Men are the backbone of the family and need to constantly pay attention to their physical condition. When they feel weak and fatigued, it is helpful to drink some ginseng and jujube porridge.
Dietary Therapy for Health
Qi deficiency refers to a lack of energy in the body, resulting in a lack of physical and mental strength. Even slight physical exertion can lead to fatigue. The immune system and disease resistance are relatively low, often characterized by lack of energy, fatigue, low voice, tiredness, spontaneous sweating, pale tongue coating, and weak pulse.
Dietary Therapy for Health Maintenance
Eating foods that nourish Qi, such as millet, rice, glutinous rice, oats, mung beans, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms, tofu, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beef, rabbit meat, pork stomach, chicken, eggs, grass carp, yellow croaker, and flounder, can have a good spleen-tonifying and Qi-supplementing effect.
One can also use Qi-supplementing medicated diet to nourish the body, such as ginseng and jujube porridge:
Ingredients: 3g ginseng, 5 jujubes, 60g rice.
Instructions: Remove the pits from the jujubes, then cook them with ginseng and rice to make porridge. Eat it regularly with meals.
Efficacy: Tonifies the middle and supplements Qi, suitable for various symptoms of weak spleen and stomach.
Medication for Health Maintenance
Commonly used Qi-supplementing medicines include ginseng, astragalus, American ginseng, prince ginseng, codonopsis, poria, white atractylodes, Chinese yam, fried licorice, lingzhi, schisandra, and jujubes. It is also possible to take some over-the-counter Chinese patent medicines with Qi-supplementing effects. Patients with high blood pressure should avoid taking ginseng, American ginseng, and schisandra.
