Sometimes I feel that our generation lives too "cleanly".
There is a clean house and clean food, so clean that even the distress signal sent by the body is tried to be responded to in the most honorable way. Medicinal food sounds like such a decent word. It's not like taking medicine, with heart-warming words; it's more like eating, with tenderness.
But, are you really eating right?
Medicinal diet is not rice, but "medicine"
Don’t be fooled by the word “meal”.
I once witnessed someone drinking Laohuo Jingtang for a week until they had nosebleeds; I also saw a little girl soaking wild chrysanthemums into water as a drink, which eventually caused her to roll over with stomachache. The "hot and cold" properties of Chinese medicinal materials will not become tame just because you boil them into soup.
It's medicine. I just borrowed the path of food and walked slower and softer.
Who needs this bowl of "tempered soup"?
To be honest, you who are so active and can eat three bowls of rice at a meal may not really need it.
Those who really have a need for medicated food are those whose body power is never fully charged. They always feel tired and still feel tired even when they wake up. They are also prone to catching colds. As long as someone sneezes in the office, they will be infected. Or they have that kind of indescribable "unpleasantness". They go to the hospital for a check-up but no problem is found, but when they look in the mirror, they look haggard. This "sub-health" state is the main area where medicated diet plays a role.
Where are the children? Unless the doctor speaks out, don't feed the baby indiscriminately. The energetic yang energy in their bodies does not require any extra "boost" at all.
Only when you can distinguish between "warm and cool" can you swallow that mouthful of soup.
The classification of medicinal foods sounds quite complicated, such as relieving symptoms, purging, clearing away heat, etc. It sounds like it can make people's heads become very big. However, if you think of it as choosing clothes, it will be much easier to understand.
Categories with warming and tonic properties, such as Angelica and Aconite Mutton Soup. This is similar to the thick down jacket in winter, and is suitable for people whose hands and feet are cold and who are afraid of the cold deep into their bones. However, if someone with a strong inner fire uses it, it will only cover up the acne all over the body due to the stuffy heat.
For supplements, such as Bazhen cake and Poria buns. This is a versatile product like "little white shoes" that does not select people. It mainly focuses on gentle conditioning and can be worn by anyone.
<strong>Cleansing and tonic , like lily, chicken, and yellow soup. This is a summer linen shirt. It is refreshing and breathable, and is prepared for those with "yin deficiency" constitutions that have hot palms and night sweats.
In addition, there are methods specifically designed to treat minor ailments: when a cold just starts, drink some ginger sugar drink (to relieve symptoms); when a cough occurs, stew Sichuan clams and pears (to relieve coughs and reduce phlegm); when constipation occurs, make some honey radish soup (to achieve a purgative effect). These are the right tools for you to deliver when your body sends a “help” signal.
Cooking is the last tenderness
In a pot of medicinal food, the medicinal materials are the soul and the cooking is the body.
When stewing, the emphasis is on slowness. The medicinal properties must be forced into the meat bit by bit, just like stewing in water. Three hours is the starting point. This is the taste of time. Steaming is the most gentle way to lock in the medicinal power and ensure that it will not escape. Stir-fried, it also carries a bit of pyrotechnic flavor, just like stir-frying pork slices with green pepper and yam. Stir-frying yam, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen, creates the wok flavor, and it doesn't taste like you are in a "suffering" state.
Choosing the wrong method is like boiling a bowl of sweet soup by decoction of Chinese medicine, and everything will be ruined.
After all, medicated diet is not a master key, it is a fine carving knife.
For your appearance, look at the texture, look at the texture, and know where to make up and where to trim. You must not drink what others drink, and you must not treat them as food.
There is a saying that resonates deeply with me, that is, the best medicinal diet is actually the slight adjustment you make to your life after you gain insight into yourself.
If you're still not sure which bowl of soup you should drink, don't guess.
Doctor Ma Chansong at the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, No. 128 Ruili Road, or register an account on the Minxing Jieyi APP first. Then listen to what professionals would say.
After all, being honest with your body is the best way to maintain your health.
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