Black Sesame and Jujube Porridge-Men Nourish Liver and Kidney and Women Moisturize Skin
Many people drank black sesame paste when they were young, and the warm sesame paste made you feel surrounded by happiness.
Black sesame has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, moistening five internal organs and benefiting qi. It can be used to treat dizziness, premature graying, alopecia, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of limbs, deficiency of five internal organs, dry skin and constipation caused by deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, and its efficacy in blackening hair and caring skin is well-known.
Black sesame and red date porridge is suitable for health care and dietotherapy in Xiaoxue solar term. The ingredients are japonica rice150g, black sesame 20g, dried jujube 20g and white sugar 30g. The specific method is: put black sesame seeds into the pot, stir-fry them with low fire, and grind them into powder for later use; Clean japonica rice, soak it in cold water for half an hour, take it out and drain it; Wash red dates and remove the core; Add about 1500 ml of cold water to the pot, add japonica rice and red dates, and boil over high heat first; Then use low fire to cook until the rice porridge is cooked; Add black sesame seeds and sugar, cook for a while, and serve.
Water chestnut rock sugar drink-antibacterial, fever-reducing and internal fire-purging
Eleocharis tuberosa is purple and black in skin, white in meat, sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious. It has been known as "underground Sydney" since ancient times, while northerners regard it as "Jiangnan Ginseng".
Water chestnut is rich in protein and carbohydrate, but its calorie is not very high, so it is very suitable for early winter.
Chinese medicine believes that water chestnut is a cold food, which has the effect of clearing internal fire, and has a good antipyretic effect on patients with early fever, but it is not suitable for eating during high fever. Eating some water chestnuts for children can also promote the development of teeth and bones.
The preparation of water chestnut rock sugar drink is very simple, and everyone can make it at home. The main materials are water chestnut150g, sugarcane150g and rock sugar 30g. The specific method is: peel the water chestnut and sugarcane and wash them; Add appropriate amount of water and crystal sugar into the pot and cook until the water chestnuts and sugar cane are cooked.
Stewed Angelica with Black Bean and Mutton —— Enriching Blood, Nourishing Beauty and Warming Body and Mind
Friends who often visit supermarkets will find that in early winter, many foods, drinks and even health care products have added black beans.
The protein content of black beans is 49. 8%, equivalent to more than 2 times of beef, 3 times of eggs and 16 times of milk! The unsaturated fatty acid content of black beans is 80%, and the absorption rate is over 95%. It can not only meet the needs of human body for fat, but also reduce blood cholesterol.
I recommend a black bean diet prescription-stewed angelica with black bean mutton, which is very suitable for eating before and after the light snow solar term. The main ingredients are: mutton (thin)1000g, black beans100g, angelica sinensis10g, longan10g. Specifically, first wash the black beans and cook them with 2 cups of water until soft; At the same time, cook sliced mutton in another pot with 3 cups of water, and remove foam and fat when cooking. Pour black beans and mutton into a stew pot, add angelica and chopped longan meat, and stew for 3 hours.
What is good for Xiaoxue solar terms?
Generally, in the light snow solar term every year, the cold air force in the north gradually increases, and the temperature drops rapidly to 0 degrees or below. If there is precipitation, snowflakes will appear. However, this is the first snow stage, and the amount of snow is small and not many times. The average first snow period in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is basically consistent with the light snow festival.
As the agricultural proverb goes, light snow does not see snow, so long work breaks in the coming year, and light snow is everywhere, which will surely yield high yield in the coming year. Before and after the light snow solar terms, the weather is often cold and dark with less light, which is easy to cause or aggravate depression.
Warm tonic foods suitable for this season are mutton, beef, chicken and so on.
Kidney-nourishing food suitable for this season include cashew nuts, Euryale ferox, yam, chestnuts, ginkgo, walnuts and so on.
In order to improve your mood, you can increase your intake of the following foods: whole wheat bread: The researchers suggest that pasta and snacks should be used as edible antidepressants. Eating complex carbohydrates to improve mood is slow but more in line with health principles. Trace mineral selenium can cheer up the mood, and whole grains such as whole wheat bread are also rich in selenium. Foods such as chicken and seafood also contain more selenium.
Banana: When the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine in human brain decreases, there will be a series of depressive symptoms such as insomnia, irritability, pessimism and world-weariness. Bananas contain this substance, and increasing the intake of bananas appropriately will make people feel peaceful and happy. But people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat it.
Spinach: People with insufficient folic acid intake are prone to insomnia, forgetfulness, anxiety and other depressive symptoms. Spinach is rich in folic acid, and so are asparagus, kiwi fruit, oysters, oranges, peas, soybeans and dark green vegetables. In addition, foods rich in B vitamins, such as coarse flour products, grain particles, yeast, animal liver and fruits, are also of great benefit to improving bad mood and depression. During the light snow, fishermen on the seashore in south-central Taiwan Province will start drying dried fish and storing dry food. The mullet group will come to Taiwan Province Strait before and after the light snow, and there are swordfish and sand fish. Taiwan Province proverb: October beans are too fat to see their heads, which means that in the cloth bag area of Chiayi County, you can catch "bean fish" in October of the lunar calendar. The "Shalun Small Watermelon" in Guiren Township, Tainan County is rich in winter, with sweet melon and sweet meat. It is the best fruit in southern winter.
"Xiaoxue" has to eat more black if it wants to keep healthy.
In autumn and winter, the weather is dry, the temperature is low, and the cold in the human body is strong. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement some foods that can make us "hot" at this time. Warm foods such as mutton and beef are good choices. However, according to experts, some black food is actually a better choice in this season.
There are many kinds of black food mentioned above, including black fungus, black sesame, even loach, eel and so on. They are all foods that can quickly restore your body heat. Below, we will tell you about these useful black foods.
Such as black rice, black soybean, black sesame, black jujube, black fungus, etc., can not only nourish kidney qi but also resist cold, but also moisten the lungs and produce fluid, which has good health care function.
At the same time, besides the vegetarian food mentioned above, we also have some black fish for you to choose from.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus: sweet and flat in taste, it has the effects of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, clearing urine, detoxifying and collecting hemorrhoids. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has tender meat and high nutritional value, and its slippery saliva has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Can be used for treating damp-heat jaundice, dysuria, night sweats after illness, etc.
Eel: Sweet and warm. It has the effects of tonifying deficiency, eliminating rheumatism and strengthening bones and muscles, and is mainly used for treating tuberculosis, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, puerperal lochia, dysentery, purulent blood, hemorrhoids and fistula. It can be boiled in clear soup, steamed or taken into medicated diet, and boiled in boiling water with meat as pills. External tamping or sectioning application.
Carp: Sweet and flat. It has the effects of promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, lowering qi, and promoting lactation, and is mainly used for treating edema, beriberi, jaundice, cough with adverse qi, and galactorrhea. Can be boiled in clear soup, steamed, sweet and sour or simmered.
Crucian carp: sweet and flat. It has the effects of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, and can be used for treating spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, dysentery, hematochezia, edema, stranguria, carbuncle and ulcer. It can be boiled in clear soup, steamed, fried or taken into medicated diet, taken into pill powder and pounded for external use.