Kidney essence is the basic substance for human growth, development, reproduction and life maintenance. If kidney essence is sufficient, the bones will be strong, the teeth will be firm, the hair will be black, the energy will be abundant, the mind will be agile, and the hearing and eyes will be sharp. Chinese medicine believes … Read more
Today, I want to introduce a good health food ingredient, Perilla leaf. It is called the pure Yang grass by the Chinese because it can enhance the body’s Yang. Perilla leaf is warm in nature and spicy in taste. It belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. It can dispel cold and relieve symptoms, relieve … Read more
Today’s recipe is pepper porridge. Although it is called porridge, it is actually a paste because there is no rice. Flour is also a staple food that can replenish qi and harmonize the five internal organs. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, pepper is hot and spicy. People living in cold and humid climates … Read more
Today’s recipe is sweet potato porridge. Sweet potatoes are a very common ingredient in China. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, sweet potatoes can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and the kidneys. Sweet potatoes are not only nutritious, but also promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation. Sweet potatoes and Japonica rice are cooked into porridge, which … Read more
Today’s recipe is Cornelian cherry porridge, which is made from Cornelian cherry and Japonica rice. This porridge can nourish the liver and kidneys, and is suitable for liver and kidney deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, backache, frequent urination, and excessive sweating. It is especially beneficial for people with backache and tinnitus caused by kidney deficiency. Cornelian cherry is sour … Read more
Today’s recipe is longan porridge, which comes from a health book from the Qing Dynasty. What are the effects of longan porridge? It can nourish the heart, calm the nerves, strengthen the spleen, and replenish blood. It is suitable for palpitations, panic, insomnia, forgetfulness, anemia, spleen deficiency diarrhea, edema, neurasthenia, spontaneous sweating and night sweats … Read more
The author of the medical book “On Cold Damage”, the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing, when he treated patients for some diseases, would ask them to drink porridge after taking medicine to help the medicine and speed up recovery. This porridge is the simplest white porridge. Today’s recipe is the simplest and most basic white porridge, … Read more
Chinese people have been eating porridge for thousands of years. In the famous Chinese medicine classic Treatise on Febrile Diseases, the author tells patients to eat porridge made of rice and water after taking Chinese medicine to help the medicine work and promote recovery. This shows the benefits of porridge to the body. Later, many … Read more
In traditional Chinese food culture, porridge is not only a common item on the table of ordinary people, but also a good food therapy product that has been passed down for thousands of years. It can not only fill the stomach, but also nourish the body. Especially for those who are physically weak, recovering from … Read more
Today’s food therapy recipe is Five-ingredient Spleen-benefiting powder , which comes from the Song Dynasty. It has a mild prescription and is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and sub-healthy people. It is also the breakfast recipe I always eat. Five-ingredient Spleen-benefiting powder is composed of yam, lotus seeds, Poria cocos, coix seeds, and … Read more
Hot rice soup with egg is called Zhuque soup, which is a traditional Chinese food therapy recipe. Two ingredients are used, one is the soup of cooking rice, and the other is eggs. Chinese people use glutinous rice to make porridge, and after it is cooked, a layer of film floats on it, which is called … Read more
In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the spleen and stomach are known as the “foundation of acquired nature”, which means the foundation for human survival and growth after birth. The spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation, and the stomach is responsible for reception. Together, they complete the digestion and absorption of food and provide the … Read more
In the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine，the spleen and stomach are revered as the foundation of acquired nature.Their status is like the fertile soil in agricultural civilization.They are both the source of life energy and the hub of the body’s operation in traditional Chinese medicine theory. Spleen and stomach does not only refer to … Read more
Food supplements are also an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. Modern people live a fast-paced life, and it is common for qi and blood to be depleted. Today’s recipe is Yuling Paste, which is simple and complex, and is especially suitable for sub-health conditioning. Yuling Paste,called 玉灵膏 Also known as a ginseng substitute paste, is … Read more
Anyone who has studied Traditional Chinese medicine knows that every food or herb has a nature and flavor, and also roughly understands how to regulate the health of the body with the ingredients on hand. Today’s orange peel boiled ginger water is a folk tradition in Guangdong and Guangxi, China, where people use it to relieve … Read more
Steamed oranges with salt is a traditional Chinese folk diet therapy. It is suitable for people with wind-heat attacking the lungs or dryness damaging the lungs, with the main symptoms of dry cough with little sputum, dry and itchy throat, yellow and sticky sputum. It also has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on irritating coughs left … Read more