Symptoms of Phlegm Obstruction Type Headache:
Dull headache, fullness and stuffiness in the chest and epigastrium, nausea and phlegm, loss of appetite, swollen tongue with teeth marks, greasy white coating, slippery pulse.
【Bamboo Shoot Congee】
Ingredients: 100g cooked bamboo shoots, 50g minced pork, 100g glutinous rice, 25g sesame oil.
Method: Cut the cooked bamboo shoots into shreds. Heat the sesame oil in a pot, add the minced pork and stir-fry for a moment. Add the bamboo shoots, minced scallions and ginger, salt, and MSG, stir-fry until well seasoned. Cook the glutinous rice with water over low heat until it becomes congee. Pour the prepared ingredients into the bowl and cook for a moment.
Efficacy: Resolves phlegm and eliminates dampness.
Usage: Take twice a day on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.
【Orange Red Cake】
Ingredients: 10g orange red, 500g rice flour, 200g white sugar.
Method: Grind the orange red into fine powder. Mix it with white sugar. Moisten the rice flour with a little water. Make the rice cake with the orange red filling. Steam it on a steaming cloth in a steamer until cooked. After cooling, press it firmly and cut it into square rice cakes with filling.
Efficacy: Dries dampness, resolves phlegm, regulates qi, and invigorates the spleen.
Usage: Can be eaten as a snack.
【Gastrodia Rhizome and Tangerine Peel Stewed Pig Brain】
Ingredients: 10g gastrodia rhizome, 10g tangerine peel, 1 pig brain.
Method: Wash the pig brain, gastrodia rhizome, and tangerine peel. Put them in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and stew until cooked.
Efficacy: Resolves phlegm, clears turbidity, calms the liver, and extinguishes wind.
Usage: Eat with meals.
【Pinellia and Chinese Yam Congee】
Ingredients: 30g Chinese yam, 30g pinellia.
Method: Grind the Chinese yam into powder. Cook pinellia, strain the juice, add it to a large bowl, and remove the residue. Mix in the Chinese yam powder and bring to a boil. Add sugar and mix well.
Efficacy: Dries dampness, resolves phlegm, reverses counterflow, and stops vomiting.
Usage: Take on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.
【Silkworm and Scallion White Tea】
Ingredients: Silkworm (amount as desired), 6g scallion white, 3g tea leaves.
Method: Roast the silkworm until it becomes fine powder. Boil the scallion white and tea leaves to make a decoction. Take the decoction with the silkworm powder.
Efficacy: Resolves phlegm, dispels wind, and relieves pain.
Usage: Take 1-2 times a day, each time taking 3g of the powder with the scallion white and tea leaves decoction.
