Summer is a time when our bodies are in their prime, so it's important to take care of our hearts. So how do we take care of our hearts? What are some foods that can help maintain heart health? Today, we will introduce some heart-healthy dishes, which are actually medicinal foods. By eating these foods, we can achieve the benefits of heart health. Let's take a look!
There are many foods that can help maintain heart health, but how much do we actually know about them? Here are some heart-healthy recipes that we have compiled for you. Let's take a look together.
Summer Heart-Protecting Foods
Longan Stewed Chicken
Ingredients: 1 young chicken (about 1000g), 30g longan meat, spring onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt, to taste.
Method: (1) Remove the inner organs of the chicken and wash it clean. Blanch it in boiling water for a moment, then remove and place it in a bowl or soup pot. Add longan, cooking wine, spring onion, ginger, salt, and water. (2) Steam for about 1 hour, then remove the spring onion and ginger.
Serving: Serve with meals.
Benefits: Nourishes Qi and blood, calms the mind. Suitable for anemia, insomnia, and palpitations. Consuming it can help increase overall energy for healthy individuals.
Rose Jujube Kernel Heart
Ingredients: 1 pig heart, 20g jujube kernels, 10g rose petals.
Method: (1) Remove the fat membrane from the pig heart and wash it. (2) Slightly fry the jujube kernels and grind them together with the rose petals. Stuff the mixture into the pig heart. (3) Put the medicated pig heart in a bowl and steam it over water or in a steamer until thoroughly cooked.
Serving: Remove the medicated mixture from the heart when eating. Slice it and mix it with seasoning before consumption.
Benefits: Nourishes the heart and blood, calms the mind. Suitable for symptoms such as palpitations, insomnia, and forgetfulness caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart.
Ginger Jujube Longan Honey Paste
Ingredients: 250g longan meat, 250g jujube meat, 250g honey, 2 tablespoons fresh ginger juice.
Method: Wash the longan meat and jujube meat, then put them in a pot with enough water. Cook until tender. Add ginger juice and honey. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring well. Once cooled, pour into bottles.
Serving: Take 1 tablespoon twice a day, dissolve it in hot water, and consume before meals.
Benefits: Appetizing and spleen-tonifying, nourishes the mind. Longan meat and jujube meat both have the effect of nourishing the heart and spleen and calming the mind. Honey enhances brain function and improves cardiac function. The combination of these three ingredients can nourish the heart and spleen, enhance intelligence, and treat symptoms of heart and spleen deficiency, palpitations, and forgetfulness. Suitable for those who are mentally exhausted, have weak heart and spleen, poor appetite, abdominal distension, forgetfulness, and insomnia.
Ginseng and Sand Steamed Egg
Ingredients: 30g Siberian ginseng (or Codonopsis pilosula), 30g Chinese yam, 6g cinnabar, 1 egg.
Method: (1) Grind the Siberian ginseng or Codonopsis pilosula and Chinese yam into fine powder, and mix it with cinnabar. (2) Mix 6g of the powdered mixture with the egg in a bowl, and steam until cooked.
