Nourishing the heart needs to be regulated according to whether or not there is a deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang. Heart qi deficiency, heart blood deficiency, heart yin deficiency and heart yang deficiency are regulated differently.
Patients with heart qi deficiency will experience palpitations, shortness of breath, and fatigue, and can take foods such as silver fungus, cinnamon, pork belly, radish, lily of the valley, shiitake mushrooms, cuttlefish, and yam to regulate them.
Patients with blood deficiency of the heart will have symptoms such as panic, shortness of breath, colorless face and pale red tongue, which can be regulated by eating foods such as carp soup, pork chop soup, red dates, spinach, apples and kiwi.
Patients with heart yin deficiency will experience symptoms such as restlessness and insomnia, which can be regulated by taking foods such as lean meat, milk, dried scallops, sour jujube nuts, red dates, wolfberries, lily of the valley, and round-grained rice.
Patients with heart yang deficiency will have symptoms such as weakness, coldness, cold limbs, etc. They can take foods such as beef, mutton, walnuts, pedicel, chicken, leeks, yam, etc. to regulate them.
If you need to nourish your heart, please do so under the guidance of a professional such as a physician or dietitian.