The porridge is warm and garlicky, and the correct way to enjoy it is to eat it according to the number.

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Do you smell the fragrant Laba porridge?

Did you eat the crispy Laba garlic?

A doctor of traditional Chinese medicine will talk to you about keeping healthy during Laba Festival...

Many people think that Laba porridge is just a pot of stew, and anything nutritious can be poured into the pot and boiled. This way of eating, randomly selecting ingredients regardless of physical fitness, is not advisable.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that diet and health care focus on the "nature" of food, which can be divided into cold, cool, warm, and hot. It must be in line with one's own constitution; people with different constitutions need to choose foods with different "natures". For example, longan can nourish the heart and calm the mind, nourish blood and benefit the spleen, but people with damp-heat constitution should not put too much longan in porridge, otherwise it may cause internal heat or upper respiratory tract infection.

Chestnut Laba Congee

Suitable for constitution: Qi deficiency, blood deficiency

Winter is a good time to eat chestnuts. As winter is suitable for nourishing the kidneys, putting some chestnuts in Laba porridge is a very health-preserving dietary therapy.

Laba porridge with longan

Suitable for body constitution: Qi deficiency, blood deficiency and Yang deficiency

Longan, also known as longan, is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It benefits the heart and spleen, replenishes qi and blood, and has a good nourishing and tonic effect. Therefore, this type of Laba porridge is made from longan as the first choice. In addition, red dates, peanuts, red beans, brown sugar, ginkgo, and wolfberry are all good foods for replenishing blood and warming yang. They can be paired with longan and cooked with polished rice to make Laba porridge, which is a good recipe for driving away the cold and keeping warm.

Red bean and coix seed Laba porridge

Suitable for body type: damp and hot

Red bean has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach and promoting water and dampness. Job's tears is the highest fiber among the five cereals, which is helpful in eliminating the excessive junk food ingested when eating a lot of fish and meat, drinking and socializing. Therefore, Laba porridge with Job's tears and red bean as the main ingredients is suitable for people who often drink and socialize with fish and meat.

Oatmeal Laba Porridge

Suitable for body type: Peaceful

Oats have the effect of lowering blood cholesterol concentration. Eating oats can slow down the rise in blood sugar levels. Adding oats to carbohydrate foods can inhibit the rise in blood sugar levels. Therefore, for patients with diabetes and diabetes combined with cardiovascular diseases, you may wish to put some oats in porridge.

Although Laba garlic is good for health, it is also very irritating. It is not recommended for the following groups of people:

1. Patients with gastrointestinal diseases

People with gastrointestinal diseases who eat Laba garlic may damage the gastric mucosa, irritate ulcer sites, cause symptoms such as heartburn and acid reflux, and are not conducive to disease recovery.

2. Patients with diarrhea

People with diarrhea have dilated blood vessels, congested, and swollen in the intestinal wall, and Laba garlic will irritate the intestines, causing increased congestion and edema of the intestinal mucosa, thereby aggravating the symptoms of diarrhea.

3. People with eye diseases

The spicy taste of Laba garlic can easily irritate the eyes, so people with eye inflammation or eye diseases should not eat Laba garlic.