Eating tonic food actually makes you gain fat! Wu Mingzhu: Eat this way to replenish qi and blood for the four major body types

When taking supplements in winter, be careful not to gain weight! Why do some people fail to maintain their health through taking supplements and instead gain a lot of fat on their bodies? Is it too much? Some people develop a bunch of symptoms after taking supplements, including: constipation, pharyngitis, diarrhea, bad breath, acne on the face, dry mouth, and even insomnia at night? What went wrong? Chinese medicine practitioners said that you should first identify your own physical constitution before you know what to eat to replenish your energy? Or to replenish blood? Avoid patching up a bigger hole!

Metabolism declines, spleen and stomach disorders, eating too much greasy food can easily lead to obesity

If the tonic is not suitable for you or you have some illness, you may become fatter. Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu said that long-term improper diet will damage the function of the spleen and stomach. In addition, the body's functions gradually decline after middle age, the metabolic function gradually decreases, and the spleen and stomach function becomes abnormal, which can easily lead to obesity due to eating the wrong food or eating too much greasy food.

According to TCM theory, in order to avoid a lot of problems from taking tonic foods, you must first understand your own physical constitution, and then choose appropriate tonic ingredients and medicated foods based on your physical constitution. Generally, it can be divided into: Qi deficiency constitution, blood deficiency constitution, Yang deficiency constitution and Yin deficiency constitution:

★【Qi deficiency constitution】:

The physical condition of people with Qi deficiency is often manifested by fatigue, pale complexion, low and timid voice, frequent spontaneous sweating, especially when moving, palpitations, poor appetite, pale tongue with white coating, weak pulse. If they are sick, the symptoms will worsen, and they may be accompanied by shortness of breath, laziness to speak, cough and wheezing; or poor appetite, abdominal distension, loose stools; or prolapse of the anus or uterus; or palpitations, mental fatigue; or soreness of the waist and knees, frequent urination, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation in men, and clear and thin leucorrhea in women. Generally, the tongue is fat, has teeth marks on the edges, is pale with white coating, and has a weak pulse.

Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu recommends that people with qi deficiency should eat more qi-replenishing foods. Foods suitable for people with qi deficiency are generally bland, sweet or dry and warm, nutritious and easy to digest. The basic principle of conditioning is to replenish and nourish Qi, because the lungs control the Qi of the whole body, the kidneys store the original Qi, and the spleen and stomach are the "source of Qi generation and transformation", so the spleen, stomach, lungs, and kidneys should all be warmed and nourished. It is necessary to slowly adjust and replenish the body, and not to take it too quickly. People with qi deficiency should avoid eating things that damage or consume qi, raw and cold foods, greasy and heavy foods, and spicy foods such as white radish, fruits, and cabbage. People with Qi deficiency are more sensitive to the coldness and heat of food. They should eat mild or warm ingredients or Chinese medicines that have a tonic effect. Food that is too cold or too warm is not good for people with Qi deficiency. Too cold food can damage the spleen and stomach, while food that is too spicy can cause inflammation.

People with qi deficiency are advised to eat qi-replenishing foods, such as millet, yam, white lentils, red dates, longan meat, lotus seeds, tofu, etc. People who usually suffer from qi deficiency should take Jinkui Shudi Pills regularly. If the spleen is weak, you can choose Sijunzi Decoction or Shenling Baizhu San; if the lung qi is weak, it is appropriate to choose Bufei Decoction; if the kidney qi is weak, take more Shenqi Pills.

【Pork Ribs Soup with Lotus Seed, Lily and Euryale】:

Ingredients: 300 grams of spare ribs, 1 liang of lotus seeds, 8 qian of lily, 5 qian of water chestnut, 5 candied dates, 5 slices of ginger, 1500CC of water.

practice:

1. Wash lotus seeds, water chestnuts, lilies and candied dates.

2. Wash the ribs, cut them into pieces, and blanch them in boiling water with ginger slices to remove the blood.

3. Bring water to a boil, add all ingredients, cook over high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours, add seasoning and serve.

Efficacy: It can strengthen the stomach and spleen, nourish the lungs, promote dampness and strengthen the middle, and is suitable for people with spleen deficiency.

★【Blood deficiency constitution】:

People with blood deficiency often have sallow and pale complexion, pale lips and nails, dizziness and fatigue, blurred vision and palpitations, insomnia, dry stool, delayed menstruation in women, scanty and light-colored menstruation, pale tongue, slippery and dry tongue coating, and weak pulse. It is advisable to use the method of replenishing blood, nourishing blood and producing blood. Blood-replenishing medicines can be selected from angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, rehmannia, mulberry fruit, etc. Foods that replenish blood deficiency include: black-bone chicken, black sesame, walnut meat, longan meat, chicken, pig blood, pig liver, brown sugar, red beans, etc. You can often choose to alternate:

【Danggui Blood-Replenishing Chicken Soup】:

Ingredients: 600 grams of black-bone chicken, 8 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 3 grams of ginger, 5 grams of longan, and 100 grams of yam.

Seasoning: 10 grams of green onion, 5 grams of ginger, 3 grams of salt, and 10CC of cooking wine.

practice:

1. Wash the black-bone chicken, blanch it in boiling water and take it out.

2. Rinse the angelica and codonopsis. Wash and slice the ginger. Wash and cut yam and green onion into sections.

3. Put the black chicken, angelica, codonopsis, longan, ginger slices, yam, scallion segments, and appropriate amount of salt and cooking wine into a steaming bowl, and stew in an electric rice cooker.

Efficacy: This medicinal food has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing the spleen and lungs, and replenishing blood and promoting body fluid. Contraindications: People with cold, diarrhea and sore throat should not use it.

★【Yang deficiency constitution】：

Yang deficiency constitution, also known as yang deficiency and fire decline, is a further development of Qi deficiency. The main manifestations of yang deficiency constitution, in addition to the manifestations of Qi deficiency, are fear of cold, cold limbs, preference for hot drinks, low body temperature, sore waist and weak legs, impotence and premature ejaculation, cold pain in the lower abdomen, fatigue, difficulty urinating, pale tongue, white tongue coating, and deep and thin pulse. Tonic should be used to replenish yang, benefit yang and warm yang. Drugs for replenishing yang deficiency include red ginseng, deer antler, eucommia, cordyceps, cinnamon, seahorse, etc.

Efficacy: Helps improve symptoms such as cold hands and feet, fear of cold, back pain, low sexual function, etc.

【Ginseng Chicken Soup】:

Ingredients: 2 chicken legs, 3 qian of red ginseng, 3 qian of cinnamon, 5 qian of poria cocos, 1.5 qian of licorice, 6 red dates, 5 qian of old ginger, 10CC of rice wine, and a little salt.

practice:

1. Rinse the Chinese medicinal materials with water first, and cut the chicken thighs into pieces for later use.

2. Bring a pot of boiling water to boil, blanch the chicken to remove the blood, then remove and set aside.

3. Prepare a pot of cold water, the amount of water should be enough to cover the ingredients, add Chinese medicinal materials, chicken and rice wine, and simmer on low heat for about 1 hour.

4.Finally, add a teaspoon of salt to season.

Efficacy: Tonifies Qi, dispels cold, nourishes blood and strengthens the spleen.

★【Yin deficiency constitution】：

Yin deficiency constitution is also known as Yin deficiency and excessive fire, commonly known as virtual fire. The main manifestations of Yin deficiency constitution are fear of heat, irritability, fire in the cheeks, dry mouth and sore throat, dry stool, short red or yellow urine, tongue with little saliva, heat in the five hearts (two palms, two soles of the feet and the top of the head), night sweats, back pain, nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea, red tongue, thin or bare tongue coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. It is advisable to use methods such as tonifying yin, nourishing yin, and nourishing yin. Medicines for replenishing yin deficiency can be selected from raw rehmannia, ophiopogon japonicus, polygonatum odoratum, pearl powder, tremella, cordyceps sinensis, dendrobium, tortoise shell, etc.

【Rock sugar wolfberry lotus seed red dates white fungus soup】:

Material:

20 grams of dried white fungus, 10 red dates, 5 cents of lotus seeds, 3 cents of wolfberry, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

practice:

1. Wash and soak the white fungus and lotus seeds for about 1 hour.

2. Wash the herbs, remove the roots of the Tremella, cut it into small pieces, put them all into the inner pot of the rice cooker, and pour in water to about 2cm higher than the raw materials.

3. Put a bowl of water in the outer pot and turn off the switch. After the switch pops up, lift the lid and sprinkle in the wolfberries, then cover with the lid and simmer in the residual heat before serving.

Description: Tremella, also known as white fungus and snow fungus, is rich in vitamin D and selenium, and is rich in gelatin. It has always been used as a tonic medicine with the effects of appetizing, strengthening the spleen, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. Tremella combined with red dates, lotus seeds and wolfberries can be made into soup, which is a nourishing tonic.

【Tip from Chinese medicine practitioners】:

If you don't know which of the above constitutions you belong to, you may wish to seek diagnosis from a professional Chinese medicine practitioner. We would like to remind you that the elderly, patients with chronic diseases, autoimmune diseases and metabolic syndrome (including: high uric acid, high blood lipids, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, etc.) are not suitable to buy Chinese medicine on their own for supplementation. Be careful not to maintain your health but instead cause a lot of problems.