Sweet potato is also called sweet potato. According to the ancient documents such as Compendium of Materia Medica and Addendum to Compendium of Materia Medica, it has the effects of "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin". Sweet potato is a kind of food with rich nutrition in grain. Because sweet potato can supplement a lot of mucin, sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C for human body, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, harmonizing stomach, warming stomach and benefiting lung. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes often can prevent the atrophy of liver and kidney connective tissue and prevent the occurrence of collagen disease.

Second, spinach.

Chinese medicine points out that spinach has the effects of moistening dryness, nourishing liver, benefiting stomach and intestine and relaxing bowels. Eating more spinach in daily life can promote the secretion of stomach and pancreas, thus promoting digestion. Moreover, spinach is also rich in cellulose, which can help intestinal peristalsis, thus facilitating defecation.

Third, Chinese cabbage

Do you know that cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable? In addition to anti-cancer, it also has the function of protecting the stomach and has the reputation of "natural stomach-nourishing dish". Vitamin K 1 and its vitamin U can not only resist gastric ulcer, protect and repair gastric mucosa, but also keep gastric cells active and vigorous, and reduce the chance of pathological changes.

Fourth, pumpkins

Speaking of food for nourishing and protecting the stomach, pumpkin must be on the list. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin can enter the spleen and stomach meridian, which is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and malnutrition. Pumpkin has the function of protecting the stomach, which is also related to the rich vitamin A in pumpkin, which can protect the gastric mucosa from damage.

Five, yam

Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used with Weichang Decoction to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms.