For those who suffer from constipation, only they know the pain. How can constipation be effectively treated? The best method to treat constipation is through dietary adjustment. Today, I recommend the best dietary therapy for treating constipation, allowing you to easily say goodbye to constipation.
1. Pumpkin and Pine Nut Soup
Ingredients: Pumpkin, potatoes, pine nuts, olive oil, salt, sugar, cornstarch, fresh cream, and water as needed.
Instructions: 1. Peel the pumpkin and potatoes, and cut them into thin slices. Toast the pine nuts in a pan over low heat and set aside.
2. Heat olive oil in the pan and stir-fry the pumpkin, potatoes, and pine nuts until fragrant and soft. Transfer the mixture to a juicer and blend into juice.
3. Pour the pumpkin juice into a pot and bring to a boil. Season with salt and sugar, and thicken with cornstarch. Serve in a bowl and drizzle with a small amount of fresh cream.
Benefits: Pumpkin can nourish the middle and replenish Qi, and moisten the lungs and soften the stool. Pine nuts can nourish Yin, benefit the lungs, and moisturize the intestines. This dish can replenish the middle and replenish Qi, moisten the lungs, and clear the intestines, making it suitable for patients with constipation.
2. Honeysuckle and Dandelion Soup
Ingredients: 25g honeysuckle, 50g dandelion, 25g mulberry vine, and 15g white chrysanthemum.
Instructions: Put all the ingredients in a clay pot, add water, and simmer over high heat for 40 minutes to 1 hour. Add sugar when drinking, and it can be used as a substitute for tea.
Benefits: It can eliminate dampness and heat, and moisten the intestines and stimulate appetite.
3. Mulberry Sesame Cake
Ingredients: 30g mulberries, 60g black sesame seeds, 10g sesame seeds, 700g glutinous rice flour, 30g sugar, and 300g rice flour.
Instructions: 1. Toast the black sesame seeds in a pan over low heat. Wash the mulberries and sesame seeds, put them in the pan with an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes to remove impurities and keep the juice. 2. Put glutinous rice flour, rice flour, and sugar in a container, add the juice and an appropriate amount of water, and knead into a dough. Shape the dough into cakes.
3. Sprinkle black sesame seeds on each cake and steam in a steamer for 15-20 minutes. Take it twice daily for breakfast and dinner.
Benefits: It can invigorate the spleen and stomach, aid digestion, and promote intestinal peristalsis.
4. White Atractylodes Congee
Ingredients: 40g white atractylodes and 100g rice.
Instructions: Decoct white atractylodes with 4 times the amount of water, extract the juice, and cook with rice to make a thin congee. Serve for breakfast and dinner.
Benefits: It can invigorate the spleen and stomach, promote bowel movements, and has excellent therapeutic effects on constipation caused by weak spleen and stomach and poor digestion in the elderly.
