Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eggs have the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Among them, egg white can clear lung, relieve sore throat, clear heat and detoxify; Egg yolk nourishes yin and blood, moistens dryness and calms wind, and strengthens spleen and stomach. It can be said that this is a great tonic for Xian Yi and Xian Yi.
Eating an egg for breakfast has many advantages:
Protein is the material basis of all life. Compared with porridge, bread and other foods, protein's amino acid composition in eggs is better, its essential amino acid composition is basically similar to that of human body, and its biological value is also the best among all foods. In addition, the absorption and utilization rate of protein in eggs is higher than that in porridge and bread.
Eggs can not only provide enough protein for the body, but also delay the emptying speed of the stomach and prolong the feeling of fullness after meals. Studies have shown that eating breakfast containing eggs can increase people's satiety, and the protein and fat in eggs can provide sustained and stable energy, so that the stomach can keep full for a longer time.
Eating eggs for breakfast can reduce the calorie intake for lunch and the whole day, and play a role in controlling weight. Studies show that people who eat eggs for breakfast lose 56% more weight and have more energy than those who eat carbohydrates for breakfast.
Egg yolk is rich in lecithin, sterol, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D and B vitamins. The rich choline in eggs is a necessary substance to synthesize acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, and also an important component of cell membrane, which helps to improve memory and make attention more concentrated. Therefore, it is very necessary for office workers and students who use more brains to eat an egg for breakfast.
Eggs are rich in tyrosine, which plays an important role in improving people's alertness, thus making people react faster. So for drivers, eating eggs for breakfast is more conducive to safe driving.
Lutein and zeaxanthin, two antioxidants in egg yolk, can protect eyes from ultraviolet rays. They also help reduce the risk of cataracts. Eating an egg in the morning is also good for computer users who use their eyes too much.
How to eat fancy eggs
1. Egg+Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Natural Xiaoshi Tablet
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli can prevent nocturnal emission and improve renal function. Women often eat it, which can relieve amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis; Old people and children can strengthen the spleen and stomach, stimulate appetite and improve anorexia.
Steamed eggs with chicken gizzard-membrane
Exercise:
1. Beat the eggs, add twice as much water, 2-3g of chicken's gizzard-membrane powder and proper amount of salt, and stir well;
2. Steam in a pot for about 15 minutes, and simmer for 2 minutes after turning off the fire;
3.drop a few drops of sesame oil.
2. Eggs+Folium Artemisiae Argyi to eliminate dampness and prevent cancer
Lu Xiong, director of the Oncology Department of Guang 'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, taught us a therapeutic formula similar to tea eggs, called Ai Long Anti-cancer Egg, which was extracted from the formula for conditioning cancer patients.
The eggs cooked with this formula are not only delicious, but also helpful to drive away cold, dehumidify and fight cancer.
Artemisia argyi anti-dragon egg
Ingredients: ginger15 ~ 30g, mugwort leaf10g, 2~3 eggs, 30g of hawthorn, and salt.
Exercise:
1, when the egg is ripe, the eggshell cracks;
2. Put Artemisia argyi, ginger slices, hawthorn and appropriate amount of salt into water to boil;
3. After10-15 minutes, add the boiled eggs and cook for 10-20 minutes. Cooked eggshells will become darker in color.
3. Eggs+Angelica sinensis, promoting blood circulation and enriching blood
Angelica eggs help to promote blood circulation and replenish blood. Female friends eat before menstruation, which also helps to prevent dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and mild breast pain. Patients with hyperplasia of mammary glands insist on eating, which also helps to relieve pain.
Danggui egg
Exercise:
Wash Angelica sinensis 15g, Rhizoma Cyperi 10g, and eggs with shells, then add a proper amount of clear water and cook for10min.
After the eggs are cooked, peel them and cook them in water for 10 minutes. After cooling, you can eat it.
4. Eggs+lilies, beauty and lungs
Lily and eggs are a good partner. Lily is good at nourishing yin and moistening lung, clearing heart and calming nerves. Egg yolk can nourish blood and nourish yin. Compatibility with lily can enhance the efficacy of nourishing yin and blood, clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves.
Lily chicken soup
Exercise:
① Wash 30g of dried lily, put it in water and soak it in a bowl, then pour out the water after foaming.
② Boil the lily in clean water for 10- 15 minutes, and take out the lily.
(3) add an egg yolk to lily water, stir well, and take it after warming.
Lily and egg soup
Exercise:
Two eggs, add appropriate amount of water to break up, add 3-5g of lily (if it is dried lily, it needs to be soaked in advance), and steam it into egg soup on the pot to serve.