3 Chinese medicine meals to help improve menopausal forgetfulness

Many women experience memory loss before and after menopause. Many people often forget other people's names, misplace things or can't find things. In severe cases, they will force themselves to check what they have done again for fear of missing or making mistakes. These symptoms often make female friends feel that "something is wrong with the brain" and "brain function is beginning to decline." Women who experience menopausal amnesia account for more than half of menopausal women. In fact, female friends can alleviate forgetfulness by taking some targeted dietary methods according to the syndrome type in their lives.

1. Deficiency of both heart and spleen <br/>Symptoms include forgetfulness and insomnia, frequent dreams and easy awakening, fatigue, lack of energy and laziness, dizziness, pale complexion, palpitations, poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools, etc. Treatment should focus on invigorating qi and strengthening spleen, nourishing heart and calming mind.
Tremella, soybean, red dates, quail egg custard: 15g Tremella, 100g soybean, 5 red dates, 6 quail eggs. Soak Tremella in water for 20 minutes, wash and tear into small pieces; shell the quail eggs after boiling. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, wash soybeans and red dates with water, put them into the pot with Tremella, simmer until cooked, add quail eggs before removing from the pot, cook for a while, and add a little salt or sugar to taste according to personal taste. Take once a day, and can be taken frequently.

2. Kidney essence deficiency <br/>Symptoms include forgetfulness, insomnia, dizziness, palpitations, tinnitus, blurred vision, listlessness, soreness of waist and knees, frequent urination at night or enuresis, etc. Treatment should focus on tonifying the kidney and activating blood circulation, benefiting the brain and calming the mind.
Walnut, wolfberry and hawthorn soup: Take 50g walnut kernels, 30g wolfberry, 30g hawthorn, 12g chrysanthemum, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the walnut kernels, grind them into juice, pour them into a porcelain basin, add water to dilute and mix well, and set aside. Wash the hawthorn and chrysanthemum, boil them twice in water, remove the residue and mix the juice. Pour the hawthorn and chrysanthemum juice into the pot together with the walnut kernel juice, add sugar and stir well, put it on the fire until it boils slightly, and drink it instead of tea.

3. Phlegm and blood stasis <br/>Symptoms include forgetfulness and insomnia, heavy head, headache with fixed pain, drowsiness, numbness and weakness in hands and feet, chest tightness and phlegm, nausea and vomiting, etc. Treatment should focus on promoting blood circulation and resolving phlegm, awakening the mind and opening the orifices.
Gastrodia elata, hawthorn, lotus leaf and bone soup: 15g Gastrodia elata, 15g hawthorn, half a lotus leaf, 500g bone. Wash and shred the hawthorn, wash and slice the Gastrodia elata, wash and tear the lotus leaf into thin strips, chop the bone into small pieces, put the above 4 ingredients into a casserole, simmer on low heat for 1-2 hours. When the meat is rotten and boneless, add appropriate amount of salt and MSG to taste and serve with meals. Take once a day, and can be taken regularly.

In addition, menopausal women should pay attention to conditioning, avoid fatigue and depression, maintain a cheerful and open-minded mood, and live a regular life; pay attention to reasonable arrangement of daily life, cultivate a variety of hobbies, be diligent, use the brain more, and often accept new information. If there are no contraindications, you should consciously eat more in terms of diet: ① Foods containing choline, such as fish, lean meat, eggs (especially egg yolks); ② Foods rich in lecithin, such as egg yolks, soy products, animal livers, etc.; ③ Alkaline foods, such as tofu, celery, lotus roots, and fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, such as cabbage, lettuce, apples, kiwis, etc.