As the saying goes: "If you eat three dates a day, you won't look old." "It is true that eating jujube regularly has many benefits for the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that jujube is sweet in taste, warm in nature, enters the spleen, stomach and heart meridian, and has the effect of nourishing the qi and nourishing the blood and calming the nerves.
From a nutritional point of view, fresh jujube is rich in vitamin C, containing about 200 350 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams of fresh jujube, which is 6 10 times that of citrus, and is known as the "king of civilian vitamin C".
Fresh jujube is delicious, but it is not easy to store, so we most commonly use red jujube (dried jujube), and the way to eat it will be more diverse.
Fatigue: red date porridge
Many people often experience symptoms such as dizziness, sore eyes, dryness, and general fatigue. When you go to the hospital and can't find anything wrong, it is often related to the deficiency and imbalance of qi and blood in the body.
How to eat:Take 50 grams of red dates and 100 grams of rice, cook them together into porridge, and eat them warm every morning and evening.
Jujube is rich in some vitamins that can form strong antioxidant and anti-free radical nutrients in the blood, which can promote subcutaneous blood circulation, moisturize the skin and moisturize the hair.
Acne repellent: red date porridge
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that acne is caused by the heat of the lungs, which fumigates the skin. Eating spicy and greasy food will generate dampness and heat, which will form in the intestines, become inflamed through the meridians, and affect the face. Therefore, clearing away heat and dampness, and maintaining the spleen and stomach are the fundamentals of acne in Chinese medicine.
Radish has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food, reducing qi and phlegm, and detoxifying. Red dates can nourish the spleen and stomach, and invigorate qi. The medical scientist Li Gao said that it can "slow down yin and blood, and yin and yang", and can reconcile qi and blood. Generally, after taking it for about a month, the acne on the face will be reduced.
How to eat:Take 200 grams of raw radish, wash and slice, 10 red dates, cook soup, and drink it 2 or 3 times a day.
Gong Han: Ginger jujube tea
To prevent or improve uterine cold, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of qi and blood. In terms of dietary therapy, you can choose more ingredients that nourish qi and warm the body, such as walnuts, dates, and peanuts. A cup of ginger jujube tea after lunch every day is a good choice.
Ginger jujube tea can actively dissolve the cold in the body, and long-term persistence is very beneficial to regulating the cold of the palace.
Method:Wash the ginger and cut it into thin strips, soak the dates in warm water for a while, remove the core and cut into small pieces. Put the ingredients together in a teacup, pour boiling water into it, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, then drink, and brew repeatedly until the taste is light.
Appetizer: yam and jujube soup
You don't feel fragrant when you eat anything, you can boil some yam and jujube soup to drink, drink a small bowl every day, and your appetite and appetite will slowly come back after a few days.
For the elderly, children, women and other people with relatively fragile gastrointestinal tracts, cooked food has a relatively smaller burden on the gastrointestinal tract, which means that cooked jujubes are more stomach-friendly.
Method:Buy some yam (dry goods) from the drugstore, take about 10 grams and add water to boil with red dates for half an hour, it tastes faintly sweet, and you can also choose fresh yam to cook.
Liver soothing and regulating menstruation: rose jujube tea
Rose jujube tea can relieve the liver and regulate qi, regulate qi and blood, and long-term insistence on drinking it can help women regulate menstruation. In addition, you can also add wolfberry, longan, etc., which is not only delicious, but also can increase the effect of tonifying the kidney and nourishing the heart.
This diet is especially suitable for women who are stressed at work and emotionally stressed, and if you insist on drinking it for a period of time, it will not only improve your mood, but also make your complexion more rosy.
Method:Take 9 12 roses (dried products) and 5-7 red date slices. Soak the dates in warm water for a while, remove the pits, and cut them into small pieces. Put the two ingredients together in a teacup, pour boiling water into it, cover and simmer for 15 minutes, then you can drink, and you can brew repeatedly until the taste is light.
Tips for eating dates
1.You can't eat too many jujubes, like Xinjiang jujubes, which are large in size and have strong potency, usually 1 piece a day is enough. If it is a relatively small red date, it is recommended not to exceed 3 jujubes a day, otherwise it will affect the movement of the spleen and stomach.
2.The skin of jujube fruit is tough and difficult to digest, so it must be chewed fully and removed if necessary to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines.
3.If it is used to make tea, it is best to break the red dates before brewing, and it is difficult to completely dissolve the active ingredients when brewing the whole one.
4.In the case of phlegm dampness, dampness and heat, stagnation, bloating, constipation, cold, etc., it is not advisable to eat red dates.
5.Children's spleen and stomach function is weak, and red dates are sticky and not easy to digest, so it is not advisable to eat too much, so as not to affect digestive function.
6.Jujube has a high sugar content, so people with tooth decay and high blood sugar should not eat more.
Infinitus' Wellness Concept recommends that you:
In winter, you can rationally use medicine and food to recuperate according to your physique, and at the same time, don't forget the principle of "eating modestly" and maintain health reasonably!