First, a small longan has many benefits.
Longan, also known as Longan, is one of the "Four Precious Fruits in South China" and has been loved by people since ancient times. Li Shizhen said, "Longan is a tonic" and "Longan is a good resource", which can soothe the liver and regulate qi, nourish blood and soothe the nerves at the same time, and achieve both qi and blood tonic.
From the perspective of modern nutrition, longan is rich in protein, amino acids, polysaccharides, dietary fiber, vitamins and various trace elements, which can relieve iron deficiency anemia, help prevent arteriosclerosis, improve immunity and delay aging.
Using longan with other ingredients can also double the nourishing effect.
Second, eating longan in this way will double the nourishing effect.
1, invigorating qi and blood
"Qi and blood are full, and all diseases are not born; Qi and blood are not harmonious, and all diseases change. " Chinese medicine believes that qi and blood are the basis of human life activities and affect the operation of the whole body. Once the qi and blood are insufficient, it will lead to a decline in metabolism and a decline in visceral function; In other words, the disease is riddled with holes, lasting for a long time and even life-threatening.
Pay attention to conditioning qi and blood every day, and you can add longan porridge that tonifies qi and nourishes blood and rose jujube tea that tonifies qi and promotes blood circulation for conditioning.
A porridge and a cup of tea will make you drink good qi and blood.
Yiqi Yangxue porridge
Practice take japonica rice10g, red beans 50g, longan meat10g, peanuts10g, and add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge.
Longan meat nourishes qi and blood, which belongs to heat. If it is matched with red beans that enrich blood and cool blood, it is suitable for patients with deficiency of both qi and blood, and peanuts also have the effect of promoting blood circulation.
Tang Fang Wei er GUI Zao cha
Methods longan pulp, ginseng, mulberry, rose, medlar, jujube, licorice, angelica dahurica, coix seed, lily, dried ginger, kumquat 12 materials were scientifically made into teabags for drinking.
Arillus longan and Fructus Jujubae have effects in invigorating qi, nourishing blood and calming nerves; Use ginseng that can replenish vitality, nourish blood and promote fluid production; Mulberry and medlar nourish blood, promote fluid production, and nourish liver and kidney; Roses that warm yang, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; Dried ginger and angelica dahurica dispel wind and cold; Lily nourishes yin and clears away heat, benefiting essence and blood; Licorice. , can reconcile the urgency, can replenish qi and blood, nourish liver and kidney, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Tea bags made of these twelve kinds of materials have a three-pronged approach, treating both inside and outside, and supplementing both qi and blood.
Deficiency of qi and blood often leads to the following symptoms. If you find yourself in line, you should pay attention to maintenance:
Six symptoms may be deficiency of both qi and blood.
(1) the eyes are bloodshot, turbid and yellow, and the inner canthus is pale or even dark purple;
2 the skin is rough, dark yellow, dull, and even long spots and wrinkles;
③ Dry hair, split hair, alopecia, slow growth and gray hair;
④ The nails have vertical stripes, or the fingertips have wrinkles, and the color is pale or blue-purple;
5 cold hands and feet, easy to numb, afraid of cold;
⑥ It is difficult to fall asleep, easy to wake up, nocturia, snoring or heavy breathing.
Comparatively speaking, due to physiological characteristics such as menstrual period, pregnancy and lactation, women are more prone to lack of blood, so we should pay more attention to the maintenance of blood.
2, soothe the nerves and help sleep
"Medicine tonic is better than food tonic, and food tonic is better than sleep tonic". Sleep is known as a "perfect tonic" and plays a very important role in the repair and operation of the body. Long-term lack of sleep can lead to fatigue, unresponsiveness, abnormal metabolism and decreased immunity. ...
When you have difficulty falling asleep, easy to wake up with shallow sleep, insufficient early sleep, fatigue and headache after waking up, you should pay attention to your sleep problems.
Difficulty in falling asleep is closely related to deficiency of both heart and spleen and deficiency of both qi and blood. Such people are often accompanied by sallow complexion, bad breath and insufficient diet. You can usually drink longan ginseng tea to help improve.
Longan ginseng tea
Methods Take 5 longan, 5 red dates, sliced Angelica sinensis 10g, sliced Codonopsis pilosula 10g, add water to boil, or add some honey to taste, two cups a day, which can be drunk for a long time.
Longan enters the heart, spleen and stomach, which can replenish qi and blood and strengthen the spleen and stomach; Red dates nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, replenish the spleen and replenish qi; Codonopsis pilosula tonifying qi and rising yang; Angelica sinensis has a good conditioning effect on insomnia and palpitation caused by deficiency of both heart and spleen.
3. nourish and protect your heart
The heart is the monarch, and God governs the blood. Pay attention to nourishing and protecting the heart every day. Only when the heart function is good can people live a long and healthy life. But when people are old, their hearts are prone to problems.
Zhou Lao, who has been engaged in cardiology for more than 50 years, told us that she has a secret of daily maintenance of the heart-a bowl of heart-stabilizing porridge, which also uses longan meat.
Warm porridge
Methods Lily 10- 12g, tremella 30g, plumula Nelumbinis 10, Scrophularia 3g, longan pulp 15g and stevia 2g were added to 100- 150g rice for 30 minutes.
Longan meat is good for the heart, lily and tremella are good for nourishing yin and clearing heat, lotus seeds are good for raising heart rate, Scrophularia is good for clearing heat and nourishing yin, stevia is sweet but does not raise blood sugar, and patients with hyperglycemia with ideal blood sugar control can also eat it properly, but should not eat more, so as not to raise blood sugar too high.
4. Brain and intelligence
As mentioned in "Kaibao Materia Medica", longan is spleen, intelligent and peaceful. The Book of Changes even records that longan is the first panacea for nourishing the brain.
Eating longan often can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence. Office workers might as well put it by their side. When they are tired, they stay up late, eat a few directly or soak in water to help relieve brain fatigue. Old people often drink porridge cooked by longan, which helps to prevent Alzheimer's disease and is easier to digest.
Zhou Yizhi
Practice: Take 3-5 longan, walnut 1 piece, peanut 10-30, ginkgo 10, and add rice to cook porridge.
Longan strengthens the brain and improves intelligence. Ginkgo helps to improve memory. Peanut walnut not only tonifies the brain and kidney, but also helps to improve immunity.
5, protect the spleen and nourish the stomach
Longan, not only can be eaten directly, but also can be used to "paste". Some people are weak in spleen and stomach, prone to abdominal distension and diarrhea, and often have symptoms such as hunger and bad breath. After a long time, it may even implicate the five internal organs.
Spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry, that is to say, if there is a problem with spleen and stomach, it will lead to heart-blood imbalance, affect the water-liquid metabolic balance of kidney, and even cause lung qi deficiency and weakened liver function.
Professor He Juan from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine recommended an aromatic spleen-strengthening ointment made of longan meat. Sticking before going to bed can relax the spleen.
Aromatic Jianpi ointment
Practice will pepper powder, roasted wormwood, wrapped with longan meat, put the medicine on the navel before going to bed, and take it off the next morning.
Longan enters the spleen meridian, and roasted Artemisia argyi leaves and pepper can dredge the meridians, dispel cold and relieve pain. Sticking to navel and acting on Shenque point can benefit spleen and stomach.
Although longan is good, it is not suitable for everyone, and it needs to be viewed according to personal physique. People with hot weather, excessive internal heat and skin inflammation should not eat more; Pregnant women should pay special attention. Eating too much can easily lead to dry stool and dry mouth. It can be controlled at about one day 10. People with high blood sugar should eat less or even not to avoid high blood sugar.
Third, dried longan is more effective, and the fourth step is to choose dried longan.
Now, people eat more fresh longan in fruit shops. Although fresh longan is delicious, it is not suitable for medicine. After dried longan, the effect of invigorating vitality, benefiting spleen and stomach, calming nerves and increasing intelligence will be better. So how to choose dried longan?
1, look
Good dried longan fruit shell is full, smooth and without depression, with uniform head and brown pulp.
Step 2 smell
After high-quality dried longan is opened, it has the natural sweetness of pulp. If you smell a pungent smell, it is probably smoked by sulfur.
Step 3 shake
A good dried longan is picked up and shaken, and there is no sound and it doesn't shake much, which shows that the longan meat is full and it will break when pressed. If the flesh is dry and the shell is wet and not fragile, it may be inferior longan or poorly preserved and wet.
Step 4 taste
High-quality dried longan has thick meat and soft, waxy and sweet taste. If the pulp contains more water and tastes lighter, it may not be dry enough.
If you find it troublesome to peel and shell, you can also directly choose longan meat, eat it directly, and soak in water to cook porridge.
4. Longan is a treasure all over the body, and the shell and core of the fruit also have magical functions.
1, longan shell
In daily life, most people will throw away longan shells as garbage, but they don't know that they are also blindly medicinal materials.
It is mentioned in "Herbal Rejuvenation" that longan shells can cure dizziness, dispel pathogenic factors and dispel wind, and improve hearing and eyesight. In the essay of Chongqing Tang, it is added that it is also good to study and treat the fire injury caused by soup. Longan shell has the functions of expelling wind and detoxicating, healing sores and promoting granulation. It can be taken orally, boiled in soup or ground into powder for external application.
2. longan nucleus
It is written in Notes on Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan that longan kernel tastes slightly bitter, astringent and flat; Internally used for stomach pain and hernia pain; Externally used to treat traumatic bleeding, hemostasis and pain relief, burns and scalds, knife wound bleeding, etc.
Although the longan nucleus is unremarkable, it has excellent medicinal effects. People use it to boil water, which can regulate qi and relieve pain, dispel wind and remove dampness, and is often used to relieve abdominal distension and pain and prevent rheumatic osteopathy. In addition, it can warm and tonify kidney-yang and regulate qi and blood loss.