Source: Health and Wellness
The weather is hot and humid, coupled with the cold drink, and the air conditioner blows directly, inadvertently letting the moisture quietly run into our bodies.
To fight dampness and maintain the spleen and stomach, most people will think of eating barley and white lentils. In fact, in July and August, there is a "damp rice" that is on the market in large quantities, and don't be soft when you encounter it! It's chicken head rice.
What is chicken head rice?
Many people don't know about chicken head rice, but if I say that I can also call it "gourd", I should know it immediately.
Chicken head rice is actually fresh seeds, is a kind of water lily family aquatic herbaceous plants, growing in the lotus pond, adjacent to the lotus root, to Suzhou Fengmen Nantang producer is better. Its fruit is huge, the appearance is burrgy, it is light yellow, spherical, the tip is protruding, before peeling off, it is like a chicken head, so it is named "chicken head rice", known as "ginseng in water"! It is also called the "Water Eight Immortals" together with 8 kinds of plants such as lotus root, water chestnut and water chestnut.
It is not as cold as barley, it is warm and moist with a tenacity, which is suitable for people of all ages to recuperate.
The freshly peeled chicken head rice smells like a delicate water chestnut, and in terms of taste, it is softer and more glutinous than the water chestnut, which is simple and delicious.
After the fresh chicken head rice is dried, it is the seed that is used in medicine.
efficacy
Eat it raw, tonify the kidney, eat it cooked, nourish the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and the moisture is discharged.
It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, and it is listed as the top grade in the "Shennong Materia Medica".
The dog days are approaching, alternating between high temperature and rain, and humidity is inevitable. In addition, there is a lot of rain this year, and many people have weak spleen and stomach, cold hands and feet, and even gynecological diseases. Eat it just right.
On the one hand, it increases the driving force for the kidneys to transport water and moisture;
On the other hand, it promotes the health of the spleen and stomach, makes the waterways more regulated, and facilitates the discharge of moisture.
The elderly and children can eat together, and it can also nourish the body of the frail person, which is suitable for the daily food supplement of the family.
Speaking of Qianshi, I have to mention Su Dongpo, who was not only a great writer, calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty, but also a health care scientist, and left health books such as "Su Shen Good Prescription" and "Dongpo Health Collection" to future generations.
Take 30 capsules daily
Su Dongpo has a health habit, which is to take 30 capsules of seeds every day. Whenever he had spare time, he would take out a sufficient amount of cooked seeds, put them in his mouth and eat them slowly until his mouth was full of saliva, and then swallowed slowly.
Su Dongpo has experienced ups and downs in his life, he was degraded to Huangzhou when he was Song Shenzong, and he was degraded to Huizhou and Danzhou when he was Song Zhezong, not only his material life was not satisfied, but his spirit was also repeatedly hit hard. In the face of such a situation, Su Dongpo did not give up on himself, but used his own health preservation methods to create a large number of excellent works while maintaining physical and mental health, including poetry, calligraphy, painting, etc. Su Dongpo died at the age of 64, exceeding the average life expectancy of people in the Song Dynasty.
recipe
01
Anti-aging porridge
【Method】Use 30 grams of gourd and 50 grams of japonica rice to cook into porridge.
【Efficacy】Taking it in the morning and evening can strengthen the spleen and kidneys, strengthen the body and anti-aging, and make the ears and eyes bright. If you add 15 grams of Poria cocos, it can treat kidney deficiency and clear urine in the elderly.
02
Lily soup with lotus seeds
[Ingredients] 15g of seeds, 30g of lotus seeds and lilies, appropriate amount of rock sugar, 500ml of water.
【Method】Wash the seeds, lotus seeds, and lilies with cold water and soak them for 60 minutes. Put the soaked ingredients and rock sugar into the soymilk maker in turn. Add 500ml of water and select the "Rice Cereal" option. After the soymilk machine is beaten, put the paste into a bowl and sprinkle with crushed roses or osmanthus to make the smell more fragrant.
【Efficacy】Nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, benefiting the kidneys and strengthening the essence, and supplementing the spleen and kidney.