Inadvertently, the mid-winter is here, even in the south, I can't help but feel cold when I get up in the morning. Chinese medicine believes that at this time, we should be alert to cold air entering the body in time to avoid respiratory discomfort, chronic gastritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases caused by the decline of body immunity.
The pharmacist Huang Chunhe of the Pharmacy Department of Guangzhou First People’s Hospital reminded that while keeping warm in the cold winter, drink a bowl of beef and chestnut chicken soup, which can strengthen the bones. Strengthen the body, appetite and moisturize the lungs, enhance the body's ability to resist diseases, especially suitable for people with weakness, cough, asthma, waist and knee pain.
High incidence of respiratory diseases in winter
Recommended food therapy prescription
Niu vigorous chestnut chicken soup
●Materials (3-4 people Servings):
Half a hen, 60 grams of cattle, 200 grams of chestnut, 30 grams of jujube, 3 slices of ginger, moderate amount of salt.
●Method:
1. Wash the fresh chicken, cut into pieces, shell the chestnut in advance, and wash it for later use.
2. Niu Dali and jujube soak and clean for later use.
3. Put all the ingredients and accessories into the soup pot, boil the fire, turn to simmer for one and a half hours, add appropriate amount of salt to season before eating
●Efficacy:
Strengthen waist and kidney, strengthen muscles Strengthen bones, nourish spleen and stomach, nourish yin and lungs, nourish qi and blood.
Niu Dali nourishes the lungs and relieves cough, strengthens muscles and bones
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Niu Dali is calm in nature, sweet in taste, and returns to the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians. It can moisten the lungs, relieve cough and strengthen muscles. The effects of strengthening bones, activating collaterals, strengthening waist and strengthening kidneys, are suitable for symptoms such as yin deficiency cough, bronchitis, lumbar muscle strain, rheumatism and bone pain.
Chestnut nourishes the stomach and invigorates the spleen
Chestnut is warm in nature, sweet in taste, good at nourishing the stomach and invigorating the spleen, strengthening the kidney and strengthening the muscles, expelling wind and dehumidification. Chicken can replenish qi and blood, benefit the five internal organs, invigorate the spleen and stomach, and strengthen the bones and muscles. It is especially suitable for flat tonic consumption in autumn. The jujube is added to nourish qi, nourish blood, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, invigorate the stomach and eliminate food.
What needs to be reminded is that Huang Chunhe believes that this soup is suitable for people with frail cough and asthma, waist and knee pain, rheumatic arthralgia, and indigestion.
