What is the spleen-strengthening food therapy?

Diet is very important to everyone, because it is impossible for people to live without eating. Therefore, what you eat can affect your physical health. Eating poorly can not only add burden to your stomach and intestines, but can also induce a series of diseases. In clinical practice, the best way to achieve the goal of strengthening the spleen is diet therapy. So, what exactly does spleen-strengthening food therapy mean?

Barley and Winter Melon Soup

Ingredients: 50 grams of coix seed, 150 grams of winter melon.

Preparation: Soak the coix seeds in clean water for 2 to 3 hours in advance. Peel the winter melon, cut into thick slices and set aside.

Method: First put the coix seeds into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn off the heat, simmer for 30 to 50 minutes, then turn to low heat and cook until it blooms. Then add the winter melon, turn to high heat and bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 2 minutes. If you feel the taste is too bland, you can add some salt, chopped green onions, etc. to adjust the taste.

White crucian carp soup

Fry the fish on both sides with oil until golden brown, then boil the fish in water over high heat until it becomes white and milky. Then add 3 grams of Amomum villosum, 3 grams of dried tangerine peel, 20 grams of coriander, and 10 grams of ginger, and boil for three minutes. Crucian carp is sweet and mild in nature, nourishing without being dry, and can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. It is also rich in nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this recipe is very good for nourishing the spleen and stomach.

Crucian carp stewed with mugwort

Material Effect

30 grams of Artemisia annua, 250 grams of crucian carp and 10 grams of ginger, boil them into soup and drink. This recipe not only strengthens the spleen and removes dampness, but also prevents favism.

Amomum villosum, coix seed, and Chinese yam porridge

5 grams of Amomum villosum, 30 grams of Job's tears, 30 grams of Chinese yam, and 100 grams of rice, cook into porridge and eat. This recipe can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness.

Chinese yam, barley and lotus seed porridge

30 grams each of yam and coix seed, 15 grams of lotus seed meat, 10 dates, and 60 grams of millet. Wash them clean and cook them with millet into porridge. Add sugar and mix well when it is cooked. It strengthens the spleen and replenishes Qi, and is suitable for weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, and limb weakness.