According to Chinese medicine, "porridge is the number one food for nourishing the body". So even if you are trying to lose weight, you should still eat at least one bowl of rice porridge every day, otherwise you may lose weight in your face, cheeks, and chest.
Yam is a very good food. Drink yam stewed with rock sugar every day. Yam can nourish Qi, invigorate the spleen and stomach, nourish Yin and benefit the lungs, and tonify the kidneys and strengthen the essence. It nourishes the spleen, lungs, and kidneys! People with Yin deficiency are prone to coughing, so they can boil yam into a soup and drink it as water to cure the problem of coughing due to deficiency. Yam can also moisturize the skin because it nourishes the lungs, and "the lungs govern the skin and hair".
For weak and thin individuals with dry skin, decreased memory, fatigue from overwork or illness, it is recommended to eat more yam to strengthen the body and resist aging.
However, it is important to note that while yam nourishes Yin, it also promotes dampness. Therefore, it is necessary to consume foods that dispel dampness, such as coix seed and poria. You can directly boil yam and blend it into a thick paste, then boil it and drink it as water. After drinking, you can have water mixed with coix seed powder.
Rice: It is also Qi-nourishing. Women must eat rice every day to maintain a healthy spleen and stomach! Rice can nourish the spleen, and among the grains, it has the best effect on nourishing the spleen. When there is insufficient Qi and feeling tired and weak, you should eat rice, especially for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and symptoms like restlessness and thirst, drinking rice porridge is beneficial.
Other good foods for nourishing the spleen and replenishing deficiency include jujubes, honey, etc. They all nourish the spleen, replenish deficiency, and improve complexion.
