Chinese doctors recommend two porridge and one tea drink
Yesterday, into the “Yang pole of the arrival, Yin Qi began to grow” summer solstice season, high temperature and high humidity climate prone to many spleen and stomach diseases, how to strengthen the spleen and stomach in the summer through conditioning, recommended two porridge and a tea drink.
Chongqing summer heat and humidity is heavy, the spleen and stomach is not and all diseases, from traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen and stomach weakness is manifested as stomach distension, loss of appetite, can be through the use of food and medicine for food therapy, avoid cold, spicy, support.
”Tonic to the autumn and winter seasons, the summer is suitable for conditioning.” Tian Fengliang said that many people have a misconception that the body deficiency on the year-round daily tonic, such as more bone broth, pork ribs soup, chicken soup, etc., in fact, but to aggravate the generation of dampness in the body, especially the gastrointestinal function is weak, will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal, if the tonic food, pay attention to the first gastrointestinal conditioning, remove damp heat, and harmonize the spleen and stomach, in order to make it absorbed.
Symptoms of spleen and stomach disharmony
Shortness of breath and weakness, easy fatigue and sleepiness, dreamy saliva.
Mouth is light and tasteless, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and loose stools soon after eating.
Bad breath, vomiting, stomach distension, constipation.
Two porridges and one tea for spleen and stomach
Lentil, yam and lotus seed porridge
Suitable for people with spleen deficiency.
Yam nourishes the lungs, spleen and kidneys, benefits the qi and generates fluids, lotus seeds strengthen the spleen, nourish the qi and calm the mind, both used together strengthen the spleen and stomach, and are good for the heart and kidneys. Lentil strengthens the spleen and resolves dampness, preventing nourishment from being too much and breeding internal dampness.
Silver fungus, hawthorn and lily porridge
For people with stomach deficiency
Silver fungus nourishes the stomach and moistens the lungs, while lily nourishes lung and stomach yin. Combined with hawthorn, it can appease the stomach and eliminate food stagnation, promote absorption and digestion, and avoid too much nourishment.
Peppermint and rose tea
It is good for dry and sore eyes, swollen and sore throat, as well as for eating hot and inflammatory food.
Dried roses 4, fresh mint leaves 3 (or a little dried mint), honey appropriate amount. Put the roses and mint (dried) into a tea cup and brew with boiling water; if fresh mint is added after the roses are brewed in boiling water; when the water is warm, mix in honey.
Stomach and intestinal flatulence abdominal massage
Stomach and intestinal distension and stool, abdominal massage is generally divided into two methods: clockwise massage, massage from top to bottom.
Stomach cold can be used hot salt local hot ironing or moxibustion in the middle epigastric point. Those with weak spleen and stomach can massage and moxibustion foot three miles.
A small reminder: stomach pain and abdominal pain when the cause is unknown should not press massage, and do not take painkillers, to go to the hospital for medical treatment, for the cause of treatment.