Workaholics, also known as sedentary workers, often experience indigestion due to long hours sitting in the office and lack of exercise after meals. Many people choose to take digestive aids in such situations. So, what are the best digestive aids? Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three delicious and healthy medicinal diets for digestion.
Digestive Aid Medicinal Diets in Traditional Chinese Medicine
1. Salvia and Hawthorn Rice Porridge
Ingredients: 20g Salvia, 30g Hawthorn, 100g Rice, Rock Sugar (to taste)
Instructions:
1. Wash the rice and soak in water; soak the dried hawthorn in warm water and wash;
2. Wash the salvia and put it in a gauze bag, tie it tightly, and put it in a pot with water to boil;
3. Put the rice into the pot and cook until 70% done, add the hawthorn, and pour in the salvia juice. Cook until the porridge thickens, then add rock sugar and mix well.
Benefits:
1. Salvia: Stimulates appetite, regulates the digestive system, and replenishes qi.
2. Hawthorn: Reduces blood lipids, stimulates appetite, and treats diarrhea.
3. Salvia and Hawthorn Rice Porridge: Aids digestion and treats indigestion, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and enteritis, among other conditions.
2. White Atractylodes, Chinese Goldthread, and Red Dates Porridge
Ingredients: Red dates (to taste), 100g glutinous rice, White Atractylodes (to taste), Chinese Goldthread (to taste), 4g sugar
Instructions:
1. Soak the glutinous rice and wash it; wash the red dates, white atractylodes, and Chinese goldthread; boil the Chinese goldthread in water and extract the juice;
2. Put the glutinous rice into a pot with an appropriate amount of water, add the extracted juice, and cook with high heat;
3. Add the white atractylodes and red dates to the pot and cook until the porridge thickens. Add sugar and mix well.
Benefits:
1. Red dates: Have a good nourishing effect on people who are weak after illness. They can enhance muscle strength, eliminate fatigue, dilate blood vessels, and increase myocardial contractility.
2. White Atractylodes: Helps strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, dry dampness, promote diuresis, stop sweating, and stabilize the fetus. It is used for spleen deficiency with poor appetite, abdominal distention, diarrhea, phlegm, dizziness, edema, spontaneous sweating, and restless fetal movement.
3. Chinese Goldthread: Promotes digestion, enhances gastric acid secretion and digestive power, and improves gastric movement and emptying.
4. White Atractylodes, Chinese Goldthread, and Red Dates Porridge: Helps strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, warm the stomach, and relieve pain. It is suitable for people with indigestion and chronic gastritis.
3. Monkey Head Mushroom and Tofu Stew
Ingredients: 250g Monkey Head Mushroom, 300g Tofu, 30g Bamboo Shoots, 30g Chinese Kale
Seasoning: Salt, MSG, Cooking Wine, Vegetable Oil (to taste)
Instructions:
1. Wash and tear the monkey head mushrooms; wash and cut the tofu into pieces, blanch in salty water, and set aside;
2. Heat the wok, add oil and heat, stir-fry the monkey head mushrooms and tofu for a moment, add an appropriate amount of water, and season with salt, MSG, and cooking wine;
3. After the flavors are absorbed, add the bamboo shoots and Chinese kale, stir-fry until the bamboo shoots and Chinese kale are cooked.
Benefits:
1. Monkey Head Mushroom: Helps digestion, nourishes the body, fights against cancer, and nourishes the kidney and essence.
2. Tofu: Helps strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, clear heat and moisten dryness, produce body fluids and quench thirst, nourish the brain and strengthen the bones, and clean the intestines and stomach.
3. Monkey Head Mushroom and Tofu Stew: Helps strengthen the spleen, fight against cancer, aid digestion, replenish qi, nourish yin, and moisten dryness.
