Auntie Zhao, 50, often had symptoms of dizziness, weakness and pallor, and always thought she was anemic, but when she went to the hospital for a routine blood test, everything was normal, and the doctor told her that this was due to what Chinese medicine calls qi and blood deficiency, and not anemia. Auntie Zhao wondered, “Isn’t insufficient qi and blood anemia? The doctor told her that this was due to a lack of qi and blood, not anemia. Some people with Qi and blood deficiency have a normal level of hemoglobin. However, because the symptoms of Qi and blood deficiency are similar to those of anemia, including fatigue, shortness of breath, weakness, excessive sweating, yellowing, dizziness, and panic, people often confuse the two. “If the above symptoms often occur in the population, you can first go to the hospital to check the blood routine, do not indiscriminately to their own anemia ‘hat’.” The spleen and dampness can be removed in order to replenish qi and blood For replenishing qi and blood, many people believe that they should eat more blood food. In this regard, Chen Ruifang said, supplementing qi and blood is not only blood. Chinese medicine believes that “qi is the handsome of blood, blood is the mother of qi”, therefore, the blood should be replenished first. So, how do we replenish qi and blood? The first thing to do is to nourish the spleen and stomach. “Because ‘the spleen and stomach are the essence of the latter, the source of Qi and blood biochemistry,’ which means that what we eat has to be digested and absorbed through the spleen and stomach before it can be transformed into Qi and blood, so it is also important to regulate the spleen and stomach.” Living in the Lingnan area, people are often damp and hot, qi deficiency, so supplementing qi and blood should first strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness, available Huai Shan, Gorgonian and other herbs in soup. Supplementing qi and blood also depends on the physique For the elderly, it is easy to have a deficiency of qi and blood. Chen Ruifang said, in the absence of colds and diarrhea, the elderly can eat appropriate food to nourish the qi and blood. “Lingnan area climate more humid and hot, hot weather in summer, supplementing qi and blood should not be used without permission and urgently with ‘powerful’ herbs such as gum to avoid dull stomach stagnation spleen, affecting appetite, can use red dates, wolfberry, five-finger peach, party ginseng, Huai Shan and other calm ingredients, the elderly can eat 2 red dates a day, or with 10 grams of wolfberry in water.” Before replenishing qi and blood, physical identification should be carried out first, and then according to the individual situation with medicinal dietary therapy, such as Yang deficiency body can be combined with raw sun ginseng or Korean ginseng, Yin deficiency body can choose Western ginseng or prince’s ginseng, for people with serious qi deficiency can use a small amount of Astragalus, red dates stewed chicken or boil lean meat soup, both to replenish the qi and blood. In addition, a reasonable diet is also important, eat 7 minutes full, because too full will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, affecting the transformation of Qi and blood. Usually eat more blood food, such as spinach, peaches, black fungus, pig liver, black sesame, black beans, lotus root, carrots, cinnamon, etc.. Also keep a relaxed mood, if the mood will make the liver qi stagnant, affecting the blood flow.