General qi deficiency: general weakness, listlessness, shortness of breath, laziness, low speech, spontaneous sweating, fear of movement, pale tongue, fat and tender, weak pulse.

The pathological reflection of qi deficiency can involve all aspects of the whole body. For example, qi deficiency leads to weakness of the Wei surface, unstable muscle surface and easy sweating; Qi deficiency leads to muscle atrophy of limbs and general weakness; Qi deficiency leads to yang deficiency, insomnia, mental fatigue, dizziness and tinnitus; Qi deficiency leads to weak qi and blood circulation and weak or subtle pulse condition; Qi deficiency leads to imbalance of water and liquid metabolism, insolubility of water and liquid, obstruction of transport and transformation, which can cause phlegm and turbidity to condense into drink, and even edema due to overflow of water evil; Qi deficiency can also lead to the decline of visceral function, resulting in a series of signs of visceral weakness.

Qi deficiency dietotherapy

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.

People with this phenomenon can try the following drugs and foods:

milled rice

It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and 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

It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of benefiting qi and blood, nourishing 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

This product is warm in nature and salty in taste, and can tonify the middle warmer and replenish qi, especially suitable for patients with qi deficiency and 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 (as food)

Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it has the effects of warming the middle energizer, replenishing vital 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

Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it can enter the spleen and lungs and 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

Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency, benefiting qi and strengthening bones and muscles. People with qi deficiency should eat it regularly. "Forward Shi Zhi" once said, the main reason is that he inhaled less gas and could not stand steadily. Herbal Supplement also says: Monopterus albus is good at invigorating qi.

mandarin fish

Commonly known as mandarin fish. It can replenish qi and blood and benefit the spleen and stomach. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" 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

Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it is a common food, which has the effect of invigorating qi and enriching blood, and has been used by patients with qi deficiency in past dynasties. "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

Warm and sweet, it 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

Flat in nature and sweet in taste, it 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.

peanut

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.

Chinese yam

As a food for invigorating qi, it is most beneficial for people with qi deficiency or long-term illness to eat it regularly. 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.

The nest of edible swift

It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency, nourishing yin and tonifying lung, especially suitable for patients 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

Warm in nature and slightly bitter in taste, 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.

root of membranous milk vetch

Mild in nature and sweet in taste, 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.

dried human placenta

Warm in nature and sweet and salty in taste, it is the most commonly used qi-invigorating thing for the author, which has a significant and powerful function of invigorating 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.

It is not advisable to eat a cold and raw diet often.

Qi deficiency constitution is one of the common constitutions of children, which often appears in nasal allergies, asthma, digestive disorders, short stature, bed wetting, easy to catch a cold, obesity and heart disease. When your baby has more symptoms of qi deficiency, it means that the severity of qi deficiency is higher. Parents should cultivate normal eating habits, such as ordering a fixed amount of food, avoiding snacks, and trying not to eat sweets, high-fat or high-sugar foods and drinks before meals to avoid premature birth. Normal work and rest and moderate outdoor exercise can avoid the aggravation of qi deficiency. For children with qi deficiency, pay attention to diet at ordinary times, such as:

1. Ganping

As staple food, such as grapes, lemons, papaya, strawberries, pineapples, loquats, plums, spinach, carrots, chrysanthemums, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, green beans, peanuts, auricularia auricula, corn, chestnuts, olives, soybean milk, white rice, brown rice, soybeans, black beans, adzuki beans, rock sugar and fish.

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, Lentinus edodes, mushroom, tremella, gourd ladle, mung bean, bean curd, tea, sesame oil, ginger bark, apple, lotus spray, tomato, sugarcane, cantaloupe, Liu Ding, fig, honey, silky fowl, duck, crab, turtle, protein and milk.

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.

[Edit this paragraph] Prevention of Qi Deficiency

In modern society, there are different degrees of pressure. Babies are prone to emotional fluctuations due to various external stimuli, and those who are light will heal themselves. Severe cases affect physical and mental health and growth and development, leading to digestive system disorder. The induction of respiratory diseases such as asthma and fever is also considered to be closely related to emotional excitement. Therefore, in order to make children develop healthily, it is the focus of physical and mental health care.

Here are some recipes for invigorating qi and dietotherapy:

1, 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 the yam, wash and cut into pieces;

3. Put the pot on the fire, pour in peanut oil, heat it, and add crucian carp to fry 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 and a variety of trace elements.

2, 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. Slaughter and clean the crucian carp, and carve certain flower knives on both sides of the fish;

2. Peel and seed papaya, cut into pieces and wash;

3. Heat the oil in the pot, add the crucian carp and fry until hard skins appear on both sides, and take it out;

4. Pour oil into the pot, add ginger slices and onion segments, cook the wine after sauté ing, add chicken soup and papaya, add fried crucian carp after boiling, and cover with low fire 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.

Health tips

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.

Step 3 pickle 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, scaled and dirty crucian carp on cabbage;

3. Slice the pickles and put them on the fish;

4. After the main material is put away, add boiling water to make it flush with the main material;

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.