When the weather is hot, it is often tempting to drink some cool, large fruit. Many diabetics find that their blood sugar control is not stable. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners reminded that in summer, greedy and cold food, or sleeping late at night, often eating barbecued, fried, fatty foods, etc., affect the function of the spleen and stomach, and may cause problems in blood sugar control. It is recommended that people with these problems can boil some Huaishan water as water, which not only nourishes the spleen and stomach, but also helps lower blood sugar.
Drinking iced drinks and eating raw and cold food in summer will damage the spleen and stomach, and blood sugar is easy to be unstable
When the weather is hot, orders from hand-cranked drink shops keep coming. Many people have to drink iced drinks and eat watermelon from morning to night to relieve fever. Zhang Wanlan, a Chinese medicine practitioner, pointed out that modern people do not pay attention to adjusting their eating habits because they are busy, and they often drink too much. Overeating, eating cold, fatty, processed foods, etc., greatly affects the function of the spleen and stomach. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the body, and the function of the spleen and stomach is poor, and blood sugar is easily unstable.
Zhang Wanlan said that traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are “the foundation of the day following tomorrow”, and there is a saying that “injuring the spleen and stomach causes all diseases to arise”. The spleen has the functions of transporting and transforming food and nutrients, transporting water, and controlling blood. Poor spleen and stomach, not only unstable blood sugar, but also associated with body edema. Deficiency of the spleen leads to malnutrition, physical weakness, anemia, and decreased immunity, leading to gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic gastritis, enteritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, and colitis.
Many Chinese medicines may be used by TCM practitioners to adjust the spleen and stomach. Zhang Wanlan promotes “Yishan”. She said that Huaishan is one of the famous ingredients for nourishing the spleen and stomach. From the perspective of modern nutrition, Huaishan contains soluble fiber, which can prolong the emptying of food in the stomach, and can also control blood sugar following meals during digestion. , to avoid a rapid rise in blood sugar.
Zhang Wanlan said that Chinese yam is sweet and flat in nature, neither hot nor cold, and has an effect on the spleen, lung and kidney, and is a commonly used product for medicinal and dietary therapy. Compared with the fresh yam sold in the market, their efficacy is also slightly different.
“Sheng Huaishan” fresh yam can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach, nourish the lungs and promote fluid
The “Sheng Huaishan” of fresh yam can nourish the spleen, nourish the stomach, nourish the kidney and astringe essence, cure premature ejaculation and nocturnal emission, and nourish the lungs and promote body fluid. It is also commonly used to treat symptoms such as indigestion, loss of appetite, prolonged diarrhea, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, excessive leucorrhea in women, asthma due to lung deficiency, and diabetes.
Dried Huaishan has stronger spleen effect
Fried Chinese yam sold in traditional Chinese medicine stores has a stronger effect of invigorating the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used to treat symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, loose stools, and excessive leucorrhea in women. Zhang Wanlan said, simply put, fresh yam should be eaten for nourishing yin and body fluid, and dried yam should be used to strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. If you want to control blood sugar and delay gastric emptying, either yam or dried yam contains soluble fiber, and both are effective.
Drinking Huaishan water can strengthen the spleen and stomach, help regulate blood sugar, and reduce edema.
In addition to direct consumption, Zhang Wanlan recommends drinking “Huaishan Water”, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, help the body regulate blood sugar, and eliminate edema.
She suggested using 3 kinds of medicinal herbs, including raw and sun-dried Chinese yam, white rice and rock sugar. If you want to replace a meal or eat it as a dessert, it is recommended to add 15 grams of anthocyanin-rich purple yam, or add 2 apples, which can increase the flavor and increase the dietary fiber of apples. If you are prone to flatulence, it is recommended to add 2 slices of ginger or a small slice of dried tangerine peel when cooking.
Zhang Wanlan suggested that when choosing dried yam, choose a slightly yellowish and slightly curved one, and do not use a surface that is too beautiful and smooth, because the slightly curved surface is a natural method of hand-cutting and sun-drying, and the one that is very smooth and excessively white is probably sulfur The processed “machine-cut” Chinese yam may contain chemical substances that may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
Huaishan water material:
30g dried yam, 10g white rice, a little rock sugar (the rock sugar can be replaced with 2 apples), 1 liter water
Method: Put 2 cups of water in the outer pot of the electric pot and cook until it jumps up
Huaishan water should be drunk warmly for 7 days
Zhang Wanlan said that Huaishan water can be eaten by ordinary people. The way to drink it is to drink 1 cup every morning. Remember to drink it warmly. After drinking it for 7 days, you can rest for 2 or 3 days before drinking it. Huaishan water is especially suitable for people with diabetes and chronic diarrhea. In addition, people with weak constitution and weak stomach, such as easy fatigue, fear of cold, stomach pain and diarrhea following eating raw cold, low immunity and easy to catch colds, women with more leucorrhea and less menstrual blood Or prone to metrorrhagia, men with symptoms such as nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation are all helpful.
Huaishan has a dual effect of invigorating the spleen and kidney. For those with good nutrition, it can help digestion and absorption to improve, muscles and bones grow faster, and appetite is also improved, thereby gaining weight. However, for people with symptoms such as fatigue, edema, sticky sweating, poor appetite, and poor bowel and bladder, who have spleen deficiency and dampness, the effect of Huaishan water to nourish the spleen and diuresis can help to lose weight and improve physical fitness.
Dried Chinese yam has astringent effect, two kinds of people need to be careful
However, because dried yam has astringent effect, it is not suitable for people with constipation. Also, if you are suffering from a cold or gastroenteritis, you should not eat Chinese yam for the time being. Although Huaishan is a relatively mild traditional Chinese medicine, no major problems have been seen following taking it for a long time, but people with indigestion or bloating should not take too much at one time.
Do not eat Chinese yam with carp, pig liver, Chinese medicine Kansui, and anticoagulant warfarin
In addition, Chinese medicine recommends that Chinese yam should not be taken with carp and Chinese medicine “Kansui”, and should not be taken with “warfarin”, which is an anticoagulant of Western medicine, to avoid increasing the risk of bleeding. Because Chinese yam is rich in vitamin C, it will cause the oxidation of metal ions such as copper, iron, zinc and other metal trace elements, reducing nutrient absorption, so pig liver should not be eaten with yam.
If you handle raw yam by yourself, be careful that the plant alkaloids in the mucilage of yam skin can easily cause itchy skin, and it is recommended to wear gloves for handling. If it is not suitable to eat yam or dried yam, you can also choose other foods with spleen-tonifying effect, such as millet, chestnuts, carrots, beef, chicken, and sweet-scented osmanthus fish.
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