How to recuperate the deficiency of qi and blood in summer

At the arrival of summer solstice, we should not only conform to the general principles of summer health preservation: nourishing yang, nourishing heart and growing up, but also pay special attention to nourishing qi and blood to meet the needs of nourishing the five internal organs. Therefore, in the traditional dietary customs, there is a saying that dog meat is eaten from summer to Sunday. There is a folk saying in China that "dogs have no way to go from summer to day", which means that many dogs will be killed and eat meat from summer to day, and there is no way to go. In foreign countries, such as North Korea, the custom of eating dog meat in summer solstice still remains.

But is this statement in line with the summer diet? Is it good for us?

First of all, according to the principle of keeping in good health, let's take a look at the weather from summer solstice. The weather is generally high from summer to Sunday, "but it is not hot from summer to Sunday" and "three years old from summer to Sunday" The solstice of summer is a sign that hot summer has arrived. At this time, due to the high temperature weather, the digestive function of the human spleen and stomach is relatively weak, and the diet should be light. Mainly foods that clear away heat, relieve summer heat, invigorate qi and spleen, promote fluid production and quench thirst. For example, eat more whole grain porridge to lower your body temperature, such as mung bean porridge, lotus seed and barley porridge, rather than hot food. Eating hot food at this time is not only not conducive to strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, but also conducive to digestion, and it is easier to help heat and generate wind and stimulate. Dog meat is only a famous warm and dry thing in the world. In this hot summer solstice, eating dog meat is undoubtedly not only harmful to our health, but also harmful, not to mention preserving and maintaining our health.

It is easier to help heat generate wind and stimulate the disease of boils. Dog meat is only a famous warm and dry thing in the world. In this hot summer solstice, eating dog meat is undoubtedly not only harmful to our health, but also harmful, not to mention preserving and maintaining our health. Moreover, from an epidemiological point of view, both domestic dogs and stray dogs are likely to carry rabies, Toxoplasma gondii, leptospirosis and other viruses. These viruses have strong resistance to high temperature and are difficult to kill in hot pot. People who eat such dog meat are easily infected with rabies and trichinosis. Trichinella spiralis is an adult Trichinella spiralis parasitic in the intestines of dogs and other hosts, and its larvae are parasitic in the muscles of dogs and other hosts. Trichinella spiralis is a natural focus parasitic disease, which causes zoonosis. According to the data, the disease is distributed all over the world, among which trichinosis in pigs is widespread in China, and trichinosis in dogs is the highest in the three northeastern provinces, which is related to the custom that northeast people like to eat dog meat. People who eat pork or dog meat with live Trichinella spiralis can be infected with this disease, and even lead to death, which brings physical and mental pain and harm to patients, their families and society. According to legend, the saying of killing dogs from summer to the sun came from the Warring States period. Shortly after Qin Degong ascended the throne in the Warring States Period, in the second year, in the State of Qin, the hot summer and rainy June provided opportunities for the spread of the virus. As a result, various plagues became popular. Qin Degong thought that dogs could ward off evil spirits, so he ordered him to kill dogs to ward off evil spirits, and later formed the custom of eating dog meat from summer to day. Now it seems that this has nothing to do with complement adaptation.

Deficiency of both qi and blood is what Chinese medicine calls qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Deficiency of qi and blood will lead to the decline of viscera function and lead to premature aging. Qi deficiency refers to the decline of visceral function and poor disease resistance. The symptoms of qi deficiency are chills, spontaneous sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, listlessness, fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath and dysplasia. Blood is a red liquid flowing in meridians. The popular saying of blood deficiency refers to less blood. The symptoms of blood deficiency are sallow complexion, dry skin, withered hair, cracked nails, blurred vision, numbness of hands and feet, insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness, palpitation and trance. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi can promote blood circulation, blood can carry qi, and qi and blood coexist. Qi deficiency means less blood, and less blood means qi deficiency, so TCM is generally deficient in both qi and blood (or both qi and blood deficiency). As the saying goes, medicine tonic is not as good as food tonic, and it is best to use food tonic for deficiency of both qi and blood, but food tonic is expensive to persevere. Of course, you can also go to see a Chinese doctor and take some Chinese patent medicine or soup to recuperate, which may be more effective. Here are some simple and common dietary remedies for you. You can pay more attention to conditioning in your diet. Stewed trotters with angelica Ingredients: two trotters, 50g of angelica, onion, ginger, cooking wine, pepper and salt. Method: Wash pig's trotters, cut them into large pieces, blanch them in boiling water for two minutes, remove the fishy smell and take them out. Then add water to the pot, cook the trotters, add appropriate amount of angelica and seasoning, boil with strong fire, and then cook with slow fire until the trotters are cooked. Steamed ginseng chicken soup raw materials: ginseng 15g, hen 1g, ham 10g, water-borne magnolia slices 10g, water-borne mushrooms 15g, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, ginger and chicken soup. Production: after the hen is slaughtered, it is depilated and cleaned, scalded in boiling water pot and rinsed with cold water; Sliced ham, sliced magnolia, mushrooms, onions, ginger; Blanch ginseng with boiling water, steam in a cage for 30 minutes, and take it out; Cleaning hens, putting them in a pot, adding ginseng, ham, magnolia slices, mushrooms, onions, ginger, refined salt, cooking wine and monosodium glutamate, adding chicken soup (submerged chicken), putting them in a cage, and steaming them over high fire until they are cooked; Put the steamed chicken in a big bowl, chop up the ginseng, put it on the chicken with turkey legs, magnolia slices and mushrooms, pour the steamed chicken soup into a spoon, boil it, skim off the foam, adjust the flavor and pour it on the chicken. Raw materials of Guishen yam pork loin: angelica 10g, dangshen 10g, yam 10g, pork loin 500g, soy sauce, vinegar, shredded ginger, minced garlic and sesame oil. Production: cut the pork tenderloin, remove the fascia glands, wash it and put it in aluminum pot; Putting Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Codonopsis and Rhizoma Dioscoreae into a gauze bag, sealing the mouth, and putting into aluminum pot; Aluminum pot, add appropriate amount of water, stew pork tenderloin until it is cooked, take out pork tenderloin, let it cool, cut it into thin slices, and plate it; Mix soy sauce, vinegar, shredded ginger, minced garlic and sesame oil with pork tenderloin slices and serve. Ingredients of spiced beef: 2500g of beef, 90g of salt, 24g of sugar, 60g of red soy sauce, 2 slices of ginger, 3 onions, appropriate amount of cooking wine, fennel, cinnamon and Redmi juice. Production: select the whole lean meat at the elbow of cattle, cut it straight according to the muscle fiber with a knife, cut it into pieces of about 500 grams, and then poke the rows of knife holes with the root of the knife and poke around. Sprinkle a little salt on the chopping board, rub the meat on it repeatedly until the salt particles dissolve (commonly known as sweating), then marinate it in a jar for 3 ~ 4 days (one day in summer) and turn it over several times until the meat is red and hard. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, bring it to a boil (with more water), add the meat, turn it up and down a few times, take it out and scrub it clean; Put a pot mat on the bottom of the pot, put the beef pieces on the pot mat, add fennel, cinnamon, onion, ginger, cooking wine, sugar, soy sauce and Redmi juice, and boil over high fire. When the beef turns red, add the white soup to drown the beef, add the appropriate amount of salt, season it, cover it and boil it, then simmer for about 2 hours, and take it out when the chopsticks can poke into the beef. Litchi meat raw materials: 300g pork leg, fresh litchi meat (clean)100g, 2 eggs and albumen, 25g starch, 60g sugar, 30g white vinegar, edible red pigment drops, proper amount of refined salt, proper amount of cooking wine, and vegetable oil1000g (actual dosage is 50g). Production: Cut the pork leg into 2 pieces, break it loose with the back of a knife, then cut it into square pieces (24 pieces), add salt, a little edible red pigment, egg white and water starch 15g, and mix well for later use. Cut fresh litchi meat into two halves; Put vegetable oil in a hot pan. When the oil is 60% to 70% hot, fry the pork leg pieces in the oil pan until they are cooked inside and crispy outside, and take them out. Pour oil into the pan, add cooking wine, water 100g, white sugar, white vinegar, refined salt and water starch, add fried meat and fresh litchi meat, stir well, add a little cooked oil, and take off the pan. The raw materials of roasted trotters with candied dates are trotters 1000g, peanuts 100g (with skin), 40 Chinese dates, 25g cooking wine, 60g soy sauce, 30g sugar, 20g onion, ginger 10g, monosodium glutamate, pepper and a little star anise. Production: put peanuts and jujubes in a bowl, wash them with clear water and soak them; Wash pig's trotters, cook for four times, take out and mix well with soy sauce; Put the oil in the pan, heat it to 70%, fry the trotters until golden brown, take them out, put them in a wok, add water, add the prepared peanuts, dates and seasonings at the same time, boil them and stew them on low heat. Raw materials of dried fish skin: dried fish skin 300g, fresh shrimp 100g, cooked ham 10g, egg white, cooking wine, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, ginger juice, water starch, cooked lard and chicken soup. Production: cut the fish skin into pieces with a length of 6 cm and a width of 3 cm, put it in a boiling water pot for welding, remove the fishy smell and take it out; Clean the fresh shrimp, put it in a bowl, add refined salt and egg white, stir with bamboo chopsticks in the same direction until it becomes thick, add essence and a small amount of water starch, and stand for 2-3 hours to make it float completely; Heat the wok, add the cooked lard, when it is 40% hot, pour the shrimp into the wok, cut it open with chopsticks, pour it into a colander to drain the oil, and put it into a bowl for later use; Leave the oil in the pan and fry the onion until it is fragrant. Add wine, ginger juice and chicken soup. After brushing the soup, remove the onion, pour the fish skin into the pot, add salt and mix well When the soup is boiling, add monosodium glutamate, put it in a bowl, sprinkle with shrimp, pour with chicken oil and sprinkle with shredded ham. Ingredients of Angelica, Astragalus and Black-bone Chicken Soup: 250g of Black-bone Chicken, 0/5g of Angelica/kloc, 20g of Astragalus. Production: Wash black-bone chicken, cut into pieces, wash Angelica sinensis and Astragalus membranaceus, put them together in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and cook with slow fire. Eat with seasoning. Efficacy: tonify qi and blood, strengthen kidney and regulate essence. It is suitable for menstrual diseases such as deficiency of both qi and blood, kidney deficiency, etc., with symptoms such as inaccurate menstruation, less menstrual flow, pale color, fatigue, shortness of breath, dreaminess, insomnia, dizziness, backache and pale complexion.