Symptoms of blood deficiency and dietary conditioning methods

In modern life, people consume a lot of blood and qi in the body due to work pressure, unhealthy diet, irregular living habits, etc., and fail to replenish blood and qi in time, which makes people prone to symptoms of blood deficiency. How to regulate blood deficiency? In fact, diet is the best way to regulate your body.

1: The main manifestations of blood deficiency are: sallow and pale complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness and fatigue, blurred vision and palpitations, insomnia and nightmares, dry stool, delayed menstruation in women, scanty and light-colored menstruation, pale tongue, slippery and dry tongue coating, and weak pulse. It is advisable to use the method of replenishing blood, nourishing blood and producing blood.

1: Sweet fruits (grapes, red dates, longans) are rich in phosphorus, calcium, iron and other minerals, and contain a variety of vitamins and amino acids, which can replenish qi and blood, and strengthen muscles and bones. "Ben Cao" even records: "Red dates are sweet and warm in nature, and they are good for the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing Qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and alleviating the properties of medicines." Recommendation: They can be eaten as ordinary fruits, and can also be used to make soups and porridge. Longan and red date porridge strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, replenishes blood and calms the mind.

2: The iron content of dried fruits (dried black dates, purple raisins, dried mulberries): The iron content increases, among which dried mulberries have the highest content. Every 100 grams of dried mulberries contains 42.5 mg of iron, which is worthy of the title of "blood-replenishing fruit" among fruits. The sun-drying process is most conducive to the retention of some stable nutrients, such as iron, zinc, manganese, protein, antioxidants, etc. Recommendation: Dried black dates and dried mulberries are suitable for making soup and porridge.

3: Dark vegetables (spinach, carrots, pumpkin) Gold content: Rich in iron and carotene. Carotene can promote the increase of hemoglobin, improve blood concentration and blood quality. Pumpkin also contains "cobalt" and "zinc". "Cobalt" is one of the important components of red blood cells in the blood; zinc directly affects the function of mature red blood cells; and iron is the basic trace element for the production of hemoglobin. These are all indispensable raw materials for blood tonic. Therefore, Chen Xiuyuan, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, once praised pumpkin as "a wonderful product for replenishing blood." Recommended: Fresh pumpkin juice, fresh carrot juice, pork ribs and pumpkin soup, pumpkin and tremella soup, which are sweet and delicious, tasty and nutritious.

4: The value of delicious meat (black chicken, pork liver): nourishing yin and relieving heat. Black chicken soup is sweet and warm, replenishes deficiency, nourishes yin and blood, and greatly replenishes qi and blood. It is suitable for those with yang deficiency and deficiency of both qi and blood. Recommended: Black bean and black chicken soup, stir-fried pork liver and spinach.

5: Red and black medicinal materials (black beans, black fungus, hair algae, red beans, peanuts) contain high content of iron, protein and amino acids. Black and red foods are good for replenishing blood. Black foods enter the kidneys and help them store essence and energy. The kidneys store essence, essence produces marrow, and marrow turns into blood. Therefore, the root of blood also lies in the kidneys. As for red food replenishing blood, the theory comes from "like replenishes like, color replenishes color". Black beans help the kidneys produce marrow and transform blood, and can also enhance the spleen and stomach's function of transportation and transformation. It is beneficial for people with kidney deficiency and blood deficiency to eat more. Black fungus nourishes yin and blood, moistens the lungs and improves eyesight. Peanuts can replenish blood and stop bleeding. Recommended: Braised pig's trotters with peanuts, fish head soup with black beans, and pork bone soup with hair algae.

People with blood deficiency should also participate in physical exercise appropriately, but because exercise can strengthen the circulation of Qi and blood, people with blood deficiency should choose slower exercise, and too intense exercise is not suitable.