Chinese medicine says, "Yang is nourished in spring and summer, and Yin is nourished in autumn and winter". It can be seen that autumn is a season that needs to supplement the body with nutrition. Of course, supplementing the body does not mean casually supplementing, it must be reasonable.
There are four kinds of foods called "four famous supplements", which we can eat in autumn to nourish our bodies.
Let's talk about which four kinds of food are these "four famous supplements"!
They are four kinds of food: lotus seeds, euryales, chestnuts and peanuts. Next, let's learn about these four foods.
lotus seed
Speaking of lotus seeds, there should be no one who doesn't know. I still remember eating the buds in lotus seeds when I was a child, and it was very miserable after eating them. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Lotus is sweet in taste, astringent in temperature and fragrant, and it is the fruit of the spleen." Through this, we can know that eating lotus seeds in autumn has the effects of invigorating spleen and kidney, stopping diarrhea and solidifying essence.
Eating lotus seeds also helps to relieve symptoms such as insomnia. If you have lung diseases such as recessive cough, eating lotus seeds can tonify the kidney, thus enhancing immunity and moistening and nourishing the lungs.
According to Bian Xiao, lotus seeds are divided into red lotus and white lotus, and their different colors determine their different effects. White lotus seeds taste fragrant and glutinous, and have a good spleen strengthening effect; Red lotus seed tastes hard and has good effect of tonifying kidney and blood.
In addition to the production methods such as tremella lotus seed soup, lotus seed core can also be soaked in water to clear away heat and detoxify. If you solidify your kidney first, you can use lotus seeds to soak in wine, and the effect is more obvious.
Gorgon fruit
Gordon Euryale is a dry and mature seed kernel of Gordon Euryale, also known as "chicken head", "chicken head fruit" and "chicken head rice". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Euryale ferox has the effects of tonifying kidney, fixing essence, eliminating dampness, stopping leukorrhagia, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea. Studies have shown that Euryale ferox has a better dampness-removing effect than adzuki bean, a better kidney-tonifying effect than yam, and a better nourishing effect than lotus seed.
It is said that there is a description of eating Euryale ferox in the health book left by Su Dongpo, an ancient writer.
Fresh Euryale ferox and dried Euryale ferox can be eaten directly after soaking in water. Of course, it is better to cook porridge with lotus seeds and other things. In addition, Euryale ferox has the effect of beauty and health care, so the majority of girls can consider taking Euryale ferox porridge regularly.
chestnut
Chestnuts have been regarded as treasures since ancient times and are known as the "king of dried fruits". Now walking on the roadside, you can often see sugar-fried chestnuts, and you can't help but buy a big bag and go back to solve them one by one, but it's a little hard to peel them. As a popular snack in autumn and winter, chestnuts are rich in nutrients such as protein, sugar and multivitamins. Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts are sweet and warm, and have the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening tendons, nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen.
There are many ways to make chestnuts. Common ones are fried chestnuts with sugar and boiled chestnuts. Of course, chestnuts can be eaten raw If eaten raw, the effect of tonifying kidney is excellent. However, it should be noted that although chestnuts are good, don't be greedy and don't exceed 10 a day, otherwise the effect of our body tonic will be counterproductive.
peanut
Peanut has the reputation of "longevity fruit". "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Peanut likes the spleen and stomach, moistens the lungs and eliminates phlegm, tonifies qi and nourishes yin, clears throat and relieves itching", which has obvious curative effect on people with less appetite, weak body, spleen deficiency and emaciation, and dry cough and less phlegm. What many people don't know is that peanut coat has better effect of invigorating qi and stopping bleeding. Small peanuts can be used to cook porridge to achieve the effect of enriching blood; Big peanuts can be used to make peanut butter. It is worth mentioning that soaking peanut kernels in vinegar has antihypertensive effect. People with high blood pressure can be jealous and soak peanuts every day, which helps to lower blood pressure.
At this point, the "four famous supplements" have been introduced. I think the best way to eat these foods is to cook porridge. Drinking a bowl of nutrition porridge every morning is good for your health.