When it comes to beans, I don't know what everyone's first reaction is, is it a red bean that nourishes qi and blood, or a mung bean that clears heat and detoxifies?
Today, I will explain to you a white lentil, which Li Shizhen called "the valley of the spleen". The original text of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Hard-shelled white lentils, their seeds are full, white and slightly yellow, their smell is fragrant, their sex is mild, they are neutralized, and the valley of the spleen is also."
A victorious general in the spleen world
Yam can improve the weakness of the spleen and stomach, but I didn't expect that white lentils can also strengthen the spleen and stomach, and it is known as the "winning general" in the spleen tonic world.
So how does it maximize the effect of regulating the spleen and stomach?
First of all, it is important to know that the spleen is responsible for the digestion, absorption, and transportation of food. If the spleen is not healthy, the digestion, absorption and transmission of nutrients will be abnormal, causing symptoms such as lack of appetite, sluggishness, and bloating.
In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five elements are mutually reinforcing, and the liver is mutually reinforcing, and the liver is the spleen and soil. The liver belongs to wood, the spleen belongs to the soil, and the liver qi is excreted too much, which will affect the spleen and stomach, which will affect the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, to regulate the spleen and stomach, it is also necessary to improve the excretion of the liver. White lentils can lower the qi, and the lower qi can reduce the fire, so it can improve the diarrhea of the liver.
White lentils are also attributed to the spleen and stomach meridians, acting on the spleen and stomach to achieve the effect of strengthening the spleen and harmonizing.
It is also sweet, sweet can replenish, can be slowed, and can be harmonious. That is, it can help digestion, reconcile the middle focus, and thus eliminate dietary stagnation.
In this way, the symptoms such as lack of appetite and discomfort caused by weak spleen and stomach can be easily solved!
In addition, the most recommended point of white lentils is that the general spleen medicine will be warm or dry, which may be aggravated for some people with heat symptoms, white lentils nourish the spleen and stomach but are not greasy, can remove dampness, but not lukewarm.
The valley of the spleen, well deserved.
The leader in the dehumidification industry
Many people know that people with heavy humidity can often eat some barley, barley has the effect of removing dampness, but barley is cold and not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency. White lentils are different, they don't hurt the spleen and stomach while removing dampness. Because of the aromatic smell of white lentils, they can dissolve dampness and transport the spleen, which is called aromatic dampness in traditional Chinese medicine.
Identification of white lentils from authenticity
3 signs of true white lentils:
3. Most beans should have a thickness of 3 yuan yuan.
Most people, when they receive white lentils, may be surprised, it turns out that white lentils look like this! I used to buy only white beans.
How do you eat white lentils?
White lentils that nourish the spleen and dispel dampness, and are not greasy, friends with a bad spleen and stomach should eat more of it.
If you want to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, after buying the white lentils, it is best to fry them, eat them as snacks after frying, eat 15 grams a day, or you can beat them into powder to make a paste to eat, usually more ways to eat is to boil porridge with rice, and you can also add an appropriate amount of vegetables, but remember that white lentils have to be soaked a day in advance, or boiled in soup or boiled water.
1. White flat Huai mountain porridge
[Ingredients] 30 grams of white lentils, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 100 grams of japonica rice
[Method] 1. After washing the white lentils, add an appropriate amount of water to soak for more than 4 hours
2. Bring the white lentils (including the water soaked before) to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat to low for 30 minutes, then add the fresh diced yam and rice with iron sticks
3. Bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook until the porridge is cooked
4. Before cooking, you can add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste
Drinking this porridge often can warm and replenish the spleen, dissolve dampness and stop diarrhea, and is suitable for symptoms such as eating less loose stools and excessive vaginal discharge.
【Ingredients】30 grams of white lentils in the shell, stir-fried. Or buy the fried white lentils directly
【Method】After crushing, add water, decoction for about 30 minutes, and finally add brown sugar to taste. Drink it in parts, generally 7~14 days a course of treatment.
It can alleviate the symptoms of indigestion, diarrhea, loose stools, and unformed stools.
3. Lean broth with white lentils
[Ingredients] 50 grams of white lentils, 100 grams of lean meat, salt to taste.
【Method】Wash the lean meat, blanch it and chop it finely, put it in the pot with the white lentils and stew it for 1 hour, and add salt when it comes out of the pot.
This soup has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach and dispelling dampness, especially suitable for children with spleen deficiency.
White lentils are contraindicated for consumption
Although white lentils can tonify the spleen, dispel dampness, and not be dry, they should not be eaten excessively, no more than 50 grams each time, otherwise it will cause qi stagnation and abdominal distension and pain.
In addition, when buying white lentils, you should choose white lentils with a pale yellowish white or pale yellow surface, and white lentils with a smooth surface are of higher quality.
