Soup tonic herbs

According to the old sayings or the introduction in Chinese medicine books, making soup is a very nourishing food therapy. Nowadays, the health of most people is not in a good state, but if they take medicine, they need enough time to recuperate, which is obviously impossible now, but diet therapy can slowly regulate the damaged body. The following introduces some methods of adding medicinal ingredients when making soup, which is very suitable for people who need to regulate their bodies.

1. Huai yam: Huai yam is mild in nature and sweet in taste, and enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. It has health-preserving effects such as nourishing the spleen, nourishing the stomach, promoting body fluid, benefiting the lungs, nourishing the kidneys, and astringing the semen. Regular consumption of yam soup can improve hormone imbalance, enhance disease resistance, accelerate the repair of damaged tissues, maintain energy, and prevent and improve symptoms of diseases such as malignant tumors, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, obesity and Alzheimer's disease.

2. Panax notoginseng: Panax notoginseng has medicinal effects such as dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It can be used for the dietary treatment of hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, and swelling and pain from falls. Boiling Panax notoginseng with chicken or pork ribs to make soup has the effects of nourishing qi and blood and strengthening the body. It has good therapeutic effects on metrorrhagia, postpartum weakness, spontaneous sweating and night sweats. It can also be used to treat headaches or lumbar muscle soreness and weakness in the elderly.

3. Lycium barbarum: Lycium barbarum has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys and improving eyesight. It can be used for dietary therapy for symptoms such as deficiency of essence, soreness of waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and sallow complexion or blurred vision.

4. Astragalus: Astragalus has the effects of replenishing Qi and strengthening the exterior, promoting diuresis and detoxification, discharging pus, and healing sores and promoting tissue regeneration. It can be used for the dietary treatment of symptoms such as qi deficiency and fatigue, poor appetite and loose stools, sinking of the middle qi, long-term diarrhea and prolapse of the anus, bloody stool and metrorrhagia, spontaneous sweating due to superficial deficiency, edema due to qi deficiency, carbuncles that are difficult to heal, long-term ulcers that do not heal, blood deficiency and jaundice, and internal heat and thirst. It can also be used for the treatment of proteinuria in chronic nephritis and diabetes.

5. Hawthorn: Hawthorn has the effects of helping food, strengthening the stomach, promoting qi and relieving blood stasis. It can be used for the treatment of meat stagnation, stomach bloating, diarrhea and abdominal pain, blood stasis and amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, stabbing pain in the heart and abdomen, hernia pain and hyperlipidemia. In particular, scorched hawthorn has a stronger effect in digesting food and relieving constipation, and is mainly used to treat symptoms such as meat stagnation and diarrhea.