Spring always makes people want to cry and laugh at the same time.
The mood that had been suppressed all winter was suddenly lifted by a few wisps of warm wind, and my body became overwhelmed. Anger suddenly came up, and my eyes were dry. I kept tossing and turning at night, and my mouth felt bitter when I woke up in the morning. This was not a disease, but the hiccups caused by the body's change of seasons.
Don't rush to swallow the pill.
Those few ordinary things in the kitchen are life-saving.
Wolfberry and chrysanthemum tea: a rain for the eyes
After staring at the computer for a long time, my eyes are always covered with a layer of gray fog.
Pick up a few wolfberry, sprinkle a few white chrysanthemums, let the boiling water cool to 80℃ and then rinse it down. The chrysanthemums float up in the cup, while the wolfberry sinks and sinks, just like the pond in spring. The fresh air goes straight into the nose along the mouth of the cup. Before drinking the tea, my eyes are already wet.
The slowly rejuvenating wolfberry polysaccharides and betaine stay in warm water, and the chrysanthemum petals are dyed light yellow due to the action of flavonoids. It's not like drinking it with a strong and quick "healing" feeling, but as if someone had wiped the eyeballs slightly gently with a wet towel.
People who are cold should not be greedy. If your hands and feet feel colder after three cups, something is wrong.
Yam and barley porridge: spring plowing for the spleen and stomach
People who hate eating in the morning should try this bowl of porridge in spring.
The yam appears slippery when peeled, and the mucus covers your fingers. You must know that the mucin is saying hello to you. The barley was soaked all night long and became chubby. Simmer slowly over low heat and watch as they bubble and bubble. The aroma of rice is also mixed with an earthy smell, just like spring mud that has just been turned over.
Those suffering from chronic diarrhea should appropriately reduce the amount of coix seed when cooking it, and add a few gordon seeds into it. Don't ask about the reason. This is what old Chinese medicine practitioners say, and it can cure astringency.
After finishing a bowl, my stomach felt warm, not like I was full, but like a hand was gently rubbing it inside.
Lily and Lotus Seed Soup: A little sweetness at night
People who are still awake at one o'clock in the morning need this bowl of soup.
The dried lily after foaming is still white, and the lotus seeds can be cored or not - retaining a little bitterness can bring out the sweetness of the rock sugar. The colchicine dissolves during the slow simmering, gradually calming down the restlessness of the nerve endings.
Don't touch it if you have cold or cough. The phlegm will become heavier the more you drink it.
Fill a bowl full and it will feel slightly warm, never scalding hot. Don't wash the dishes after drinking, just let them soak in the sink. Sleepiness will come to you on its own initiative.
Angelica and red date soup: it’s time for the blood to come back
In the days after menstruation, my face in the mirror was as yellow as an old newspaper.
Cut the angelica into slices and tear the red dates, and the smell appears. Some people find it objectionable to the strong medicinal smell, while others feel peaceful after smelling it. Ferulic acid swirls continuously in the soup, and then penetrates into the peripheral parts of the microcirculation. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate plays a role in supporting the hemoglobin skeleton.
People with yin deficiency and excessive fire should put less angelica and add a few grains of Ophiopogon japonicus to neutralize it.
Don’t leave anything you can’t finish until tomorrow. The medicinal properties in the soup disappeared overnight, leaving only the acid.
Astragalus stewed chicken soup: the armor of the virtual person
People who sneeze when the wind blows should stew chicken in spring.
Cut the astragalus into slices, stuff it into the belly of the chicken, and then simmer it steadily for two hours. During this period, the color of the soup first changes from clear to white, and finally takes on a light yellow color. The polysaccharides and saponins in astragalus slowly precipitate out, thus building a protective wall for immunity. Furthermore, the chicken is stewed to the point where it is detached from the bones, and the carnosine is also integrated into the soup. Take a sip, and the feeling is warm from the throat to the lower abdomen.
People with high blood pressure be careful. Replace it with Pseudostellariae heterophylla, which is milder.
One pot of soup for three days? no. Stew now and drink now, overnight it will be like grass.
As I was writing this, I suddenly remembered that none of these prescriptions were actually prescriptions.
It was the image of my grandmother in front of the stove, the sound of my mother saying "drink it while it's hot", and the moment when I got sick one spring and had the idea of making myself a bowl of soup.
But the body lies
Don't think that everything will be fine just by following the recipe.
For people with severe dampness and heat, replace astragalus with adzuki beans. Do you experience dry mouth after drinking for two days in a row? Then stop. Do you have unformed stool? Add some Poria cocos. Your body is talking to you, are you listening or not?
Practice Ba Duan Jin, even if you just practice that one move "To regulate the spleen and stomach, you must lift it alone". When you raise your arms and then press them down, you can feel the flesh on both sides being pulled apart, just like branches pulling out branches in spring.
at last
In the final analysis, keeping in good health is about making peace with yourself.
Don’t fight hard against the liver fire, don’t try your best because of the moisture, take care of yourself step by step, wait slowly, wait for the spring breeze to blow the last layer of cotton-padded jacket breath to a light state, wait for the aroma of the medicine in the bowl to turn into an ordinary daily taste.
Don't ask for speed.
Spring has just begun.
(The number of words I have written here is almost the same. I checked it again and found no typos. That’s it.)
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