What foods can dispel dampness and cold?

Modern people are often busy with work. Even if they have time, they will watch TV or play with their mobile phones. They usually don’t like to exercise. If we don’t like to bask in the sun, our bodies will become damp and heavy, which is very harmful to our bodies. Therefore, friends should not only pay attention to the two points mentioned above, but in fact, the food they eat can also play a role in preventing cold and moisture. Next, let’s take a look at what foods can dispel dampness and cold?

Walnut

Walnut kernels are rich in vitamin E and phospholipids, which can enhance cell activity, promote hematopoietic function and improve appetite.

Walnuts contain 40% to 50% fat, mainly unsaturated fatty acids, so you won’t make you fat by eating them.

Walnuts are rich in carbohydrates and produce high calories. Eating them in winter can increase the body's heat and keep you warm. They are one of the best foods for dispelling the cold, especially suitable for people who are losing weight. They are also very effective in lowering cholesterol, preventing arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure.

chili

Chili peppers can stimulate appetite, improve digestion, speed up the heartbeat, dilate peripheral capillaries, and increase blood flow to the body surface. Therefore, eating some chili peppers in winter can help resist the cold.

It can also prevent joint pain, back pain and leg pain, and stomach coldness caused by dampness, but not everyone likes this kind of cold-relieving food.

mutton

Mutton is rich in fat, protein, carbohydrates, inorganic salts, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. It has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing deficiency, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, benefiting the kidneys and nourishing the liver, and keeping out the cold and removing dampness. It has always been recognized as a winter food for keeping out the cold. It also has the effect of tonic and strengthening yang. Men should eat more mutton.

Ginger, Date and Brown Sugar Soup

Jujubes have a sweet and mild taste, and have the effects of moistening the heart and lungs, nourishing the five internal organs, relieving coughs, and treating deficiency; ginger has a spicy taste and is slightly warm in nature, containing volatile oils with spicy and aromatic smells, and has the functions of relieving exterior symptoms, dispelling cold, inducing sweat, and warming the body; brown sugar is warm in nature, and can harmonize the spleen and warm the liver.

The above three ingredients can be simmered in a soup over low heat to promote blood circulation in the body, warm the body and keep out the cold, and improve sleep. It is a very good cold-dispelling food.

Iron-Rich Foods

In winter, you should eat more lean meat, fish, animal liver, poultry, egg yolks, beans, celery, spinach, mushrooms, black fungus and other foods rich in iron. In addition, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C to promote the body's absorption of iron.

Ginger and jujube tea

25-30 grams of jujube, 10 grams of ginger, and 0.5-1.5 grams of black tea.

Boil the dates in water and dry them. Slice the ginger and fry until dry, then add honey and fry until slightly yellow. Then brew the jujube, ginger and black tea leaves in boiling water for 5 minutes. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 3 portions with warm dates. Ginger drives away the cold, and red dates replenish blood.