Foods that help replenish blood
People with blood deficiency syndrome causing dizziness, memory loss, poor complexion, etc. can use some blood-enriching foods to improve their condition.
According to traditional medicine, blood is an indispensable substance of the body. Thanks to blood, the body is nourished, watered, and the functions of internal organs are maintained stably.
Below are some blood-enriching dishes from different animals and plants, which help improve blood deficiency syndrome and effectively support treatment of the disease.
1. Blood-nourishing foods of animal origin
- Egg yolkeggs:Chicken eggs are a simple, inexpensive dish, often found on Vietnamese dinner tables. Traditional medicine believes that egg yolks are a powerful medicine that nourishes yin and blood.
Egg yolks are rich in nutrients, especially iron, zinc, folate, vitamin B12, etc., which are essential for the body in the process of creating red blood cells.
However, because they contain a lot of cholesterol, you should not eat too many eggs continuously (more than 3-4 eggs/week), as this can easily lead to hyperlipidemia.
Dishes using egg yolks:10g seedless black apple, 20g wild garlic, 100g wheat grain, 2 eggs.
How to prepare: Chop apples and wild garlic, then add water and boil with wheat grains until the mixture becomes thick. Beat the egg, take the yolk, mix well into the above mixture. Continue to boil until it boils, then stop. Divide into 2 meals/day. Use 2-3 meals/week, depending on the user's physical condition (use with meals). Ginger can be added depending on physical condition and preference.
- Pig liver:Similar to chicken eggs, pig liver is a food with high nutritional content with large amounts of iron, vitamins... very suitable for patients with blood deficiency. However, as a "blood filter", pig liver also has many excess components that are not beneficial to health, so people with metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases (hypertension) should not use it.
Dishes that can be made from pork liver:30g spinach, 100g pork liver, spices to taste.
How to prepare: First, clean the greens and pork liver. Boil the greens, when it boils, add the sliced pork liver and enough spices (salt, vinegar, etc.). Or you can take the chicken broth and add ginger, onions, put half of the top pork liver down, then the spinach, cover with a layer of pork liver on top, boil until the vegetables are cooked and you can use it.
This remedy is very suitable for people with blood deficiency accompanied by constipation, poor vision... People with loose stools should not use it.
-Goat meat:For a long time, goat meat has been considered a top dish to nourish people who have been weak for a long time or have been sick for a long time...
In particular, goat meat is one of the foods that can improve male physiology.
Dishes using goat meat:30g angelica, 60g fresh ginger, 700g goat meat, 50ml white wine. Wash angelica and fresh ginger. Put all ingredients together with sliced goat meat, white wine in a pot, add enough water, simmer for about 1 - 2 hours, then season to taste.
If the dishes in the above section are suitable for people with hot constitution, then this dish is suitable for people with cold constitution, fear of cold, abdominal pain, diarrhea...
2. Blood-nourishing foods of plant origin
-Pumpkin:In traditional medicine, pumpkin has a sweet, warm taste and is often used as a nutritious dish for people with blood deficiency, especially those with heart blood deficiency syndrome that causes symptoms of neurasthenia.
Pumpkin contains a lot of glutamic acid, a substance that plays an important role in nerve metabolism. Every exam season, we often see students eating pumpkin-related foods.
Pumpkin soup dish: 300g pumpkin, onion, unsalted butter, enough spices (olive oil, fresh milk, garlic...). Peel and seed the pumpkin, then chop it. Saute onion with butter, then add enough water, add pumpkin to the porridge and wait until the pumpkin is soft, then you can mash it or put it in a blender and season it to taste.
-Longan:In "Ling Nam Ban Thao - Hai Thuong Lan Ong Y Tong Tam Linh", Hai Thuong Lan Ong wrote: "Longan is commonly called longan fruit, sweet, neutral, non-toxic, mild in nature, beneficial to the heart and spleen, and good for old age". Longan is also a commonly used medicine to treat cases of heart blood deficiency causing insomnia, forgetfulness, memory loss, dizziness, poor appetite... If processed into longan, it is even more valuable.
Can use longan tea to cook lotus seeds:200g fresh lotus seeds, 100g longan, 200g rock sugar. Soak longan in water first until soft, about 10-15 minutes. Next, boil lotus seeds until soft, then add sugar to cook together to sweeten the lotus, remove and let cool. Boil lotus seeds and longan with lotus water for a while and then serve. When eating, use a sufficient amount.
- My daughter-in-law:When mentioning blood-enriching herbs to blacken hair and beard, people often mention Polygonum multiflorum, however, there is another cheaper herb that also has the ability to nourish blood and blacken hair and beard, which is Mulberry. Mulberry is also known as Tang Tham, to harvest, people will take ripe mulberry in May - June and then dry it to use gradually throughout the year.
Strawberries can be processed into strawberry syrup as follows:1kg strawberries, 1kg sugar, clean glass jar. Wash the strawberries and dry them. Spread the layers of strawberries on the bottom of the glass jar and sugar on top to cover it tightly. You can make 4-6 layers depending on the height of the jar. Leave it for 1-2 weeks before using. Pour the liquid into a bottle for later use, and use the pulp to make jam./.