What health care can the elderly use to eliminate edema in winter?
The edema of the elderly in the cold winter season refers to the retention of water and fluid in the body, which submerges the skin, causing edema of eyelids, head, face, limbs, abdomen and back and even the whole body, and severe cases are accompanied by pleural effusion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of edema is caused by the imbalance of qi in lung, spleen and kidney. Traditional Chinese medicine tea soup diet can often achieve effects other than drug treatment.
In life, there are many foods that can help eliminate edema. Some traditional Chinese medicines have diuretic and detumescence effects and can be boiled into tea for drinking at any time. For example, adzuki bean has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, clearing away heat and jaundice, detoxifying and expelling pus, and can improve nephritis edema and malnutrition edema, especially suitable for patients with edema complicated with repeated upper respiratory tract infections, skin sores and pus, and yellow urine. Cogongrass rhizome is sweet and cold, cooling blood to stop bleeding, clearing heat and diuresis. For patients with hematuria and burning sensation when urinating, 30g (or 60g) of cogongrass rhizome can be brewed with boiling water instead of tea.
Old people can eat these foods to eliminate edema.
One: celery
Celery has diuretic and antihypertensive effects. Celery has a strong diuretic effect and can lower blood pressure. This is a very healthy green plant. Therefore, eating more celery helps to eliminate edema and also helps to consume facial fat. A large amount of crude fiber in celery can also accelerate metabolism, thus achieving the effect of slimming.
Two: dried fish
Dried fish can help the elderly to supplement protein and reduce fat absorption in cold winter. Fish itself contains little fat, even less dried fish, but it is rich in protein. Dried fish contains a lot of salt, which has a good effect on eliminating edema. However, it is suggested that the elderly should not eat too much, and the kidney overload will lead to other diseases. Consider it a snack in your spare time.
Three: bean sprouts
Bean sprouts can help the elderly achieve the benefits of swelling reduction. Bean sprouts taste crisp and refreshing, and taste fresh and delicious. Most of the bean sprouts we usually eat are tender buds and leaves. Bean sprouts are widely loved by the public. Bean sprouts are rich in carotene and vitamins, which are effective substances to eliminate edema. When the old man eats bean sprouts, the edema is gradually eliminated from his body and his face becomes thinner. Chewing more bean sprouts can also promote oral movement, thus achieving the effect of face-lifting.
Four: spinach
Spinach is very suitable for the elderly to eat in cold winter. Spinach is a kind of nutritious vegetable, which often appears on the family table. In fact, vegetables can not only enrich blood, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but also eliminate edema. Old people who are troubled by edema remember to eat more spinach. When the edema on the body is eliminated, their bodies will naturally become symmetrical and slim, and the edema on their faces will be eliminated, so they can bid farewell to the pie face. Spinach can eliminate edema because it is rich in potassium.
Five: chicken.
Although chicken is meat, it can help the elderly to eliminate edema in cold winter. Chicken is rich in vitamin C and protein, which is easily absorbed by human body and plays a good role in promoting fat digestion. At the same time, when eating chicken, it is best to peel it before eating it, because chicken skin contains a lot of fat and it is easy to accumulate fat in the human body. If the chicken is peeled and eaten, it will have an unexpected face-lifting effect. Because skinless chicken is a low-fat food, it can also help to eliminate edema on the face.
Winter melon chicken soup
Ingredients: 6 grams of Alisma orientale and Plantago asiatica, 9 grams of Poria cocos and Coicis Semen (available in Chinese medicine stores), 5 red dates, 500 grams of wax gourd, 300 grams of chicken breast, 6 mushrooms, 20 grams of scallops and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: Wash the medicinal materials, soak them in red dates and scallops, wash wax gourd and chicken breast, and cut into pieces. Put the medicinal materials into a soup bag, put them together in a clay pot, add 2500ml of clear water (about 10 bowl), boil for about 2h with strong fire, discard the medicinal materials and add salt. Suitable for 3~4 people.
Efficacy: Wax gourd chicken soup is mainly composed of Alisma orientale, Plantago asiatica, Poria cocos and Coicis Semen, seasonal wax gourd for diuresis and heat dissipation, and red dates for invigorating spleen and stomach, and then stewed chicken breast. This soup has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, diuresis and detumescence. It is not only an auxiliary soup for treating limb edema caused by chronic nephritis, but also a good soup for clearing heat, promoting diuresis and tonifying summer heat in summer and autumn.
The cold winter has a great influence on the edema of the elderly. Therefore, in winter, the elderly can eat more foods that help to eliminate edema, reduce blood lipids and promote diuresis. Celery, dried fish, bean sprouts, spinach and chicken are all good foods to reduce swelling. These foods contain little fat and can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Old people can also drink white gourd chicken soup to help reduce swelling, strengthen the spleen and soak up dampness.