Commonly used Chinese medicines include ginseng, poria, atractylodes, licorice, jujube, honey, astragalus, yam, dangshen, barley, white lentils, etc.

Secrets of nourishing the stomach

1. Develop good living habits: eat small meals frequently, and only eat seven portions to satiate your appetite. Eat well in the morning, eat well at noon, and eat less at night. Avoid overeating.

2. Change eating habits: eat on time, sit down and do not stand or squat when eating. Avoid eating spicy, fried, smoked foods such as barbecue, and avoid eating foods that are too sour, too cold, and other strong irritants. Do not drink alcohol, and drink less strong tea, coffee, etc. Eat more vegetarian vegetables and crude fiber foods such as celery, mushrooms, etc.

3. Active dietary therapy and massage for health care: warm foods such as mutton and dog meat have a stomach-nourishing effect and are suitable for stomach cold symptoms; disinfection and sterilization of garlic can help eliminate inflammation, so it is recommended to eat more; in addition, wolfberry, white fungus, and red dates , walnuts can be snacks or included in dishes. After meals and before going to bed, you can rub your hands together and rub them clockwise 64 times with your navel as the center. After that, rub your hands together and massage your lower abdomen.

Stomach-nourishing foods

1. Millet: warms the stomach and calms the nerves

2. Pumpkin: Pumpkin is warm in nature and sweet in taste.

Detoxification: Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin. Pectin has good adsorption properties and can bind and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals. Play a detoxifying role.

Protect the gastric mucosa and help digestion: The pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect the gastrointestinal mucosa from being irritated by rough food, promote the healing of ulcers, and is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. The ingredients contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion and strengthen gastrointestinal motility. Helps food digestion.

Eliminate carcinogens: Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation effect of carcinogens nitrosamines, has anti-cancer effects, and can help restore liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.

3. Spinach, carrot, onion, garlic

Stomach-nourishing recipe

■Seaweed and pumpkin soup: 100g old pumpkin, 10g nori, 20g dried shrimps , 1 egg, appropriate amounts of soy sauce, lard, rice wine, vinegar, MSG, and sesame oil.

Method: First soak the seaweed in water, wash it, beat the eggs into a bowl and mix well, soak the shrimp skin in rice wine, peel and flesh the pumpkin, wash and cut into pieces; then put the pot on the fire and pour in the pigs. After the oil is heated, add soy sauce to the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, add shrimp skin and pumpkin pieces, cook for about 30 minutes, then add seaweed, after 10 minutes, pour the stirred egg liquid into the pot, add Mix the seasonings thoroughly and serve. This soup has the effect of protecting the liver, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the body.

Note: Pumpkin is warm in nature and those with excessive stomach heat should eat less.

■Papaya and Grass Carp Tail Soup

Ingredients: 1 papaya, grass carp tail 100 grams.

Preparation method: Peel and cut the papaya into pieces, put the carp tail into the oil pan and fry for a while, add a little papaya and ginger slices, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook for about 1 hour.

Function: nourishing and digesting. It has an auxiliary effect on food accumulation and chest and abdominal distension.

■Ginseng and Hericium Stewed Chicken

Ingredients: 100 grams of Hericium, 1 hen (about 750 grams), 10 grams each of astragalus, dangshen, and jujube, Appropriate amounts of ginger slices, onion knots, Shaoxing wine, clear soup, and starch.

Preparation method: Wash the Hericium erinaceus and remove the stems. After swelling, squeeze out the remaining water in the bacteria to remove the bitter taste, and then cut into 2 mm thick slices for later use. Remove the head and feet of the hen, chop it into cubes, put it into a stew pot, add ginger slices, green onion knots, Shaoxing wine, clear soup, top with Hericium slices and soaked and washed astragalus, Codonopsis pilosula, and jujube, and simmer over low heat Simmer until the meat is cooked and seasoned. Serve.

Function: Replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.

Foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as yams, lotus seeds, soybeans, cereals, lentils, coix kernels, hawthorns, bananas, dates, chestnuts, lean pork, beef, chicken, milk, soy products, etc. . Chinese herbal medicines that can nourish the spleen and stomach include ginseng, poria, astragalus, atractylodes, licorice, etc., and the effect is better when mixed with food to form a medicinal diet.