First of all, Sydney
Food Description: Common fruits are named because their meat is as white as snow. Contains malic acid, citric acid, vitamin B 1, B2, C, carotene and other trace elements.
Principle of moistening lung: white enters the lung, so white food has a maintenance effect on the lung. Sydney is rich in water, slightly cold, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: can be eaten directly.
Qingfei pear: hollow out the inside of Sydney and put it in a pot filled with Fritillaria and rock sugar. Cook or steam it, cool it slightly and add honey.
Crystal sugar Sydney soup: peel Sydney first, grind it into velvet shape with utensils or cut it into several pieces, add a little crystal sugar and steam it for half an hour. This is also a very delicious dessert.
Second, tremella
Food Description: Fungi belong to Tremella of Tremellaceae and have the reputation of "the crown of fungi". Flat in nature, sweet in taste, light in taste and non-toxic. It is not only a valuable nutritional tonic, but also a tonic for strengthening the body.
Principle of moistening lung: As a white food, tremella is more moist, more suitable for people with cold body or bad stomach than Sydney, and has the function of benefiting qi and clearing intestines.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: tremella porridge: soak tremella first, remove the roots and chop it up. After the rice porridge is boiled, add it and cook for about 20 minutes. Preferably a semi-melted viscous state. You can also stew it with Sydney into tremella Sydney soup.
Third, honey.
Food Description: The nectar collected by bees from the flowers of flowering plants is the honey brewed in the hive. Besides glucose and fructose, honey also contains many vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
Principle of moistening lung: Glucose and fructose in honey are most easily absorbed by human body, and also contain a variety of inorganic salts, organic acids and trace elements similar to human serum concentration. Sweet and flat in nature, it enters the spleen, lungs and intestines, and has the effects of nourishing, moistening dryness and detoxifying. It is often used to treat lung dryness and cough.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★☆.
Dietotherapy usage: warm and cold water can clear away heat. When you get up every morning, pour 1 to 2 spoonfuls, rinse with warm and cold water, and drink on an empty stomach, which can not only moisten the lungs, but also detoxify and beautify the face.
Fourth, yam.
Food Description: Perennial herb with cylindrical roots contains a lot of starch and protein, as well as vitamins, fats, choline and other components, as well as indispensable inorganic salts and trace elements such as iodine, calcium, iron and phosphorus.
Principle of moistening lung: Mucin is a mixture containing polysaccharide and protein, which has a special health care effect on human body and can nourish spleen and stomach, lung and kidney.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: yam and barley porridge. 50 grams of Coicis Semen for invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness and 50 grams of yam for nourishing lung and essence are boiled and drunk every day. Both men and women have the function of nourishing lung, but they balance the coldness of Coicis Semen and the stickiness of yam.
Verb (short for verb) Lily
Food Description: Perennial herbaceous bulbous plants are rich in nutrients, including starch, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B 1. B2 C and other nutrients, as well as some special nutrients, such as alkaloids such as colchicine.
Principle of moistening lung: This kind of alkaloid not only has good nutritional and nourishing effects, but also has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, moistening the lung and relieving cough, tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi. It is very beneficial to people who are weak after illness and is very suitable for eating in dry winter.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: Pay attention to choosing fresh lily instead of dried lily, which has the best effect of clearing lung heat.
Lily porridge: take 60 grams of lily and 60 grams of japonica rice. First, wash lily and japonica rice separately, put them in a pot, add some water and simmer on low heat. When lily and japonica rice are ripe, add 6 grams of sugar to eat. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people who are weak, upset, insomnia, low fever and irritable. In addition, adding tremella to lily porridge also has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening lung.
Stir-fry lily: take 60g of lily and 60g of tenderloin, stir with salt, egg white and wet starch, fry in oil pan until cooked, and add seasoning. It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing away heat, and tonifying five internal organs, and can stimulate appetite for people with poor appetite and decreased appetite.
Lily soup: Wash lily with appropriate amount of water, boil it in a pot, add a small amount of white sugar, and eat it with soup, which can be used as a good diet for tuberculosis patients.
Lily steaming: Mix100g of fresh lily with appropriate amount of honey, steam it and eat it to treat cough caused by lung heat.
Sixth, soybean milk
Food description: It is made from soybean by soaking, grinding, filtering and boiling. Nutrition is very rich, and soybean milk made of different kinds of beans also has corresponding unique benefits.
The principle of moistening lung: it is rich in plant protein and phospholipids, and also contains vitamins B 1, B2, nicotinic acid, iron, calcium and other minerals. The methionine contained in it can not only be easily absorbed, but also prevent the smooth muscle spasm of bronchitis, thus alleviating bronchitis and reducing the burden on the lungs.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: Be sure to boil at 100℃ before drinking to prevent poisoning. Don't drink on an empty stomach, don't put it in a thermos, don't drink too much at a time, and don't take it with medicine.
Seven, white radish
Food description: root vegetables, cruciferous radish plants. You can eat cooked food raw, which is slightly spicy. Contains glucose, sucrose, fructose, vitamin C, radish glycoside, etc.
The principle of moistening lung: There is a folk saying that "winter radish competes with ginseng". Mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber in white radish have the functions of promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it tastes sweet and cool, enters the lung and stomach meridian, can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, and treat lung flaccidity and hematemesis.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★☆.
Dietotherapy method: stewed radish soup with milk soup: after adding water to onion and ginger, put the slightly fried radish pieces and milk into the same stew, and put salt after rotting, which is nourishing and clearing the lungs. You can also cook a small row of radish soup.
Eight, grapefruit
Food Description: The ripe fruit of Rutaceae grapefruit contains sugar, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin P, carotene, potassium, phosphorus and citric acid.
Principle of moistening lung: sweet and cold in nature, rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, which can strengthen stomach and moisten lung, enrich blood and clear intestines, and facilitate defecation.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★☆.
Dietotherapy usage: directly eaten or made into citron tea. Grapefruit is cold, you can't eat too much directly, just 2 ~ 3 pieces. Citron tea is made by slowly stewing grapefruit peel mixed with grapefruit meat, which can strengthen the spleen, promote digestion, dispel cold and damp. After cooling, add rock sugar, put it in the refrigerator and take it with warm water and cold water twice a day.
In addition, kumquat is sweet, mild and nontoxic. Enter the lung and stomach meridians. Ganrun lung, appetizing and nourishing, quenching thirst and promoting fluid production. Oranges have this effect, but the most beneficial thing is that kumquat sold in fruit stalls should be included in your daily fruit list.
Nine, lotus root
Food description: The thick underground stem of lotus root is slightly sweet and crisp, which can be eaten raw or cooked. Its roots, roots, leaves, flowers and fruits can all be nourishing and used as medicine.
Principle of moistening lung: Lotus root enters lung, heart and spleen meridians. Cooked lotus root is sweet, warm and non-toxic. Eating cooked lotus root can nourish the heart and produce blood, strengthen the stomach and spleen, nourish and strengthen the body. Lotus root soup is beneficial to urinating, clearing heat and moistening lung.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★
Dietotherapy: Chestnut lotus root soup: Boil peeled small lotus root pieces and washed raw chestnuts in water, then cook for 40 minutes on medium heat, cool slightly and season. Usually, you can also use lean pork or pork bones and lotus root with appropriate amount of mung beans to make soup.
Grape
Food Description: Deciduous lianas, one of the oldest plants in the world. The fruit is bright in color, the juice is delicious and nutritious. The sugar content of fruit is 10%~30%, and it contains many trace elements.
Principle of moistening lung: Among them, fruit acid helps digestion, spleen and stomach, and more beneficial elements nourishes liver and kidney, moistens lung essence, reduces fire and clears stomach.
Lung moistening index: ★★★★
Dietotherapy usage: Raw food is the best. Because grape seed and grape skin have better antioxidant effect, it is strongly recommended to "eat whole foods" and chew seeds and swallow them without spitting out the skin.
In addition, Chinese medicine theory holds that "lung governs fur". If the lungs are affected, human facial or skin problems will no longer be simple, and acne, inflammation and pigmentation may be more lively than in summer. Therefore, the above ten kinds of very good lung moistening foods are especially suitable for women who love beauty. But when you eat, you should know the efficacy of the food. For example, yam is suitable for people with loose stools; White radish is suitable for people with excessive phlegm and cough; Lily can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and cooking porridge and boiling water is better. At the same time, due to the great differences in individual qualities, it is necessary to "choose the right food" according to individual conditions when taking it, so as to avoid eating spicy and salty foods together. It is important for everyone to pay special attention to the fact that fresh fruits and vegetables must be eaten in moderation, and overeating or overeating will also affect your health; The sugar content of fresh fruit is often high, especially for the elderly, diabetics and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.