In spring, human metabolism has a great relationship with the liver. Only when the physiological function of the liver is normal can the human body adapt to the changes in nature. If the liver qi is strong and rises too much, there will be symptoms such as blushing, irritability and limb robbery; If people's liver qi stagnates and cannot rise, there will be rib pain, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, stagnation and other diseases. This is very dangerous for patients with heart disease, essential hypertension and cerebrovascular sclerosis.
Therefore, to nurse the liver, we must first adjust our mentality. Because excessive liver qi and stagnation of liver qi are closely related to people's emotions. People who are refreshed, overworked and unrestrained will inevitably increase the liver qi too much; When people are depressed and unhappy, the liver qi stagnates, and instead of rising, it falls, leading to aggravation of heart disease and hypertension, or causing such old diseases. Therefore, the best way to recuperate the liver is to be calm, which can be beneficial and harmless to the body.
In spring, in contrast, the liver is strong and the spleen is weak, and the digestive function is easily affected. If they are depressed, they will have symptoms such as fullness of chest ribs, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, loose stool, etc., so they need to calm down, nourish qi and strengthen the spleen.
Spring health care will play two roles: first, soothe the nerves, make the liver qi not rebellious, and calm the spleen and stomach; Second, it has a good effect on the spleen.
2. Lips are easy to dry and contract in spring. Eat the right food to protect your lips.
In spring, the wind and sand are heavy and the air is dry, which is most likely to reduce the water content of the skin, leading to dry shrinkage, local peeling or wrinkles. Lips, in particular, are more prone to chapping and peeling. The following diet will make you have a moist and healthy lip.
(1) tremella decoction
Ingredients: 30 grams of tremella, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Cooking: Wash 30 grams of tremella with clear water, put it in a casserole and stew it with water, and add rock sugar as appropriate. Twice a day.
(2) Mulberry ointment
Raw materials: fresh mulberries.
Cooking: Grind fresh mulberry into powder, wring juice, simmer to half of the original amount, add honey as appropriate, then boil it into paste and bottle it for preservation. Apply it to lips twice a day, drink 20 ml, and take it with warm water or yellow wine.
(3) Stewed goose with yam
Ingredients: 250g white goose, 50g yam and 200g lean pork.
Cooking: take white goose, yam and lean pork, wash and cut into pieces, cook them in the usual way and season them. Honey is moderate.
④ Pak Lei brewed with honey.
Material: Pak Lei1.50g honey.
Cooking: Take Pak Lei 1 tablet, remove the core, add 50 grams of honey and steam. Eat meals twice a day. Take it for a few days.
3. The most commonly eaten wild vegetables in spring
With the pace of spring, people's favorite wild vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, bitter vegetable, dandelion, Sophora japonica, elm seed and Toona sinensis bud, have quietly grown out, so people began to design wild vegetable feasts. Because wild vegetables are not only fresh and delicious, but also rich in nutrition and have a good therapeutic effect.
(1) shepherd's purse
Shepherd's purse Shepherd's purse, also known as green vegetables and lettuce, contains protein, fat, sugar, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, carotene and various vitamins, and is also rich in chlorophyll and cellulose. Shepherd's purse Shepherd's purse contains 10 kinds of amino acids, which has high nutritional value.
There is a folk saying that shepherd's purse can be a panacea on March 3. Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is sweet and warm, non-toxic, can benefit the liver, spleen and five internal organs, has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight, and is very suitable for people with internal heat. Modern medicine has also confirmed that shepherd's purse has the function of stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure, and can be used to treat chyluria, nephritis edema, gastritis, enteritis, redness, conjunctivitis, night blindness and other eye diseases.
(2) Amaranth
Amaranth, also known as human food and amaranth, is rich in iron, calcium, carotene and vitamin C, which is helpful to the growth and development of teenagers and the health of adults. Amaranth does not contain oxalic acid, and its calcium is easily absorbed by human body, while rich iron can synthesize hemoglobin in cells, which has hematopoietic and oxygen-carrying functions and is known as "blood-nourishing vegetable". Amaranth contains a variety of amino acids, especially lysine, which is essential for human body. Eating amaranth regularly is very beneficial to human health.
Chinese medicine believes that amaranth is cool and sweet, and has the effects of clearing away heat and improving eyesight, facilitating defecation, relieving swelling, detoxicating, treating dysentery and stopping bleeding, and can be used to treat hematuria, internal hemorrhoid bleeding, tonsillitis and acute enteritis. However, due to its cold nature, people with spleen deficiency and loose stool should not eat it.
(3) Bitter vegetables
Bitter vegetables, also known as bitter vegetables and chicory, are rich in carotene, vitamin C, potassium, calcium and other substances, which have a good effect on preventing anemia, maintaining normal physiological activities, promoting growth and development, relieving summer heat and protecting health.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter vegetables are cold and bitter, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and cooling blood, and can be used to treat acute bacillary dysentery, acute pharyngitis and appendicitis. However, bitter vegetables are cold, and those with spleen and stomach deficiency are not suitable for eating.
(4) purslane
Portulaca oleracea, also known as equisetum, amaranth and longevity vegetable. It is sour in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis to reduce swelling, promoting blood circulation to reduce swelling, killing insects and bacteria, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, stopping bleeding and cooling blood, and can be used for treating dysentery, enteritis, nephritis, postpartum uterine bleeding, hematochezia, mastitis and other diseases.
There are many spinach in spring, so you can rest assured to eat more.
Spring is the time when spinach is on the market in large quantities. At this time, you should eat more spinach. Because spinach is nutritious, it contains a lot of protein, vitamins, carbohydrates, fat, crude fiber and various minerals. The content of protein is as high as 34%, which is l times more than Chinese cabbage and 2 times more than wheat flour, second only to pork. Every 100g spinach contains vitamin C, which can meet people's needs day and night. It is also rich in vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin K. It is called "the king of vegetables" by Arabs.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet and cool, enters the gastrointestinal tract, and has the effects of enriching blood and stopping bleeding, benefiting the five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, quenching thirst and moistening intestines, nourishing yin and calming the liver, helping digestion, and cleaning up gastrointestinal heat toxicity. Spinach also has a good therapeutic effect on hypertension, headache, dizziness, diabetes and anemia caused by liver yin deficiency in spring.
Spring is the best time to eat bamboo shoots.
After the beginning of spring, bamboo shoots have appeared and thrived, which is the best time to eat bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are tender, white as jade, fragrant, mellow and nutritious. At banquets, they are often served as delicacies with meat, and they have the reputation of "the first vegetarian food" among the people of China.
Bamboo shoots are rich in nutrients, which are rich in water, plant protein, fat, sugar and a lot of nutrients necessary for human body, such as carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus and iron, and have high nutritional value. In addition, bamboo shoots have high medicinal value.
Traditional medicine in China uses bamboo shoots to treat diseases and health care. Chinese medicine believes that spring bamboo shoots are sweet and cold, beneficial to nine orifices, dredging blood vessels, resolving phlegm and promoting fluid production, and promoting digestion and abdominal distension. Cook bamboo shoots and japonica rice into porridge, or cook fresh bamboo shoots and slice them, and mix them with sesame oil, salt, ginger and vinegar, which has a good auxiliary treatment effect on cough and asthma caused by hot phlegm, can help children get through measles as soon as possible, and can also cure constipation. For drunken people, taking a proper amount of fresh bamboo shoots and decocting them in water for tea has obvious sober-up effect. In addition, bamboo shoots also have the effect of losing weight, because bamboo shoots can absorb fat and promote digestion and excretion. For simple obese people, eating bamboo shoots often will be of great benefit.
6. The spleen is weak in spring, and eating more leeks can enhance the qi of the spleen and stomach.
Liver qi tends to be vigorous in spring, which will affect the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. At this time, it is necessary to maintain Yang Qi. Leek is a warm dish that enters the liver meridian. Best for spring. Eating regularly can increase the qi of the spleen and stomach.
Leek is rich in protein, fat, sugar, vitamin C, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron and sulfide. It is not only delicious, but also a good medicine for treating diseases.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, leek has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, warming waist and knees, strengthening yang and fixing essence. Leek is warm and sweet, slightly sour, and has the effects of removing stomach heat, calming the five internal organs, promoting blood circulation and strengthening yang. Allicin and sulfide in leek have bactericidal effect and can treat enteritis, dysentery and other diseases; Vitamin C can prevent and treat gingival bleeding and scurvy. Minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron are beneficial to hematopoiesis and blood supplement; Cellulose can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion and prevent defecation. Leek contains volatile essential oil, sulfide and crude fiber. It can reduce blood lipid, dilate blood vessels and prevent hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.
Leek is spicy and fragrant, which can be fried, stuffed, made into soup, seasoned and pickled. Whether it's a meat dish or a vegetarian dish, it's very tasty. The quality of leeks in early spring is the best, followed by late autumn and the worst in summer. Therefore, there is a saying that "spring vegetables are fragrant and Natsuna stinks".
7. There are many buds in spring. Skillful eating, delicious food, and strong body.
Toona sinensis bud is also called Toona sinensis, Toona sinensis. Toona sinensis buds are green in color, rich in fragrance, crisp and delicious, and are deeply loved by people in spring. Toona sinensis bud is extremely nutritious, rich in vitamin C, high-quality protein and minerals such as phosphorus and iron.
There are many ways to eat Toona sinensis buds. The most common are fried eggs with Toona sinensis bud, fried meat slices, fried Toona sinensis, Tofu with Toona sinensis bud, garlic juice with Toona sinensis bud, etc. No matter what it is made of, it tastes delicious and has a unique flavor.
In addition, Toona sinensis buds have high medicinal value. It tastes sweet and cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and regulating qi, killing insects and fixing sperm. In addition, according to modern medical research, it can treat facial diseases and moisturize the skin by mashing fresh Toona sinensis buds and taking juice for daubing, which has a good beauty beauty effect. Toona sinensis bud decoction made from Toona sinensis bud has obvious inhibitory and killing effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumococcus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
It is worth noting that Toona sinensis buds should be eaten before Grain Rain, and should be eaten early and tender; After Grain Rain, its fiber is aging, its taste is boring, and its nutritional value is greatly reduced. There is a folk saying that "Toona sinensis buds are tender as silk before the rain, and Toona sinensis buds are like wood after the rain". In addition, Toona sinensis buds are hair, and eating more is easy to induce the recurrence of chronic diseases. Therefore, patients with chronic diseases should eat less or not.
8. In early spring, human immunity declined. You should eat more sterilized food.
In early spring, the weather is warm and cold, and the climate is dry and changeable, which will reduce human immunity and easily lead to the epidemic of influenza, meningitis, measles, scarlet fever, pneumonia and other diseases. So it is particularly important to improve your immunity at this time.
Eating more sterilized food in spring will improve human immunity and dispel yin and cold at the same time. Isothermal food of onion, ginger, garlic and leek has a good bactericidal effect. Allicin in onion and garlic have good bactericidal effect, which can kill many kinds of germs. Leek is rich in protein, vitamin A, calcium and phosphorus. Eating more of these foods in early spring has a good effect on improving human immunity.
In addition, eating more foods rich in vitamin C can also improve the body's immunity. They can not only help maintain the integrity of respiratory mucosa and form a barrier against respiratory infection, but also have a certain preventive effect on symptoms such as nosebleeds caused by windy weather and dry climate in winter and spring. Warm foods rich in vitamin C include white radish, green pepper, cabbage, etc. You can eat more.
9. Save acid and sweeten in spring. Honey is the most ideal healthy drink.
Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in ancient times, once said, "It is advisable to keep sour and sweet in spring to nourish your temper." So it is appropriate to eat sweets in spring. The best sweet food is honey, so honey becomes the most ideal tonic in spring.
Honey is a sweet substance which is stored in the hive after bees fully brew the collected plant nectar or secretion. It is a sweet and viscous transparent or translucent liquid.
Compendium of Materia Medica says that honey has five functions as medicine: clearing heat, tonifying middle warmer, detoxifying, moistening dryness and relieving pain. Honey is sweet, warm and moist, which can moisten dryness and smooth intestines. Cold, clearing away heat and moistening lung; Familiar with tonic and emergency analgesia. Be willing to detoxify and reconcile various drugs.
Honey contains glucose, fructose and sucrose, as well as many essential amino acids, protein, enzymes, fat, malic acid, vitamins, iron, calcium and magnesium. Children's eating can promote growth and development; Eating it by the elderly can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, and has the effect of prolonging life.
In addition, honey also has the function of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying, so it can enhance human immunity. In spring, if you can use 1_2 spoonfuls of honey every day, take it with a cup of warm water or add milk, it will have a good nourishing effect on your body.