As we age, our bodies start to show signs of aging, such as sagging skin and gray hair. Although these are normal aging phenomena, many people are pursuing various health preservation methods to delay this trend. Let's take a look at the "black" health preservation methods emphasized in traditional Chinese medicine!
【Homemade Black Health Preservation Soup】
1. Black Chicken, Black Jujubes, and Black Reishi Mushroom Soup
Preparation: Wash 10 black jujubes and remove the pits; wash and slice 20g of black reishi mushrooms, soak them overnight (the soaking water can be used for cooking soup); cook 1 black chicken together with the ingredients and consume the soup.
Effects: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, calms the mind, lowers blood sugar, relieves cough and asthma.
2. Three Black Pumpkin Soup
Preparation: Wash 100g of black wood ear mushrooms, 100g of black shiitake mushrooms, 100g of black corn, and an appropriate amount of pumpkin. Soak the wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms in water until they soften. Wash 2 black corn cobs and cook them with lean meat to make soup. Add an appropriate amount of pumpkin and cook until the soup is ready.
Effects: Tonifies qi and nourishes yin, nourishes the kidneys, strengthens the spleen, lowers serum cholesterol, especially beneficial for those who are physically weak.
3. Black Sesame and Black Mulberry Paste
Preparation: Grind 100g of black sesame and 100g of mulberries into fine powder, and cook it as a dietary supplement.
Effects: Nourishes yin, replenishes the kidneys, improves eyesight, prevents cataracts, dizziness, and fatigue, and boosts energy.
【Four Types of Black Foods for Health Preservation】
1. Black Sesame
Black sesame is known as a "longevity treasure" and has the effects of replenishing calcium, delaying cell aging, promoting beauty and skin care, activating brain cells, eliminating cholesterol in blood vessels, promoting hair growth, and improving eyesight. Long-term consumption of black sesame can also delay aging.
2. Black Rice
Black rice is hailed as a "treasure among rice." Nutritionists indicate that long-term consumption of black rice can nourish the blood and qi, nourish yin and kidneys, improve eyesight, promote blood circulation, and enhance metabolism, which is very beneficial for health.
3. Black Soybeans
Black soybeans are known as the "king of beans" and have the effects of nourishing blood and kidneys, promoting beauty and skin care, preventing arteriosclerosis, relieving diarrhea, preventing osteoporosis, as well as preventing and treating senile dementia and hypertension.
4. Black Wood Ear Mushrooms
Black wood ear mushrooms have the effects of nourishing, invigorating the stomach, promoting blood circulation, and moistening dryness. They are suitable for treating and preventing bleeding hemorrhoids, bloody stools, dysentery, anemia, hypertension, constipation, lung deficiency, cough, and other illnesses. They also promote hair growth and dental health.
【Black Remedies for Promoting Hair Growth】
1. Black Sesame and Walnut Hair Growth Tea
Ingredients: 500g black sesame, 200g walnuts, 200g white sugar, and an appropriate amount of green tea.
Preparation: Crush the black sesame and walnuts together and mix them with melted sugar. Store in a cool place. Take 10g of the sesame and walnut mixture and brew it with green tea.
Effects: Promotes hair growth and beauty, regular consumption helps maintain healthy hair.
2. Hair Growth Tea
Ingredients: 15g Polygonum multiflorum, 3g Rehmannia glutinosa, an appropriate amount of white wine.
Preparation: Wash the two herbs with white wine, cut them into thin slices, and brew them with boiling water. Take 1 dose for 3-6 days, substitute tea for drinking, and continue for 4 months.
Effects: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, replenishes qi and blood, darkens hair, and enhances complexion. This formula is suitable for those with blood deficiency and weak qi causing premature greying.
3. Kidney-Nourishing and Hair-Nourishing Tea
Ingredients: 3g oolong tea leaves, 40g locust fruit, 40g winter melon peel, 15g hawthorn, and 30g Polygonum multiflorum.
Preparation: Boil the locust fruit, Polygonum multiflorum, winter melon peel, and hawthorn with water for 20 minutes, remove the residue, and use the boiled medicinal liquid to brew oolong tea. Drink once a day, warm or hot.
Effects: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes hair, suitable for those with premature greying.
