There are many kinds of food that can protect and nourish the heart, and there is no such thing as the “best food”. If you want to protect your heart and nourish your heart, you can eat some medicinal food, such as longan meat, lotus seed, and so on. However, it is recommended that patients combined with their own situation, under the guidance of a doctor to choose to use, food is not medicine, can not replace the drug to cure the disease.
1. Longan meat, sweet flavor, warm nature. Attributed to the heart, spleen meridian. It has the effect of tonifying the heart and spleen, nourishing blood and tranquilizing the mind. It is used for deficiency of qi and blood, palpitation and dizziness (violent heartbeat, panic), forgetfulness and insomnia, blood deficiency and atrophy. Used for heart and spleen qi deficiency, restlessness, often with ginseng, angelica, etc.; treatment of heart deficiency and anxiety, often with sour jujube nut, cypress seed kernel, etc..
2. Lotus seed, sweet, astringent, flat. It belongs to the spleen, kidney and heart meridians. It has the effect of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, stopping leucorrhea, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, nourishing the heart and tranquilizing the mind. It is used in treating diarrhea of deficiency of the spleen, diarrhea of the belt, spermatorrhea, palpitation and insomnia. For treating coldness of spleen and stomach, and loss of appetite, it can be combined with nutmeg.