Women's Health Medicinal Diet
Women need to learn more about health preservation than men. Diet is the most important means of health preservation. The following are some recommended health recipes for women.
Today, the Women's Health Center will recommend beauty and health soups, which are the most suitable medicinal diets for women. We will introduce the most suitable Chinese herbs and their corresponding diets.
Kudzu Root
Kudzu root is one of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in our country. Kudzu root is rich in flavonoids, which can regulate estrogen levels and significantly improve conditions such as osteoporosis, menopause or pre-menopause symptoms, hot flashes, restlessness, poor sleep quality, and constipation.
Kudzu Root and Pork Ribs Soup
Ingredients: 100g kudzu root, 250g pork ribs.
Instructions: Wash the pork ribs and blanch them with boiling water. Cook them with kudzu root over high heat, then simmer for 1 hour over low heat. Add salt to taste.
Chinese Lovage Rhizome
Chinese lovage rhizome has the functions of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, resolving dampness, etc. It is an important herb in the famous postpartum prescription "Shenghua Soup". The Tang Dynasty's "Rihua Zi Bencao" highly praised it, saying that it is very effective for conditions such as menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis and pain, etc.
Xiaoyao Porridge
Ingredients: 10g bupleurum, 10g white peony root, 10g Chinese lovage rhizome, 10g glutinous rice.
Instructions: Boil bupleurum, white peony root, and Chinese lovage rhizome in water, remove the residue and keep the juice. Cook the glutinous rice with the juice to make porridge. Add an appropriate amount of rock sugar when the porridge is almost ready, and cook for a while.
Safflower
Safflower has the effects of regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation, resolving stasis, reducing swelling, relieving pain, cooling blood, and detoxifying. It is known as the "goddess of female protection" and has good therapeutic effects on menopausal syndrome, irregular menstruation, insomnia, irritability, etc.
Mushroom and Safflower Soup
Ingredients: 30g mushrooms, 6g safflower, 100g cucumber.
Instructions: Heat the wok over high heat, add vegetable oil, and when it is 60% hot, add ginger and onions and stir-fry until fragrant. Add 500ml of water and bring to a boil. Add mushrooms, cucumber slices, safflower, and salt. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
Chinese Angelica
Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties in our country, Chinese angelica has been regarded as a precious blood tonic. It can nourish blood, regulate menstruation, invigorate blood circulation, relieve pain, moisturize the skin, strengthen the body, and prolong life. It plays an extremely important role in protecting women's health. Studies have also found that Chinese angelica can promote the secretion of estrogen, reduce vascular resistance, increase circulation, and nourish the skin.
Jujube and Longan Egg Soup
Ingredients: 200g eggs, 50g longan, 30g jujube (dried), 30g Chinese angelica, 50g brown sugar
Instructions: Boil the eggs, remove the shells, take a clay pot, add longan, jujube, Chinese angelica, and water, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Add the cooked eggs and brown sugar and simmer for 15 minutes.
Motherwort
Motherwort can promote blood circulation, resolve stasis, diuretic, and reduce swelling. It is mainly used for menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis and pain, retained placenta, postpartum hemorrhage, blood stasis abdominal pain, bruises, kidney disease edema, difficult urination, hematuria, abscesses, ulcers. "Ben Cao Meng Quan" believes that it has the functions of "removing dead fetus, facilitating childbirth, promoting blood circulation, and producing new blood". Due to its slightly cold nature, it is especially suitable for women with large blood loss, red complexion, and heat intolerance.
Cold Motherwort Salad:
Ingredients: 300g motherwort, 50g carrots, 50g wood ear fungus, 50g tremella
