In a few days, it will be summer. The weather is hot during summer, and some people may experience qi deficiency. At this time, it is important to nourish the blood and qi. Do you know how to nourish the blood and qi? Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three medicinal diets that can nourish deficiency and benefit qi. Let's take a look together.
Medicinal Diet for Nourishing Deficiency and Benefiting Qi
1. Green Bean Cheese
Ingredients: 30g green beans, 250g fresh milk, 10g gelatin, 3 red dates, sugar to taste.
Method:
1. Wash and soak the green beans and red dates for 4 hours, then cook them in a pressure cooker. Soak the gelatin in hot water.
2. Boil the fresh milk in a pot, add sugar and cook until dissolved.
3. In another pot, boil a small amount of water, add the soaked gelatin and cook until dissolved. Pour it into the boiling milk.
4. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes, add the cooked green beans and red dates, stir well, pour into cups and let it cool. It can be consumed after solidification.
Benefits:
1. Green beans: Clear heat and detoxify, relieve summer heat and thirst, diuretic and reduce swelling, promote bowel movements, lower blood lipid levels, and protect the liver.
2. Milk: Nourish deficiency, benefit the lungs and stomach, nourish body fluids and moisturize the intestines, promote bone development.
3. Green bean cheese: Clear heat, relieve summer heat, moisturize body fluids, promote bowel movements, nourish the five organs, and nourish deficiency and benefit qi.
2. Chinese Yam and Eel Soup
Ingredients: 2 eels, 25g Chinese yam, 5g goji berries, salt to taste, 2g scallion, 2 slices of ginger.
Method:
1. Clean and cut the eels into sections, blanch them in boiling water.
2. Peel and clean the Chinese yam, slice it. Rinse the goji berries.
3. Heat a pot, add salt, scallion, and ginger.
4. Add the eels, Chinese yam, and goji berries, and cook until done.
Benefits:
1. Chinese yam: Nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish yin and clear heat, invigorate the spleen and stop diarrhea, delay aging, prevent and treat osteoporosis, and nourish the blood.
2. Eel: Nourish the blood, replenish qi, have anti-inflammatory and disinfectant effects, and relieve rheumatism.
3. Chinese yam and eel soup: This soup can invigorate the spleen and dispel dampness, strengthen the kidneys, replenish qi and nourish blood, dispel wind and activate collaterals, protect the eyes, and enhance brain function.
3. Walnut, Lotus Seed, and Black Rice Porridge
Ingredients: 20g walnuts, 20g lotus seeds, 80g black rice.
Method:
1. Wash the walnuts and black rice. Remove the lotus seed core and wash it.
2. Grind the walnuts. Put an appropriate amount of water in a clay pot, and when the water boils, add the walnuts, black rice, and lotus seeds. Cook over high heat.
3. When the porridge boils, reduce the heat and simmer until the lotus seeds are soft and the porridge is thick.
Benefits:
1. Black rice: Rich in dietary fiber, helps with bowel movements.
2. Walnut: Nourishes brain cells and enhances brain function.
3. Lotus seeds: Tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and kidneys, nourish deficiency and benefit qi.
4. Walnut, lotus seed, and black rice porridge: Enhances brain function, strengthens the body, and nourishes deficiency.
For those who are prone to qi deficiency, try these traditional Chinese medicinal diets to nourish deficiency and benefit qi!
