These Chinese medicines are the first choice for women to replenish qi and blood!

Nowadays, female friends occupy an increasingly important position in society, and the pressure of life and work is gradually increasing. Many female friends do not pay attention to their physical health, which leads to insufficient qi and blood. If we have insufficient qi and blood, we must actively regulate it. So what Chinese medicine can women take to nourish blood? Let's learn about it together!

1. Eight Delicacies

Bazhen Soup contains eight medicinal ingredients: ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, white Poria cocos, Chinese angelica, Chuanxiong, white peony root, Rehmannia root and roasted licorice, hence the name "Bazhen". Among these herbs, ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, and licorice replenish qi, while angelica, Chuanxiong, peony, and Rehmannia root nourish blood. Replenishing blood and qi are carried out simultaneously.

2. Four flavors

The main ingredient of this soup is lamb. What are the four flavors? "Four flavors" refers to four medicinal materials, namely Angelica sinensis, White Peony Root, Rehmannia Glutinosa and Astragalus. This soup can replenish qi and circulate blood, and it can nourish the body and cure diseases.

3. Black wolfberry

Black wolfberry is a traditional Chinese medicine, a food ingredient, and a tea. It is rich in anthocyanins and can enhance immunity, delay aging, nourish the kidneys and replenish essence, prevent cancer, promote fluid production and quench thirst, improve circulation, replenish blood and calm the nerves, improve sleep, and improve eyesight.

4. Ginseng

Ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine that replenishes qi and blood. Ginseng contains amino acids, multiple vitamins, sugars, ginsenosides, ginsenoic acid, choline, etc. It has the effects of replenishing vital energy, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and regulating and nourishing the stomach. Since ginseng is a great tonic for vital energy, it is often used to treat symptoms such as shock caused by weak breathing, cold limbs, weak pulse, and low blood pressure. In addition, because ginseng has a tonic and strengthening effect and can resist aging, it is suitable for symptoms such as long-term illness, physical weakness, palpitations, spontaneous sweating and cold limbs, shortness of breath, collapse, heart failure, and neurasthenia.

5. Angelica

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that angelica has a sweet and thick taste, which enters the spleen and nourishes the blood, and has the effect of replenishing blood. "Bencao Zheng" records: "Danggui has a sweet and strong taste, so it can specifically nourish the blood. Its aroma is light and pungent, so it can also promote blood circulation. It can nourish while moving, and promote circulation while nourishing. It is truly a qi medicine for the blood and a holy medicine for nourishing the blood." From this, we can see that the blood-tonifying effect of Angelica sinensis is evident.

6. Astragalus

It is slightly warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of tonifying Qi and raising Yang, replenishing Qi and consolidating the exterior, expelling toxins and promoting tissue regeneration, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis, edema, painful carbuncle that does not ulcerate, internal injuries and fatigue, spleen deficiency diarrhea, prolapse of the anus and all symptoms of Qi deficiency and blood deficiency.

7. Ejiao

It is made from donkey skin and can significantly increase the amount of hemoglobin and red and white blood cells; animal experiments show that its blood-enriching effect is better than that of iron supplements. Anemia and aplastic anemia were treated with Shengxue tablets (consisting of placenta powder, alum, cuttlebone, cinnamon, and donkey-hide gelatin), 2 tablets each time, 3 times a day. 100 cases were treated, with an overall effective rate of 86%. Or use donkey-hide gelatin with angelica, rehmannia, codonopsis, longan, and wolfberry to decoct and take it daily. In practice, the author believes that it is effective in treating anemia of liver and kidney yin deficiency and in replenishing blood and qi for women.

8. Black Chicken

Black chicken can be said to be the best food for women to replenish blood and qi. It can not only replenish the body and treat all weak diseases, but also treat diabetes, dysentery, chest, flank, wrist and abdominal colic. It benefits postpartum women and can also treat postpartum weakness, metrorrhagia and leucorrhea.

9. Panax notoginseng

Zhao Xuemin, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, said in his book "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": "Ginseng is the best for replenishing qi, and Panax notoginseng is the best for replenishing blood. They have the same taste and the same effect." He called Panax notoginseng "the most precious Chinese medicine." Modern research has found that the chemical composition, pharmacological effects and clinical applications of Panax notoginseng are similar to those of ginseng, and its total ginsenoside content exceeds that of ginseng. Panax notoginseng can dilate blood vessels, reduce vascular resistance, increase cardiac output, slow heart rate, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and capillary permeability, and has obvious advantages over ginseng in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

10. Yam

From a nutritional point of view, yam is the best food and medicine for strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, replenishing qi, and benefiting the lungs. It can be eaten regardless of spleen yang deficiency or stomach yin deficiency. Yam replenishes qi, strengthens the spleen, and nourishes the stomach. When used in combination with blood-enriching foods and medicines, it can enhance the blood-enriching effect.

The above are the Chinese medicinal materials that are very good for nourishing qi and blood for female friends. Female friends who need to nourish qi and blood can try them appropriately, but when we take these Chinese medicines, we must actively understand his contraindications to avoid taking them incorrectly and causing harm to our bodies!