As the saying goes, "A weak spleen and stomach lead to various ailments." The condition of the spleen and stomach is not just about appetite, but it also affects overall health. Today, I will introduce a good thing for you - Euryale seeds. Euryale seeds have the functions of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, nourishing the kidneys, and improving ear and eye health. They are mainly used to treat weak spleen and stomach, frequent urination, and lower back and knee pain. Let's take a look at some medicinal recipes using Euryale seeds.
1. Euryale seeds and sea cucumber porridge
Ingredients: 100g rice, 20g sea cucumber, 10g Euryale seed powder, salt, monosodium glutamate, wolfberry, and sesame oil.
Instructions:
1. Rinse the rice and soak it. Soak the sea cucumber in warm water, then wash and cut it into small pieces.
2. Put the rice and sea cucumber in a pot with water and cook until it becomes porridge.
3. Add Euryale seed powder and wolfberry, simmer for a while, season with salt, and sprinkle with green onions before serving.
Benefits:
1. Sea cucumber: It has the functions of nourishing the kidneys and essence, nourishing yin and invigorating yang, nourishing blood and essence, regulating menstruation, and promoting labor.
2. Euryale seeds: They have the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, consolidating the kidneys and astringing essence, invigorating the middle burner and replenishing qi, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, strengthening bones and tendons, stopping diarrhea, and diuretic and anti-swelling.
3. Rice: It has the effects of invigorating the middle burner and replenishing qi, invigorating the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the five viscera, opening the four channels, stopping irritability, thirst, and diarrhea.
4. Euryale seeds and sea cucumber porridge: This porridge has the effects of consolidating the kidneys and astringing essence, invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood, and calming the mind.
Recommended for: Especially suitable for patients with nocturnal emission, cloudy urine, abnormal vaginal discharge, urinary incontinence, and diarrhea.
2. Euryale seeds and soft-shelled turtle soup
Ingredients: 10g Euryale seeds, 300g soft-shelled turtle, 5g wolfberry, 4 red dates, salt.
Instructions:
1. Clean the soft-shelled turtle and cut it into pieces. Blanch it in boiling water. Wash the Euryale seeds, wolfberry, and red dates.
2. Boil water in a pot, add salt and ginger slices, then add the soft-shelled turtle, Euryale seeds, wolfberry, and red dates. Simmer until cooked.
Benefits:
1. Soft-shelled turtle: It has the functions of nourishing yin and cooling blood, supplementing and regulating the middle burner, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening bones, dispersing lumps, and relieving distension.
2. Euryale seeds: They have the effects of refreshing the mind, promoting digestion, and relieving fatigue. They can also prevent memory loss.
3. Euryale seeds and soft-shelled turtle soup: It has the effects of replenishing qi and invigorating the middle burner, nourishing the kidneys and essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, enhancing physical fitness, and improving resistance.
Recommended for: Suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, frequent urination due to kidney deficiency, and weak lower back and knees.
3. Euryale seeds and Chinese plum tea
Ingredients: 15g Euryale seeds, 15g Chinese plums, 10g white atractylodes, 10g prepared Rehmannia root, 15g dried hawthorn.
Instructions:
1. Remove the pits from the Chinese plums and cut them into small pieces. Grind the Euryale seeds, dried hawthorn, white atractylodes, and prepared Rehmannia root into powder. Then mix the Chinese plums and the powders and put them into 10 tea bags.
2. When making tea, take out one tea bag and add boiling water to a cup. Steep for about 5 minutes before drinking.
Benefits:
1. Chinese plums: They have a sour and slightly astringent taste and a neutral nature. They are mainly used to stop coughing, stop diarrhea, and moisten the intestines for smooth bowel movements.
2. Euryale seeds: They have the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi, regulating the intestines and stomach, and calming and stabilizing the mind.
3. White atractylodes: It has a sweet and slightly pungent taste, and it mainly invigorates the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi, and dispels dampness and reduces swelling.
4. Prepared Rehmannia root: After being processed, its medicinal properties change from slightly cold to slightly warm, making it more effective for health. It has the effects of nourishing and replenishing blood, nourishing and protecting the liver, nourishing and replenishing the kidneys, and moistening the intestines for smooth bowel movements.
5. Dried hawthorn: It has the effects of appetizing and aiding digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, preventing and treating cancer, and stopping diarrhea.
6. Euryale seeds and Chinese plum tea: This tea has astringent and anti-diarrheal effects. It can assist in the treatment of colitis and help improve appetite and regulate the intestines and stomach in people with weak spleen and stomach and poor appetite.
Recommended for: People with gastrointestinal discomfort and frequent urination.
