Mao Wei (Chief Physician, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Nephrology, Guangdong Province)
Huangdi Neijing said: "What people eat on an empty stomach is food, and what patients eat is medicine." This means that food is also a medicine, which can also prevent and treat diseases.
In the traditional Chinese medicine culture, the concept of "homology of medicine and food" has a long history, and the most famous dietotherapy remedy is "jiaozi".
According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, wrapped mutton and some cold-dispelling herbs in dough, made them into ears, cooked them and ate them to treat ear frostbite for the people. This "cold-dispelling and charming ear soup" has gradually evolved into the popular jiaozi.
The winter tonic prescription "Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup" is said to be initiated by Zhang Zhongjing. This prescription for nourishing essence and blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain has been passed down through the ages, which is enough to show its charm.
Traditional Chinese medicine medicated diet is extensive and profound, with a long history, and tonic in winter is essential. Let's share the five zang-organs health food prescription with you.
Heart, the official of the monarch
-nourishing the heart focuses on calming the nerves.
The heart governs the gods and the veins, and it is the commander-in-chief of the human body.
I am most afraid of one word-"tired". Too much worry and thinking can easily lead to the consumption of sad blood, resulting in symptoms such as palpitation, chest tightness, chest pain, insomnia and memory loss.
Women have delicate feelings and sensitive minds. Especially in middle age, people should be busy with their work and take care of their families. There are too many things to worry about. If it is difficult to relieve, they are more likely to feel "tired".
Nourishing the heart focuses on calming the nerves and enriching the blood. Longan, lotus seed, lily, ganoderma lucidum and Huai Mai are all good choices for "nourishing the heart".
-Recommended medicated diet-
Lily chicken soup
Practice: 1 egg, 2~3 fresh lilies, a little rock sugar. Wash lily, boil in water for half an hour, add egg yolk, stir and cook, add rock sugar to taste, and drink before going to bed.
Efficacy: This prescription comes from Zhang Zhongjing's synopsis of the golden chamber, nourishing yin and clearing fire, calming the nerves and calming the mind.
Liver, the general's officer
-soothing the liver focuses on regulating qi.
Liver stores blood and governs hair growth.
The liver is most afraid of one word-"blocking". When the liver governs the release of qi and the liver qi is blocked, you will feel pain in the liver area, emotional anxiety and depression.
There is a chapter in A Dream of Red Mansions that Aunt Xue was so angry that her daughter-in-law, Xia Jingui, had a stomachache, and she vividly explained what it meant to be "inflamed with anger".
Replenishing the liver focuses on soothing the liver and regulating qi, and can be selected from rose, dried tangerine peel, bergamot, green orange, hawthorn and Sophora japonica.
-Recommended medicated diet-
Rose bergamot scented tea
Practice: Take 6 grams of dried rose petals, 5 grams of bergamot and 5 grams of substitute flowers, put them into a small teapot, pour boiling water, cover and stew for more than ten minutes, and then drink tea instead.
Efficacy: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, soothing the liver and regulating qi.
Spleen, the official of granary
-Strengthening the spleen focuses on dispelling cold.
Spleen governs transport and transformation, clearing heat and regulating blood.
The spleen is most afraid of one word-"cold". Spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and the transportation of Shui Gu depends on the good operation of spleen and stomach. Too much cold and cold diet, improper diet and irregular diet will all hinder spleen yang transport, which is manifested as loss of appetite, diarrhea and abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting.
Strengthening the spleen focuses on strengthening the spleen, dispelling cold and appetizing. Poria cocos, Euryale euryales, lotus seeds and yam are the best food supplements.
-Recommended medicated diet-
Poria cocos health cake
Practice: Poria cocos, lotus seeds, Euryale ferox and yam are all ground into powder and mixed with twice the amount of rice flour (the ratio of rice flour to glutinous rice flour is 7: 3); Add sugar to taste according to personal taste, add milk and stir into wet cake powder, sieve, cover with wet cloth for 30 minutes, and then steam in a pot to eat.
Efficacy: This prescription comes from the Qing Dynasty's "Awakening Garden Record", which strengthens the spleen and nourishes the stomach, and promotes diuresis and dampness.
Dragon, the official of Xiang Fu.
-nourishing the lungs is important in clearing turbidity.
The lung governs qi and regulates breathing, which is an important organ for the body to obtain oxygen and discharge metabolic waste gas, and can be called the "air purifier" of the human body.
The lungs are most afraid of one word-"turbidity". Outside haze, smoking, oil smoke, phlegm dampness and lung turbidity produced in the body will all cause harm to the lungs. Eating too salty, too sweet and too oily can also lead to phlegm blocking the lungs.
Replenishing lung focuses on clearing turbidity and eliminating dampness. Exocarpium Citri Grandis is the first choice for eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, especially suitable for cold phlegm with white, thin and frothy phlegm. If there is hot phlegm (cemented, sticky, yellow and difficult to discharge), it can be relieved by draining fresh bamboo. Lily, watercress, sword flower, fig, bamboo cane, coconut water, Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Sydney, horseshoe, Fritillaria cirrhosa, almond and dried tangerine peel are also commonly used ingredients for resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
-Recommended medicated diet-
Green olive radish pork lean broth
Practice: green olive 10, lean pork 500g, radish 1 0, 2 candied dates, and proper amount of salt. Cut the radish into large pieces and blanch for later use. Cut the lean pork into large pieces and blanch it to remove the blood. Put it in an earthenware pot filled with green olives, add two candied dates, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, simmer until the radish is soft and rotten, and season to serve.
Efficacy: clearing lung heat, moistening throat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
Kidney, the official of internal affairs
-Bushen is important in moderation.
Kidney governs storing essence, producing marrow and giving birth, which is the foundation of congenital.
The kidney is most afraid of one word-"consumption". According to Huangdi Neijing, after the age of 35 for women and 40 for men, kidney qi began to decline. If you don't pay attention to daily routine, overwork, staying up late, etc., the age of kidney qi loss will be advanced. From this perspective, people of any age may have kidney deficiency.
Kidney deficiency can be divided into kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. Kidney-yang deficiency is mainly manifested as fear of cold, pale tongue with fat and white fur, soreness of waist and knees, impotence and premature ejaculation in men, and difficult pregnancy in women. And warming yang is the main supplement; People with kidney yin deficiency mainly show fear of heat, red tongue and little body fluid, soreness of waist and knees, insomnia and dreaminess, dizziness and tinnitus, nocturnal emission in men, scanty menstruation or amenorrhea in women, etc. Nourishing should be based on nourishing yin.
What needs to be clear is that the kidney is the innate foundation, and the yin and yang of the kidney will promote and influence each other. Therefore, whether it is mainly to supplement yin or yang, yin and yang should be properly matched, so as to make every effort to have yin in the yang and yang in the yin.
The key to tonifying kidney is proper amount, and it is advisable to eat less. You might as well eat more black food in your diet, such as black beans, black sesame seeds, black rice, black fungus, black-bone chicken, mulberry and so on.
-Recommend nourishing medicated diet-
Fried shrimp with walnuts and leeks
Practice: 50 grams of walnut kernel, 0/50 grams of leek/kloc, and 250 grams of fresh shrimp. First, stir-fry walnuts with sesame oil, stir-fry them with washed and cut leeks and shrimps, and add a little white wine.
Efficacy: tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. Indications: Yang deficiency, impotence, nocturnal emission, frequent urination, etc.
-Ziyin medicated diet recommendation-
Huaiqi turtle soup
Practice: turtle 1 piece, 50 grams of yam, 0/5 grams of medlar/kloc-0, 3 pieces of ginger and 8 pieces of red dates.
Slaughter the soft-shelled turtle, wash and gut it, cut it into pieces, put it in a casserole with yam, medlar, red dates and ginger, add 2000 ml of water (about 8 bowls), boil it with strong fire, and stew it with low fire for about 2 hours. When the meat is cooked and rotten, add some salt to taste it.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and tonifying kidney.
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