According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver should be nourished in spring. If liver qi is too strong, it can harm the spleen. In spring, it is important to eat more sweet foods and less sour foods to nourish the spleen. Examples of sweet foods include honey, crispy rice, yams, leeks, spinach, etc. Sour foods should be eaten in moderation.
It is recommended to consume some foods with a sweet and mild taste, such as yams, lotus seeds, and tremella. For liver qi regulation, you can use tangerine peel, chrysanthemum flowers, rose flowers, and licorice to make tea.
For patients in the middle or recovery stage of illness, their diet should consist of mild, simple, and easily digestible foods. They can choose lotus seed porridge, tremella porridge, carrot porridge, walnut porridge, etc.
In addition, nature provides us with a variety of vegetables in spring, such as spinach, bitter gourd, watermelon radish, rapeseed, yam, onion, bell pepper, cabbage, cauliflower, baby bok choy, bell pepper, leeks, etc. These vegetables are not only nutritious but also have certain therapeutic effects, so we should seize the opportunity to include them in our diet.
1. Bitter Gourd Stir-fried with Eggs
Ingredients: Half bitter gourd, 2 eggs, salt, vegetable oil
Method: Wash and remove the seeds from the bitter gourd, cut it into slices, add salt and massage it, beat the eggs into a bowl and scramble them in a pan until they solidify, then add the bitter gourd and stir-fry together. Season and serve.
2. Beef Tripe Stir-fried with Bell Peppers
Ingredients: Cooked beef tripe, bell peppers
Method: Remove the stems from the bell peppers, wash them and cut them into strips. Blanch the beef tripe in boiling water, then stir-fry it with ginger juice, oyster sauce, and salt. Add the bell pepper strips and stir-fry evenly. Season with chicken essence and serve.
3. Amber Walnut
Ingredients: 150g walnuts, honey, rock sugar, vegetable oil
Method: In a frying pan, add a small amount of water and rock sugar, cook until the sugar melts, then add honey and walnuts, continue stir-frying until almost dry, remove from the pan, then fry the walnuts in cooking oil again, and sprinkle with sesame seeds before serving.
4. Chicken Stir-fried with Carrots
Ingredients: Chicken breast, carrots
Method: Cut the chicken breast into pieces and wash them. Peel and wash the carrots, then slice them. Stir-fry the chicken breast until it changes color, then add the carrots and stir-fry together. Season with salt, chili, and other seasonings.
5. Milk and Egg Custard
Ingredients: 250g milk, 2 eggs, 20g white sugar
Method: Crack the eggs into a bowl, add white sugar, beat and strain. Add milk and stir well. Steam over water until cooked.
