Caring for Your Stomach: Medicinal Recipes for Digestive Health

February 5, 2024

Spring is a good season for health preservation. In addition to taking care of the liver, it is also important to pay attention to the stomach. Many people are troubled by stomach problems due to irregular eating habits. So how can we take care of our stomach in daily life? What kind of food is good for the stomach? Eating some medicinal food is good for the stomach. Here are a few recipes for stomach health, take a look.



1. White Atractylodes and Jujube Porridge

Ingredients: 100g glutinous rice, jujube, white atractylodes, chicken inner gold, 4g sugar.

Instructions:

1. Soak and wash the glutinous rice; wash the jujube and white atractylodes; wash the chicken inner gold and boil in water, then extract the juice.

2. Put a suitable amount of water in a pot and pour in the extracted juice. Add the glutinous rice and bring to a boil over high heat.

3. Add the white atractylodes and jujube and cook until the porridge becomes thick. Mix in the sugar.

Benefits:

1. Jujube: It has a good nourishing effect on people who are weak after illness, and can strengthen the muscles, eliminate fatigue, dilate blood vessels, and increase the contractility of the heart muscle.

2. White Atractylodes: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi, drying dampness, promoting diuresis, stopping sweating, and calming the fetus. It is used for spleen deficiency with reduced food intake, abdominal distension and diarrhea, phlegm and dizziness, edema, spontaneous sweating, and restless fetus.

3. Chicken Inner Gold: It promotes digestion, strengthens the spleen, nourishes the stomach, aids digestion, and stops nocturnal emissions. It can promote gastric juice secretion, increase gastric acid and digestive power, significantly enhance gastric motility, and speed up gastric emptying.

4. White Atractylodes and Jujube Porridge: It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi, warming the stomach, and relieving pain. It is suitable for patients with chronic gastritis.



2. Ginseng and Astragalus Stewed Chicken

Ingredients: 100g monkey head mushroom, 1 hen, 10g Huangqi, 10g Dangshen, 10g jujube, ginger slices, scallion knots, cooking wine, clear broth, starch.

Instructions:

1. Wash the monkey head mushroom and remove the stem. After soaking, squeeze out the remaining water in the mushroom to remove bitterness, then cut into 2mm thick slices and set aside.

2. Remove the head and feet of the hen, chop into pieces, put them in a stewing pot, and add ginger slices, scallion knots, cooking wine, and clear broth.

3. Add the monkey head mushroom slices, soaked and washed Huangqi, Dangshen, and jujube. Stew slowly over low heat until the meat is tender. Season to taste and serve.

Benefits:

1. Monkey Head Mushroom: It aids digestion and benefits the five viscera.

2. Hen meat: It nourishes qi and blood, strengthens the spleen, nourishes the stomach, treats deficiency, and nourishes the five viscera.

3. Huangqi: It can replenish qi, consolidate the surface, generate flesh, promote blood production, and has anti-ulcer and anti-inflammatory effects.

4. Dangshen: It strengthens the middle burner and replenishes qi, nourishes blood, and generates fluids.

5. Jujube: It strengthens the spleen, nourishes the stomach, replenishes blood, and nourishes and strengthens the body.

6. Ginseng and Astragalus Stewed Chicken: It replenishes qi, strengthens the spleen, and nourishes the stomach. It is suitable for indigestion, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, chronic gastritis, gastric sinusitis, stomach pain, bloating, and neurasthenia.



3. Cordyceps and Lily Duck Soup

Ingredients: 3g Cordyceps, 25g lily, 100g duck meat.

Instructions:

1. Wash the duck meat and put it into a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 50 minutes.

2. Then add Cordyceps and lily and simmer for another 20 minutes. Season to taste and drink the soup with Cordyceps and duck meat.

Benefits:

1. Cordyceps: It nourishes yin and tonifies the kidneys, enhances immune function, and has anti-cancer effects.

2. Lily: It moistens the lungs, stops coughing, calms the mind, and beautifies the skin.

3. Duck meat: It nourishes qi, replenishes deficiency, and moistens the yin.

4. Cordyceps and Lily Duck Soup: It strengthens the spleen, nourishes the stomach, moisturizes the lungs, and tonifies the kidneys. It is suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach, insufficient lung and kidney qi, and deficient vitality.


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