A Book That Addresses Women's Health Issues

Chapter 4 Food is the best medicine for nourishing yin
If you want to have a youthful, beautiful and healthy body, you must get rid of yin deficiency and make your body achieve a balance of yin and yang.Among them, the best way is to nourish yin, and food is the "big medicine" for nourishing yin.It can be said that in this world, there is no drug that has a better effect of nourishing yin than food.In life, there are many foods that nourish yin and nourish the skin.For example, the wolfberry we eat is a good product for nourishing the liver and kidney.Lycium barbarum has the effects of nourishing the kidney and essence, nourishing yin and blood, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, moistening the lung and relieving cough. It can be used as a substitute for tea.If the mouth is very dry after staying up late, or the anger is very strong, you can add 1 to 2 white chrysanthemums and drink it together, which can nourish yin and improve eyesight, and clear the anger.It can also be eaten with longan, rice, etc. to make porridge, which also has a good warming effect on the body.Bitter melon is also a good yin-nourishing food for eliminating heart fire. Southerners often use it to make soup in summer, or drink it as bitter melon and pineapple juice.There are many foods for nourishing yin, such as white fungus, black fungus, donkey-hide gelatin, mulberry, duck eggs, old duck, lily, squid, lotus seeds, coconut, coconut milk, rock sugar, etc.Generally speaking, if you put nourishing yin food into the porridge and cook the porridge together, the effect will be very good.

Foods that nourish yin should be eaten frequently, but don’t eat too much at a time. I want to remind female friends that foods that nourish yin have certain effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Eat less each time. Eating too much will lead to loss of appetite and poor digestion Problems such as bad stools and irregular stools.For people with weak spleen and stomach, even if they have symptoms of yin deficiency, they should eat yin nourishing foods in moderation, not excessive, and some spleen-strengthening and Qi-regulating products such as dried tangerine peel can be properly mixed to reconcile.People with yin deficiency should also avoid or eat less mutton, dog meat, sparrow meat, seahorse, lychee, longan meat, bergamot, bayberry, garlic, leek, mustard greens, pepper, scallion, ginger, etc., as well as crispy rice and fried peanuts. , fried soybeans, fried melon seeds, popcorn and other food. ?Warm tips that will benefit you for a lifetime: How to judge whether you are yin deficiency? 1. Feel warm in palms and soles of feet. 2. Irritability and internal heat, like to eat cold drinks and cold food. 3. Dry mouth, bitter mouth, dry throat, sometimes accompanied by nausea. 4. Occasional insomnia and night sweats. 5. When the body temperature is high, low or not high, the skin feels hot. 6. The nose or gums are prone to bleeding, and there are bleeding points under the skin. 7. Dizziness, palpitations, lack of energy all over the body, pale complexion. 8. Dry stool, yellow urine and feeling hot. 9. Yellow tongue coating, dry mouth, less body fluid. 10. Irregular menstruation, dull complexion, hyperpigmentation, spots on the face, or early menopause.

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