Staying up late, sedentary, blowing air conditioning …… modern people have a lot of minor problems at all:.
Obviously rest on time, but always feel weak limbs.
walking for ten minutes, and in a short while they are out of breath.
cold hands and feet all year round, and even the fear of cold.
Talking breathlessly and sweating a lot.
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Modern people “ten people have nine deficiency”, these minor problems, often related to “deficiency”.
There are four kinds of deficiencies, namely, Qi deficiency, blood deficiency, Yang deficiency, Yin deficiency, which correspond to our five organs, such as kidney deficiency, spleen and stomach deficiency.
So, which kind of deficiency do you belong to? How should you take care of it? Let’s find out!
Qi deficiency: easy fatigue
Qi deficiency tends to make us lose energy in our work and study, and we feel weak in everything we do.
Qi deficiency roughly includes three aspects of deficiency: kidney deficiency, spleen deficiency, lung deficiency.
Characteristics
①People with Qi deficiency usually speak little, do not like to talk, and feel tired even if they say two words more, and do not have enough Qi to speak.
②abdominal distension, poor digestion, intake of food easily causes abdominal distension, manifested by frequent hiccups, or even regurgitation and desire to vomit.
③Tongue with teeth marks and thick tongue coating are manifestations of qi deficiency, due to the inability to discharge dampness from the body in a timely manner.
④People with Qi deficiency are afraid of cold, moving around and catching cold and sneezing, especially children.
▶ Recommended – Yam barley and gravy porridge
【Ingredients】 Wash barley and gravy and soak them for 2 hours; wash rice and soak it in water for half an hour; peel and slice yam and set aside.
【Method】 Put barley and gravy into a pot, pour in water and bring to a boil over high heat; reduce the heat and cook for 30 minutes, then pour in rice and cook for 20 minutes over low heat; add yam to the pot and cook for 10 minutes.
▶ Recommended – Pigeon Soup with Western Ginseng and Wolfberry
【Ingredients】 Clean the pigeons and cut them into pieces; wash and cut the green onions; wash and peel the American ginseng and slice it.
【Method】 Heat water in a casserole until boiling, add pigeon, green onion, cooking wine and turn down the heat to stew for 1 hour and 30 minutes; then add American ginseng and wolfberry and stew for 20 minutes, add salt to taste.
Blood deficiency: malnutrition
Blood deficiency is a condition of loss of Yin and Blood within the organism, which usually occurs after blood loss and prolonged illness. To improve this condition, it is best to use treatments such as blood tonic and blood nourishment.
Characteristics
①Petechiae and petechiae tend to appear on the edge and tip of the tongue.
②The constant feeling of dizziness and dizziness and dryness of the eyes are due to the deficiency of Liver Blood.
③Lips and eyes are dull in color, face is pale and obscure, and nails are pale white.
④Dry skin, red or cyan blood easily appears on the skin surface, and bruises when the skin is touched.
⑤Easy to have palpitations and chest tightness during the day, forgetfulness, insomnia and poor sleep quality at night.
▶ Recommended – Chicken soup with cinnamon and angelica
20 grams of cinnamon meat, 15 grams of angelica, 500 grams of chicken; stew the chicken until half-cooked, then add cinnamon meat and angelica, stew with the chicken and take.
▶ Recommended – Panax Ginseng Pork Rib Stew
Soak panax pseudoginseng in cold water for half an hour and then wash it, knock it into the size of broad beans and wrap it in gauze; add water, ribs, panax pseudoginseng and a pinch of salt to a pot and stew it for 1~2 hours over moderate heat for consumption.
Yang deficiency: cold pain in the waist and knees
People with Yang deficiency have a poorer ability to resist wind and cold, and are more afraid of cold than others.
Frequent consumption of cold food, excessive sexual life and increasing age can also lead to Yang deficiency. Yang deficiency is usually manifested in the spleen and kidneys, and symptoms such as cold pain in the waist and knees can occur.
Characteristics
①Men are prone to impotence, premature ejaculation and decreased libido.
②Females have reduced menstruation, depression, and discomfort of uterine cold.
③Fear of cold and wind, cold hands and feet, easy to have diarrhea when eating cold food or blowing cold wind.
④The tongue is enlarged and appears pale white, the face is pale and the body is thin.
⑤ When exercising, it is easy to have heartburn and shortness of breath.
▶ Recommended – Stewed Old Duck with Cordyceps
After the duck is treated clean, put it into boiling water for a while and fish it out and set aside; put the washed walnuts and chestnuts into the duck’s belly.
Add the prepared duck into the pot, then add water, yellow wine, water and ginger, stew and steam for 2 hours in water, and finally add salt.
▶ Recommended – Angelica Lamb Soup
De-stink and slice the lamb, slice the ginger and cut the scallions; put the lamb slices, ginger, scallions and angelica together in a pot, add the right amount of water, add salt and mix well, and boil for 2~3 hours.
Then fish out the angelica, ginger and green onion from the soup, leaving the lamb slices, continue to boil, add water and flour for stirring, and cook the flour paste.
Yin deficiency: fire and dry heat
Yin deficiency, also known as yin deficiency fire, is a dry heat caused by deficiency fire in the body, most commonly lung yin deficiency and kidney yin deficiency.
People with Yin deficiency should eat less food with fire, drink more water, get enough sleep, and maintain emotional stability.
Characteristics
①Dry mouth and throat, always wanting to drink water, preferring to eat foods on fire, resulting in a sore throat.
②Yellow urine, constipation and poor bowel movement.
③Fear of heat, hot palms and feet, sweating a lot, and especially love to drink cold drinks.
④Great temper, irritable, easily get angry at the slightest thing.
⑤ Red tongue with little moss, tongue with little fluid, flushed face, skin loves to grow acne.
▶ Recommended – Lily and silver fungus porridge
Wash the silver fungus, put it into a pot with rice and lily, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook it on a gentle fire until the porridge is cooked, then add rock sugar to taste.
▶ Recommended – Peach gum and purple potato lily soup
Soak peach gum in water overnight, remove impurities, wash and set aside. Boil water in a pot, pour in brown sugar after the water boils, pour in purple potatoes and lilies when the water is boiling, stew for 10 minutes on medium heat; after the purple potatoes become soft, put in the soaked peach gum and cook for 3 minutes on high heat.