Carrot and Spinach Porridge

I heard that carrot and spinach porridge can cure constipation. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

Carrot and Spinach Porridge

A famous TCM health expert said that spring corresponds to the liver, and the liver opens to the eyes. When liver fire is strong, people's eyes are most likely to react. Eye discomfort caused by liver fire in spring is mainly manifested as red, swollen and painful eyes and astringent eyes. Among them, red, swollen and painful eyes, accompanied by irritability, irritability, pain in the ribs, bitter mouth and dry stools, are mostly due to real fire, and people can drink cassia seed tea or wild chrysanthemum tea for conditioning; if the eyes are astringent, and there are symptoms such as fever in the soles of the feet and irritability, it is mostly due to virtual fire, and people can drink wolfberry or chrysanthemum soaked in water for conditioning.

Yang Li, a professor at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, said that the wind is dominant in spring, and the wind is connected to the liver. External wind induces internal wind, which can easily cause blood pressure fluctuations in patients. In addition, the liver is prone to excessive blood flow in spring, so high blood pressure is particularly obvious. In order to avoid high blood pressure in spring, people should try not to go out on windy days, avoid overwork, anger, anxiety and depression, and eat more green vegetables such as cucumbers.

There is an ulcer on the tip of the tongue. Lotus seeds can relieve heart fire.

Among the many symptoms of getting angry, oral ulcers are one of the most common symptoms. Zhang Yan, a professor at the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, warned that if the tip of the tongue is red, blistered or ulcerated, and there are symptoms such as irritability, dry mouth and dry stool, it should be considered that it is caused by heart fire. Mei Xiaofang suggested that the best dietary therapy to eliminate heart fire is to eat more bitter melon or drink 5-10 grams of lotus seed heart soaked in water.

In addition, some people have no serious pain or ulcers except red tongue tip after the beginning of spring, but are easily awakened from sleep and have hot hands and feet. This is a manifestation of heart deficiency fire. Such people should focus on nourishing. Mei Xiaofang suggested that 15 grams of sour jujube kernel, 10 grams of wolfberry and schisandra chinensis, boiled together in water and drink.

Eating kelp to treat swollen and painful gums can relieve stomach fire

Gum swelling and pain is a common problem in spring. Mei Xiaofang warned that in addition to gum swelling and pain, there are also symptoms such as oral ulcers, dry mouth and stool, and severe bad breath, which should be considered to be caused by stomach fire. To eliminate stomach fire, a relatively effective way is to cut the white stuff between the watermelon pulp and the watermelon rind into shreds and mix it with salt to eat. However, since it is not the best season to eat watermelon after the beginning of spring, people can try to eat more cold kelp or seaweed and other foods.

In addition, if you often feel dry mouth and bad breath in spring, and your stomach always feels like you are not full and has a dull pain, you should consider that it is caused by stomach deficiency fire. To eliminate stomach deficiency fire, people can eat more foods such as papaya or white fungus.

Introduction to Carrot Spinach Porridge

He Juan, a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, warned that a large number of people will experience constipation and dry skin in spring, which is also one of the typical symptoms of spring heat inflammation. Such people can drink some carrot and spinach porridge. The specific method is: take 1-2 carrots, 100 grams of polished rice, and an appropriate amount of spinach, cook them together until they are well-cooked, and serve with meals.

In addition, if the liver qi does not grow well in spring, it stagnates inside and turns into heat with the yang, which will easily lead to depression with phlegm heat and low mood as the main manifestations. Once such a situation occurs, you can drink Ganmai Hongzao Soup. The specific method is: take 15 grams of roasted licorice, 50 grams of Huai wheat, and 10 red dates, decoct in water and take.

Acupoints for clearing heat: Press Xingjian and Taichong points

Yang Li warned that Xingjian acupoint (located on the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second toes, at the junction of the red and white flesh behind the edge of the toe web) is a commonly used acupoint for purging heat by traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. For symptoms such as swelling of the ribs and bitter taste in the mouth caused by excessive liver fire, as well as toothache, oral ulcers, and nose bleeding caused by excessive heart fire, you can massage the Xingjian acupoint. Massage the left and right Xingjian acupoints for 3 minutes each. After the massage, you can also massage the Taichong acupoint, which is adjacent to the Xingjian acupoint, for a better heat-clearing effect.