Stressful work, may wish to eat more sour dates

  The work pressure combined with lack of exercise, irregular diet, fast pace of life, sleep is not enough, over time, many people often feel physically and mentally exhausted.   Zhang Shiqing, deputy chief physician of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that such people are mainly caused by brain fatigue, and people who often feel tired may want to eat more sour dates, which have a significant effect on relieving fatigue and neurasthenia. The first affiliated hospital of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhang Shiqing Zhang Shiqing, director of the department of massage, said that sour dates are used as a traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, the common Chinese medicine “sedative sleeping pill”, is made of sour dates as the main ingredient. According to Chinese medicine, sour dates are flat, sweet and sour, and have the function of nourishing the liver, tranquilizing the heart, calming the mind and astringent sweat. The Chinese medical text “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” recorded early on that sour dates can “calm the five organs, lighten the body and prolong the life”. Therefore, if people who are engaged in mental work or fatigue often eat them, they can not only relieve fatigue, but also have a better effect on the treatment of heartburn, dreaminess, and neurasthenia.  Although the period of tasting fresh sour dates has just passed, there are many beverages and foods processed with it, such as sour date juice, sour date powder, sour date cake, sour date wine, etc., which people can buy anytime and anywhere. You can also buy dried sour dates or sour date seeds from herbal medicine shops and make your own water or porridge to drink at home.