Gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness is more common in elderly people with declining body functions. It is also common among young people who have poor diet, excessive fatigue, or chronic illness. Some people believe that wolfberry is a commonly used nourishing product and use it to regulate gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness. Is this statement correct?
Can people with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness eat wolfberry?
People with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness should not eat wolfberry.
Gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness actually refers to spleen yang deficiency and stomach yang deficiency, which often occur simultaneously. For people with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness, the spleen and stomach yang qi is damaged due to reasons such as diet and excessive fatigue. They prefer warm food and dislike cold food. They often have symptoms of diarrhea, so they are not suitable for foods that moisturize the intestines and stomach. Wolfberry is not only slightly cold in nature and clears heat, but it can also worsen symptoms of gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness. It can also moisturize the intestines and stomach, causing diarrhea or worsening diarrhea in people with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness. Therefore, people with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness should not eat wolfberry.
Who is most suitable to eat wolfberry?
Wolfberry has a slightly cold nature and can nourish the liver and kidneys. It is a good tonic for people with yin deficiency constitution, especially liver and kidney yin deficiency. Therefore, wolfberry is suitable for people with yin deficiency constitution, especially liver and kidney yin deficiency.
What kind of food is suitable for people with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness?
People with gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness prefer warm and dislike cold food. Therefore, they should consume warm and sweet, pungent and spicy food that can invigorate the spleen, replenish qi, and warm the intestines and stomach, such as glutinous rice, lamb, chicken, beef tripe, pork tripe, garlic chives, fennel, cinnamon, dried ginger, Sichuan pepper, etc.
Dietary regulation for gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness
Clove, cinnamon, and brown sugar drink
Ingredients: Cloves, cinnamon, and brown sugar, all in appropriate amounts.
Instructions: Soak the cloves and cinnamon in warm water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the residue and extract the juice. Season with brown sugar. Take 5-10ml per serving, 3 times a day.
Efficacy: Both cloves and cinnamon are warm and hot in nature. Cloves warm the middle and invigorate the spleen and stomach, while cinnamon supplements the original yang, warms the spleen and stomach, and eliminates cold stagnation. Both can be used for various symptoms of gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness, such as diarrhea, abdominal distension, and pain.
Gaoliang ginger porridge
Ingredients: Gaoliang ginger in appropriate amounts, 200g of glutinous rice, sesame oil, and salt in appropriate amounts.
Instructions: Wash and slice the Gaoliang ginger, put it in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, decoct to obtain the medicinal juice. Then, boil the medicinal juice and glutinous rice in the same pot, add sesame oil and salt, and simmer over low heat until the porridge is cooked. Eat it on an empty stomach while hot. Take it once a day for 3-7 days.
Efficacy: Gaoliang ginger warms the middle and stops vomiting, dispels cold and relieves pain. It is suitable for abdominal pain caused by gastrointestinal deficiency and coldness.
