[ How to Eat After ‘Yang’ ]14 TCM Dietary Remedies to Assist Your ‘Yang Kang’~As more individuals enter the “yang circle,” the treatment and recovery from COVID-19 infection have become pressing issues. Those with symptoms, referred to as “little yang people,” have experienced varying degrees of fever, fatigue, body aches, and loss of taste, among other somatic symptoms. Many who have tested positive have faced significant challenges on their path to recovery.
In fact, it has been overlooked that besides medications, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) dietary remedies are also an important means of auxiliary recovery.The Nutrition Department of Luohu District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has carefully researched and compiled dietary remedies for those recovering from COVID-19 at home. Friends currently on the path to “yang kang” can choose remedies based on their specific discomfort symptoms.01Wind-Dispelling and Cold-Resolving Remedies
·Garlic and Ginger Syrup:15 grams each of garlic and ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar. Boil the first two ingredients in water, then add brown sugar. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 3 servings. Function: dispels wind and cold, warms the stomach, and detoxifies. Suitable for colds, flu, etc. Refer to “Chinese Medicinal Cuisine”.
·Fang Feng Congee::2 stalks of green onion, cooked with rice porridge, add a little vinegar, and consume hot for the juice. Suitable for those with headaches and fever from seasonal illnesses. Refer to “Jisheng Miliang”.
·Sweating and Fermented Soybean Congee::10 grams of fermented soybeans, 10 grams of Jing Jie, 10 grams of Ma Huang, 15 grams of Ge Gen, 10 grams of Zhi Zi, 30 grams of Sheng Shi Gao, 7 stalks of green onion (chopped), 10 grams of ginger, and 100 grams of glutinous rice. First, decoct the herbs, strain, and then cook the rice to make a thin congee. Consume on an empty stomach.
After taking, rest in bed to induce mild sweating. Function: dispels wind and clears heat. Suitable for external cold invasion with internal heat, presenting symptoms such as aversion to cold, high fever, headache, body aches, no sweating, thirst, preference for drinking, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid floating pulse, refer to “Taiping Shenghui Fang”.
◇This formula should be used under the guidance of a physician.
·Perilla Leaf Congee:15 grams of perilla leaves, 50 grams of glutinous rice. First, cook the glutinous rice porridge until done, then add perilla leaves and boil until fragrant. Consume on an empty stomach. Function: disperses wind and cold, resolves the exterior. Suitable for wind-cold invasion. Refer to “Cishan Shenren”.
·Glutinous Rice and Green Onion Congee::5 green onion tops, 100 grams of glutinous rice, 15 grams of ginger. Cook the glutinous rice into porridge, then mash the green onion and ginger into the porridge and simmer until cooked. Eat as needed; sweating indicates recovery. Suitable for early-stage external invasion with body aches and aversion to cold. Refer to “Chinese Medicinal Cuisine Dictionary”.
·Ginger, Green Onion, Pear, and Egg::120 grams of pear, 15 grams each of ginger and green onion, 2 eggs. Beat the eggs in a bowl; boil the pear, ginger, and green onion in water, then pour the broth into the egg bowl.
Consume while warm, cover to induce sweating. Function: disperses wind and cold, opens the lungs, and moistens dryness. Suitable for wind-cold binding the exterior, lung qi not dispersing, aversion to cold with fever, cough, etc. Refer to “Collection of Verified TCM Recipes”.
02Phlegm-Resolving and Cough-Relieving Remedies
Yam and Sugarcane Juice Paste:60 grams of fresh yam, half a bowl of sugarcane juice. Wash and chop the yam, mash it, mix with sugarcane juice, and cook over fire until done. Take once, twice daily. Function: moistens the lungs and resolves phlegm. Suitable for chronic cough and wheezing, little or no phlegm, dry throat, and mouth. Refer to “Food Therapy Materia Medica”.
Garlic and Rock Candy Tea::2 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of rock candy. Mash the garlic, add rock candy, pour boiling water, strain the juice, and drink frequently as tea. Function: moistens the lungs, stops cough, and resolves phlegm. Suitable for cough due to colds. Refer to “Common Disease Recipe Research Reference”.
Double Fruit Soup::1 apple, 1 pear, 50 grams of white sugar, a little tangerine peel. Remove the cores from the apple and pear, cut into segments, and place in a pot with tangerine peel and white sugar, adding an appropriate amount of water, and boil until done. Function: moistens the lungs, stops cough, promotes urination, and relieves constipation. Suitable for dry cough due to lung dryness and constipation. Refer to “Family Dietary Therapy”.
Apricot and Pear Drink::10 grams of apricot kernels, 1 duck pear, appropriate amount of rock candy. Remove the skin from the apricot kernels, crush them; wash the pear, remove the core, slice, and cook with the apricot kernels in water, adding rock candy for flavor. Eat the pear and drink the juice as desired. Function: moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm, and stops cough. Suitable for dry cough with little phlegm and dry mouth. Refer to “Practical TCM Nutrition”.
Snow Pear and Fritillaria Decoction::1 snow pear, 6 grams of white fungus, 3 grams of fritillaria. Wash and decoct in water. Function: nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm, and stops cough. Suitable for yin deficiency with heat, persistent cough, phlegm that is difficult to expectorate, or dry cough with little phlegm. Refer to “Chinese Medicinal Cuisine”.
03Heat-Clearing and Detoxifying Remedies
Two Juice Drink:Fresh lotus root and white pear in equal amounts. Wash, juice separately, and mix. Take 1 cup each time, 2-3 times daily. Function: clears heat, cools the blood, generates fluids, and quenches thirst. Suitable for phlegm-heat in the upper jiao, heat disease with thirst, etc. Refer to “Chinese Medicinal Cuisine”.
Brown Sugar Congee: 50-100 ml of sugarcane juice, 100 grams of glutinous rice. Mix sugarcane juice with an appropriate amount of water, and cook with glutinous rice to make congee. Consume on an empty stomach. Function: clears heat, generates fluids, nourishes yin, and moistens the lungs. Suitable for dry cough due to lung dryness and heat disease with fluid damage, irritability, thirst, and constipation. Also detoxifies alcohol. Refer to “Elderly Care and Filial Piety”.
Honey Steamed Radish: 500 grams of white radish, 60 grams of honey (or rock sugar, white sugar). Wash, peel, and hollow out the radish, fill with honey (or slice the radish and add honey), place in a bowl, and steam until done. Take as needed, 3 times daily.
Function: clears heat, detoxifies, quenches thirst, and moistens dryness. Suitable for wind-heat colds, fever with cough, sore throat; tuberculosis cough with blood in phlegm; thick phlegm; or cough due to acute or chronic bronchitis with heat, thick phlegm, and thirst. Refer to “Four Seasons Medicinal Cuisine”.
Nutrition Department of Luohu District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
The Nutrition Department of Luohu District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is primarily engaged in clinical nutrition therapy, research, and teaching, responsible for nutritional consultations, treatments, and education for all hospitalized patients in the hospital. It also conducts weight management nutrition clinics, chronic disease nutrition management clinics, pediatric nutrition clinics, community nutrition clinics, and nutritional consultations for health check-up populations. In 2021, 2022, and 2023, the Nutrition Department of Luohu Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital was recognized as a medical nutrition weight loss teaching base.
Introduction of Nutrition Department Physicians
Wu Xu
Deputy Director of the Nutrition Department, Nutrition Physician
Graduated in clinical nutrition, with nearly twenty years of experience in clinical nutrition work. Expert member of the China Clinical Nutrition Industry Innovation Alliance, member of the Hospital Nutrition Management Professional Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital Association, executive member of the first Nutrition and Health Branch of the Shenzhen Health Management Association, member of the first Committee of the Postpartum Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, executive member of the second Endocrinology Professional Committee of the Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, member of the Chinese Nutrition Society, and member of the Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.
Dedicated to enteral and parenteral nutrition support in hospitals and families; medical nutrition therapy for various types of malnutrition, overweight, obesity, and emaciation; nutritional management for patients with diabetes, gout, hyperlipidemia, and kidney diseases; pediatric nutrition therapy and management; nutritional management for sub-healthy and fitness populations.
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