What are the five dietary therapies you must know to treat symptomatically and reduce internal heat?

Appropriate diet therapy can improve the heat in various organs of the body to a certain extent, but this also requires the right medicine for the right condition.

1. Heart Fire

There are two types of fire: deficiency fire and excess fire. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, irritability, etc.

Diet therapy: Red bean porridge: 50 grams of red beans and 100 grams of japonica rice. First boil the red beans, then add the glutinous rice and cook into porridge. Take it twice a day, morning and evening, it has the effect of reducing internal heat.

Rush and persimmon soup: 6 grams of rush, 2 persimmons, add 300 ml of water and cook together. Reduce the water to 100 ml, add appropriate amount of sugar, drink warm, and eat the persimmons, twice a day. This recipe has the effects of clearing away heart fire, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis.

Medication: Angong Niuhuang Pills and Tongren Niuhuang Qingxin Pills.

2. Lung Fire

The main symptoms are dry cough without sputum, blood in sputum, sore throat, hoarseness, hot flashes and night sweats.

Prevention: In windy and dry seasons, drink more water, eat more vegetables and fruits, avoid eating oranges (which generate heat), exercise appropriately, but avoid invasion of cold evil.

Diet therapy: Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs stewed with pear water. Select a few pears, cut them into pieces, add 500 ml of water and Fritillaria cirrhosa, boil for 20 minutes, add a little rock sugar, drink the juice and eat the pears, which has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Fritillaria cirrhosa can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, and is used for symptoms such as lung heat and dry cough, dry cough and little sputum. Pears also have the effects of promoting salivation, moisturizing dryness, and clearing away heat.

Medication: Qingfei Yiliu Pills, Isatis Root Granules, Gardenia and Golden Flower Pills, Lingyang Qingfei Pills, Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, etc.

3. Stomach Fire

There are two types of fire: deficiency fire and excess fire. Deficiency fire is manifested as mild cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and little coating; excess fire is manifested as upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry and hard stool.

Prevention: Eat less spicy and hot foods. Drink more water, exercise appropriately, eat less fatty and sweet foods, and eat more fruits and vegetables.

Diet therapy: lotus root juice and honey dew. Squeeze 150 ml of fresh lotus root juice, add 30 grams of honey, mix well and take orally, twice a day for several days. It has the effect of moistening the stomach, cooling blood and reducing fire.

Medication: Niuhuang Shangqing Pills, Xinqingning Tablets, Niuhuang Qingwei Pills, Sanhuang Tablets, etc.

4. Liver Fire

Symptoms include headache, flushed face and eyes, dry mouth and sore throat, pain in the ribs, yellow urine and constipation, and even vomiting blood.

Prevention: The key to nourishing the liver is to control anger. At the same time, you should pay attention to rest and prevent excessive fatigue. Because physical fatigue will make people emotionally unstable and irritable, so in life you should eat less spicy food, avoid overwork, and avoid drinking alcohol.

Diet therapy: chrysanthemum tea. Choose 10 grams of chrysanthemum and brew it with boiling water. Drink it as tea. It has the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight.

Medication: Longdan Xiegan Pills and Huanglian Yanggan Pills.

5. Kidney Fire

The main symptoms are dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, hair loss, loose teeth, restless sleep, fever in the five parts of the body, weight loss, and pain in the waist and legs.

Prevention: Eat more black foods, such as black beans, black sesame seeds, etc.

Diet therapy: 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus officinalis, put them into a casserole and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, eat the pig kidneys and drink the soup.