It’s almost June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the rainy rainy mode is turned on from time to time.
Because of this climatic characteristic, the human body is prone to the symptoms of spleen due to summer heat and dampness, manifested as fatigue, poor diet, and even nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Oh, it’s only the end of May, and it’s already so hard. If it’s Sanfu, is it worth it? !
Don’t panic, these small problems can be conditioned by diet to make you comfortable through the bitter summer.
From early summer to dog days, this “fairy leaf” is a must-have at home!
Stop selling off, this “fairy leaf” is – Huoxiang!
Many friends may have this question: Why do you recommend Huoxiang instead of mung bean or barley in summer?
When it comes to removing dampness and relieving heat, barley and mung bean are indeed powerful, but they both have a disadvantage – they are relatively cold. After many people eat it, it is easy to make the already weak spleen and stomach “worse”. Therefore, it is not recommended that you consume too much barley and mung beans. Huohuo is pungent in flavor, slightly warm in nature, and belongs to the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians.
More importantly, Huoxiang has the reputation of “the medicine in summer and wet season”, which is very suitable for summer consumption. Specifically, Huoxiang can solve these 3 small problems in summer——
Remove dampness and wake up the spleen, as we said above, the spleen and stomach bear the brunt of the attack of summer dampness. When there are gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and obvious poor appetite, it is suitable to use the aromatherapy wet method.
Anyone who has smelled Huoxiang knows that Huoxiang has a special aroma that makes people feel refreshed. Thanks to this special aroma, Huoxiang can not only dissolve the sticky damp evil, but also “refresh the spleen” and relieve the spleen and stomach trapped by damp evil. Therefore, in summer, a bowl of Huoxiang porridge can dispel heat and dampness, strengthen the spleen and appetizers.
How to make Huoxiang porridge: Put Huoxiang in a pot, add water to cook for 5 minutes, filter and take the juice for later use; add rice to the pot, boil it into porridge, then add Huoxiang juice and boil.
Publishing to relieve heat In traditional Chinese medicine, heat stroke is divided into two types: hot and cold.
The heat stroke caused by heat is called “yang heat” in traditional Chinese medicine, that is, it is exposed to external heat and summer heat in a high temperature state, which is also called “heat stroke” in modern medicine.
The one that freezes out is called “Yin Shu”, which refers to a series of symptoms caused by the sudden invasion of cold evil and trapping the heat and dampness in the body.
For example, in summer, the pores of the human body are dilated, and then suddenly entering the air-conditioned room or blowing cold wind, the cold evil will easily invade the body.
If you feel cool or even afraid of the cold on a hot day, your body is heavy, tired, or you experience diarrhea or vomiting due to cold, you may have Yin Heat Syndrome.
If the symptoms are not serious, you can drink porridge, vegetable soup, fruits, etc., and eat more food that clears heat, promotes body fluid, and nourishes yin. At the same time, you can also use Huoxiang to relieve the heat.
It is recorded in the Pharmacopoeia “Qianjin Yifang” that Huoxiang treats “typhoid fever, headache, aversion to cold and strong heat, or feeling of dampness, cholera diarrhea, and regular use to remove the miasma.” It is a good medicine for relieving heat stroke. Therefore, drinking Huoxiang soaked in water will help to disperse evil spirits, dispel dampness and remove dampness.
Hewei and antiemetics In summer, the yang qi of the human body rises outward and is active on the surface of the body. Accordingly, the inside of the human body, especially the spleen and stomach, lacks yang qi to protect the stomach, and it is easy to catch cold. If the belly is not kept warm, such as sleeping with the air conditioner turned on, eating ice cream, etc., it is easy to cause diarrhea.
Due to the cold, the tongue coating of diarrhea patients is often white, chills likes heat, and the stool is like thin water, which is not too smelly. At this time, Huoxiang can be used to regulate the weakness of the spleen and stomach caused by cold.
It is recorded in “Materia Medica for Truth”: Huoxiang, spice is slightly warm, sweet and not harsh, but Huoxiang can help the spleen and stomach, so when external evil qi invades and sees vomiting, it must be used. Throw it, so that its chest is open and air is wide, and the diet is restrained.
Small reminder:
①Huoxiang is warm in nature, yin deficiency and excessive heat and humidity are not recommended for people who eat too much Huoxiang. If such people really want to eat it, it is best to use some cold ingredients, such as chrysanthemum, mint, lotus leaf, etc. .
②Huoxiang is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is one of the ingredients of the “Huoxiang Zhengqi Preparation” on the market and cannot be used instead. Huoxiang can be divided into fresh and dry products. How to eat them? Fresh Agaricus VS Dry Agaricus, the best way to eat is…
1 fresh patchouli
Fresh Huxiang can be eaten raw, blanched and then cold or fried, but it is recommended that you eat it after blanching. It is safer to use high temperature to eliminate some germs that are invisible or difficult to see with the naked eye. .
Recommendation of health care: cold spiced custard
Ingredients: 50 grams of fresh patchouli, 20 grams of parsley, appropriate amount of minced ginger and minced garlic.
Method: Wash the huoxiang, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, then serve on a plate, mix with minced ginger, mashed garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, coriander and serve.
Efficacy: Dispel cold and dampness, prevent colds. Nutritional Comments: It is suitable for people with cold and dampness (symptoms of fat tongue, white coating, loose stools, and heavy body), and heat-dampness (symptoms of symptoms of chest tightness, fever, thirst, red tongue and yellow greasy coating).
2 Dry Agaricus
Dried Huxiang is suitable for making tea and soup——
Health recommendation: Xiangpei drink
Materials: 5 grams of Agaricus, 5 grams of Perrin, 5 grams of Shui Wenghua, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, and 3 grams of mint.
Method: After washing the above herbs, add 1000ml of water and boil to 500ml to drink as a tea substitute.
Efficacy: Relieves summer heat and dampness, refreshes the mind and clears the orifices. Nutritional Comments: This tea is the best health tea in the summer heat season. It has a good relieving effect on nasal congestion, head and body fatigue caused by heat and dampness cold.
Health recommendation: Huoxiang purslane potted pig Hengzhi (pork spleen)
Materials: 20 grams of dried Agaricus, 250 grams of purslane, about 200 grams of one piece of pig Hengyu (pig spleen), and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: Wash the purslane and porcupine, cut the porcupine into small pieces, add ginger slices and blanch in water, add 1500 ml of water to a pot, put in the dried Agaricus and purslane and cook for 1 hour before drinking.
Efficacy: Clear heat and dehumidify, regulate qi and stop diarrhea. Nutritional Comments: This soup is suitable for people with hot and humid constitutions (symptoms are red tongue, yellow and greasy fur, easy to dry mouth and dry mouth, and heavy body).
In addition, it can also be used for children with diarrhea who have the above damp-heat manifestations. In addition to eating, there are many wonderful health benefits of Huoxiang leaves, the following health care gentleman recommends 2 kinds~
Huoxiang still has 2 health regimens, don’t miss it
1 foot bath
①When soaking your feet, put a few leaves of Agaricus in the water, which can remove dampness, remove heat, and prevent colds;
②You can also put a medicine bag filled with Agaricus leaves into the water, boil it on high heat, and then soak your feet after it is warm. Small reminder: the water temperature should not be too high, it can be at 40 ℃ ~ 45 ℃, it does not need to soak for too long, 20 to 30 minutes is appropriate.
2As a sachet, you can also use Agaricus to make a sachet——
Health recommendation: Mosquito repellent and dampness sachet
Recipe: 20 grams of sandalwood, 10 grams of acacia, 15 grams of perrin, 10 grams of patchouli.
Method: After mixing the above herbs, grind them into powder with a small stone mortar or pulverizer; then you can sew sachets according to personal preferences, round, square, diamond shape, or you can buy semi-finished cloth sachets ; Then take 10~15 grams of the prepared fragrant medicine mixed powder, put it into a cloth bag, and finally sew and seal it. This sachet has the effects of calming the mind and calming the nerves, removing dampness and strengthening the spleen, inhibiting bacteria and relieving itching.
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(All Health Talk)