Dry syndrome, literally interpreted, means that the body lacks water, which leads to the shrinking of the skin and organs in the body. As the saying goes, water is the source of life, and dry syndrome occurs immediately. So what is dry syndrome? Let's take a look at how it is explained!
What is dry syndrome
Dry syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that mainly affects exocrine glands, also known as autoimmune exocrine glandular epithelial cell inflammation or autoimmune exocrine disease. Clinically, in addition to dry mouth and dry eyes due to impaired salivary and lacrimal gland function, there are also symptoms of multi-system damage due to involvement of other exocrine glands and organs outside the glands. There are various autoantibodies and hypergammaglobulinemia in the serum. This disease is divided into primary and secondary types.
What to eat for dry syndrome
1. Fruits such as watermelon, sweet orange, fresh pear, fresh lotus root, etc., can also produce fluid. Those with dry mouth can often chew hawthorn plum, blueberry, or drink hawthorn juice, lemon juice and other thirst-quenching beverages.
2. Eat more foods that nourish yin, clear heat, and produce fluid. Dry syndrome patients should eat more foods that nourish yin, clear heat, and produce fluid, such as luffa, celery, red stem vegetables, yellow flower vegetables, wolfberry, green vegetables, clams, and soft-shelled turtles.
3. Eat more mulberry. The dietary regulation of dry syndrome pays attention to eating more mulberry. Mulberry has a therapeutic effect on dry syndrome patients with insufficient body fluid. It can nourish the liver, tonify the kidneys, nourish fluid, and moisten dryness. Ancient medical practitioners believed that mulberry "has a sweet and cold taste, nourishes blood, removes heat, and is a good tonic for cooling blood, replenishing blood, and nourishing yin for those with yin deficiency and internal heat, and insufficient body fluid."
Dry Syndrome Diet Therapy
1. Pear porridge-Select 2 pears, wash them, cut them into pieces with skin and core, and add 100 grams of glutinous rice to cook porridge. This porridge generally has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, clearing heat and transforming phlegm, and can be used as a health food in autumn.
2. Tremella porridge-Soak 5 to 10 grams of white fungus in water until it swells, then add 100 grams of glutinous rice, and usually need 3-5 jujubes to cook porridge together. Tremella tastes sweet and has a flat nature, which has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening the lungs, nourishing the stomach, and producing fluid.
3. Lily porridge-Fresh lily requires 60 grams, and a suitable amount of rock sugar is added, and 100 grams of glutinous rice is cooked into porridge. This porridge has the effect of clearing the heart and moistening the lungs.
4. Sesame porridge-Soak an appropriate amount of black sesame seeds, wash and dry them, then fry them and grind them into powder. Take 30 grams each time and cook them with 100 grams of glutinous rice. Sesame can moisturize the five viscera and replenish deficient qi.
5. Ophiopogon japonicus porridge-Ophiopogon japonicus requires 20-30 grams, boil it to make a decoction and extract the juice, then add 100 grams of glutinous rice to cook porridge until half-cooked, and also need to add some Ophiopogon japonicus juice and a suitable amount of rock sugar to cook together. Ophiopogon japonicus can nourish yin and produce fluid, and it is effective for lung dryness, dry cough, and less phlegm.
