People with Qi deficiency often experience organ dysfunction, such as low and weak speech, pale complexion, lack of energy, spontaneous sweating, and pale tongue. What should people with this constitution eat to regulate their condition?
White Bean and Chinese Yam Soup
Ingredients: Chinese yam 50g, white beans 20g, glutinous rice 100g, rock sugar as needed.
Method:
1. Peel and cut the Chinese yam into pieces, then wash them.
2. Boil water in a pot, add glutinous rice, Chinese yam, and white beans, and cook over low heat until the porridge is thick and the Chinese yam is soft. Add rock sugar to taste and cook until dissolved.
Effect: Chinese yam can tonify the spleen and nourish the lungs, nourish the essence and kidney, and treat deficiency and consumptive diseases. White beans can also tonify the spleen and qi. When combined with glutinous rice to make porridge, it is very suitable for people with Qi deficiency constitution.
Astragalus and Tangerine Peel Duck
Ingredients: Astragalus 20g, tangerine peel 30g, 1 old duck, 100g lean pork, salt, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate as needed.
Method:
1. The method is relatively simple. Remove the feathers and internal organs of the old duck, wash it, and cut it into pieces. Cut the lean pork into slices.
2. Marinate the cut duck, lean pork, astragalus, and tangerine peel together with the seasonings, then stew and eat them together.
Effect: Astragalus is different from ginseng in that it focuses on tonifying qi deficiency. Tangerine peel can tonify qi and remove stagnant qi. Therefore, this dietary formula is suitable for people with Qi deficiency constitution. However, it should not be used with Chenopodium album, Pheretima, or Saposhnikovia divaricata (these three herbs should not be used together with astragalus).
Beef Soup
Ingredients: 100g beef, 1 egg white, 20g winter bamboo shoots, 2 coriander stems, salt, pepper, chicken essence, sesame oil, starch, cooking wine as needed.
Method:
1. Wash the beef and cut it into thin slices. Wash the winter bamboo shoots and cut them into small pieces, then blanch them in boiling water. Wash the coriander stems and chop them.
2. Pour a suitable amount of clear soup into the pot, add the beef, and bring it to a boil over high heat. Remove the scum, then cook the meat until it is done. Add the seasonings, thicken the soup with starch water, and add the egg white to form egg flower. Finally, drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle with coriander.
Effect: Beef is a warm and tonic food, suitable for people with Qi and blood constitution. In addition, beef is rich in protein, and the structure and proportion of amino acids in beef are more suitable for human needs compared to pork.
Chicken and Millet Soup
Ingredients: 100g chicken breast, 100g millet, clear soup, dry starch, cooking wine, soy sauce, ginger juice, salt as needed.
Method:
1. Wash the millet. Wash the chicken breast and cut it into 1cm cubes. Marinate the chicken with dry starch, soy sauce, cooking wine, and ginger juice.
2. Pour a suitable amount of clear soup into the pot. When it boils, add the chicken and millet. Cook over low heat until the meat is cooked. Season with salt.
Effect: Millet can invigorate the stomach and tonify the deficiency, suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. Chicken meat is rich in high-quality protein and nutrients. It can warm the middle and tonify qi, and nourish qi and essence.
Yellow Croaker Congee
Ingredients: 80g glutinous rice, 100g yellow croaker, pepper powder, ginger, salt, ham crumbs as needed.
Method:
1. Cut the yellow croaker meat into small pieces. Wash the glutinous rice.
2. Pour a suitable amount of water into the pot. When it boils, add the glutinous rice. Cook over high heat and then simmer over low heat until the rice is cooked. Add the yellow croaker meat, ham crumbs, green onions, and ginger. Cook until the congee is done. Add a small amount of pepper powder and salt, stir well, and cook briefly.
Effect: Yellow croaker meat and glutinous rice can invigorate the spleen and tonify qi, improve symptoms of qi deficiency. However, this congee should not be eaten every day. It is recommended to eat it 1-2 times a week.
Lamb and Spinach Soup
Ingredients: 100g lamb, 50g spinach, sesame oil, ginger, green onions, salt as needed.
Method:
1. Cut the lamb into minced meat and cut the spinach into sections.
2. Heat the pot with sesame oil, add ginger and green onions, stir-fry briefly, then add water and bring it to a boil. When the water is about 60% cooked, add the minced meat, heat over high heat, and then add the spinach. Add salt, monosodium glutamate, and other seasonings, stir briefly.
Effect: Lamb is warm in nature and can tonify both qi and blood. Spinach can promote blood circulation. This dietary formula is suitable for people with Qi and blood deficiency constitution.
Codonopsis and Astragalus Congee
Ingredients: 20g astragalus, 10g codonopsis, 100g glutinous rice.
Method: Boil the codonopsis and astragalus in a pot, extract the juice, and then cook the glutinous rice with the juice to make congee. Eat it in the morning.
Effect: Codonopsis can tonify the middle and replenish qi, and nourish the spleen and lungs. Astragalus can tonify qi deficiency. Therefore, this dietary formula can be used for regulating Qi deficiency constitution.
