Elderly people often suffer from kidney yang deficiency, manifesting as cold hands and feet and sensitivity to cold, making them prone to catching colds caused by wind and cold. Insufficient qi and blood circulation in the elderly can be treated by combining warm tonics for kidney yang and blood circulation-promoting medications, allowing the yang qi to spread to the extremities. Now, let me introduce a recipe called Cinnamon and Hawthorn Porridge, which may be worth a try.
Method: Take 4 grams of cinnamon, 30 grams of hawthorn, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar. First, decoct the cinnamon in water for 20 minutes, then add the hawthorn and glutinous rice to the pot and cook into a porridge. Add sugar before consuming. Take one dose per day, and consume while hot (without eating the cinnamon).
In this recipe, cinnamon warms the middle burner, disperses coldness, dilates blood vessels, and promotes smooth blood circulation. Hawthorn promotes blood circulation and resolves blood stasis. The combination of the two ingredients complements each other. This formula is effective for those suffering from cold hands and feet, weak spleen and stomach, and high blood lipid levels caused by kidney yang deficiency.
