Traditional Chinese medicine

There are too many varieties to list them all

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Three flower tea

Operation: Add 10 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of chrysanthemum, and 3 grams of jasmine to boiling water to make tea.

Applicable: clearing away heat and detoxifying, treating headache, thirst, and sore throat.

Honeysuckle dew

Operation: Add water to the flowers and leaves of honeysuckle, first steam over high heat and then over low heat for 30 minutes, filter out the soup and add rock sugar before drinking.

Applicable: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.

Tips: Honeysuckle should not be used

● It belongs to the lung and stomach meridians among the twelve meridians, and it is very effective in treating discomfort in the lungs and stomach.

● Taboo: People with cold constitution and gastrointestinal problems should not take it.

Chrysanthemum

(1) Chrysanthemum tea: Make tea with chrysanthemums, which has a fragrant smell and can relieve heat, promote body fluids, dispel wind, moisten the throat, nourish the eyes, and relieve hangover.

(2) Drinking white chrysanthemum tea can exert the effects of white chrysanthemum on calming the liver and subduing yang, dispelling wind and heat, cooling blood and improving eyesight. Moreover, white chrysanthemum has a refreshing and sweet fragrance. Drinking it as tea can enhance the aroma of the tea soup. , good palatability.

(3) Chrysanthemum tea Chrysanthemum tea is one of people’s favorite refreshing drinks. Nowadays, the famous Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum comes in two varieties: yellow and white. It is used to drink or make tea. It not only has a strong aroma and is refreshing, but also has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing away heat, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, lowering blood pressure and unblocking the meridians.

Mint: If you make tea with mint, you can take advantage of the wind-repelling and heat-clearing effects of menthol and menthone in mint. Moreover, the tea has a cooling effect and is a good medicine for clearing away heat and diuresis.

Using American ginseng slices to make tea can make use of the sweet, pungent and cool nature of American ginseng to adjust the taste of the tea, and American ginseng is very effective in replenishing yin deficiency. This kind of American ginseng tea often has good effects on nourishing the lungs and stomach, nourishing yin and fluid, clearing deficiency fire, and removing low-grade fever.

Using orange peel to make tea can take advantage of the effects of orange peel to regulate qi, eliminate phlegm and relieve coughs. Orange peel to make green tea can remove heat, relieve phlegm, and be antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, so it is beneficial for people with coughs and phlegm. .

Coix Tea

There are many causes of edema. If the edema is caused by simple water retention, it is recommended to drink Coix Tea.

Ingredients: 10 grams of fried barley, 5 grams of fresh lotus leaves, and 5 grams of hawthorn.

Method: Boil hot water and it is ready to drink.

Efficacy: clearing heat, diuresis, and treating edema.

Lotus leaf tea

Depressed mood and high mental stress may increase intestinal sensitivity and cause constipation. It is recommended to drink lotus leaf tea.

Ingredients: 3 grams of lotus leaves, 6 grams of fried cassia seeds, 3 roses.

Method: Brew with boiling water.

Efficacy: Clear away heat and dampness, treat water and edema, and promote smooth hair growth.

Cassia Seed Tea

People with slow intestinal peristalsis (especially obese dieters during their dieting period) are prone to accumulation of feces in the body, causing constipation. It is recommended to drink cassia seed tea.

Ingredients: Cassia Seed Tea

Method: Brew with hot water.

Efficacy: Clear liver and improve eyesight, diuretic and laxative.

To reduce internal heat in winter, dietary therapy to clear internal heat can help

In winter, many people tend to get internal heat easily. The following dietary therapeutic methods to clear internal heat are for reference.

Dry throat and hoarseness: 1. Drink light salt water; 2. Drink orange peel sugar tea.

Throat swelling and pain: 1. Mash tender loofah, squeeze the juice, and rinse frequently; 2. Gargle with vinegar and the same amount of water to relieve pain; 3. Gargle with a spoonful of soy sauce for about 1 minute. Spit out from left to right, 3-4 times in a row.

Blisters in the mouth: 1. Cut a few pieces of ginger and chew it carefully to make the blisters disappear slowly; 2. Chew 1-2 cloves of garlic or garlic leaves raw, and the blisters will gradually disappear.

Cough with phlegm: 1. 10 grams of mulberry bark, 5 grams of licorice and bamboo leaves, wash them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and decoct them. It can cure excessive phlegm in the morning; 2. Chop 1 piece of ginger. 1 egg, a little sesame oil. Just like fried poached eggs, fry the ginger and eggs in sesame oil and eat them while hot, twice a day.

Three delicious soups to remove heat

Luffa, tofu and fish head soup

Soup ingredients: one pound of loofah, one fresh fish head, appropriate amount of tofu, ginger, salt Just the right amount.

Preparation method: wash the loofah, trim the corners and cut into sections; wash and cut the fish head; wash the tofu briefly with water; put the fish head and ginger into the pot, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and stir Simmer for 20 minutes, add tofu and loofah, simmer for 15-20 minutes, and add condiments.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and removing fire, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, cleansing and removing spots, unblocking meridians, removing phlegm, asthma and cough.

Winter melon and grass carp soup

Soup ingredients: one pound of winter melon, half a catty of grass carp, appropriate amount of cooking wine, refined salt, scallions, ginger slices, raw oil, and chicken powder.

Preparation method: eviscerate the grass carp, remove the scales and gills; peel, flesh and cut the winter melon into pieces; fry the fish in a hot oil pan, add cooking wine, ginger and water, and cook until the fish is cooked and tender. ;Add refined salt, green onions and chicken powder.

Efficacy: clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and reducing swelling, calming the liver, dispelling wind and removing heat. Can lose weight and moisturize skin.

Mustard Beef Soup

Soup ingredients: one pound of mustard greens, half a pound of beef, one tael of ginger, appropriate amount of oil and salt.

Preparation method: Peel and smash the ginger; wash and slice the beef; wash and cut the mustard greens into sections. Put the ingredients into a pot of boiling water, boil over high heat for a while, season with oil and salt, and eat while hot.

Effects: Mustard is pungent and warm in nature, dissipates cold and relieves the external surface, invigorates qi and eliminates phlegm; beef is sweet and flat in nature and flavor, nourishes the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi and blood, and strengthens muscles and bones; ginger is pungent and warm in nature and flavor, Publish and dispel cold. This decoction nourishes the spleen and replenishes qi, resolves phlegm and relieves cough, relieves external symptoms and dispels cold. It is used for colds, headaches, bone pain all over the body, and coughing up white phlegm.

In the autumn diet, you should pay attention to eliminating internal heat. Eat less foods that are easy to cause internal heat, and eat more foods and autumn fruits that nourish yin, moisten dryness, promote body fluids and nourish the lungs. Here is a guide to you that can reduce internal heat. , moisturize the lungs, detoxify and nourish the skin.

Main ingredients: dragon fruit, white fungus, fungus, and snow pear.

Excipients: rock sugar, green beans, wolfberry.

Method:

1. Soak the white fungus and fungus in boiling water, pick and wash them. Take the pulp from the dragon fruit and set aside the shell. Cut the dragon fruit pulp and snow pear into even pieces.

2. Add the cut dragon fruit and snow pear pieces with white fungus, fungus, and rock sugar, add water and simmer for one hour. Meanwhile, cook the green beans and set aside.

3. Pour the stewed soup into the pitaya shell and sprinkle with green beans and wolfberry.

Detoxification effects: clear away heat, resolve phlegm, moisturize the lungs, and can help smokers and drinkers eliminate toxins.

In summer, people are prone to "heat" symptoms such as red, swollen and sore eyes, swollen and sore throats, swollen and painful gums, painful oral ulcers and erosion of the tip of the tongue. "Inflammation" in summer can be adjusted through diet, and "diet therapy" has unique effects.

1. Drink lotus seed soup to remove heart fire

Symptoms: Deficiency fire is manifested in two types: deficiency and excess fire. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, upset, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by repeated oral ulcers. , dry mouth, short and red urine, upset and irritable, etc.

Food therapy: 30 grams of lotus seeds (do not remove the lotus core), 15 grams of fenugreek seeds (wrap with gauze), add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, boil in water, eat lotus seeds and drink soup.

2. Eating pig liver can remove lung fire

Symptoms: dry cough without phlegm or less and sticky phlegm, hot flashes and night sweats, heat in the palms, soles, palms, insomnia, and red tongue.

Food therapy: 1 pig liver, 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrap with gauze), cook until the liver is cooked, eat the liver and drink the soup.

3. Drink mung bean porridge to remove stomach fire

Symptoms: There are two types: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire manifests as slight cough, small food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue, and less coating; Excessive fire manifests as upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth, bitter taste, and dry and hard stools.

Food therapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder, an appropriate amount of japonica rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum in water, then filter and remove the residue, take the clear liquid, then add japonica rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

4. Drink pear water to remove liver fire

Symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter mouth and bad breath, and pain in both ribs.

Food therapy: Mash 10 grams of Sichuan Fritillaria into powder, peel and cut 2 pears, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, stew in appropriate amount of water and take.

5. Eat pork loin to remove kidney fire

Symptoms: dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, soreness and weakness in the waist and spine, hot flashes and night sweats, and irritability.

Food therapy: 2 pork kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus meat, put them in a casserole and cook until the pork kidneys are cooked, eat the pork kidneys and drink the soup.

Fire-removing food - papaya and pork bone stewed with peanuts

Ingredients: One large papaya (about 750 grams), 100 grams of peanut kernels, 250 grams of pork bones, 4 red dates , 4 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt

Preparation: Peel and wash the red dates, add peanuts, pork bones, ginger, salt and two bowls of water, simmer over low heat for one hour, then add the papaya with the core removed Medium, steam for one hour.

Efficacy: Papaya is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It contains protein, vitamins B, C, G, protease, lipase, etc. This dish has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, aiding digestion, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “all diseases are caused by Qi”. Qi stagnation produces fire, qi stagnation produces phlegm, and can also cause high blood pressure and other diseases. Here are some foods that can smooth your flow and treat diseases.

Radish: smoothes qi and strengthens the stomach. It has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating phlegm for those with qi stagnation and excessive fire causing phlegm. Green radish has the best curative effect, followed by those with red skin and white heart (carrots are ineffective). It is best to eat them raw. If you have a stomach disease, you can make radish soup.

Rose: Putting a few rose petals when making tea has the effect of smoothing the air. Those who do not have the habit of drinking tea can brew the roses alone and drink them, or put the fragrant roses in a vase in the room and breathe in them. The fragrance of flowers can also soothe the mind and calm the mind.

Lotus root: Lotus root can ventilate the air, strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish the heart and calm the mind, and is also a good product for smoothing qi. The best effect is to take lotus root boiled in water or boiled in porridge.

Fennel: The fennel fruit is used for medicinal purposes, and is also known as fennel. The young leaves are edible. Both the seeds and leaves have the effect of smoothing the Qi. Using the leaves for stuffing or stir-frying can smooth the Qi, strengthen the stomach and relieve pain. It has a good effect on chest and abdominal distension and pain caused by anger.

Hawthorn: Hawthorn is good at smoothing Qi, relieving pain, dissolving food and eliminating accumulation. It is suitable for chest and abdominal distension and pain caused by Qi wrapped in food. It also has certain effects on tachycardia and arrhythmia caused by anger. Eaten raw, cooked, or soaked in water, all methods of consumption are effective.

Tricks to put out fires:

1. Use toothpaste that has the effect of removing fire. This type of toothpaste generally contains double flower, forsythia, daqingye, isatis root, etc., which have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.

2. Lotus seed ice porridge: Lotus seeds are very rich in calcium and potassium, which is very good for teeth. Lotus heart has a very good effect on removing heart fire and can treat problems such as sores in the mouth and tongue. The chilled lotus seed porridge is more suitable for summer consumption and tastes very good. Lily, jujube, etc. can also be added to the raw materials.

Tricks for extinguishing fire: Ophiopogon japonicus tea

Ophiopogon japonicus has a sweet and slightly bitter taste, and has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, relieving cough and expectoration, clearing the heart and removing troubles. Take an appropriate amount of Ophiopogon japonicus and brew it into water, and then add rock sugar and chrysanthemum that can also moisten the lungs and promote body fluids, and chrysanthemum for clearing the liver and improving eyesight, which can promptly improve the problem of insufficient Yin fluid in the body caused by excessive sweating.

Fire-fighting tips: mung bean soup

Some people should not drink mung bean soup to relieve the heat---the summer heat is prevalent, and mung bean soup is a traditional folk remedy in our country. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mung beans have the effects of relieving heat and replenishing qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the throat and quenching thirst. They can prevent heat stroke and treat food poisoning.

Mung beans are sweet in taste and cold in nature. They have the effects of clearing away heat and relieving heat, reducing swelling and relieving fever. They are a good product for removing heat in summer. It is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Regular consumption can regulate endocrine and lower cholesterol and blood pressure.