The great cold, literally, is the coldest time when it is extremely cold. "extremes meet" means that the cold is over, followed by beginning of spring, which means that winter has passed and spring has arrived.
It is not easy to understand the five movements and six spirits, but we can think about what we should do in the new year through its conclusion.
For example, 20 19, the soil has not been transported, and the spleen in the five internal organs belongs to the soil. Among the clients I received on 20 19, most of them were diseases of the spleen and stomach. In the year when the soil failed, the crops also failed. In 2020, the fortune is too great, and the lungs are dry. Not only was there a lot of lung disease last year, but the weather was also extremely dry. For a person with a dry constitution like me, this winter is really bitter.
In addition, according to the seasonal characteristics of the first half of the year, we should give due consideration to the balance of heart fire and the calming of liver wind.
Then, the general principle of health preservation in 202 1 can almost be determined. In terms of diet, I recommend the following three types of food.
I. Seeds
In 202 1 year, the main body's luck is insufficient water transportation, that is, kidney deficiency, so it is necessary to give priority to raising kidneys. But the kidney is divided into yin and yang. Generally speaking, if there are no special problems, men can mainly nourish kidney qi, while women can mainly nourish kidney yin.
According to the theory of Zangxiang in TCM, the kidney controls the reproductive growth and development, and the seeds of plants also have this function. So the seeds of most plants have the function of nourishing kidney.
Recommended soybeans, chestnuts and Euryales.
1, soybean
Soybeans, commonly used are soybeans and black beans. Strictly speaking, soybeans tend to strengthen the spleen, and black beans tend to tonify the kidney. Especially when used as medicine, Chinese medicine practitioners choose black beans more, such as light fermented soybean, which must be processed from black beans. But as a daily food, soybeans and black beans are still good.
Nutritionally, soybeans and black beans are rich in high-quality protein, and the content of protein is even higher than some meats. Therefore, it is not only meat that can get enough protein. Vegetarians can also get enough high-quality protein by eating more soybeans and bean products.
Moreover, soybeans do not contain cholesterol, and although the fat content is not low, most of them are unsaturated fatty acids, which is beneficial to the body. Therefore, the Dietary Guide for China Residents suggests that not only everyone should eat soybeans and bean products every day, but also protein from soybeans should account for half of the total daily intake of protein.
In the process of anti-epidemic, the importance of protein has been repeatedly mentioned, and adequate protein can enhance immunity. But the source of protein is rarely discussed. Most people think that meat, eggs and milk represent protein, but these foods are also high in fat and cholesterol, so they can't fully get protein. Half of soybean protein is more reasonable.
However, soybean contains saponins, antitrypsin and other substances, which will stimulate the stomach and cause abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea. These substances are very afraid of heat and will be destroyed when heated. Therefore, soybeans and bean products must be thoroughly heated and cooked, especially raw soybean milk and ground soybean milk.
The cellulose content of soybean is also high, which will produce a lot of gas after being decomposed by intestinal bacteria. If you eat too much soybean or bean products in a short time, you may have small embarrassment such as bowel sounds, bloating, burping and farting. Don't eat too much at once, but eat in small quantities. If you accidentally eat too much, you can solve it with white radish.
Soybean is the most convenient and quick way to eat soybean milk, which can be mixed with different ingredients to make soybean milk with different flavors and functions.
For example:
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Ingredients: 65438+ 0/3 cup of soybean, black bean and mung bean, a little sugar.
Practice: Soak three kinds of beans for more than 2 hours in advance, put them into a soymilk machine or a wall-breaking machine, add water according to the water level line, select the "soymilk" button, and add a little sugar to taste after finishing.
There used to be a recipe in Bian Que called "Three Beans Drink", which consisted of black beans, mung beans and red beans. The effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis is very good. When a child has a cold and fever, you can use these three kinds of beans to boil water for your baby as tea. But mung beans and adzuki beans have a strong profit-clearing effect. Some children are inherently unhealthy and have weak spleen and stomach. Soybeans can be used instead of adzuki beans to nourish the spleen and stomach. The new three bean soup composed of soybeans, black beans and mung beans is more peaceful and more suitable for daily maintenance.
2. chestnuts
Chestnut is called "the fruit of kidney" by Sun Simiao, which has the functions of invigorating stomach and tonifying kidney qi. In ancient times, there were two great poets who knew how to keep in good health, and they also liked chestnuts very much.
Su Dongpo, a great writer, not only writes poems, but also tastes delicious, and has many health-keeping secrets. In addition to the aforementioned poria cocos and black sesame seeds, chestnuts are also handy for him. In his later years, Su Dongpo was troubled by the disease of low back and leg pain, so he developed the habit of eating chestnut.
He is also particular about eating chestnuts. Every morning and evening, he put chestnuts in his mouth and chewed them slowly until they chewed out white pulp, and then swallowed them slowly in three times. After a period of persistence, the problem of low back and leg pain has been greatly improved. So he wrote a poem praising chestnuts:
Lu You, the poet with the most poems, is also a huge fan of chestnuts. Lu You's life has been ups and downs, and he is in poor health. His eyesight is dim or his teeth are loose. Fortunately, most ancient scholars like to study Chinese medicine, and they can always figure out some delicious food that can improve their health.
Lu you drank medlar chrysanthemum tea because of dizziness, and also ate chestnuts because of loose teeth, as evidenced by poems:
However, chestnut is difficult to eat raw, and cooked food is stagnant, so it is not suitable to eat more. Especially sugar fried chestnuts, sugar can nourish the spleen and stomach, help promote fluid production, eliminate phlegm and eliminate dampness, and make chestnuts more difficult to digest and more prone to qi stagnation.
How much is appropriate to eat? It varies from person to person. Generally, eating at most 10 a day is enough.
3. Euryale ferox
Euryale ferox, also known as chicken head rice, "is the medicine for spleen and kidney". Sweet taste can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, while astringent taste can benefit kidney and solidify essence.
Su Dongpo, a great writer in health care, gives full play to the role of Euryale ferox. He steamed Euryale ferox, put one in his mouth at a time, chewed it slowly for twenty or thirty times, and then swallowed it slowly, eating twenty or thirty capsules a day. It is said that Su Dongpo has an amazing memory in his sixties, and the people who can eat are really different.
Euryale ferox and lotus seeds have many similarities, but lotus seeds tend to nourish the upper-middle jiao, that is, spleen and lung, while Euryale ferox tends to nourish the lower jiao, that is, spleen and kidney. So eat together often, and you can take care of the upper, middle and lower jiao.
Euryale ferox is similar to yam, but yam tends to nourish yin, and its astringency is far better than yam. It is also excellent to eat Euryale ferox and yam together.
There is a better way to eat it, and that is to synthesize yam Shen Si soup.
Yam Shen Si soup: Poria cocos, lotus seeds, Euryale ferox seeds, Coix seed and yam each 15g, with a little sugar.
Practice: Soak five kinds of materials for more than 2 hours in advance, put them into a soymilk machine or a wall-breaking machine, add water to the range between the highest water level line and the lowest water level line, select the "soymilk" button, and add a little sugar after completion.
You can also wash the above five materials, add a handful of japonica rice and cook porridge together. Or stew with pork tripe, ribs, chicken, etc.
But foods with high starch content, such as Euryale ferox, lotus seeds, yam and so on. Most of them are prone to stagnation, so this kind of food should not be greedy. If enough is enough, the water will flow forever.
In addition to the above ingredients, other grains, beans, nuts, etc. It is the seed of plants, such as black rice, millet, rhubarb rice, red beans, black sesame seeds, walnuts, peanuts and so on. It should also be soaked in rain and dew.
Second, spices.
Spices are mostly warm and have the functions of qi stagnation, dryness and dampness, and dispelling cold. 202 1 year is full of cold and humidity, and adding spices to the diet is the finishing touch.
Recommend three seasonings.
1, pepper
Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the effect of treating both inside and outside. Folk stews often like to add a pinch of pepper, not for spicy, but to suppress the phlegm and dampness caused by meat. The same is true of eating meat. People who can eat not only eat well, but also have no burden People who can't eat just want to talk, but they bring accumulated suffering to their bodies.
Chefs are used to adding some pepper water when mixing jiaozi meat stuffing, which can not only increase the fullness of the meat stuffing, but also eliminate the fishy smell of the meat, and also stimulate appetite and eliminate phlegm.
Topical Zanthoxylum bungeanum is the gospel of beriberi patients. If you are only infected with athlete's foot, soak your feet in boiling water with Chili for 1 or 2 months, basically leaving no future trouble. However, I am afraid that the long-term strength of treating feet with pepper alone is not enough, and other more powerful drugs are needed.
2. White pepper
The effect of white pepper on dispelling stomach cold is immediate. If you accidentally drink a few mouthfuls of air conditioning, your stomach is uncomfortable, you have abdominal pain and diarrhea, and there are no other medicines available, drinking a bowl of white pepper water can also achieve unexpected results.
We locals, who have a cold stomach and a stomachache, will be advised to buy a pork belly, wrap it in Chili and stew it. Drink a bowl of warm stomach; Drink two bowls, the stomach is comfortable; Drink three bowls and you will feel comfortable all over.
In cold winter, we like to drink pork belly chicken soup and radish sparerib soup made by our mother, and white pepper is an essential seasoning. People with stomach cold and abdominal distension usually stew soup with white radish, sprinkle with white pepper, or mash white pepper and stew together, which can not only regulate qi and resolve phlegm, but also warm the stomach and dispel cold.
Step 3: energy
Ginger has too many benefits. It is not only a "medicine for vomiting", but also the driving force of spleen yang. One of Confucius' dietary rules is "don't eat ginger", that is, eating ginger is essential, but "don't eat too much" should be enough. Because ginger is hot and spicy, eating too much will be counterproductive, but it will generate heat and damage body fluids.
Ginger acts as an engine in many prescriptions. It is not necessarily aimed at a certain disease of patients, but it can stimulate the efficacy of each drug in the prescription and start the transportation machine of spleen and stomach, so that the whole prescription can play a better role.
For example:
Gouqi porridge: 20 grams of Lycium barbarum, 40 grams of dried yam, 75 grams of white millet and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: Soak the dried yam for 2 hours in advance until it becomes soft, wash the white millet, and cut the ginger into pieces the size of a dollar coin.
Put white millet, yam and ginger into a casserole, add water, bring to a boil over high fire, turn off the heat, cook for about 20 minutes, add Lycium barbarum, cook for another 5 minutes, and turn off the heat.
Lycium barbarum can tonify liver and kidney, and yam can tonify spleen and lung. It is a good food for invigorating spleen and kidney, which conforms to the main theme of 202 1 health care. However, both Lycium barbarum and Chinese yam tend to nourish yin, and it is difficult for people with insufficient yang to digest the energy of Lycium barbarum and Chinese yam, so add a few slices of ginger to strengthen the transport of spleen and stomach and stimulate human yang.
In addition to the above three commonly used spices, others such as star anise, clove, cinnamon and cardamom have similar effects. I don't know how to mix all kinds of spices, so you can use ready-made spices, such as spiced powder, thirteen spices, stew spices and so on.
Third, flowers and fruits.
Flowers are fragrant and have the function of promoting qi circulation and relieving depression. Some fragrant fruits or peels can regulate qi, dry dampness and resolve phlegm. There are also some leaves of flowers and fruits, which are bitter and can dry and wet. These all meet the requirements of 202 1 dispelling cold, drying dampness and regulating qi.
1, Rose
Rose is known as the "holy medicine for relieving depression", which has a good effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi. In the first half of this year, liver qi was relatively strong, so it is very necessary to properly soothe the liver and regulate qi. Roses are a good choice for diet therapy.
Lycium barbarum and pueraria lobata rose tea: Lycium barbarum 6g, pueraria lobata 9g, Phnom Penh rose 15.
Practice: Wash the above two materials, put them into a health pot, add about 800- 1000ml of water, and select the "scented tea" button. When tea is often drunk, boil it and dry it to a temperature suitable for the entrance.
2-3 times a week, if you are emotionally unstable, you can drink for a few more days at any time. Women can drink it 5-7 days before menstruation to pave the way for menstruation, and menstruation will be smoother.
2. Lotus leaf, dried tangerine peel and hawthorn
Lotus leaf, as the tallest flower, has the function of ascending and descending turbidity, which is a good product to clean up the spleen and stomach. But many people don't like it because it tastes a little bitter. From the medicinal point of view, bitterness is one of the best flavors to deal with moisture. It is precisely because most modern people do not like to eat "bitterness" that moisture is so rampant. Now nine times out of ten, it is spleen deficiency and heavy moisture. And sweetness is the easiest to get wet. Everyone likes to eat sweet, but they don't like to suffer. It's strange that the moisture is not heavy.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is a kind of fruit, and Fructus Crataegi is an appropriate fruit, both of which have the function of digestion and accumulation. Dried tangerine peel is warm, and it is a good hand at regulating qi and resolving phlegm, especially at regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach; Hawthorn tastes sour and warm, and its digestion function is well known, especially for meat.
Although the lotus leaf can be wet and dry, it is cool, and the cold and wet gas prevails this year. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use lotus leaf alone. It should be matched with two kinds of warming and dispersing helpers, namely dried tangerine peel and hawthorn.
Lotus leaf tea: lotus leaf 6g, tangerine peel 5g, hawthorn 9g.
Practice: Wash the above three materials, put them into a health pot, add about 500ml of water, and select the "scented tea" button.
Lotus leaf tea strong tea has better effect, and it is generally recommended to cook it only once. If it is boiled again, it is better to change the materials again.
Generally, once a week 1-2 times is enough. If the diet is too rich, you can drink it for several days.
Eat three kinds of food less.
According to the conclusion of "five movements and six gods" and the inference of the three types of food recommended above, it is easy to know which three types of food need to be controlled.
1, cold food
Since the water is not as good as this year and the kidney is weak, eat less food that hurts the kidney. And colds hurt the kidneys the most, especially for a long time.
For example, gout hurts joints, but it belongs to kidney disease in medicine. Gout patients have a cold and wet diet, such as seafood and beer. For example, clear soup and hot pot are easy to get wet. Stagnation of cold and dampness is the root of most gout patients.
Cold and dampness are prevalent this year, and eating more cold and cold food is helpful to cold and dampness. So this year ice cream, cold drinks, most fruits, seafood, beer and so on. You should eat as little as possible, and it's okay to eat occasionally. You can mix it with some cold and dry foods, such as ginger, perilla, garlic, pepper and pepper.
2. sweet food
Sweetness can strengthen the spleen. The spleen and kidney are weak this year, so it seems no problem to eat sweets. However, everything has two sides. A touch of sweetness can replenish the spleen, but too sweet can nourish the spleen and stomach, which is helpful for phlegm and dampness.
In The Queen of the Palace, Hua Fei wanted to embarrass An Lingrong and deliberately gave her sweet rose soup. An Lingrong refused to say that she couldn't sing after eating sweet words, but how could Huafei let her go? Sure enough, after drinking sweet soup, An Lingrong lost his voice. There is a simple reason. Sweet soup is no longer sweet, but sweet, sweet enough to produce phlegm, and there is phlegm in the throat. How can I sing a crisp song?
This year is a year of severe cold and humidity. It is better to eat less raw and humid food than to eat more.
3, greasy things
Eat less greasy food at any time, especially this year, because greasy things themselves are the main source of phlegm and dampness. The cold and dampness are heavier this year, and the diet should not be aggravated.
Especially during the Chinese New Year, many snacks are very greasy. Because of the lack of materials in the past, I usually can't eat oil and water, and the New Year is also very difficult. I can't wait to put more oil on my stomach, so there are many fried foods.
But modern people eat the same as New Year's Day every day, and there is too much oil and water in their stomachs, so we can't celebrate the New Year any more. Snacks for the New Year are only tasted once, and more attention should be paid to foods that help digestion and relieve boredom, such as lotus leaf tea, sour radish and Pu 'er tea.
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The climate characteristics are different every year. Learning to keep pace with nature can reduce a lot of trouble.
202 1 year, water transportation is not as good as it is, and it is easy to have kidney deficiency; Cold and damp qi is abundant, which is easy to hurt spleen and kidney; At the same time, in the first half of the year, we should balance the heart fire, soothe the liver and regulate qi.
Then, eating more whole grains and nuts this year can nourish the spleen and kidney; Add some spices such as pepper, star anise and cinnamon when cooking and stewing, which can not only increase the fragrance and appetizing, but also dry and eliminate phlegm; Lycium barbarum, pueraria lobata, rose tea and lotus leaf tea are also essential teas for 202 1.
But eat as little cold, greasy and sweet food as possible.