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Eating taro is equivalent to injecting immunoglobulin, enhancing the body’s immune function.
Goji Berries (Gou Qi Zi): Chewing goji berries produces saliva, has anti-arteriosclerosis effects, lowers blood sugar, promotes liver cell regeneration, and enhances physical strength while delaying aging.
Regularly drinking yogurt: Yogurt has extremely high nutritional value.
Green Tea: Anti-cancer, and can supplement potassium, increasing the flexibility of blood vessels.
Eat more whole grains: Corn, buckwheat, oats, millet (which has a calming effect and promotes sleep!).
Potatoes: You might not expect that they can actually help with fat absorption!
Tomatoes: Anti-cancer, but they need to be stir-fried with eggs to generate anti-cancer substances!
Black Fungus (Hei Mu Er): Treats pneumonia, cardiovascular diseases, regulates blood viscosity! It can purify blood and brain atherosclerotic plaques.
People with dampness can use Job’s Tears (Yi Yi Ren) and red bean soup or crispy rice to resolve it. After drinking Job’s Tears and red bean soup for a while, drink millet porridge to nourish the spleen and stomach, and over time, the spleen will strengthen, and dampness will dissipate.
There is no supplement more precious than “Chicken Gizzard”; it is a special medicine for treating food accumulation. Chickens are omnivores, eating grains, grass seeds, and insects. Since chickens have no teeth, they swallow everything whole, relying on their stomach for digestion, indicating their strong digestive function. Therefore, the benefits of eating chicken mainly nourish the spleen and stomach.
Eating a handful of nuts daily lowers blood sugar and regulates lipids.
Black fungus combined with white fungus nourishes lung and kidney yin.
Eating more onions prevents osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis patients can eat nuts in moderation.
Eating a pear after meals helps eliminate toxins and promotes better health.
Jujube (Da Zao) and Yam (Shan Yao) nourish the spleen and stomach.
Lycopene can prevent tumors.
Hypertension patients should drink orange juice.
Longan (Gui Yuan) and Goji Berry tea can treat dry eye syndrome.
Burdock juice cleanses the intestines.
Daily supplementation of 10mg of folic acid can effectively prevent coronary heart disease.
Eating longan in the morning nourishes the spleen, while eating it at night calms the mind.
For treating edema: 30 grams each of watermelon rind, winter melon rind, and red beans, decoct in water and take.
For promoting lactation: 2 pig trotters and 6 grams of Tong Cao, stew and consume.
For treating elderly deafness: 250 grams of dog meat and 60 grams of horse beans, stew until soft, eat twice a day for several weeks to recover.
For improving vision: 6 grams each of frost mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum, grind into fine powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of green beans, take 6 grams with warm water.
“Eggs boiled with ginger and mugwort” can eliminate cold from the female body.
Bradycardia (slow heart rate) is often a sequela of myocarditis; if accompanied by fatigue and shortness of breath, stop intense exercise, take ginseng slices and Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) tablets; if symptoms do not improve, seek medical attention.
Symptoms of heart qi deficiency include palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, and rapid or slow pulse. If accompanied by heart yang deficiency, there may be cold hands and feet, aversion to cold, and pale complexion. For heart qi deficiency, one can use: Ginseng (Ren Shen), Astragalus (Huang Qi), and Cinnamon (Rou Gui).
Symptoms of heart yin deficiency: palpitations, irritability, dizziness, tinnitus, red tongue, thin and rapid pulse. For heart yin deficiency, one can use: Longan flesh (Gui Yuan Rou), Jujube (Da Zao), Lotus seeds (Lian Zi), and Ophiopogon (Mai Dong).
Main symptoms of lung qi deficiency include shortness of breath, cough, clear phlegm, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, weak pulse, and pale tongue. For lung qi deficiency, one can take Cordyceps (Dong Chong Xia Cao), Astragalus (Huang Qi), and Glehnia (Sha Shen).
Main symptoms of lung yin deficiency include shortness of breath, cough, thick phlegm, dry throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse. For lung yin deficiency, one can eat more lily (Bai He), yam (Shan Yao), and almonds (Xing Ren).
Main symptoms of spleen yin deficiency include dry mouth, nausea, reduced appetite, dry stools, red tongue, and thin rapid pulse. For food and medicine supplementation, one can use Ophiopogon (Mai Dong), yam (Shan Yao), and japonica rice (Jing Mi). If experiencing indigestion, bloating, or loss of appetite, one can take hawthorn (Shan Zha), roasted barley malt (Jiao Mai), or chicken gizzard.
Liver qi deficiency: The primary symptom is fatigue, followed by dizziness and discomfort in the flanks, with a weak pulse. Use Bupleurum (Chai Hu), Mint (Bo He), and Perilla leaves (Su Ye) to soothe liver qi and prevent qi stagnation; for severe liver qi deficiency, use Ginseng (Ren Shen) and Astragalus (Huang Qi).
Liver yin deficiency: Main symptoms include dizziness, numbness in limbs, and tightness in muscles due to insufficient nourishment from liver qi, along with irritability and a thin pulse. Use Angelica (Dang Gui), animal liver, Goji berries (Gou Qi), and Ejiao (Donkey-hide gelatin).
Symptoms of kidney yin deficiency include dizziness, tinnitus, lower back pain, dry throat, red tongue, and thin rapid pulse. For food and medicine supplementation, use Goji berries (Gou Qi), cooked Rehmannia (Shu Di), and mulberries (Sang Shen). Those with kidney deficiency often have symptoms of kidney yang deficiency, so warming kidney yang is important.
Food is the best medicine!
Central Health Care Committee Preventive Health Consultation Expert Zhao Lin
We often say, “Food is the heaven for the people”; in fact, food is not only for filling the stomach but also a good “medicine” for disease prevention and health maintenance! Pay attention to healthy eating, and eating the right foods can have double the effect, surpassing medication! Health experts teach you how to eat, come and learn!
1. Shandong people eat garlic to resist viruses.
During the SARS outbreak in 2003, I asked the host on a TV program: Please tell me the incidence of SARS in Shandong Province. The host replied: Only 1 imported case.
Why is that? Think about why SARS occurred in Guangdong but not in Shandong? First, Shandong is the birthplace of Confucius and Mencius, and Shandong people love to eat green onions and garlic. Green onions and garlic are also known as “penicillin from the earth”. At the same time, the people of Shandong have a seasonal dish in spring called “small tofu”. Wealthy people use tofu, while those with less money use tofu dregs, mixed with various wild vegetables from the field, including Dandelion, Houttuynia cordata (a special Chinese medicine effective for treating lung infections), and shepherd’s purse (which ancient people said, “Eating shepherd’s purse in spring is like taking an elixir”), along with bitter vegetables, etc. These wild vegetables all have antiviral properties. Therefore, it is scientifically reasonable that Shandong people did not contract SARS.
2. Cauliflower is a “savior” for breast cancer patients.
Cauliflower originated from the Mediterranean coast, and in the mid-18th century, there was a medicinal liquid in Europe called “Buhal syrup”, which was made from cauliflower juice mixed with honey, effective for treating tuberculosis and cough, saving many poor people’s lives, hence cauliflower is known as the “doctor of the poor”. Our research found that when suffering from stomach cancer, the serum selenium level in the body decreases, and the concentration of vitamin C in gastric juice is also lower than that of normal people. Cauliflower not only replenishes selenium and vitamin C but also provides abundant carotene, preventing precancerous lesions and inhibiting tumor growth, effectively preventing and treating stomach and breast cancer. Now, patients with breast cancer or those wanting to prevent breast cancer should eat more cauliflower. This is because breast cancer is related to the level of estrogen in the body, and cauliflower contains a nitrogen-containing compound called indole, which can lower the level of estrogen in the body. This prevents active estrogen from stimulating breast cells, thus having anti-cancer and cancer-preventing effects.
3. For high cholesterol, eat two pieces of sweet potato daily.
Many people find out they have high cholesterol during health check-ups and come to ask me what medicine to take. I actually say that eating 2 pieces of sweet potato daily can solve the problem!
Sweet potatoes contain 8% dietary fiber, most of which is soluble fiber, which is very effective for bowel movements. Li Shizhen once said, “Eating sweet potatoes makes people live longer and suffer less from diseases,” and “Sweet potatoes can nourish the middle and harmonize blood, warm the stomach, nourish the five organs, and prolong life.” A study by the University of Tokyo found that sweet potatoes’ ability to suppress cholesterol is ten times that of other foods. Therefore, if you have high cholesterol, you can eat two pieces of sweet potato every morning and evening.
4. For heart health, eat more potatoes.
Many people think of potatoes as just “starch lumps” and wonder what they can do. In fact, potatoes contain 15% to 25% carbohydrates, which is higher than all other vegetables, and they also contain more protein than most vegetables. Because potatoes are high in calories, they are commonly used as a staple food in Europe. Someone once said, “Without potatoes, there would be no industrial revolution in Europe,” because the main food that the working class relied on for survival was potatoes.
More importantly, potatoes are also rich in vitamin C, sodium, potassium, iron, etc., especially potassium, which is abundant, with 502 mg of potassium per 100 grams of potato, making it one of the few high-potassium vegetables. Patients with heart disease, especially those with heart failure, often experience varying degrees of edema and frequently take diuretics, which can lead to potassium loss and a tendency for hypokalemia. Therefore, regularly eating potatoes can replenish potassium, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, and vitamins.
5. Diabetics should drink “sixth-grade tea” daily.
Once, I visited a tea shop in Dongcheng, Beijing, and found many elderly people buying a type of tea called Green Pearl, which is very cheap, about twenty yuan per pound, because it is coarse old tea. Generally, tea is classified into first, second, third grades, etc., and this is probably sixth-grade tea, which is very poor quality. I asked them why they were buying this tea, and they told me it could treat diabetes. I consulted an old TCM doctor, who said that this cheap old tea is very effective when brewed with cool boiled water. Later, I checked the information, and ancient medical books clearly recorded that coarse old tea could treat “diabetes symptoms.” In addition, this method is now used in Japan, where they pick leaves from old tea trees and brew them for diabetics to drink. What many people don’t know is that these sixth-grade teas, which are considered the lowest quality, contain twice the amount of tea polysaccharides compared to first-grade tea, and tea polysaccharides are recognized for their excellent blood sugar-lowering and lipid-lowering effects.
6. Elderly people should eat chestnuts to prevent and treat lower back and leg pain.
Chestnuts have very good dietary therapy effects for elderly people’s lower back and leg pain. Elderly people with kidney deficiency, weakness in the lower back and legs, or frequent urination should chew 1-2 raw chestnuts slowly in the morning and evening for effective results. When eating, they should be chewed finely and swallowed slowly. During the Tang Dynasty, poet Du Fu suffered from beriberi for a long time without recovery. An old farmer saw this and suggested a remedy: “Crush the chestnuts, eat them raw in the morning and evening, or make soup to eat, and you will recover.” Du Fu followed this method, and after half a month, his beriberi was indeed cured. Previously, an old cadre from Xingtai specially came to me to present a banner, saying that after listening to my report six months ago and eating chestnuts for half a year, his lower back and leg pain was completely cured.
7. For poor appetite, eat vinegar-soaked raw peanuts.
We call peanuts “longevity fruit.” If elderly people find their appetite poor, they can chew a few raw peanuts carefully and swallow them. Just the other day, I returned from Luoyang and found a cold dish in a restaurant that was made with raw peanuts soaked in vinegar, which has a very good digestive effect. Peanuts contain three health components:
1. Resveratrol can fight bacteria, inflammation, allergies, thrombosis, oxidation, and free radicals, not only preventing and treating coronary heart disease and high blood lipids but also inhibiting tumor occurrence.
2. The β-sitosterol contained in peanuts has strong physiological activity, capable of blocking carcinogenic substances from inducing cancer cell formation, lowering serum cholesterol levels, and preventing and treating hypertension and coronary heart disease.3. The coumarin in peanuts has a blood pressure-lowering effect.
Peanuts are also rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, with about 80% of the fatty acids in peanut oil being unsaturated. Eating peanuts can help decompose cholesterol in the liver into bile acids, enhancing its excretion, thus lowering cholesterol and effectively preventing atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
8. Elderly people with constipation should eat more spinach.
Currently, many elderly people suffer from constipation, and they can eat more spinach, which is slippery and can help with bowel movements. The “Dietary Records of Suixi” states that spinach can “open the chest, pass the intestines and stomach, moisten dryness, and activate blood; it is suitable for those with constipation and hemorrhoids.” At the same time, research from Harvard University found that spinach has very good protective effects on our retina. Middle-aged and elderly people who eat spinach 2-4 times a week can reduce the risk of retinal degeneration. Regularly eating spinach can also enhance resistance to infectious diseases and promote the growth and development of children. It is also effective in preventing oral ulcers, cheilitis, glossitis, dermatitis, and scrotal inflammation.
9. Start eating camellia oil from pregnancy.
Real good oils are cold-pressed oils. When buying olive oil, check if it is cold-pressed. There are several good oils in our country. One is sesame oil, and another is the fragrant oil we eat, and peanut oil is also good. Among them, I think the best is camellia oil, also known as tea seed oil. Camellia oil is also called “wife oil” because its smoke point is particularly high, smoking only at 220°C, so when cooking with camellia oil, there is no smoke in the kitchen. Camellia oil helps postpartum recovery and conditioning for mothers. In Taiwan, it is called “childbirth oil” or “month-long treasure”; in folk terms, it is also called “milk-boosting oil” or “longevity oil.” Currently, 80% of women in our country become obese after giving birth, and 20% of women remain permanently obese after childbirth. If you want to avoid gaining weight, what should you do? Start eating camellia oil from pregnancy, and you can also cook crucian carp with camellia oil. This is because the oleic acid content in camellia oil is higher than that in olive oil, and oleic acid can lower total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol without lowering beneficial high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Ordinary cooking oils, after absorption, partially accumulate in the body and convert to fat, leading to obesity. In contrast, camellia oil has a “non-fat accumulation” property; its rich monounsaturated fatty acid oleic acid reacts with decomposing enzymes in the body, converting to energy, thus blocking the generation of visceral and subcutaneous fat.
Source: Lao Lianhuanhua WeChat Official Account
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