
Longan tonic is not suitable for everyone.
Summer is the golden season of longan and litchi, and their nourishing power is not equal, but after drying into dried fruit, longan (that is, longan) wins. One reason is litchi fever. Secondly, after dried longan, the efficacy of nourishing blood and calming nerves is greatly increased, which has great therapeutic benefits for insomnia with insufficient blood, far better than litchi, which can only strengthen yang and reduce fire.
However, longan is not suitable for everyone whether it is eaten fresh or dried to make soup. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the combination of food taste and personal physique, and those who have internal heat and phlegm should not eat more. According to experience, gout patients who eat too much longan may cause joint swelling and pain, and asthma patients who have fever themselves may cause lung heat cough. People suffering from heat, phlegm fire, dermatosis and abdominal distension (excessive liver fire) should remember not to eat more longan.
If you are peaceful, it is no problem to eat a handful of longan, and people with blood deficiency can even stew longan with brown sugar to supplement their health. However, when you suffer from exogenous diseases, you should avoid eating, because this warm and sweet fruit may trap internal heat and delay the illness. When coughing, whether it is cold cough or hot cough, please avoid eating it, because the characteristics of longan can make the internal heat more abundant and the deficiency cold upgrade. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
The so-called diet therapy, in fact, is the "food" to have a "therapeutic" effect. If you eat it wrong, you can only seek treatment. Although longan has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the nerves, not all insomnia patients can eat it: only those who are deficient in qi and blood, that is, those who are easily flustered, sad and tired, can enjoy longan as a diet. Those who are too angry and hungry should not cross the line, or they will just wait for the dawn.
Persimmons are all treasures.
Persimmon, grapefruit, carambola and water chestnut are the four kings of Mid-Autumn Festival. However, persimmon is the king of kings in terms of its wide use. No matter persimmon meat, persimmon stems, persimmon leaves, persimmons, or even white persimmon cream on persimmons have their own curative effects. This is the healing power contained in nature and also proves the wisdom of Chinese medicine. According to modern nutritional analysis, persimmons contain one or two times more vitamins and sugar than ordinary fruits. Ancient medical books think that persimmons can make up for fatigue, which may be the reason. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", persimmon tastes sweet and cold, which can clear away heat, relieve annoyance, quench thirst, promote fluid production, moisten lung and eliminate phlegm, and treat heat cough.
Persimmons can also be used as medicine to treat hiccups and nocturia. Persimmon leaves are more respected in Japan, and persimmon leaf tea made from persimmon leaf tea contains a lot of vitamin C necessary for human body. It is said that it can lower blood pressure, protect cardiovascular system and treat insomnia. It really deserves further study. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
Fresh persimmons are generally cold, so don't eat those that are weak, deficient in spleen and kidney, and cold due to exogenous factors. More importantly, persimmons are rich in tannins, so they taste very astringent. It is best to eat it without skin, so as not to affect the absorption of iron, or the food will solidify as soon as it is eaten in protein, causing abdominal pain and diarrhea.
But persimmons are peaceful and can moisten the lungs and regulate qi. It can be used as fruit food or boiled papaya syrup. A thin layer of sugar coating on persimmon is a specific medicine for sore throat, dry throat and stomatitis, and it is a must for dietotherapy in China.
Bananas lower blood pressure and relieve constipation.
From the perspective of nutrition, banana is a kind of beneficial fruit rich in starch, but from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, banana is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and moisten intestines and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea. There is always a reasonable explanation for everything. Bananas are cold, and according to the principle of "those who are hot are cold", they are most suitable for people who are hot and dry. People with hemorrhoid bleeding and people with hot and restless fetus can eat raw banana meat.
But it is precisely because bananas are cold that people who are prone to deficiency and cold had better avoid them. For example, people with stomach cold (light mouth and bloating), deficiency cold (diarrhea and dizziness), nephritis (also deficiency cold) and swollen feet during pregnancy, it is best not to eat bananas raw. Banana meat can't be eaten unless it is cooked, and its coolness is reduced. As for colds and coughs, bananas are not edible, but it is acceptable to steam bananas before eating. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
The folk prescription is more effective to treat chronic cough with banana stewed rock sugar; Cook wine with bananas as a diet. Modern medicine believes that banana can cure hypertension, because it is rich in potassium, which can balance the adverse effects of sodium and promote the growth of cells and tissues. Banana can be used to treat constipation because it can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Most interestingly, German researchers said that bananas can cure depression and emotional anxiety because they can promote the secretion of endorphins in the brain.
In short, people who are hot and dry can eat a banana a day, but if they are afraid of bananas catching cold, they can choose to eat banana (which has stronger laxative power) and imperial bananas.
Guava capable of removing dampness and relieving diarrhea
Guava, commonly known as "chicken excrement fruit", is also sold in fruit stalls in Hong Kong. Medical books say that it is "sweet in taste and flat in nature", which can quench thirst, promote fluid production, relieve annoyance, stop diarrhea and kill insects. In fact, another pomegranate with the same name, Anpomegranate, has similar characteristics. The younger generation may not know what pomegranate is, but it is actually a fruit pomegranate used by men and women as gifts in the past (each pomegranate has at least one or two hundred seeds).
Boiling pomegranate peel with brown sugar can eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea, which is very effective for chronic diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency. Collecting pomegranate roots, adding pomegranate peel and areca nut tablets is a common prescription for treating parasites in clinic. After taking it, parasites can be paralyzed, muscles stiff and excreted. This prescription is superior to chemical anthelmintics in that it contains no toxicity, and parasites are discharged only after poisoning, so adults and children can use it with peace of mind. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
There is also a prescription, which is to mix pomegranate peel and Xanthium sibiricum, bake it with charcoal, mash it and grind it into powder, and add edible oil to the inner ear to treat suppurative otitis media. An pomegranate can quench thirst, relieve annoyance, replenish essence and kidney, and regulate diabetes. Guava also has the same effect, but Du Chong's effect is weak. It should be noted that the formula of guava leaves and fruits (or pomegranate) can only control the blood sugar level, but can not cure diabetes.
The main hypoglycemic prescriptions of guava are: (1) boiling water with immature guava fruits, leaves and citrus; (2) boiling guava with water or mixing it with pig pancreas to make soup; (3) The guava leaves and more than ten sweet potato leaves are decocted together.
If guava is eaten as a fruit, people with liver heat should be careful to prevent constipation, because it has the effect of astringing and stopping diarrhea, and it is more appropriate to eat it in the core; Another feasible method is to eat it with other fiber-rich fruits (such as grapefruit).
Sugarcane juice clears the heart and moistens the lungs
It is dry in autumn and winter. Passing by a shop selling sugarcane juice, I bought a cup of sugarcane juice to drink, which can moisten my throat and produce saliva. As a matter of fact, sugar cane is used as medicine, which can really relieve the body fluid damage caused by boredom, thirst and even fever, and can be solved with sugar cane.
However, remember to distinguish between two kinds of sugarcane. Black purple sugar cane, commonly known as black sugar cane, is mild and nourishing, and is not suitable for people with sore throat and fever. Green-peel cane, commonly known as bamboo cane, tastes sweet and cool, has the effect of clearing away heat, and can relieve lung heat and gastrointestinal heat [David of Xixihe, cchere.net].
For those with cough due to lung heat and thick yellow phlegm, bamboo cane juice can be mixed with pear juice to enhance the effect of moistening dryness and clearing lung. Bamboo cane and raw lotus root juice have the same effect. As for people who cough up blood due to lung heat, drinking it can relieve it. In addition, it is said that this prescription is also effective for urinary system infection, commonly known as hematuria.
Sugarcane juice itself is cold, and people with deficiency and cold constitution should not drink more. If people who have a cold and cough (white and thin phlegm) drink it by mistake, the condition may get worse in real time. It is said that steaming sugarcane before juicing can avoid this drawback, but the exact effect needs to be verified. On the contrary, bamboo cane with cogongrass rhizome and carrot boiled water does have the function of clearing heat, which is most suitable for children with watery eyes and bad temper. If you add water chestnut, you can often drink it when your child has chickenpox or measles, which can not only help the virus penetrate, but also speed up recovery. As the main source of sugar, there is no doubt about the rich nutritional value of sugarcane. If sugarcane juice is too monotonous, you can cook with sugarcane juice, which can be harmonious with your stomach and make your appetite open.
Cough caused by melon cough
Go out for dinner and give away fruit bowls after dinner. The combination is mostly watermelon, papaya, cantaloupe, and sometimes wrinkled melon. However, friends often say that they are afraid to eat more because they are afraid of itchy throat after eating cantaloupe or wrinkled melon. Now we eat new strong cantaloupe, Lanzhou dense melon, American dense melon and wrinkled melon, which were collectively called "melons" in ancient times. According to ancient medical books, melon is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and Compendium of Materia Medica points out that it can "quench thirst, remove heat and facilitate urination". When it comes to the function of benefiting water, wax gourd is not as good as watermelon, but the degree of coldness is not equal. [David of Xixi River in cchere.com]
However, the degree of coldness of various melons is different. Hami melon is not as cold as wrinkled melon, but it is not suitable for people who have a cold and cough (itching and thin phlegm). However, because they can clear away lung heat, people with a hot cough (sore throat, sandy and yellow phlegm) are most suitable for eating, which can relieve cough and promote lung qi.
As for Lanzhou honeydew melon and American honeydew melon, they are cooler than cantaloupe and wrinkled melon, and they are definitely not suitable for women who are prone to dizziness, irregular menstruation and excessive leucorrhea. Even the dessert made of honeydew melon, people with deficiency-cold constitution and asthma should not eat more. Both kinds of honeydew melons have a characteristic, which makes people warm when they are hot, and makes people cold when they are cold. Hot and dry people may have a cough after eating cantaloupe. The reason is that the "great cold" of honeydew melon meets the "great heat" in the body, and the two collide with each other, which makes the dry fire suddenly occur? B liters. For people with deficiency-cold constitution, if you eat honeydew melon, it will aggravate the coldness and aggravate the symptoms. Therefore, it is better to eat less.
Jujube can nourish and strengthen the body.
Jujube, in many people's minds, is not a fruit. Because the most familiar red dates, dates and so on. , mostly used for soup and stew. But in fact, fresh-picked dates taste good and have high nutritional value. Jujube is a nutritious food, rich in protein and sugar. The most surprising thing is that its vitamin C content is 10 times higher than that of lemon. The nutrition of fresh jujube is not weak, because there is a special ingredient that can reduce the loss of vitamin C, and jujube can fill the stomach. No wonder the old man said that as long as there are jujube trees, there is no fear of famine. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Maybe you will ask: there are several kinds of jujube, jujube, jujube. How different are they? In terms of nutrition, several kinds of jujube are similar, but carefully distinguishing, jujube and stomach width have the most obvious effect, jujube has the strongest blood-enriching ability, but it is also dry, while Nanzhao tends to nourish yin and enrich blood. Some people say that red dates are dry and need to be pitted when cooking, but in fact, even if they are pitted, red dates are still dry. There is a prescription for chronic hepatitis. Abrus cantonensis (or Rabdosia rubescens) and Artemisia capillaris are boiled with red dates, which is cool and just neutralized, but it is still not advisable to drink too much.
Because jujube has the function of dredging blood vessels and lowering blood pressure, if jujube is not used in the following antihypertensive drugs, other jujubes can be used instead:
1. One catty of celery and 20 pieces of jujube soup (one person's weight).
2. White-backed auricularia auricula 4 Liang (120g) (can dredge blood vessels), with 20 jujubes (one person).
In the commonly used medical prescriptions, besides jujube and jujube, there is jujube for nourishing blood, while fresh jujube and golden jujube for moistening lung and nourishing stomach are purely eaten as fruits.
Figs can cure ulcers.
In fact, figs don't bloom, but the receptacle is big and the flowers are small, which is misleading. Figs are not only dry, but also can be eaten as fruit after fresh picking. It's just that Hong Kong is too far away from the fig producing area, and no one has such luck. [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]
Figs are also called Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge, Milk Berry and Impatiens. According to medical books, they have many uses. The herbal medicine in southern Yunnan records "clearing the throat, opening the chest and diaphragm, resolving phlegm and resolving hard mass". "Herbal Supplement" refers to its "swelling and pain of five hemorrhoids, which should be decocted and smoked frequently to get the effect. 」
When local people make soup, they always add a few figs, which is actually very wise. According to research, figs can accelerate wound healing and have a good effect on digestive tract ulcers. In addition, figs are rich in antioxidants and have anti-aging effects.
Figs are also commonly used in folk prescriptions. Eating figs raw can cure hemorrhoid bleeding. Patients with colorectal cancer can also use this prescription as an auxiliary medical treatment, because pectin and fiber contained in figs can swell when exposed to water and can absorb toxic substances in the intestines. People who have no disease and no pain eat it, and it also has the health care function of detoxification.
Similar to apples, figs also have the function of regulating the stomach in two ways. People with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency can stop diarrhea. On the contrary, people with constipation can relax their bowels. Fresh or dried fruits are also acceptable. Roast figs and grind them into powder, which is helpful to the healing of gastric ulcer if taken regularly. In addition, the pulp contains many essential minerals and trace elements, such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, manganese, zinc and boron. Next time you cook soup, don't forget this "health ambassador". [David of Xixi River in cchere.net]