Don’t worry about being irritable, these 5 foods can help you

Controlling emotions is a difficult thing. Many people become irritable and lose their temper. This is very harmful to our physical and mental health. We must learn to control ourselves. Many foods in daily life have the effect of calming the mind. Eating these foods regularly can regulate and smooth the flow of qi.

1. Lotus root

The whole lotus root is a treasure and is a top-grade vegetable. Fresh lotus root and lotus seeds contain a large amount of carbohydrates and rich calcium, phosphorus, iron, starch, multiple vitamins and protein. They are foods with high nutritional value. Raw lotus root has the effects of removing blood stasis and cooling blood, clearing away heat and quenching thirst, and stimulating appetite. Cooked lotus root is good at ventilating, strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, and is also a good product for regulating qi. The best treatment is to boil lotus root in water or cook it in rice porridge.

2. Hawthorn

Hawthorn has been a good medicine for strengthening the spleen and appetite, digesting food, relieving stagnation, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis since ancient times. At present, there are more than 50 traditional Chinese medicine formulas using hawthorn as raw material. Such as the commonly used appetite-stimulating and spleen-strengthening medicines such as Hawthorn Pills and Jiao Sanxian. Hawthorn is good at relieving gas and relieving pain, digesting food and eliminating accumulation. It is suitable for relieving chest and abdominal distension and pain caused by gas and food. It also has a certain effect on tachycardia and arrhythmia caused by anger. Whether eaten raw, cooked, or soaked in water, all methods of consumption are therapeutic.

3. Radish

Radish tastes spicy and sweet, is cold in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of eliminating stagnation, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, regulating qi, relieving fullness, and detoxifying, and is good at relieving qi and strengthening the stomach. It has the effect of clearing away heat and eliminating phlegm for those who suffer from qi stagnation, internal heat and phlegm. Green radish has the best therapeutic effect, followed by red-skinned and white-hearted ones, and carrots are ineffective. It is best to eat radish raw. If you have stomach problems, you can make radish soup.

4. Rose

Rose tastes spicy, sweet, slightly bitter and is slightly warm in nature. It has the functions of regulating Qi and relieving depression, transforming dampness and harmonizing the middle, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. Putting a few rose petals when making tea can help soothe the qi. Those who don’t have the habit of drinking tea can brew rose flowers alone as a substitute for tea, or put the fragrant roses in a vase in the room and breathing in the fragrance can also help soothe the qi.

5. Fennel

Fennel fruit is used as medicine and is called fennel. The young leaves of fennel are edible, and both the seeds and leaves have the effect of relieving gas. Using fennel leaves as stuffing or stir-frying can relieve gas, strengthen the stomach and relieve pain. It has a good effect on chest and abdominal distension and pain caused by anger.