Chinese medicine believes that longan is sweet, warm and non-toxic. Gan can enter the spleen, which is a good tonic.
China has a long history of eating longan, which has been eaten since the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago. Thousands of years of eating longan, let us sum up the benefits of eating longan and some patterns of eating longan. So, what are the benefits of eating longan?
Eating longan in winter is better than an old hen
Li Shizhen says, "Litchi is the most expensive food, while longan is the best resource." Wang Shixiong of the Qing Dynasty even thought that it "greatly supplemented qi and blood, and was stronger than Shenqi".
Whether we usually eat fresh longan or dried longan, the function of longan is no different, second only to the taste!
1, Yiqi Yangxue
Longan, known as "ginseng in the north and longan in the south", is a blindly used Chinese medicine in clinical practice. Its effects of invigorating qi and enriching blood are very good, and people with ischemic anemia, hemorrhagic anemia and qi and blood consumption can often eat it.
Women are afraid of cold in winter or their hands and feet are cold. Eating longan often can help the body replenish qi and blood, improve the body's blood circulation ability, and enhance physical fitness and immunity, so that they will not be too afraid of cold in winter and their hands and feet will be warm.
At the same time, our sallow complexion, dry hair, brittle nails, aversion to cold, listlessness and fatigue caused by deficiency of qi and blood can also be improved by eating longan.
2. Nourish the heart and soothe the nerves
"Seeking Truth from Materia Medica" records: "Longan is both sweet and moist, which can not only replenish spleen and strengthen qi, but also restore energy and protect blood, so that it can be nurtured by itself without fear and forgetfulness."
Nowadays, people's life pressure is great, and many people's mental pressure is also great, which will lead to headaches, insomnia, anxiety and so on. Longan is rich in iron and magnesium. We often eat longan, which can help us to strengthen our brains, soothe our nerves, relieve boredom and relieve mental stress.
Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor in modern times, also used longan to cure many students who were under great study pressure, flustered and anxious, and had bleeding stools.
Therefore, if we encounter unhappy things in our life, feel too stressed to eat, or if the mother who just gave birth to a baby is physically weak, eating longan is a good choice!
3, spleen and stomach
As mentioned above, longan is sweet, mild and non-toxic, and enters the heart, spleen and stomach meridians. Longan has the functions of invigorating the spleen and stomach and strengthening the function of the spleen and stomach, which can help the spleen and stomach to produce more qi and blood.
Winter is a season of "spleen and stomach deficiency and cold". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are exterior and interior. Simply put, it is easy to digest poorly and have no appetite, so it is not fragrant to eat. If this happens to us, we can improve our appetite by eating longan.
4. Anti-aging
Longan contains protein, fat, sugar, organic acid, crude fiber and various vitamins and minerals. Longan meat can inhibit lipid peroxidation and increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes, has certain anti-aging effect, and can inhibit tumor cells, and has the effects of reducing blood lipid, increasing coronary blood flow and enhancing body quality.
Chinese medicine believes that women "govern blood gas", and eating longan often can delay aging. At the same time, many people have dry skin in winter and are easy to get frostbite. Eating longan regularly can also help us to enhance the tension and elasticity of the skin.
Don't throw away longan shells and cores.
When we eat longan, we always peel off its shell and core and throw it away directly. In fact, longan shells and longan kernels are also traditional Chinese medicines.
Longan shell
Longan shell is sweet, warm, and belongs to lung meridian, which is non-toxic. It has the functions of expelling wind and evil spirits, improving hearing and improving eyesight, and can also relieve symptoms such as guilty conscience and dizziness.
Washing longan shell with water can be used to relieve various skin diseases, such as urticaria, pruritus, dermatitis, etc., eliminate rash and relieve itching.
Before sharing the case, a moxibustion friend who used this recipe gave feedback: I had urticaria and dermatitis before, and I was covered with wheal all over. I used a lot of drugs, but I couldn't cure it. Since taking a bath with longan shell decoction, these symptoms have slowly recovered.
Longan shell can not only cure dermatosis, but also take a handful of longan shell and boil it directly with clear water, which also has the functions of regulating dizziness, palpitation and calming the nerves.
Longan nucleus
Longan nucleus is a prescription for stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and it has a very good effect on the treatment of traumatic bleeding.
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, the ancients ground longan core (the black skin on the outer layer of the core needs to be removed) into powder and used it as a simple medicine for treating golden sores.
If a child at home is accidentally injured, you can also apply the ground longan core powder to the wound, and then stick it with a band-aid, which will immediately stop bleeding and relieve pain, and can remove scars.
In addition, according to Compendium of Materia Medica, six longan kernels and four pepper 14 kernels were ground into fine powder, which can be used to treat armpit body odor.
How to eat longan
There are many ways to eat longan, which can generally be eaten raw, steamed and brewed. Let's introduce it in detail below:
1, eat directly
① Fresh fruit: Generally speaking, fresh longan can be eaten directly as fruit, but not too much, so as not to cause indigestion and bloating. Take 10~ 15 capsules every day.
② Dried fruits: If we want to eat dried longan directly, we can try the following methods to replenish our efforts:
Take a dried longan (remove the core and take the meat), then chew it into a paste and swallow it with the body fluid in your mouth. Take 8~9 capsules a day for a month.
2, eat into the meal
Daishen ointment
Ingredients: take 30 grams of longan meat and 3 grams of sugar.
Practice: * * * put it in a bowl and steam it in a cage.
Function: tonify qi and blood, comparable to ginseng and astragalus, so it is called "Daishen ointment", suitable for people of all ages and weak constitution.
Stewed egg with longan
Ingredients: 4 eggs, clear soup, 4 rice bowls, and some shelled dried longan meat.
Practice: Wash dried longan meat with warm water; Take four rice bowls, each bowl is filled with 6-7 minutes of water and eggs 1 each, 14 dried longan meat, and then put them in a steamer; Steamed for about 5~8 minutes, you can eat it. If you like sweet food, you can add more rock sugar in advance.
Function: tonify qi and blood, benefit heart qi, soothe the nerves and beautify the face.
Step 3: soak and eat
Longan meat+ginger soaked in water
Ingredients: 3 grams of longan meat, ginger 1 gram, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Practice: put longan meat, ginger and brown sugar into a teacup and brew with boiling water.
Function: remove moisture and improve spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Longan meat+American ginseng soaked in water
Ingredients: 3 grams of longan meat, American ginseng 1 gram, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: cut American ginseng into small pieces; Put into a teacup together with longan pulp and crystal sugar; Brew in boiling water, cover and stew for 20 minutes. ?
Function: Longan meat has a good effect of enriching blood, and American ginseng has a good effect of invigorating qi. Together, they can replenish blood and qi, and often soak in water to drink together, which will enhance their physique. People with spleen deficiency can drink it often. However, it should also be noted that people who get angry easily are not suitable for drinking.
Two taboos of longan
1, heat constitution is not suitable for eating.
Longan is warm and tonic, which is easy to get angry, and people with hot constitution can't eat more;
Longan is sweet and easy to produce phlegm and dampness. If you find yourself coughing, you can't eat longan whether it is hot or cold, otherwise it will easily escalate the deficiency and heat in the body and aggravate the condition.
People with gastrointestinal indigestion, indigestion, nausea and vomiting can't eat it;
Because longan has a high sugar content, diabetics are not suitable for eating.
2, smoked longan should not eat more.
Smoked longan increases dryness, which not only destroys the effect of nourishing brain and calming nerves, but also makes it easier to get angry after eating. Therefore, it is recommended to eat fresh or dried longan.
Autumn and winter is a good season to eat longan, especially in winter, when the weather is cold, many people are prone to symptoms such as cold hands and feet and pale face due to poor blood circulation in their limbs. At this time, a few longan seeds every day can replenish qi and blood, and also promote blood circulation and improve cold hands and feet!