One of the common gynecological diseases is palace cold. Palace cold is a big enemy to women's health. It not only causes great harm to women's bodies but also makes their complexion dull, leads to irregular or absent menstruation, and even infertility. So, what should you do if you have palace cold? What should you eat to regulate it? Below, I will recommend 5 medicinal diets to warm the palace and dispel cold. You can give them a try.
1. Angelica and Polygala Wine
Ingredients: 150g of angelica, 150g of polygala, and 1500g of sweet wine.
Directions: Finely chop the angelica and polygala, mix them evenly, and store them in a clean container wrapped in a white cloth. Soak them in wine and seal the container. After 7 days, the wine can be consumed by removing the residue. Drink it warm every night and drink as much as you like without interruption. When the wine runs out, make it again according to the same method. It functions to promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation, and harmonize qi and blood.
Effect: Suitable for women with menstrual disorders or insufficient qi and blood.
2. Black-Bone Chicken Soup
Ingredients: 1 black-bone chicken, 9g of angelica, 9g of astragalus, and 9g of poria.
Directions: Wash the chicken, remove the internal organs, stuff the herbs into the chicken's abdomen, sew it up with thread, and cook it in a casserole until it is fully cooked. Remove the herbs, add seasoning, and drink the soup with the meat in 2-3 servings. Take 1 dose daily before menstruation, and continue for 3-5 cycles.
Effect: Nourishes the spleen and heart, supplements qi and blood. Suitable for women with insufficient qi and blood resulting in scanty and pale menstruation, dizziness, palpitations, sallow complexion, lower abdominal discomfort, pale tongue, and weak pulse.
3. Saffron Infused Egg
Ingredients: 1 egg and 1.5g of saffron.
Directions: Crack the egg, add saffron, and stir well. Steam until cooked. Start taking the saffron-infused egg from the day after the start of menstruation, 1 per day for 9 days. Then, start again from the day after the start of the next menstrual cycle and continue for 3-4 cycles.
Effect: Treats infertility caused by deficiency of qi and blood stagnation.
4. Stewed Mutton with Angelica and Rehmannia
Ingredients: 500g of mutton, 15g of angelica, 15g of rehmannia, and 10g of dried ginger.
Directions: Wash the mutton, cut it into pieces, put it in a casserole, add the washed herbs, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and yellow wine, and add an appropriate amount of water. Simmer until the meat is tender. It can be eaten regularly.
Effect: Warms the middle and tonifies deficiency, supplements qi, and nourishes blood. Suitable for women with excessive menstruation due to qi deficiency, pale menstrual color, pale complexion, fatigue, shortness of breath, lack of speech, pale tongue, and weak pulse.
5. Chicken Cooked with Motherwort
Ingredients: 1 chicken (black-bone white feather is preferred) and 500g of motherwort (divided into 4 portions, soaked and dried with wine, vinegar, ginger juice, and chuanxiong juice, respectively).
Directions: Put the prepared motherwort into the chicken's abdomen, cook it with clear soup, and eat the chicken plain or with wine. The chicken bones and herbal residue can be dried and ground into powder. Mix 120g of angelica, 60g of ligusticum wallichii, and 18g of ginger powder with honey to make pills. Take 1 pill in the morning, afternoon, and evening each day.
