Qi deficiency is a frequently-occurring disease, which is mostly caused by congenital deficiency, malnutrition, old age, long illness, major surgery and fatigue.
If you have chills, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, slow or late pulse and pale tongue, it is qi deficiency and yang deficiency.
Diet therapy prevention
For people with qi deficiency, diet should be taboo and take into account the principle of deficiency of five internal organs. Anyone who is deficient in qi should eat food that can tonify qi, something sweet or warm in nature, and nutritious and digestible food. Avoid eating gas-consuming things, cold food, greasy and spicy food.
Reasonable diet
Usually should pay attention to diet such as:
1. Ganping
Is the staple food, such as grapes, lemons, papaya, strawberries, plums, apples, spinach, carrots, chrysanthemums, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, peas, green beans, peanuts, auricularia auricula, tremella, corn, chestnuts, olives, soybean milk, white rice, brown rice, soybeans, black beans, adzuki beans, crystal sugar and so on.
2. Ganwen
Rape, mustard, pumpkin, longan, litchi, cherry, guava, kumquat, bayberry, peach, apricot, plum, glutinous rice, brown sugar, maltose, garlic, coriander, ginger, onion, fennel, vinegar, satay sauce, beef, chicken, shrimp, Monopterus albus, mussel and goat milk.
Sweet and cool
Water chestnut, lotus root, mushroom, winter mushroom, mushroom, gourd, mung bean, tofu, tea, sesame oil, ginger peel, lotus, tomato, sugarcane, cantaloupe, Liu Ding, fig, honey, duck, crab, turtle, egg white, loquat and pineapple.
The above foods are eaten in turn. Try not to eat cold or immature food often, such as watermelon, wax gourd, pear, grapefruit, coconut, orange, carambola, persimmon, banana, mango, mulberry, kiwi, cucumber, bitter gourd, water spinach, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, laver, kelp, watercress, lobster sauce, water chestnut and so on. When it is inevitable, try to eat it during the day, because when the outside yang is sufficient, the body's ability to resist the invasion of cold is stronger.
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Japonica rice is flat in nature and sweet in taste, which can tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi. As early as "Bielu", there was a record of benefiting qi. Meng Wei, a food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also said: Japonica rice is warm and beneficial. Wang Qing Meng Ying also praised japonica rice porridge as the ginseng chicken soup for the poor. He said: Poor people suffer from deficiency, so they use thick rice soup instead of ginseng soup. People with qi deficiency should eat regularly.
Beef is flat and sweet, beneficial to qi and blood, nourishing the spleen and stomach and strengthening bones and muscles. The famous doctor "Bielu" said: beef is flat and beneficial to the spleen and stomach. Han Yitong also said: beef, qi, cotton and astragalus cooperate. It shows that beef has the effect of invigorating qi, which is particularly significant, so people with qi deficiency should eat it often.
Dog meat is warm and salty, which can replenish middle energizer and benefit qi. It is more suitable for people with qi deficiency, spleen deficiency or kidney deficiency or lung deficiency or yang deficiency. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says: Dog meat nourishes the stomach, strengthens the yang, warms the waist and knees, supplements fatigue and benefits qi. It is also said in the Compendium of Medical Forest that dog meat tonifies the lungs and kidneys. Especially in autumn and winter.
Chicken is warm and sweet, and has the effects of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, replenishing essence and nourishing blood. Eat regardless of qi deficiency, blood deficiency and kidney deficiency. For people with qi deficiency, people have the habit of stewing old hens with astragalus, which can increase the effect of invigorating qi.
Silver carp is warm and sweet, and can enter the spleen and lungs to replenish qi. Li Mingzhizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: Silver carp should be warmed in the middle to replenish qi. Wang Mengying, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also believed that silver carp could warm the stomach, invigorate qi and moisten skin. Therefore, people with qi deficiency should eat.
Eel is warm and sweet, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency, benefiting qi and strengthening bones and muscles. People with qi deficiency should eat it often. "Forward Shi Zhi" once said, the main reason is that he can't stand still because he sucks less gas. Herbal Supplement also says: Monopterus albus is good at invigorating qi.
Mandarin fish is commonly known as mandarin fish. It can replenish qi and blood and benefit the spleen and stomach. "Rihuazi Herbal Medicine" says: Siniperca chuatsi benefits qi. Kaibao Materia Medica holds that supplementing qi makes people fat and healthy. Especially patients with qi deficiency and spleen deficiency.
Jujube is warm and sweet, and it is a common food. It has the effect of benefiting qi and enriching blood, and doctors in previous dynasties used it for patients with qi deficiency. "Bielu" said that it is strong to make up the middle coke. Meng Wei, a food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, also said: Jujube supplements qi deficiency, cooking supplements stomach, and supplementing qi in fat comes first. Therefore, it is better for people with qi deficiency to simmer dates.
Cherry is warm and sweet, which can not only replenish qi and blood, but also replenish spleen and kidney. It is recorded in Herbal Medicine of Southern Yunnan that cherries can cure all kinds of deficiency and greatly replenish vitality.
Grape is a fruit that tonifies qi and blood. In addition to benefiting qi, ancient medical literature also believes that grapes have the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, benefiting liver and kidney, and strengthening bones and muscles. For example, the Classic says, benefiting qi makes you stronger. Herbs in southern Yunnan believe that grapes can greatly replenish qi and blood. "Living Diet Spectrum" also records: benefiting qi and nourishing kidney, benefiting liver and yin, and strengthening bones and muscles. Therefore, anyone with qi deficiency accompanied by kidney deficiency, lung deficiency and spleen deficiency should eat it.
Peanuts are flat and sweet. The map of southern Yunnan materia medica says that peanuts can tonify the middle energizer. Not only that, peanuts can also strengthen the spleen and replenish the lungs, which is more suitable for people with qi deficiency and lung deficiency and spleen deficiency. Boiled peanuts should also be eaten properly.
Yam is a food for invigorating qi, and it is most beneficial for people with qi deficiency or long-term illness. Yam can tonify lung qi, spleen qi and kidney qi, so it is often used for patients with lung qi deficiency, kidney qi deficiency or spleen qi deficiency in Fang Yaozhong.
Bird's nest is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency, nourishing yin and tonifying lung, and is especially suitable for people with qi deficiency and lung deficiency. Materia Medica Update once said that it greatly invigorated the vitality. There are also records of bird's nest strengthening yang and benefiting qi in the diet. It is also pointed out in the Classification of Food and Beverage that bird's nest has the function of invigorating qi, which is suitable for those with weakness of spleen and lung and deficiency of qi movement and transformation. It can consolidate the exterior, and it is best for those with superficial deficiency, sweating and fear of wind.
Ginseng is warm and slightly bitter. It is the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating qi, and it is also a well-known food for invigorating qi, which can greatly replenish vitality. Theoretically speaking, the medicinal properties are to supplement the deficiency of the five internal organs. "Yi Qi Yuan" also believes that ginseng can treat spleen and stomach yang deficiency and lung qi deficiency, shortness of breath, shortness of breath, and replenish vitality. People with qi deficiency eat ginseng, and the effect is quite good, which is more suitable for people with qi deficiency and yang deficiency, spleen deficiency or lung deficiency. In the same way, Codonopsis pilosula and Pseudostellaria heterophylla have the same effect as ginseng, which is also suitable for qi deficiency constitution. It is also said in "Medical Fever and Western Learning" that it can replenish qi and blood. Therefore, people with qi deficiency should eat. Because American ginseng is cool, it has the functions of nourishing lung yin and reducing deficiency fire, so it is more suitable for people with qi deficiency, lung yin deficiency.
Astragalus membranaceus is warm and sweet. It is also a very commonly used Chinese medicine for invigorating qi, and it is also a commonly used food for invigorating qi among the people. Many medical books say that astragalus nourishes the whole body. "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" holds that Astragalus membranaceus is a good medicine for invigorating qi and is called "Qi". According to the doctor's habit, Radix Astragali is often taken with Radix Codonopsis, Radix Pseudostellariae or Ginseng, so the better the effect of invigorating qi, the more suitable for people with qi deficiency.
Placenta Hominis is warm, sweet and salty, which is the most commonly used tonic for the author. It has remarkable and powerful effects of benefiting qi and strengthening the body. Wu Qiu, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, said that it can replenish qi and essence. "Herbal Rejuvenation" thinks that it can greatly replenish vitality. People with physical deficiency and qi deficiency often eat less, and the effect of invigorating qi is outstanding.
In addition, people with qi deficiency should eat more glutinous rice, millet, corn, highland barley, sweet potato, pumpkin, white lentils, soybeans, tripe, silky fowl, goose, rabbit meat, quail, herring, squid, octopus, cooked ling, sea pine nuts, carrots, tofu, soybean milk, potatoes, mushrooms, straw mushrooms and oyster mushrooms.
Diet menu
First, yam crucian carp soup
Material: 500g crucian carp.
Accessories: 50 grams of yam, glutinous rice 10 grams.
Seasoning: peanut oil 35g cooking wine 5g onion 10g salt 8g.
Cooking method:
1. Scales, gills and internal organs of crucian carp are removed, washed and marinated with a little salt for a while.
2. Peel, wash and cut the yam.
3. Put the pot on the fire, pour in peanut oil and heat it, and fry the crucian carp on both sides.
4. Cook cooking wine, add fresh soup and yam to cook, sprinkle with salt, chopped green onion and drizzle with sesame oil.
Dietary nutrition
Carassius auratus: Carassius auratus has the functions of benefiting qi and strengthening spleen, moistening stomach yin, diuresis and detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials and lowering cholesterol; Yam contains saponins, mucus, choline, starch, sugar, protein, amino acids, vitamin C and other nutrients, as well as a variety of trace elements.
Second, papaya crucian carp soup
Ingredients: 500g crucian carp and 500g papaya.
Seasoning: salt 10g cooking wine 15g pepper 2g ginger 5g onion 10g monosodium glutamate 2g.
Cooking method
1. Crucian carp is slaughtered and washed, and a certain flower knife is carved on both sides of the fish.
2. Peel and seed papaya, slice and wash.
3. Heat the oil in the pot, add the crucian carp and fry until hard skin appears on both sides, and take it out.
4. Pour oil into the pot, add ginger slices and onion segments, saute until fragrant, then serve wine, add chicken soup and papaya, add fried crucian carp after boiling, cover the pot, and simmer on low heat until the soup is milky white.
5. Take out ginger and onion, season, and add pepper to serve.
It takes about 750 grams of chicken soup to make this product.
Dietary nutrition
1. Strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite and induce diuresis. Suitable for people with chronic diseases, physical weakness, edema and dysuria.
2. Crucian carp contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Carassius auratus has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, moistening stomach yin, promoting diuresis to reduce swelling, clearing away heat and toxic materials and lowering cholesterol. Papaya has the function of strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion. Papaya contains an enzyme that can digest protein, which is beneficial to human digestion and absorption of food.
Third, pickled crucian carp.
Material: 800g crucian carp.
Accessories: Chinese cabbage (Qingkou) 100g mustard tuber 50g.
Seasoning: ginger 10g onion 15g pepper 2g star anise 5g monosodium glutamate 2g salt 2g vinegar 10g.
Cooking method
1. Spread four or five washed Chinese cabbage leaves on the bottom of the pressure cooker.
2. Put 2-3 washed crucian carp with scales and dirt on the cabbage.
3. Slice the pickle and put it on the fish.
4. After the main ingredient is put away, add boiling water to make it flush with the main ingredient.
5. Wrap ginger, onion, pepper and aniseed in gauze and put them in the pot (without salt).
6. Then add some vinegar and monosodium glutamate and cover the fire for 15 minutes.
Dietary nutrition
Carassius auratus: Carassius auratus has the functions of benefiting qi and strengthening spleen, moistening stomach yin, diuresis and detumescence, clearing away heat and toxic materials and lowering cholesterol; Chinese cabbage is an indispensable home-cooked dish on the table today. Chinese cabbage has high nutritional value and is rich in vitamins and minerals.
Senile qi deficiency prescription
Yam dumplings are suitable for eating less, fatigue, lack of qi and blood, restlessness, forgetfulness and insomnia. 80g of yam powder, 20g of lotus seeds, 0/5g of brown sugar/kloc-,and 300g of glutinous rice flour. First, the lotus seeds are cooked and mashed, then filled with Heshan powder and brown sugar, and glutinous rice flour is wrapped in jiaozi as usual. Diabetic patients should remove brown sugar and add 15g adzuki bean. Tired? Quality can serve for a long time.
Chicken liver porridge is suitable for the elderly with liver qi deficiency, dark eyes, blurred vision and night blindness. Use a black-bone chicken liver, wash it, cut it into pieces, add a little lobster sauce, cook porridge or soup. 1 ~ twice a week. Without black-bone chicken, the liver of Sanhuang chicken can also be used.
Chrysanthemum porridge is suitable for the elderly with head blindness, liver wind disturbance, heavy gums and red eyes. 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 0/0 gram of medlar/kloc, appropriate amount of japonica rice, and * * * porridge. 1 ~ twice a week. You can also brew with boiling water instead of tea.
Pig kidney porridge is suitable for the elderly with kidney deficiency, deafness and kidney deficiency. Use a pair of pig kidneys, remove the surface white film, cut open, wash, cut into pieces, add 2 onions (with roots and whiskers), add 7 leeks (with roots and whiskers), add appropriate amount of white rice to the three, and cook with slow fire. Weekly 1 time.
Persimmon porridge is suitable for the elderly who are deaf and have lungs that are not fragrant or smelly. 3 persimmons, cut into filaments, appropriate amount of japonica rice, porridge and a little soy sauce. This prescription is suitable for those who are dry and red, and should not be used for those who are cold.
Mutton soup is suitable for the elderly with deficiency of spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, weakness of limbs, sallow complexion and emaciation. Take 200 grams of white mutton, wash and cut into pieces. Squeeze 10 ml ginger juice and add water to make soup. After boiling, add appropriate amount of white flour before cooking. Then add a little pepper and chopped green onion. Take it once a day for one week. Suitable for people who are cold and late, and those who are dry must not taste it lightly!
Carassius auratus soup is suitable for the elderly with deficiency of spleen and stomach, inability to eat, emaciation due to physical weakness and edema due to physical weakness. Take half a catty of crucian carp meat and cut it into pieces. Add soy sauce and ginger and cook with a little pepper. Suitable for people with greasy tongue coating. People with allergic diseases should avoid it!
Mung bean soup is suitable for the elderly to quench their thirst and clear away heat. Drinking more water does not quench their thirst. 500 grams of mung beans, add appropriate amount of water, boil, pour out the supernatant as soon as it is boiled, and then pour the supernatant back into the pot after the mung beans are boiled. Eat or drink soup when you are thirsty. This prescription is suitable for people with dry red and cold constitution.
Fresh lotus root juice is used for the elderly who are tired of heat, dry mouth, hematocele and take a hot bath. Fat fresh lotus root half a catty, wash, wring juice, add 20 ml of honey. Daily 1 dose until thirsty. This formula is suitable for dry red substances.
Sugarcane porridge is suitable for cough caused by lung and stomach injury in the elderly. Suitable for dry cough without phlegm, dry mouth, sticky nose and saliva, and insufficient internal heat. Take 300 ml of sugarcane juice and green rice100g. Wash, cook porridge and eat it twice.
Mung bean dandelion soup is suitable for the elderly with dry urine, pain, annoyance and less astringency. Take 250g of mung bean, 0/00g of fresh dandelion/kloc-,add 500ml of water, and boil. Pour out the supernatant and drink it in portions. Daily 1 dose for 3 ~ 5 days. Use this formula carefully to obtain slow cooling quality.
Bulbus Allii Macrostemon porridge is suitable for the elderly with chest tightness or angina pectoris and chronic enteritis. Take 25 grams of fresh Allium macrostemon, 0/00 grams of japonica rice/kloc-and 400 ml of water each time. * * * Cook into porridge. Hot food twice a day. One week is a course of treatment. This method is suitable for obscurity.
The health care principle of this constitution is to replenish qi and nourish qi, and you can do some exercise appropriately. The specific method is as follows:
1. Bend elbows and lift up: sit up straight, legs are naturally separated, hands are raised sideways, elbows are bent, and fingers are straight up. Level with your ears, raise your hand and feel something at your side. Then recover and do it ten times in a row. This action can relieve people with shortness of breath and difficulty in inhaling.
2. Throw the air: sit up straight, bend your left arm naturally and put it on your leg. Bend your right arm, palm up, do parabolic motion for 3-5 times, then put your right arm on your leg and throw it with your left hand, just like your right hand. Do it five times a day.
3. Swing your legs: Sit up and let your feet droop naturally. First slowly turn your body left and right for 3 times, and then, your feet are suspended. Swing back and forth more than ten times. This action can move the waist and knees, and has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist.
4. Waist rubbing: Sit up, take off your coat, loosen your belt, rub your hands together, then put your hands on your waist and rub your waist up and down until your waist feels hot. Rubbing the waist is actually a self-massage for Mingmen, Shenshu, Qihai Shu and Dachangshu of the waist. Most of these acupoints are related to the kidney. When rubbed to fever, it can play the role of dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, warming kidney and strengthening waist.
5. The word "blow": stand up straight, put your feet together, raise your head with your hands crossed, and then bend over. Touch the ground with both hands. Then squat down. Put your hands around your knees and say the word "blow" in your heart. It can be done continuously for more than 10 times, which belongs to the word "blow" in "Six Decisions". Regular exercise can enhance kidney qi.