Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the two important substances in the body are "qi" and "blood". What is qi and blood? The movement of "qi" promotes the body's metabolism, while "blood" nourishes the body. When the body lacks qi and blood, it will feel tired and is more susceptible to diseases. So, what should we eat in daily life to nourish blood and invigorate qi? What are the recipes for blood-nourishing and qi-invigorating congee?
Four Red Blood-Nourishing Congee
Ingredients: peanuts, red beans, purple rice (or black rice), red dates, appropriate amount.
Instructions: Wash all the ingredients, soak the red beans and purple rice for 3-4 hours in advance. Add water to the pot, put in all the ingredients, simmer on medium heat for 50 minutes.
Efficacy: Peanuts, red beans, purple rice, and red dates are all good foods for nourishing blood and invigorating qi.
Sheep Milk Red Date Congee
Ingredients: glutinous rice, dried ginseng, red dates, sheep milk, appropriate amount.
Instructions: Put glutinous rice, dried ginseng (sliced), and red dates (seedless) into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 30 minutes on high heat, then add sheep milk and cook for a while to make congee. Divide it into servings.
Efficacy: It has the effect of invigorating qi and strengthening the middle, nourishing and moisturizing the deficiency. It is suitable for symptoms such as shortness of breath, pale complexion, weakness in limbs, pale tongue, and constipation.
Beauty and Blood-Nourishing Oatmeal Congee
Ingredients: walnuts, red dates, dried longan, oatmeal, brown sugar.
Instructions: Soak walnuts and red dates together with dried longan in water, then put them in a pot with clean oatmeal, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook them into congee. Add some brown sugar before serving.
Efficacy: This recipe has a good effect on beauty and blood-nourishing, especially suitable for women. What are the medicinal diets for women to nourish qi and blood? This recipe is a very good choice.
Black Glutinous Rice Blood-Nourishing Congee
Ingredients: black glutinous rice, longan, red dates, Chinese yam, brown sugar.
Instructions: Put longan and red dates into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, then add the prepared black glutinous rice and Chinese yam, and simmer on low heat until soft and mushy. Add brown sugar and stir evenly before serving.
Efficacy: Black glutinous rice, longan, and red dates all have a good blood-nourishing effect, and the nutritional value of Chinese yam is also very high. After taking it, it can have a good effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood. However, it is important to note that although longan can effectively nourish the blood, it is not easy to digest in our body. Therefore, it should not be taken in excessive amounts to avoid indigestion.
What to Eat to Nourish Blood and Invigorate Qi
Red Dates
Red dates are very common in our daily life. They can quench thirst, nourish the spleen, and have good effects on various types of anemia and insufficient qi and blood. There are various ways to eat them, apart from eating them directly, they can also be used to make tea, soup, and congee.
Grapes
Grapes have a sweet and sour taste, they are neutral in nature, and belong to the spleen, lung, and kidney meridians. Their effects include nourishing qi and blood, strengthening tendons and bones, and promoting urination. They are suitable for anemia with constipation, poor appetite due to spleen deficiency, water retention due to spleen deficiency, and excessive consumption in cases of dampness. However, they should be avoided by those with a cold.
