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It is said that dark chocolate was originally presented to the Qing Dynasty as a medicinal drink. At that time, the physician of the Qing Dynasty who presented chocolate to Emperor Kangxi described it this way: "Chocolate is a non-medicine. It is used as tea in the United States, and it is drunk once or twice a day. Old people, people with stomach deficiency, people with abdominal cold, people with diarrhea, and people with food accumulated in the stomach should drink it to help the stomach digest food, which is of great benefit; Those who get angry and have fever, fatigue, asthma, hemorrhoids bleeding, bloody diarrhea and bleeding are not allowed to drink alcohol. "
Because chocolate had not been processed into pieces at that time, there was a foreign name called "Chukola". Americans drink tea once or twice a day, which is really like coffee ~
The doctor said: the elderly, people with spleen deficiency, colds, diarrhea or overeating are all very suitable for drinking chocolate, which is very good for the digestive tract. But when the body has internal heat, weak lung qi deficiency, or hemorrhoids bleeding &; If the stool is bleeding or bleeding, you can't drink it.
I also saw this allusion today. It happened that my personal tutor brought me a box of dark chocolate with 75% cocoa content. So I took a bite and had this idea (full of heart) to share my favorite snack-dark chocolate.
But more than 300 years ago, Emperor Kangxi saw this medicinal effect-helping digestion, and mentioned a god by the way. Tea with such curative effect can be found everywhere in the big heaven, so chocolate is rejected. In fact, dark bitter chocolate can be regarded as a blind medicine. The raw material of chocolate is cocoa, that is, picking beans from cocoa fruits from trees. Before processing, the fruit of cocoa is yellow or red, and its seed cocoa beans are yellow and bitter. Talk about its nature and get to know some healthy partners. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, red belongs to the heart and black belongs to the water, which can make the fire in the kidney turn to the heart, which is exciting and refreshing. Therefore, like coffee, it has a certain effect of rising sun, that is, it can quickly restore your spirit, courage and anti-sleepy artifact.
After a series of processes such as baking and drying in the sun, it became the chocolate and cocoa powder that we are familiar with. (So chocolate is black and pure. So when you choose chocolate, you must choose pure chocolate, which must contain more than 75% cocoa. You must look at the ingredient list. You are not eating chocolate at all, but eating sugar. The higher the cocoa content, the lower the sugar content and the bitter taste of dark chocolate. Pure and impure, you will know when you eat vegetables.
In fact, dark chocolate has the hidden value of traditional Chinese medicine. Chocolate is a small tonic for the heart, and it is used by people with insufficient heart and loss every day. Pure dark chocolate is bitter and sweet, which can enter the heart meridian and regulate the qi in the blood. It is easy for the elderly to lose confidence, because the strength of the heart will weaken with age.
And young people, when full of energy, may also be out of breath because of unreliable daily habits or stress. It is most suitable to go to work in the afternoon.
And those who don't like sports at ordinary times, pull a long face every day and write the word "mourning" on their faces can also remedy your energy for seven times. But this can't be an excuse to let go of eating.
Specific symptoms, corresponding seats.
Fatigue, drowsiness, listlessness, loss of appetite, and constant minor problems; Especially after staying up late, working hard, and suddenly cooling down, it is more obvious. Chinese medicine says that bitterness enters the heart, but bitterness and cold also distinguish the difference between heart and nourishing heart.
For example, bitter gourd, lotus seed core and green tea in summer are slightly cold and used to clear the heart. Chocolate containing theobromine is bitter, but it has the function of nourishing the heart.
It is because there is a substance called "flavonoids" in natural cocoa beans, which is slightly bitter. Studying the surface can improve vascular endothelium (innermost layer of blood vessels), increase antioxidant components in blood, relax blood vessels and make blood smooth.
Cocoa tastes bitter and warm, and it can also raise the sun like coffee. It can also cheer up those who are depressed, indifferent and powerless. So drinking a cup of coffee or hot chocolate in the morning can boost your energy.
For example, when you are tired and in a bad mood after a day's work, you need energy, but when you are extremely weak, you will feel refreshed by drinking a cup of hot chocolate in time. This reminds me of when I gave birth to my daughter. At that time, the doctor said that the umbilical cord around the neck should be prepared with both hands (caesarean section), so I went into the delivery room on an empty stomach. Later, when the B-ultrasound saw that the umbilical cord was not around my neck, I gave birth naturally, but I was super hungry, super hungry, super hungry, and the pain was very weak. I feel like I'm going to die, so the doctor asked my husband to buy me chocolate. But Mr. Tan's speed is too slow. When it arrived, I had already entered the delivery room from the waiting room and didn't eat. So I was hungry, and I tried my best to give birth to my daughter. It was on the night of the "heavy snow" solar term. It didn't snow that day, and the weather was fine. I remember it very clearly. However, I am in a state of "heavy snow": emptiness, hunger and cold. ...
I didn't like chocolate so much before I gave birth. Maybe I didn't eat it that time, so I like it now. It is a must-have snack.
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Well, back to the pure dark chocolate with high cocoa content, its taste has a bitter and mellow feeling of plants. It can refresh you quickly, but it won't diuretic like drinking coffee. So, if you are sleepy in the morning, you should refresh yourself. Eating a piece of dark chocolate is also very useful, but you must eat chocolate with cocoa content above 75%.
? Dark chocolate can't be greedy, 20g a day is the top. So I'm here to remind my sister who shares dark chocolate with me, please don't be greedy.
If the heart fire is overcompensated, it is easy to get angry or excited. You may not be able to sleep.
Only for people with moderate coke deficiency and cold. I am. People with moderate coke deficiency and cold and poor spleen and stomach are most suitable for drinking chocolate. When chocolate is in liquid state, it is easier to be absorbed, which can immediately warm the spleen and stomach and refresh the mind.
It is highly recommended that some friends who drink coffee with stomachache and frequent urination can try drinking dark chocolate instead, but it is still not the kind of tea shop. If you brew it yourself, use more than 75% dark chocolate. My own method: I will add some good brown sugar and milk to it, which smells delicious.
Why do you add sugar?
The chocolate we can usually buy, if it tastes particularly delicate and sweet, must be sugar &; There are many additives, please see its ingredient list.
However, people who are very angry and cough for a long time obviously feel that people with phlegm in their throats are not suitable for touching chocolate. They can't eat it until they are fully recovered. But under normal circumstances, you should also avoid gluttony, which is easy to produce dampness and help phlegm.
Finally, share a guide to choosing dark chocolate.
Marked with the words "cocoa liquid, cocoa pulp, cocoa powder", it ranks high in the ingredient list. If the cocoa content is above 75%, it is a bit bitter, not sweet or greasy, and sweet is sweet. It is recommended that beginners who like dark chocolate eat this degree
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But if the word "cocoa butter substitute" appears and there are no other cocoa ingredients, then this candy is just chocolate. Cocoa butter substitutes are notorious trans fatty acids, so eat as little as possible. Eating this chocolate helps to eliminate dampness and phlegm.
When buying, be sure to polish your eyes and read its ingredient list carefully.
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