What are the health-preserving medicinal foods in spring?

Spring is a time when everything comes back to life. Many people like spring, but spring is also a season when infectious diseases are rampant. If you are not careful, it is easy to get colds, flu, rubella and other diseases. Therefore, many people pay attention to health preservation in spring. So what are the medicinal foods for health preservation in spring? How to take some medicinal food? Let’s take a look at the editor’s introduction!

Health preservation in spring should follow the principle of nourishing yang and preventing wind. In spring, the body's Yang energy follows nature and radiates upward and outward, so you must take care to protect the Yang energy in your body and avoid any situation that might damage it.

Motherwort stewed with crucian carp (effects: clearing heat, removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation, and promoting blood circulation)

Motherwort is slightly cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, can remove blood stasis and promote new blood circulation, promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and can enhance the contraction of the uterus. There are fresh motherworts in the vegetable market. If not, you can buy some at the pharmacy, wash it, and put it in a pot with water. After the water boils, put the crucian carp in. It will take about an hour. Suitable for eating after menstruation.

2. Papaya stewed with snow clam (beauty, detoxification, breast enhancement)

Papaya can promote skin metabolism, lubricate the skin, detoxify and lose weight. Snow frog cream can beautify the face, is rich in hormones and can enlarge breasts. However, it is yin-nourishing and tonifying, so people with external infection should not take it. Peel the papaya, cut the top in half, add rock sugar and coconut milk, and after the water boils, add the washed and soaked snow frog paste and simmer for one or two hours.

3. Black chicken soup (nourishing yin, nourishing the skin)

It can also be a pullet or pork bone. Wolfberry, astragalus, red dates, codonopsis, angelica, and rehmannia are the medicinal ingredients that are often used together to make soup. Let me give you a brief introduction. Lycium barbarum: improves eyesight, strengthens the kidneys, and nourishes the skin; Astragalus: tonifies Qi, consolidates the exterior, promotes muscle growth, and strengthens the body; Red dates: invigorate the spleen, promote blood circulation, replenish Qi, treat deficiency, and promote sleep; Codonopsis pilosula: tonifies blood and replenishes Qi; Angelica sinensis: tonifies blood and promotes blood circulation; Rehmannia glutinosa: promotes blood circulation and detoxifies. Can be matched according to the situation.

4. Panax notoginseng stewed chicken (replenishing blood, harmonizing blood, activating blood circulation, removing injuries, dispersing stasis, and detoxifying)

A few slices of Panax notoginseng, too much will make it bitter, a few red dates, a few longan pulps, and half a chicken after the water boils. About two hours. Please note that this soup is suitable for people with injuries and blood stasis, it may cause slight internal heat and is not a tonic. People in my hometown often cook it once or twice in spring for children and the elderly to eat.

5. Chicken stewed with angelica sinensis (regenerates muscle and removes blood stasis, activates blood circulation and replenishes blood)

Angelica sinensis is divided into two types: Angelica head and Angelica tail. Angelica head replenishes blood, while Angelica tail only has the effect of activating blood circulation. It is good to drink this soup two days after menstruation, no need to explain.

6. Fish head or pig brain soup with Gastrodia elata (for headaches)

Gastrodia elata: can cure dizziness and improve memory. You are what you eat, um, ha. .

7. Chicken stewed with cordyceps, American ginseng, red dates, and longan (strengthens the body, replenishes qi and blood, nourishes the kidneys, invigorates the spleen, and harmonizes the stomach)

This soup is warming and nourishing, suitable for both men and women. It is very good. Rich people take it regularly, and men can go up the mountain to hunt tigers. It is also possible to separate Cordyceps and American ginseng. The chicken can also be changed to black chicken.

8. Chicken bone grass stewed with dragon bones (clearing heat, detoxifying, and anti-inflammatory)

Chicken bone grass gets its name from the fact that its roots are shaped like chicken claws. It is available in vegetable markets or pharmacies. It is cool in nature and can clear away heat and dampness, soothe the liver and relieve pain.

The above is some introduction about spring health-preserving medicinal diet. In fact, there are many kinds of such health-preserving medicinal diet. But it should be noted that health-preserving medicinal diet is also medicine after all, so it is best not to use it indiscriminately. You should consume some medicinal diet under the guidance of a doctor, so as to achieve the health-preserving effect. If you use it indiscriminately, it may be counterproductive.