The weather is relatively dry in autumn and winter. Generally, we will have symptoms of getting angry easily in autumn and winter. At this time, we should pay attention to not just reducing the fire, because the weather is cooler in autumn and winter, so we should pay attention to nourishing yin. Moisturizing. So, what are the foods that generally nourish yin and moisturize dryness? What foods can women eat to help nourish yin and nourish the nest? What should you eat to nourish yin in autumn?
1. Traditional Chinese medicine for nourishing yin and nourishing the nest
1. Chestnuts
Chestnuts are one of the nut foods. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that they have the effect of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the waist. In fact, it should be said that men eating chestnuts can nourish the kidneys, while women who eat chestnuts regularly can have a nourishing effect. This is because for middle-aged women, eating chestnuts regularly nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys, which can relieve the symptoms of menopause.
2. Yam
Yam is a kind of food with good yin-nourishing effect. It is an excellent food for women to nourish yin and support the nest. It is also easy to find in the market. Even better is Tiegun Yam, which has the functions of nourishing the lungs, strengthening the spleen, nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys.
3. Wolfberry
A good ingredient for making soup or soaking in water. Generally, orange-red wolfberry is the best. If it is too bright red, do not buy it or dye it. As a food for women to nourish yin and nourish the nest, wolfberry has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, nourishing yin, improving eyesight and nourishing the blood, thus achieving the effect of nourishing the nest.
4. Red dates
Red dates have the effects of nourishing blood, nourishing yin, and raising nests. They are also rich in vitamin C. Even dry red dates are very rich. You only need to eat 6-6 times a day. Just 8 red dates can nourish yin and nourish the nest, but remember to brush your teeth after eating red dates to avoid tooth damage, because red dates are good for the stomach and bad for the teeth!
5. Beans
Beans are rich in soy protein, iron and other nutrients necessary for the human body. Women eating more beans can promote the secretion of estrogen. , delay aging, and beans also have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys.
6. Spinach
Spinach contains magnesium, a mineral that women are more likely to lack. Women who consume less than 280 milligrams of magnesium per day can feel fatigued. Magnesium's role in the human body is to convert carbohydrates in muscles into usable energy.
7. Duck meat
Nourishes yin and nourishes the stomach, clears away heat due to deficiency, diuresis and reduces swelling. It is suitable for dizziness, headache, low fever, weakness and lack of food due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity. It is consumed by women with edema, difficulty in urination, and dry stool. It is one of the foods for women to nourish yin and nourish the nest.
8. Silky chicken
It is regarded as a good gynecological tonic. It is used as a medicinal diet in autumn and winter. It is very effective. It has the functions of nourishing yin and clearing away heat, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the spleen and relieving pain. For diarrhea, it is often used for symptoms such as fatigue, thirst, diarrhea, dysentery, collapse, and vaginal discharge.
2. Dietary therapy for nourishing yin and raising nests
1. Gouji Rehmannia Black Chicken Soup
Ingredients: 30 grams each of Gouji, Rehmannia glutinosa, and peanuts, red dates 6 pieces, 1 black-bone chicken, appropriate amount of salt.
Method: Wash the dog spine, rehmannia glutinosa, and peanuts respectively, remove the pits and wash the red dates, remove the internal organs of the black-bone chicken, and wash with a little water. Put an appropriate amount of water into a clay pot, bring to a boil, add dog spine, rehmannia glutinosa, peanuts, red dates, and black-bone chicken, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 3 hours, and add salt to taste.
Medicinal dietary effects: Rehmannia glutinosa has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing yin and blood, black-bone chicken can nourish the kidneys, blood, and ovaries, peanuts and red dates can nourish qi and deficiency, and dog spine can nourish the kidneys, blood, and strengthen muscles. It has the effect of strengthening bones. The above flavors can be eaten with stew. It has a certain therapeutic effect on oligorrhea caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
2. Wolfberry, Longan and Tremella Soup
Ingredients: 500 grams of wolfberry root, 50 grams of white fungus, 20 grams of wolfberry, 10 grams of longan, appropriate amounts of ginger and salt.
Method: Wash the longan and wolfberry. Soak the white fungus, wash it, boil it for 5 minutes, remove and drain the water. Put the pot on the fire, add oil and sauté the ginger until fragrant, stir-fry the white fungus briefly and then bring it to a boil. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring it to a boil. Add the wolfberry stems, longan, wolfberry, white fungus and ginger and bring to a boil again. Simmer for 1 hour and add salt to taste. That’s it.
Medicinal dietary effects: Lycium barbarum can nourish yin and kidneys, nourish the liver and improve eyesight; Tremella can nourish yin and nourish the nest, replenish qi and nourish the deficiency; longan can nourish the blood and nourish the heart. The combination of the above flavors can treat liver and kidney deficiency. Symptoms such as too little vaginal discharge and dryness of female private parts can be improved.
3. Chinese yam, Chinese yam, and lentil porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of yam, 15 grams of lentils, 100 grams of rice, 10 grams of Chinese yam, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method: Soak and wash the rice and Yizhiren, wash and cut the lentils into sections, peel the yam, wash and cut into pieces. Put the pot on the fire, fill it with water, add rice, yam, and nutmeg and cook over high heat until the rice grains bloom. Add the lentils and cook over low heat until the porridge is formed. Add the rock sugar and cook until it melts before eating.
Efficacy of medicinal diet: yam can invigorate the spleen, kidney and marrow, lentils can invigorate the spleen and replenish deficiency, rice can invigorate the spleen and stomach, produce fluid and quench thirst, Yizhiren can invigorate the spleen and remove dampness, and rock sugar can It clears away heat, promotes body fluids and quenches thirst. The above ingredients can be used together to improve the symptoms of dryness in women's private parts and low vaginal discharge.
4. Polygonum multiflorum, red dates and cooked rehmannia porridge
Ingredients: 60 grams of japonica rice, 30 grams of coix seed, appropriate amounts of polygonum multiflorum, cooked rehmannia glutinosa, cashew nuts, and red dates, and a little rock sugar.
Method: Soak and wash the japonica rice and coix kernels, wash and slice the red dates, wash the cashews, wash the polygonum multiflorum and cooked rehmannia glutinosa, add water and cook well, take the juice and set aside.
Put the pot on the fire, pour in the cooked juice, add japonica rice and coix kernels, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add red dates, cashews, and rock sugar and cook until thickened before serving.
Efficacy of medicinal diet: Polygonum multiflorum and Rehmannia glutinosa are good products to nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish blood and promote body fluids. Cashew nuts can nourish the kidneys and waist, red dates can nourish qi and blood, japonica rice and coix seed can strengthen the spleen, qi and beauty. For skin care, the above ingredients can be used together, and have a therapeutic effect on the symptoms of low vaginal discharge and dryness of female private parts caused by ovarian dysfunction.
3. Autumn nourishing yin diet
(1) Honey
Honey is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the liver, spleen, and large intestine meridians. It has the functions of eliminating phlegm, moistening the lungs, It has antitussive and other effects, and can help treat dry cough, less phlegm, dry cough and constipation that occur in autumn.
(2) Lotus root
Lotus root is rich in vitamin C, calcium, iron, phosphorus, polyphenols and other nutrients, which can nourish yin, clear away heat, moisturize and relieve dryness. Thirst and other effects. If lotus root is eaten raw, it can clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, cool blood and remove blood stasis.
(3) Lily
Lily is sweet in taste, slightly bitter, slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart and lung meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the heart and calming the nerves, clearing away heat and diuresis. It is a better food to relieve autumn dryness and nourish the lung yin.