The efficacy and function of rose porridge

1. It can promote qi and blood circulation, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. It is used for leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, etc.

2. This medicinal diet is red and white, sweet and sour, and has an attractive color and flavor. It is a popular health-care medicinal diet.

Food incompatibility:

Japonica rice: Tang Dynasty Meng Shen said: "Japonica rice cannot be eaten with horse meat, as it will cause tumors. It cannot be eaten with Xanthium sibiricum, as it will cause sudden heart pain."

Wang Yuying of the Qing Dynasty: "Although fried rice is fragrant, it is dry and helps to stimulate fire. People who are not suffering from cold and diarrhea should avoid it." The beauty benefits of roses on Valentine's Day

Introduction: Today is Valentine's Day in the West. Lovers send each other chocolates and roses on this day to express their love. But do you know that the "protagonist" of Valentine's Day - roses, is actually a good product for women's beauty and skin care? Let's take a look at the wonderful uses of this beautiful rose.

Roses for Valentine's Day

As we all know, roses represent love and are the best gift for women on Valentine's Day. If you observe carefully, you will find that tea shops often sell dried roses with bright colors. In fact, beautiful roses are indeed a good food that can be used as both medicine and food.

The efficacy of roses

Rose, also known as wandering flower and thorny rose, is a deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family. Its flowers are purple and fragrant. Rose is cold-resistant and heat-resistant, and its buds are tender and moist. It is mild in nature, beautiful in shape, tender in color, elegant and charming in fragrance, and sweet and soft. Rose contains 18 kinds of amino acids and trace elements needed by the human body. It can relieve emotions, eliminate fatigue, balance endocrine, replenish qi and blood, and beautify the skin. It has a conditioning effect on the liver and stomach. Drinking rose tea regularly can remove dark spots on the skin, make the skin white and tender, and also help promote metabolism. It has a good effect on women's dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation.

Precautions for drinking rose tea

The specific method of making rose tea is: drink 15 grams of rose water every day. Those with qi deficiency can add 3 to 5 dates or 9 grams of American ginseng; those with kidney deficiency can add 15 grams of wolfberry.

When soaking roses, you can add rock sugar or honey according to your personal taste to reduce the astringency of roses. It should be noted that it is best not to soak roses with tea. Because tea contains a lot of tannic acid, it will affect the effect of roses in soothing the liver and relieving depression. In addition, since roses have a strong effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, people with excessive menstrual flow should not drink them during menstruation. The roses sold in general flower shops have a lot of pesticides and must not be drunk or used externally. If you are restricted by the environment and cannot grow them yourself, you can choose dried roses for rose tea sold on the market.

Rose flower medicinal tips

Rose water: Take a spoonful of dried roses and put them in a basin of hot water to soak. Wrap a large towel around your face and steam it. It has beauty benefits.

Rose bath salt: Take distilled water, appropriate amount of rose petals, 2 grams of red beauty clay, 200 grams of coarse salt, and 10 grams of oats. Crush the dried rose petals and coarse salt first, put them in a sealed container, put in the clay and oats, tighten the bottle cap and shake vigorously, add appropriate amount of rose essential oil, cover the bottle cap and shake well, seal it and place it in a cool and ventilated place, and it can be used after one month. This recipe has the effect of removing skin dead skin.

Rose lip cream: Take a few drops of rose and geranium essential oils, 13 ml of sweet almond oil, 2 grams of beeswax, a few drops of propolis, and 1 vitamin E. First, put the beeswax in a container and heat it directly over low heat to dissolve it, then add other ingredients and stir gently to evenly, let it cool, and then put it into a clean container. It has the effect of moisturizing and protecting lips.

Rose vinegar: Take 5-6 dried roses and 300 ml white vinegar. Wash and dry two branches of fresh rosemary, bottle and place in a cool and ventilated place. Shake gently once a day to mix the fragrance evenly. Take out the ingredients after 3-4 weeks. The storage period is about half a year. It can be used as a substitute for edible vinegar and used for seasoning salads and dishes.