What traditional Chinese medicine can supplement qi deficiency?
There are many commonly used Chinese medicines with the function of invigorating qi. Only the following are listed here.
① Ginseng
This is one of the most important and expensive Chinese medicines for invigorating qi. Its taste is sweet, slightly bitter, and its nature is slightly warm, which has great functions of invigorating vitality, improving intelligence and calming the nerves. It is a good product for nourishing and health care.
Studies have confirmed that ginseng can promote the development of human cells and increase the number of cell divisions. However, American scholar fleek believes that human cells stop dying after about 50 times of division, and it takes 2.4 years for cells to divide once. If they can divide 50 times, they can live to 120 years old. Because ginseng can greatly replenish vitality, it can often be used for symptoms such as weak breathing, cold limbs, weak pulse and hypotension shock.
Modern research has confirmed that ginseng contains many kinds of saponins, volatile oils, polysaccharides, vitamins BI, B2, C and so on. It has good regulating effect on nervous system, sex hormone-like effect and cardiotonic effect; It can reduce blood sugar, enhance hematopoietic function, enhance adrenal cortex function, improve the adaptability of the body to the external environment and improve immune function. In addition, ginseng can promote the synthesis of protein, inhibit the occurrence of hypercholesterolemia and promote the rehabilitation of chronic diseases.
If stewed, the dosage is generally 3-9 grams; When stewing, simmer for more than 1 hour, so as to fry the effective components of ginseng and ensure the curative effect. If swallowed, dry ginseng and grind it into fine powder, with the dosage of 1-2g each time. If soaked in wine, chop ginseng and soak it in rice wine. 1 month later, you can drink two spoonfuls each time. 1 twice a day.
② Radix Astragali
Astragalus membranaceus is the dried root of Leguminosae Astragalus membranaceus. It is best that the meat is yellow and white, firm and easy to break, rich in powder, sweet in taste and hollow without black heart.
Astragalus membranaceus is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating qi and yang, invigorating qi and consolidating exterior, supporting toxin and promoting granulation, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. It is suitable for spontaneous sweating, night sweats, blood stasis and edema, painful gangrene, internal injuries and fatigue, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, proctoptosis and all symptoms of qi deficiency and blood deficiency.
Astragalus membranaceus contains sugar, folic acid and various amino acids, which can excite the central nervous system, so it can cheer up the spirit, resist fatigue, improve immune function and enhance disease resistance, and is quite effective in preventing qi deficiency, colds and infections, as well as strengthening the heart and diuresis and lowering blood pressure. It contains trace element selenium, which is the natural enemy of cancer, so Astragalus has anti-cancer effect.
Decoct in water, with dosage of 9-30g each time; However, those with excess heat such as high fever, thirst and constipation should not be used.
③ American ginseng
American ginseng, also called American ginseng, is mainly produced in the United States and Canada. It is called seed ginseng transplantation in China. Its roots are used as precious medicinal materials and are a good product for nourishing and health care. Anyone who wants to use ginseng but can't stand its temperature can use it.
American ginseng is sweet and slightly bitter, and has the functions of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, clearing fire and promoting fluid production. It is suitable for lung deficiency, chronic cough, cough and asthma, hemoptysis, lung flaccidity and aphonia. Take this product 1-3g, and take it with water instead of tea, which has the effect of moistening the throat and beautifying the voice. It is often drunk by operas and singers and is beneficial to voice health care. American ginseng is also a good product for sports and health care. People who are tired, thirsty and sweating after intense activities can take it.
When in use, it can be ground into fine powder, and taken with 1- 1.5g each time with warm boiled water. It can also be decocted with water alone, each dose1.5-3g; Preserve against corrosion and moth during storage. It can be sealed after drying or stored in a cool and dry place.
This product should not be used with veratrum nigrum, and it is not suitable for people with deficiency and cold.
④ codonopsis pilosula
Codonopsis pilosula is the root of codonopsis pilosula, a perennial herb of lemon family, and ginseng from Shanxi is the best. Contains inulin, alkaloids, saponins, vitamin B 1, B2 and other ingredients, which can excite the central nervous system, refresh the spirit, eliminate fatigue, increase red blood cells and hemoglobin, and enhance immunity; In addition, it can aggravate the cytopenia caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
This product is mild and sweet, and has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi, promoting fluid production and nourishing blood. It is often used for thirst caused by qi deficiency, fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitation, eating less loose stool, gas injury and body fluid injury. Deficiency of both qi and blood. Symptoms such as yellow and dizziness, as well as weakness and malnutrition after illness.
If soaked in wine, chop Codonopsis pilosula, soak in 1 kg rice wine or Chinese liquor, take it after 1 month, 2-3 tablespoons each time, 1 day, and take it three times;
Decoct with water, 9- 15g each time, and take orally.
This product has anti-veratrum effect, so it is not suitable for combination.
⑤ Radix Pseudostellariae
Pseudostellaria heterophylla is a perennial herb of Dianthus, which is a tonic, containing fructose, starch, saponins, amino acids and vitamins, and has a strong effect and can improve the immune function of the body.
Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, and has the functions of tonifying lung and spleen, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, which can be used for people with weak temper to eat less and make children tired and thin; Cough due to lung deficiency, spontaneous sweating and palpitation, lack of body fluid and thirst, and deficiency of both qi and yin after illness.
Dosage: 9-30g each time. To prevent mildew, it should be placed in a dry and ventilated place or sealed after drying.
⑥ Atractylodes macrocephala
Atractylodes macrocephala is the rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala, a perennial herb with chrysanthemum roots. Atractylodes macrocephala produced in Zhejiang is the best, and it is the main medicine for invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. It contains volatile oil, mainly atractyl alcohol and atractylone, and vitamin A substances, and has the functions of protecting liver, lowering blood sugar and strengthening physical strength. It can promote the secretion of gastrointestinal fluid, enhance digestive function, have obvious and lasting diuretic effect and increase the function of blood cells.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is warm, sweet and bitter, and has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, stopping sweating and preventing miscarriage, and is used for eating less loose stool, being weak in temper, being tired and spontaneous sweating; Spleen deficiency, excessive phlegm and dampness, edema; Pregnancy with spleen deficiency, qi deficiency, restless fetal qi and swollen feet.
Dosage: 5- 15g. It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, internal heat, loss of body fluid, bare tongue coating and dry lips.
⑦ licorice
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is the root and rhizome of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, a perennial herbaceous plant in Leguminosae. It is characterized by heavy weight, thin skin and tight furrow, yellow-white cross section, rich powder, sweet taste and little chewing fiber. It contains glycyrrhizin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin and so on. Animal experiments have proved that liquiritigenin has adrenocortical hormone-like effects and anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects. In addition, it also has antitussive, analgesic and anticonvulsant effects.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and harmonizing middle energizer, relieving acute pain, moistening lung and relieving cough, detoxicating and harmonizing various drugs, and is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, epigastric pain, cough, palpitation, sores and swelling, poisoning and other symptoms.
Dosage: 1.5-9g, not suitable to be used with Euphorbia, Daphne genkwa, Kansui and seaweed.
A coconut for invigorating qi is 1. Peel and shell the coconut, take the white pulp, cut it into small pieces and eat it, and count it each time.
Coconut meat, another name for coconut milk, is the endosperm of palm coconuts, which is white in color and chewy like meat. It tastes sweet, "benefiting qi and expelling wind, eating without hunger, makes people feel good" (Compendium of Materia Medica).
The oil content of coconut pulp is 60%-65%, and the fatty acids in the oil are mostly saturated fatty acids, with little oleic acid and linoleic acid. This is very different from ordinary vegetable oil. Although saturated fatty acids have some shortcomings, they are also nutrients needed by human body. In order to maintain a good health level, nutritionists suggest that saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids each account for 1/3, that is, it is more appropriate to maintain the ratio of1:1. In addition, coconut meat also contains some protein, sucrose and glucose, which is also good for skin bodybuilding.
The elderly, hyperlipidemia, obesity patients with caution.
200 grams of soybean milk and 59 grams of japonica rice; The right amount of sugar. Add water to soybean milk and cook with rice to make porridge, or cook porridge with japonica rice as usual, add soybean milk when cooked, continue to cook until the porridge is finished, and season with white sugar twice a day.
This prescription can tonify deficiency, make people fat and healthy, and is suitable for the weak and sick.
Buqi Fang Sanxian Mulberry 1000g, glutinous rice 500g. Clean and mash fresh mulberry (or decoct 300g of dried mulberry juice to remove residue), then cook the medicinal juice with glutinous rice to make dried glutinous rice, cool, add a proper amount of distiller's yeast, stir evenly, and ferment into fermented wine. Eat with meals every day.
Pork tenderloin, 50 grams of japonica rice, pepper, salt, fennel and sesame oil. Wash tenderloin, chop it into minced meat, add salt, pepper, fennel and sesame oil and mix well. Cook porridge with japonica rice, add the above raw materials when the porridge is cooked, and cook until the meat is cooked and rotten; Twice a day.
Dietary plan for enriching blood and nourishing blood [1]
China is one of the countries with high incidence of iron deficiency anemia in the world, with the incidence rate of 15% ~ 20%, among which the anemia rate of women and children is as high as 20%, which seriously threatens women's health. Anemia belongs to the category of deficiency syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine. Deficiency syndrome usually includes blood deficiency, qi deficiency, yin deficiency and yang deficiency. Patients can choose appropriate dietotherapy methods for treatment according to their own conditions:
1, longan meat 15g, 3-5 red dates, and japonica rice 100g. Cook porridge together and serve it warm.
Efficacy: nourishing the heart and strengthening the spleen, nourishing and strengthening.
2. 2 kg of fresh sheep bone (1000g) and 200g of japonica rice. Wash and crush sheep bones, add water to make soup, remove residues, and add japonica rice to make porridge. When eating, a proper amount of rice is mixed with warm clothes. 10- 15 days is a course of treatment.
Efficacy: tonify kidney and strengthen bone.
3. Glutinous rice 100g, coix seed 50g, jujube 15g. Cook porridge together. Add the right amount of sugar when eating.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and enriching blood.
4. 60 grams of Polygonum Multiflori Radix, 3-5 red dates, and 0/00 gram of japonica rice/kloc. First, decoct Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. to get thick juice, remove residues, add red dates and japonica rice to cook porridge, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, and cook for one or two times. Hot and warm clothes. Shouwu avoids iron, and it takes several pots or enamel pots to cook soup and porridge.
Efficacy: tonify liver and kidney, nourish blood and regulate deficiency.
5, 2 eggs, take the yolk and break it up, boil it with a little salt, cook it in the yolk, and drink it twice a day.
Efficacy: iron supplement, suitable for iron deficiency anemia.
When slimming has become the theme of urban life, another nutritional deficiency has captured the youngest member of modern families at an incredible speed, which is iron deficiency anemia.
6, pig liver 150 grams, spinach in moderation. Wash and slice pork liver, add starch, salt, soy sauce and monosodium glutamate, stir-fry with blanched spinach in an oil pan, or wash and slice pork liver 50g, cook in boiling water until nearly cooked, add spinach, add rice, eat liver, eat vegetables and drink soup.
Efficacy: Iron supplementation is suitable for children with iron deficiency anemia to eat a "blood-nourishing dish".