Recommended: Department of Clinical Nutrition, Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Text: Guangzhou**Quan**Reporter Zhao Dongqin
Before and after the "rain" solar term, everything begins to germinate, the breath of spring is obvious, and the weather is gradually getting warmer, but the folk often have the saying of "inverting the spring cold", so it is still necessary to pay attention to the temperature difference and pay attention to keeping warm. In the rainy season, due to the increase in precipitation and heavier humidity, we should pay attention to strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and the work of keeping warm can not be relaxed.
Spleen soup is recommended
Red and white two beans in a clay with mullet
Main effects: spleen and water
Suitable for: people with loss of appetite.
Ingredients: 50g of red adzuki beans, 50g of white lentils, 300g of mullet, appropriate amount of ginger (2-3 people).
Method: Wash the red beans and white lentils and soak them in water for 2 hours, wash the mullet and cut it into pieces, slice the ginger, and put 15L of water, put the red beans and white lentils into the pot, change to a simmer and continue to boil for half an hour, then add mullet and ginger slices to continue to boil for half an hour, and finally season and eat.
Soup Comments: Red adzuki beans and white lentils are commonly used in the medicinal diet to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, dilute water and reduce swelling of the medicinal ingredients, both taste sweet, red adzuki beans are flat, white lentils are slightly warm, in general, the medicinal properties are peaceful, suitable for most people to eat, especially because of the increase in rain caused by excessive moisture and dampness trapped in the spleen, chest tightness and abdominal distention, loss of appetite, loose stools.
Some people can't tell the difference between red adzuki beans and red beans, although the two are listed as the same drug in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, there are still differences. Adzuki beans are oblong and slightly flattened; The red bean is short cylindrical, and the ends are relatively flat or obtuse. Mullet is black fish, which has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, diluting water and reducing swelling, and its protein content is rich (18 per 100g).5g protein), and it is easy to digest and absorb, so it is often used as the main dietary therapy for postoperative wound insufficiency in malnourished patients. This soup contains a certain amount of purines, so people with hyperuricemia should not eat too much.
Warm-up soup is recommended
Tangyuan wolfberry wine
Main effects: Qi nourishes blood, invigorates qi and strengthens the spleen
Suitable for people: ordinary people and people with insufficient qi and blood and yellow complexion.
Ingredients: 20-30 glutinous rice balls (small), 10 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of longan meat, appropriate amount of sweet wine (3-4 people).
Method: Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, put the soaked wolfberries and longan meat into the pot in advance, boil the water over high heat first, then change to medium heat and cook for about 10 minutes, put in small rice balls and continue to cook. After the glutinous rice balls float up, add an appropriate amount of sweet wine, stir slightly with a spoon to avoid the glutinous rice balls sticking together, and then turn off the heat and serve them after boiling again.
Soup Comments: The wine-brewed glutinous rice balls are made of small rice balls, with sweet wine brewed to nourish blood and qi, plus wolfberry that nourishes the liver and kidneys, brightens the eyes and longan that nourishes the blood and calms the nerves, and nourishes the heart and spleen, which is very suitable for women with insufficient qi and blood and yellowish complexion.
Ordinary people can also enjoy it as a small dessert with their family. However, it should be reminded that people with poor digestion or high blood sugar should not be greedy.
*: Guangzhou**.