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In hot weather, it is often tempting to drink large, fresh fruits. Many diabetics find their blood sugar control unstable. Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine reminded that in the summer, greedy and cold foods, or sleeping late at night, often eating grilled, fried, fatty foods, etc., affect the function of the spleen and stomach and can cause problems in controlling blood sugar. People with these problems are recommended to boil Huaishan water in the form of water, which not only nourishes the spleen and stomach, but also helps lower blood sugar.
Drinking iced drinks and eating cold, raw foods in the summer will damage the spleen and stomach, and blood sugar is easy to unstable.
When it’s hot, orders keep coming in from crank-operated soda shops. Many people have to drink frozen drinks and eat watermelon from morning to night to relieve a fever. Zhang Wanlan, a Chinese medicine practitioner, pointed out that modern people pay no attention to adjusting their eating habits because they are busy and 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 that 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 basis of the day after tomorrow”, and there is a saying that “injuring the spleen and stomach causes the onset of all diseases.” The spleen has the functions of transporting and processing 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 can be used by TCM practitioners to regulate the spleen and stomach. Zhang Wanlan promotes “Yishan”. He 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 after 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, has an effect on the spleen, lungs and kidneys, and is a commonly used product for medicinal and diet therapy. market, their effectiveness is also slightly different.
“Sheng Huaishan” fresh yam can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach, nourish the lungs and promote fluid
Fresh yam “Sheng Huaishan” can nourish the spleen, nourish the stomach, nourish the kidneys 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 emissions due to kidney failure, excessive leukorrhea in women, pulmonary insufficiency asthma, and diabetes.
Dried Huaishan has a stronger effect on the spleen
Fried Chinese yam sold in traditional Chinese medicine stores has a stronger effect in 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 the women. Zhang Wanlan said, in layman’s terms, fresh yam should be consumed to nourish yin and body fluid, and dried yam should be used to strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. If you want to control your blood sugar and delay gastric emptying, dried yams or yams contain 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.
He suggested using 3 types of medicinal herbs, including raw and sun-dried Chinese yam, white rice, and brown sugar. If you want to replace a meal or eat it as a dessert, it is recommended to add 15 grams of purple yam rich in anthocyanins, or add 2 apples, which can increase the flavor and increase the dietary fiber of the apples. If you are prone to flatulence, it is recommended that you add 2 slices of ginger or a slice of dried tangerine peel during cooking.
Zhang Wanlan suggested that when choosing dried yam, choose a slightly yellowish and slightly curved one and do not use too beautiful and smooth surface, because the slightly curved surface is a natural method of hand cutting and sun drying, and that very smooth and excessively white is probably sulfur. Chinese “machine cut” processed yam may contain chemicals that can cause gastrointestinal upset.
Huaishan water material:
30 g dried yam, 10 g white rice, a little rock sugar (rock sugar can be replaced with 2 apples), 1 liter of water
Procedure: 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 Huaishan water can be eaten by ordinary people. The way to drink it is to drink 1 cup of it 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.Also, people with weak constitution and weak stomach, such as easy fatigue, fear of cold, stomach pain and diarrhea after eating raw cold, low immunity and cold easy to take, women with more leukorrhea and less menstrual blood or prone to bleeding, men with symptoms such as nocturnal emissions and premature ejaculation are all helpful.
Huaishan has the dual effect of invigorating the spleen and kidneys. For those with good nutrition, it can help improve digestion and absorption, muscles and bones grow faster and appetite as well, thus gaining weight. However, for people with symptoms such as fatigue, edema, sticky sweating, poor appetite and poor bowel and bladder, which belong to the constitution of spleen and moisture deficiency, the effect of Huaishan water to nourish the spleen and diuresis can help you lose weight and improve fitness.
Dried Chinese yam has astringent effect, two kinds of people need to be careful
However, since dried yam has an astringent effect, it is not suitable for people with constipation. Also, if you have a cold or gastroenteritis, you shouldn’t eat Chinese yam for now. Although Huaishan is a relatively mild traditional Chinese medicine, no major problems have been found after taking it for a long time, but people with indigestion or bloating shouldn’t take too much at one time.
Do not eat Chinese yam with carp, pork liver, Kansui Chinese medicine and anticoagulant warfarin
In addition, Chinese medicine recommends that Chinese yam not be taken with carp and Chinese medicine “Kansui” and should not be taken with “warfarin”, which is a Western medicine anticoagulant, to avoid increasing the risk of bleeding. Since Chinese yam is rich in vitamin C, it will cause oxidation of metal ions such as copper, iron, zinc and other metal trace elements, reducing the absorption of nutrients, so pork liver should not be eaten with yam.
If you handle raw yam yourself, beware that the plant alkaloids in the yam skin mucilage can easily cause itchy skin and gloves are recommended for handling. If it is not suitable for eating yams or dried yams, you can also choose other foods with a spleen-toning effect, such as millet, chestnuts, carrots, beef, chicken and sweet-scented osmanthus fish.
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