Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the energy of the human body mainly depends on the filling and smooth operation of qi and blood, and there is qi in the body to promote the circulation of blood and body fluid in the meridians.
Once there is some deficiency of essence and qi stagnation, it is easy to lose the motivation to promote energy circulation, which will lead to qi stagnation and blood stasis.
However, the middle-aged and elderly people's bodies begin to decline, and they are prone to symptoms of qi deficiency and lose the motivation to promote blood gas circulation.
However, some sticky metabolic wastes in the diet, especially some greasy foods, are easy to produce phlegm and dampness, which hinders the operation of qi and blood, resulting in poor blood flow and siltation. All the above can form blood stasis.
Therefore, the generation of congestion is closely related to the aging of the human body. With the growth of age, our nutrient metabolism slows down, and excess nutrients will accumulate in the body and on the blood vessels, which will cause cardiovascular congestion, so we should pay attention to promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Today, I would like to recommend a kind of health tea for drug therapy, that is, Salvia Miltiorrhiza hawthorn tea.
Salvia miltiorrhiza has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging blood vessels, and is also widely used in clinic, including Danshen dripping pills and compound Danshen tablets.
In the classic book Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, Salvia miltiorrhiza is also listed as the "top grade", and there is also a sentence describing the efficacy of Salvia miltiorrhiza: "Drinking Salvia miltiorrhiza blindly is the same as Siwu Decoction".
Salvia miltiorrhiza is very good, and hawthorn is a perfect match. Why? Because hawthorn can help strengthen the spleen and stomach, help digestion, and promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
Or you can add some other medicinal materials to boil water instead of tea. For example, 5 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, hawthorn, longan, arborvitae seed and angelica sinensis are used to make tea in boiling water. These materials can be soaked for 2-3 times and used instead of tea. It is simple and convenient.
In addition to drinking some tea that can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, you can also reduce the formation of blood stasis by doing the following two things in your daily life.
First, keep exercising.
Exercise brings vitality to the body, accelerates metabolism, makes qi and blood more exultant and active, promotes blood circulation and avoids blood congestion.
Second, eat less high-fat and sticky food.
High-fat, sticky food will increase the burden of body metabolism, and will increase the probability of sticky "garbage" in the blood. Reducing eating high-fat, high-calorie and high-oil food will help prevent the formation of blood stasis.
Third, drink more water.
Water is always the best blood thinner, which can reduce the viscosity of blood, improve the blood volume, make blood run more smoothly in the body, and help avoid blood stasis and blood viscosity.
Pay attention to drink plenty of water in daily life, so that the body can metabolize smoothly and avoid silting up.