Incorporating four traditional Chinese medicines into your daily diet will keep you healthy at every meal

With people’s in-depth understanding of the side effects of various drugs and biological agents, more and more people are choosing traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the publicity of many medical products has almost ignored the side effects of traditional Chinese medicine, giving people a perception that "TCM is purely natural and harmless."

We should know that traditional Chinese medicine under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory is medicine. One of the most important basic ideas in treating diseases is "treating partiality with partiality", which means using the partiality of the medicine to adjust the deviation of human body functions, so the medicine itself has a therapeutic effect. Although according to modern pharmacological research, most traditional Chinese medicine has no liver and kidney toxicity, it does not mean that it has no side effects.

This means that if traditional Chinese medicine is used improperly, although it will generally not cause liver and kidney damage, it will cause damage and deviations in body functions.

1. Astragalus replenishes Qi

Efficacy: strengthens the heart, enhances yang energy, prevents colds and enhances immunity.

Method: It is more suitable for soups. Put astragalus and all ingredients into the pot and simmer for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to pair it with cold or cool foods, such as astragalus and winter melon soup.

Reminder: It is not suitable for those with constipation and heat.

2. Walnuts warm yang

Efficacy: Tonify the kidneys, nourish yang, and moisturize the intestines.

Method: It can be added to soups or dishes. It is recommended to add it to dishes with cold and cool foods, such as walnuts and lilies stewed. Add walnuts after the soup or dishes are made.

Reminder: People with a hot constitution that is prone to mouth rot should not eat walnuts alone.

3. Wolfberry nourishes blood

Efficacy: Enriching blood and improving eyesight, helping to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and bile.

Method: It can be added to soups or dishes. If you have a weak and cold constitution that is prone to diarrhea, it is recommended to mix it with warm and hot foods. If you have a hot and dry constitution that is prone to constipation, it should be paired with cold and cool foods. Add it after the soup or dishes are ready.

Reminder: Do not take it alone to prevent those with cold deficiency from getting colder and those with dryness and heat from getting hotter.

4. Polygonatum odorifera nourishes yin

Efficacy: It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, nourish the spleen and stomach, and has a cooling effect.

Method: It is more suitable for soups. Put Polygonatum sibiricum and all ingredients into the pot and simmer for at least 30 minutes. It is recommended to pair it with warm and hot foods, such as Polygonatum sibiricum chicken soup.

Reminder: Due to its cold nature, it is more suitable for people with hot and dry constitutions.