These things are eaten 12 months a year, than what the tonic are useful! Do not believe? Then come and try it ~ a, January yam benefit spleen and stomach yam born in the soil, color like earth, in the five elements of earth, and the spleen is a school. It has a very good function to benefit the spleen and is called “food medicine”. Yam Porridge Yam is particularly good for the spleen and stomach, and porridge is also a food for the stomach. Drink a bowl of yam porridge every day to have a good spleen and stomach in spring. How to do it: Boil half of japonica rice and half of glutinous rice, and add the right amount of yam to cook it. Longan yam soup Yam has a very good effect of tonifying the middle, benefiting Qi and nourishing blood, which can improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet in winter. Directions: 15 grams of longan meat, 30 grams of yam and 100 grams of rice. Wash the rice and longan meat, yam together in a pot, add the right amount of water, cooked with a gentle fire can be. Second, February eat ginger to stop vomiting and clear the stomach As the saying goes, home with a small ginger, small illnesses do not panic. Although ginger is often forgotten in the corner because of its pale earthy color, it plays the role of “kitchen doctor”. Ginger Porridge Ginger is known as the “miracle medicine to stop vomiting”, this porridge can eliminate annoyance and vomiting, clear the stomach, regulate the qi and blood, especially for those who have vomiting symptoms in early pregnancy. How to do it: Peel the ginger, wash it, cut it into fine shreds and add the right amount to the porridge. Sweet and sour ginger slices The spicy element of ginger can stimulate bile secretion, accelerate fat decomposition, promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve flatulence. Directions: Peel ginger, cut into thin slices, blanch in boiling water, then pass through cool water, add salt, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and mix well. March honey helps digestion Nectar is the food given to us by a hundred flowers, and the collection of bees adds to it the color of natural genie. This natural food is the most beneficial to health according to the principle of unity between man and nature. Honey contains a special fructose that promotes the decomposition and absorption of alcohol and reduces the symptoms of headache, while honey has a protective effect on the liver and can repair alcohol-induced liver cell damage. Usage: After drinking alcohol, brew a glass of honey water much thicker than usual and drink it. Promotes digestion Honey has a regulatory effect on gastrointestinal function, stimulating the secretion of gastric acid while enhancing gastrointestinal motility. Usage: In order to achieve the effect of promoting digestion, it is best to drink honey water half an hour before meals, and take it 2 to 3 hours after drinking it instead of inhibiting gastric acid secretion. Fourth, April lemon leaves to increase appetite Spring people lethargic, gastric juices as lazy work, no appetite, we need a sour herb, stomach, wake up the stomach. Lemon leaf in pork lung Lemon leaf has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating gas and appetite. This soup is slightly sour in taste and can strengthen and wake up the stomach for those who have poor digestion due to the dry spring climate. Directions: Blanch pork lung in water, cut into slices, put it into a casserole with 15 grams of lemon leaves and 2-3 slices of ginger, add 8 bowls of water (about 2000 ml) and stew for 2 hours, season with salt and a little oil. Lemon leaves for sobriety can improve the head sinking after drinking, and have the effect of waking up and brightening the eyes. Method: 2 lemon leaves, add sugar, make tea and drink. May lavender calming and relaxing lavender flower fragrance is light, relaxing and relaxing. The dried flowers can be used for food therapy or as a scented capsule or pillow. Capsule pillow Lavender has a very good calming and soothing effect and can treat tension headaches, palpitations and insomnia. Directions: 80% of the main pillow ingredients (buckwheat bark, tea, etc.) + 20% of lavender mixed together to make a pillow. Or just put lavender in a cloth bag, sew it into a small bag and stuff it into the pillow. Into tea Drink lavender tea to calm the emotions and relieve physical and mental fatigue. Directions: 1 teaspoon of lavender, 6 mint leaves, put in a teapot, add 300 ml of hot water and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. June honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies the body Honeysuckle enjoys the reputation of “the little fairy of the pharmacy”, it is sweet and cold by nature, can clear heat and detoxify the body, suitable for summer. Three flowers tea clear heat and detoxification, treat headache and thirst, sore throat. How to use: 10 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of chrysanthemum, 3 grams of jasmine, add boiling water to make tea and drink. Honeysuckle peppermint tea is suitable for long prickly heat. How to use: brew honeysuckle, mint with boiling water, cover and so on for 15 minutes, add honey. Honeysuckle drink Appetizing and anti-eating. Usage: Honeysuckle, hawthorn hot water brewed, drink as tea. Seven, July mint wake up the spirit mint cool and pleasant, this taste dredges the wind, heat, appetizing, most suitable for consumption in the hot summer. Peppermint porridge Refreshing and refreshing, it improves appetite and helps digestion. In summer, the appetite is reduced, and mint herb is the best to wake up the stomach. Directions: Decoct 15 grams of fresh mint leaves and 500 ml of water into mint juice over medium heat, boil 60 grams of round-grained rice into porridge, add mint juice and appropriate amount of rock sugar, and then boil. Washing hair with mint tea can eliminate dandruff, make the hair fresh, and moreover have a natural fragrance, which is invigorating. Eight, August mung bean cool relief from the botanical speaking, mung bean is a fall fruit of the grass. In terms of herbalism, mung beans are most valuable in the summer because of their function of lowering fire and removing dryness. Mung bean and kelp sugar water Mung bean clears heat and detoxifies the body, while kelp reduces swelling and diuresis. This sugar water has the effect of reducing blood fat and benefiting the stomach and intestines. Directions: Soak 100 grams of mung beans in water for half an hour, wash 30 grams of kelp, cut into small pieces and a piece of peel, add water and boil together for 2 hours, put the right amount of rock sugar. Mung bean cake Mung beans cool and quench heat, eliminate thirst more prominent effect, very suitable for home production. Directions: Boil 100 grams of mung beans with water until rotten, grind them into bean paste, add 50 grams of flour and an appropriate amount of sugar, stir into a thin paste, steam in a pot for 15 to 20 minutes, cool and cut into small pieces. Nine, September lotus seeds for insomnia Tea houses and Chinese medicine stores are equipped with lotus seeds tea in all seasons. In summer, it is even more convenient to peel the fresh lotus seeds from the lime green lotus seeds by hand and brew a cup of refreshing tea. Lotus core tea is a great summertime drink that clears the heat and quenches thirst. Directions: Put 1 teaspoon of dried lotus seeds in a large transparent glass, add boiling water, simmer for about ten minutes, add honey and lemon pieces, and make a cup of clarified and flavorful lotus seeds tea. Lotus Root Drink Lotus Root has a calming effect on the mind, especially effective for insomnia of the yin deficiency and fire type. Directions: 3 grams of lotus seed core and 1.5 grams of salt, decocted in water and drink before going to bed. Ten, October Gorgonians strengthen the spleen and stomach Gorgonians are often used as a lotus configuration plant, but it has the role of kidney consolidation unlike lotus seeds, and is particularly suitable for the autumn tonic season because of the spleen strengthening effect of God. Gorgonzola porridge Gorgonzola all have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and regular consumption is a shortcut to grow qi and blood. How to do: 30 grams of gravy, 20 grams of barley, 50 grams of yam, 100 grams of glutinous rice, add water and cook together to make porridge. Gorgonzola soup Gorgonzola is easy to digest, highly nutritious, tonifies the spleen and stomach, benefits qi and blood, stewing with lean meat can replenish vital energy and is very beneficial for relieving neuralgia, headache, joint pain, back and leg pain, etc. Method: 60 grams of gravy, 100 grams of lean beef, 10 grams of red dates, 30 grams of peanuts, plus seasonings together into soup for consumption. XI. November hawthorn to help digestion Hawthorn pills, iced sugar gourd, fruit tannin, every time you see red hawthorn on the market, you can’t help the joy in your heart. Fried red fruit The sour taste of hawthorn benefits the secretion of digestive enzymes in the stomach and can promote the digestion of accumulated food. Directions: Wash the hawthorn, remove the core, add water and cook until boiling, add the right amount of rock sugar, after boiling again, change the fire to slow stew, stir it often, cook until the hawthorn is rotten and soft and the soup is sticky. Cinnamon glass hawthorn Hawthorn invigorates blood stasis, calms pain and has the effect of relieving dysmenorrhea, best eaten a few days before menstruation. Directions: Boil hawthorn with sugar for 15 minutes, add agar and boil for another 3 minutes, then arrange the complete hawthorn evenly on a plate, pour in the soup, sprinkle with sugar osmanthus and let it cool. Twelve, December Agaricus tonic blood Agaricus is one of the three treasures of Chinese medicine, which has the miraculous effect of nourishing blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and is a good tonic in winter every year. Colla Corii Asini Porridge This is a “double tonic porridge for qi and blood”. Some people with blood deficiency also have qi deficiency, so the blood tonic Colla Corii Asini with astragalus and Radix Codonopsis can be more effective in nourishing and nourishing the body. How to do it: Boil 20 grams of Colla Corii Asini and 20 grams of Astragalus with brown sugar and glutinous rice to make a porridge. Sesame Walnut Agaricus Paste It is effective for backache, coldness, tinnitus and yin deficiency that occur in winter. Directions: Add 30 grams of Colla Corii Asini and 70 ml of yellow wine to make a paste, then add black sesame seeds, walnuts, appropriate amount of water and 50 grams of rock sugar, steam for 1 hour while stirring continuously, put it in the refrigerator after cooling, and take two teaspoons every morning and evening.