Two foods are the best choice for women to nourish yin

Many female friends will choose various methods to achieve the effect of nourishing yin, but if they take some medicines indiscriminately to nourish yin, it will be very detrimental to their health. They should choose some relatively safer ways to maintain their health. In fact, the effect of diet therapy is better. There are many foods that can be used to nourish yin, such as milk and some fresh fruits and vegetables that we can drink in daily life.

Foods that nourish yin and promote fluid production

Foods that nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid include: millet, wheat flour and various grains and bean products; milk, eggs, lean meat, fish, etc.; vegetables, especially apples, sugar cane, bananas, grapes, hawthorn, etc.

After the "Autumnal Equinox", autumn dryness becomes the main climate from mid-autumn to late autumn. Therefore, in autumn, it is advisable to eat foods that clear away heat, promote body fluid, nourish yin and moisten the lungs.

Foods such as loach, shad, white duck meat, sesame, walnut, lily, glutinous rice, honey, milk, peanuts, fresh yam, white fungus, orange, ginkgo, pear, red dates, lotus seeds, and sugarcane can all play a role in nourishing yin, moistening the lungs and nourishing blood. It is recommended to drink porridge for breakfast, which is beneficial to harmonize the stomach and produce saliva.

Generally, the porridges suitable for drinking in autumn include lily, red dates and glutinous rice porridge (nourishes yin and nourishes the stomach), lily and lotus seeds porridge (moistens the lungs and benefits the kidneys), lily and almond porridge (removes phlegm and relieves cough), fresh rehmannia juice porridge (cools blood and moistens dryness), lentil porridge (strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach), ginger porridge (keeps out the cold and stops vomiting), walnut porridge (moisturizes the skin and prevents dryness), pine nut porridge (moisturizes the lungs and benefits the intestines), chrysanthemum porridge (improves eyesight and nourishes the mind), and yam porridge (strengthens the spleen and strengthens the intestines).

Adenophora and Ophiopogon porridge: 15 grams each of Adenophora and Ophiopogon, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of crystal sugar. Boil Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus in water to extract juice, add rice and cook into porridge, add rock sugar and take one dose per day. It can nourish qi and yin, moisten the lungs and produce body fluid, and resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Sesame porridge: 50 grams of sesame and 100 grams of japonica rice. First fry the sesame seeds, then mix them into the rice porridge and eat together. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and liver, invigorating essence and promoting hair growth, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It is suitable for people with dry lungs, coughs, and habitual constipation.

To make pear porridge , use two pears, wash them, chop them into pieces with the skin and core, and add 100 grams of polished rice to cook the porridge. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and can also be used as a health food in winter.

American ginseng and milk porridge: 2 grams of American ginseng, 150 ml of milk, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Grind the American ginseng into fine powder and set aside. First, add appropriate amount of rice and water and boil it. Then add the American ginseng and milk and cook until the porridge is done. Add rock sugar for seasoning and serve. It can nourish qi and yin, promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst.

Use 20-30 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus to make Ophiopogon japonicus porridge , decoct the soup to extract the juice, then add 100 grams of polished rice to cook the porridge until it is half-cooked, add the Ophiopogon japonicus juice and appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook together. It has the effect of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, and is effective for symptoms such as dry lung, dry cough and little sputum.

Lily and Tremella Congee

30 grams of lily, 10 grams of white fungus, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak the white fungus and wash it, put it into a pot with rice and lily, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the porridge is cooked, add rock sugar and take one dose per day. It can nourish yin, moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi.