Longan is rich in glucose, sucrose, protein, etc., and its iron content is also relatively high. It can promote the regeneration of hemoglobin while improving heat energy and supplementing nutrition, thus achieving the effect of enriching blood. Whether eating fresh fruit and meat or soaking in wine can play a role in nourishing blood and calming the nerves, especially for treating neurasthenia.
2, red dates
Jujube is sweet and warm, and its main function is to tonify the middle energizer, nourish blood and soothe the nerves. It is mainly used for the treatment of spleen and stomach qi deficiency, blood deficiency and sallow, blood deficiency, insomnia and dreaminess. Drinking jujube water often can improve the pale face and cold hands and feet for women with anemia caused by excessive menstrual blood.
3. Lotus root
According to modern scientific analysis, lotus root contains a lot of iron and has the function of enriching blood. Eating some lotus root can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear heart and soothe the nerves. At the same time, lotus root is warm and has the function of contracting blood vessels. Eating more can nourish the lungs and nourish blood.
4. Angelica sinensis
Angelica sinensis is the first blood tonic, and Angelica sinensis is the main medicine for blood tonic. Blood deficiency syndrome, which really belongs to anemia, can be used together with Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Astragali, often with obvious effect. Angelica sinensis can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, and is often used with Ziziphus jujuba, Semen Platycladi, Fructus Jujubae, Ginseng and Poria.
5. Mulberry
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of nourishing yin and enriching blood, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines. In the Diet Spectrum of Living with Interest, it is recorded that Mulberry "nourishes liver and kidney, fills blood, dispels wind and dampness, walks healthily, stops deficiency wind and clears deficiency fire". People with dizziness, tinnitus, dim eyes, insomnia, premature gray hair and other symptoms can often eat mulberries.
6. Lycium barbarum
Lycium barbarum L. is rich in carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron and other essential nutrients for healthy eyes, so it is good at improving eyesight, so it is commonly known as "discerning eye" and is a traditional nutritional tonic for precious Chinese herbal medicines. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum has the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, nourishing blood and calming nerves, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough.
7. Grapes
Traditional Chinese medicine most often regards grapes as food for enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. In ancient books, it says, "Tonify qi and blood, relax muscles and tendons, and take them with wine." Grapes contain melatonin, a substance that can help sleep. Melatonin is a substance secreted by the pineal gland in the brain, which is closely related to sleep. It can help regulate the sleep cycle and improve the abnormal sleep situation.
8. Litchi
Litchi is sweet and slightly sour, and mild in nature. Compendium of Materia Medica claims that it can "soothe the nerves, improve intelligence and strengthen qi", and has the effects of nourishing blood and promoting body fluid production. Litchi is rich in glucose, sucrose, vitamin C, vitamin B, vitamin A, citric acid, folic acid, malic acid and free amino acids. It is a rare fruit for people who think too much, forget and lose sleep, and it is better to eat fresh.
A recipe for calming the nerves and enriching the blood
1, Ejiao jujube black chicken soup
Ingredients: black-bone chicken, donkey-hide gelatin, Polygonatum sibiricum, Gordon Euryale seed, longan, jujube, wolfberry fruit and mulberry.
Practice: stew for 3 hours and stew the soup with old fire.
Efficacy: nourishing liver, benefiting qi, enriching blood and nourishing yin.
2, angelica jujube porridge
Ingredients: Gui15g, 50g of jujube, 20g of sugar, 50g of japonica rice.
Practice:
(1), first soak Angelica sinensis in warm water for a while, add 200 grams of water, first fry the thick juice 100 grams, and remove the residue to get the juice.
(2) Add appropriate amount of water together with japonica rice, jujube and sugar, and cook until porridge is finished. Take it warm every morning and evening, 10 is 1 course of treatment.
Efficacy: This porridge has the functions of enriching blood, regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, and is suitable for deficiency of qi and blood, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, headache due to blood deficiency, dizziness and constipation.
3, Shouwu jujube porridge
Ingredients: Polygonum multiflorum powder 25g, jujube 50g, rock sugar15g, japonica rice 50g.
Practice:
(1), first put the japonica rice and jujube into the pot and cook it into porridge.
(2) When the porridge is half cooked, add Polygonum multiflorum powder, stir well while cooking until the porridge is sticky, and then add rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy: This porridge has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, relaxing bowels, detoxicating, etc. It is suitable for dizziness, insomnia and amnesia caused by deficiency of liver and kidney and deficiency of essence and blood. Patients with senile hypertension and arteriosclerosis can prolong their life if they take it for a long time.