Brown sugar nourishes blood and brain, and promotes blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
Brown sugar, also known as "brown sugar". Flat and sweet. Has the effects of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, harmonizing middle energizer, invigorating spleen, nourishing blood, strengthening brain, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and strengthening body. However, patients with hyperlipidemia and diabetes should not eat it.
Brown sugar contains a lot of glucose, including 0.4g of protein, 93.5g of carbohydrate, 90mg of calcium, 4mg of iron, 0.09mg of vitamin B2, 0.6mg of nicotinic acid, and a certain amount of carotene, manganese, zinc and other trace elements.
The mineral iron contained in brown sugar is an important component of red blood cells and a necessary substance for hematopoiesis. Glucose contained in brown sugar is easily absorbed and utilized by human body. Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar has the functions of enriching blood and strengthening brain, keeping out cold and strengthening body, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and promoting regeneration. Indications are stomach cold and spleen deficiency, especially suitable for lying-in women.
When eating brown sugar, don't eat too much 1 time. It is best to boil brown sugar into brown sugar water before eating, which can not only avoid impurities from entering, but also disinfect it, which is conducive to digestion and absorption.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hawthorn has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it is a good food therapy for patients with dysmenorrhea of blood stasis type. Patients with blood stasis dysmenorrhea often have abdominal pain 1 ~ 2 days after menstruation or 1 ~ 2 days before menstruation. When menstrual blood is discharged smoothly, the pain gradually decreases or disappears, and the menstrual blood is dark and has blood clots. Patients can take1000g of intact fresh hawthorn with stones, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, cook it with slow fire until the hawthorn is cooked, add 250g of brown sugar, and cook it for10min until it becomes a thin paste. Take it for the first 3 ~ 5 days, take 30 ml hawthorn cream every morning and evening, and stop taking the medicine after 3 days. This is 1 course of treatment, and it will take effect after three courses of treatment. This method is also suitable for patients with irregular menstruation and blood stasis according to TCM syndrome differentiation.