Spring is here, and health care should keep up with the seasonal changes. Drinking more soup in spring can help you get rid of spring sleepiness and spring dryness! So what soup is good for spring health? Here are eight spring health-preserving soups for you. You can protect your health by changing them every day!

First, spring health soup

1, Nanxing Zhufei Decoction

Materials: Nanxing12g, Beixing 9g, 4 candied dates and 200g of pig lung.

Practice: Peel the south apricot and the north apricot, clean the pig lung and cut it into small pieces, stir-fry it thoroughly in an iron wok with a little cooking oil, add a proper amount of boiling water, put it in a casserole with candied dates, and cook for 1~2 hours, then serve.

Efficacy: It can tonify lung qi, moisten lung, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm. It is suitable for people with weak lung qi and easy cough to drink at ordinary times, and can also be used to tonify the body during the recovery period of pneumonia.

2, radish lotus seed pig tongue soup

Ingredients: 750g of radish, 50g of lotus seeds, 25g of gordon euryales, 3 candied dates, 500g of pig tongue and 750g of pig bones.

Practice: the radish is washed with skin and cut obliquely into medium pieces; Wash lotus seeds, Gordon Euryale seeds and candied dates, and soak them in clear water; Scrape and clean the pig tongue repeatedly, cut it into large pieces, boil it with boiling water for a while, remove the blood, and crack it with the back of a knife after the pig bone flies; Put all the ingredients together in the inner pot of the no-fire reboiler, add appropriate amount of water, and turn off the fire after boiling. Then put the inner pot into the outer pot and cover it. After two and a half hours, open the lid and add some salt and a little oil to taste.

Efficacy: Radish can eliminate stagnation, eliminate phlegm and heat, lower qi and relieve middle energizer; Lotus seeds can strengthen the spleen and stomach and nourish the mind; Euryale ferox can tonify spleen and stop diarrhea; Jujube has the functions of benefiting qi, promoting fluid production and moistening lung and stomach; Pig tongue can tonify qi and blood, nourish and strengthen; Pig bone nourishes blood and marrow, strengthens tendons and bones. When combined into soup, it is moist and nourishing, and it can relieve cold in spring and dampness.

3. Smilax glabra and pork bone soup

Ingredients: 50 grams of Smilax glabra, 500 grams of pig spine, lentils 15 grams, adzuki beans 15 grams, and 3 candied dates.

Practice: firstly, wash the pig spine, add water to simmer the soup, skim off the upper oil slick, and remove the pig bones when it is fried into about 3 bowls of soup. Wash Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, slice with gauze, put it into pork bone soup with washed lentils, red beans and candied dates, and cook until there are about 2 bowls left in the soup.

Efficacy: This soup has the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and benefiting marrow, especially suitable for diabetics.

4. Crucian carp tofu soup

Ingredients: 1 crucian carp, tofu 1 piece, 2 onions, several slices of ginger, and proper amount of cooking oil, pepper and salt.

Practice: Wash the crucian carp, remove the black film and unclean internal organs, then make a long cut on the back of the fish and put salt on it, cut ginger slices and insert them into the incision on the fish, marinate for a while, wash the tofu and cut it into pieces for later use, and cut the onion into sections for later use; Take out the ginger slices from the pickled fish, wash them with clear water, and then use paper to absorb the water from the fish; Take a wok, add a little oil and turn the wok so that the oil is evenly distributed in the wok. After firing, put the crucian carp into the wok and fry it on low fire until both sides are golden; Put the soup pot into half a pot of clear water, directly put the fried fish into cold water, add 3 or 4 slices of ginger and bring to a boil over high fire. After boiling, add tofu and appropriate amount of pepper, turn off the heat, cover and cook for about 10 minutes, then turn off the heat, sprinkle a little salt and scallion, and serve.

Efficacy: Carassius auratus has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, harmonizing the middle energizer and appetizing, activating blood circulation and dredging collaterals, and warming the middle energizer and lowering qi. It has a good nourishing and dietetic effect on spleen and stomach weakness, edema, ulcer, tracheitis, asthma and diabetes. People often stew crucian carp soup for postpartum women, which can not only tonify deficiency, but also nourish lactagogue.

Second, what food to eat for health in spring?

1, spring bud

Eat spring buds in spring. As we all know, eating vegetables and fruits in season is more beneficial to health. Confucius said "don't eat from time to time", and the classic medical work Huangdi Neijing also said "eat the old valley", which means that you don't eat this season. In spring, all plants give birth to bright green buds, and there are many edible spring buds, such as Toona sinensis, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, bean sprouts, lettuce and so on.

2. Honey

Chinese medicine believes that honey is sweet and enters the spleen and stomach, which can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation. The climate in spring is changeable, and people are prone to catch a cold when the weather is cold and warm. Because honey contains a variety of minerals, vitamins, and has the function of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying, it can enhance human immunity and is the most ideal tonic in spring. Therefore, in spring, if you can drink 1~2 spoonfuls of honey every day, take it with a cup of warm boiled water or add milk, which will have a nourishing effect on your body.

3, red dates and other spleen-nourishing sweets

Sun Simiao, an ancient famous doctor, said: "It is advisable to save acid and increase sweetness in spring to raise temper." It means eating less sour and more sweet in spring. Spring is the time when liver qi is strong. Eating more sour food will lead to excessive liver qi and damage the spleen and stomach, so you should eat less sour food. In spring, people's outdoor activities in spring are more than those in winter, and their physical energy consumption is greater, so they need more calories. At this time, the spleen and stomach are weak, and the digestive ability of the gastrointestinal tract is poor, which is not suitable for eating greasy meat. Therefore, the heat can be properly supplied by sweets. Jujube is such a good way to nourish the spleen in spring.

Third, vegetables suitable for spring health preservation

1 lettuce

Lettuce is beneficial to the five internal organs, dredging meridians, opening the chest and diaphragm, benefiting qi, strengthening bones and muscles, whitening teeth, clearing eyes and ears, dredging milk and facilitating urination. The white emulsion in the tender stems of lettuce has a hypnotic effect. Women in postpartum hypogalactia or those who are unable to breastfeed eat more lettuce, because lettuce has the effect of promoting lactation and reducing lactation. If the urine is not smooth or there is blood in the urine, fresh lettuce leaves can be pounded into mud and applied to the navel, and the therapeutic effect is very obvious.

2, leeks

In Chinese medicine, leek has a very loud name called "aphrodisiac grass", and some people call it "intestine-washing grass". Not only that, leek has many names. Professor Chang Zhangfu from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine said that leek is also called grass stalactite, rising grass, long grass, also known as flat dish. The history of Chinese chives used as medicine can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In Compendium of Materia Medica, the function of leek is: "Raw juice governs qi, breathes and detoxifies preserved meat. Boiling juice can stop coughing and night sweats. "

3. Chinese kale

Chinese kale contains organic alkali, which makes it bitter, which can stimulate people's taste nerves, stimulate appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion. Another unique bitter ingredient in Chinese kale is Cinchona cream, which can inhibit the overexcited body temperature center and play a role in relieving summer heat. Chinese kale contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can prevent constipation. Traditional medicine believes that kale has the effects of eliminating pathogenic heat, relieving fatigue, clearing heart and improving eyesight.

Fourth, what kind of fruit is good for spring health?

1 strawberry

Strawberry is the most popular fruit in spring, which contains vitamins B 1, B2, minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and iron, and is also rich in vitamin C. Strawberries also have high dietotherapy value, which can decompose food fat and facilitate digestion. However, when eating strawberries, you should pay attention to cleaning, first remove the leaves, rinse them under running water, then soak them in salt water for 5 ~10 minutes, and finally soak them in cold boiled water for1~ 2 minutes.

2. Bananas

Eating bananas can help people who are weak and sentimental to dispel pessimism and irritability and keep a peaceful and happy mood. This is mainly because it can increase the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain. Studies have found that the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine in the brain of patients with depression is less than that of ordinary people.

3. Grapes

Grapes are especially suitable for "lazy" people, because the healthiest way to eat them is "no peeling or spitting seeds". Grape skins and grape seeds are more nutritious than grape meat. The reason why red wine has better health care effect than white wine is because it is brewed together with skin. Researchers at the University of Bordeaux in France also found that 85% of opc, a rich substance in grape seeds that enhances immunity and delays aging, is absorbed and utilized after entering the human body.

4. Orange

Constant emotional excitement will increase the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. Experts from Harvard Medical School advise people to eat oranges often to reduce the probability of these diseases. But be careful not to eat more than four pills a day, otherwise there may be what Chinese medicine calls "getting angry", such as aphtha.