Improper diet harms the spleen and stomach. What is the best way to detox?

Many people have this experience: after a short holiday, their stomach feels uncomfortable. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is actually the result of improper diet damaging the spleen and stomach. You should pay attention to your healthy lifestyle in your daily life, especially in the spring, to pay more attention to your detoxification measures, reduce the occurrence of diseases, and try to minimize your investment in hospitals. So, how to detoxify the spleen and stomach?

Lemon Mint Iced Tea

Detoxifying and Digestion-Promoting Recipes

1. Mint Iced Tea

Ingredients: Mint leaves

Instructions: Clean fresh mint leaves, brew with boiling water, add an appropriate amount of white sugar, and let it cool naturally. Drink 3 to 5 cups a day.

Effects: It can cool you down and relieve summer heat. After drinking, you will feel refreshed and your energy will be doubled.

2. Candied Orange Peel

Ingredients: 500g fresh orange peel, 200g honey.

Instructions: Wash the fresh orange peel, drain the water, cut it into thin strips, and marinate in honey for 1 week for later use.

Usage: Chew as a candy, 2 to 3 times a day, 10g each time.

Effects: Suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion.

Chrysanthemum and Hawthorn Tea

3. Hawthorn and Chrysanthemum Tea

Ingredients: Hawthorn, Chrysanthemum

Instructions:

1. Wash the hawthorn, cut it in half, remove the core, then put it together with chrysanthemum in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and boil over high heat.

2. After it comes to a boil, turn to low heat and continue to simmer for 30 minutes. Add a little honey to season to make the hawthorn and chrysanthemum tea sweet and sour.

Effects: Hawthorn is rich in nutrients and can promote the digestion and decomposition of food. Chrysanthemum has a super detoxifying effect. The two are combined to make a delicious tea drink, which can help us change our obese body shape and lose weight quickly.

4. Cabbage and Tofu Soup

Ingredients: 2000g cabbage heart, one block of frozen tofu, 100g each of red and green bell peppers, concentrated cucumber juice, salt, and chicken essence to taste.

Instructions:

1. Cut the cabbage heart and red bell pepper into 4 cm long shreds.

2. Marinate the cabbage heart, red bell pepper shreds, and frozen tofu with fine salt for 20 minutes. Drain the salt water, add monosodium glutamate and cucumber juice.

3. When the water in the pot boils, pour in the above ingredients, add salt and chicken essence.

Effects: Chinese cabbage contains a lot of coarse fiber, which can promote intestinal wall peristalsis, aid digestion, prevent dry stools, promote bowel movements, and dilute intestinal toxins. It can not only treat constipation but also help nutrient absorption.

5. Green Bean Paste

Ingredients: 200g green beans, 20g condensed milk, 15g sugar, 30g olive oil

Instructions:

1. Wash the green beans and add a small amount of water to make a paste.

2. Pour olive oil into the pan, heat it, then add sugar.

3. After the sugar melts, add the green beans and stir-fry until fragrant. Add condensed milk, stir evenly, and then scoop into a bowl.

Effects: Bean paste is rich in fiber, which can strengthen intestinal peristalsis. You can also add soybeans, black beans, peanuts, etc., for richer nutrition.

Sweet and Sour Fruit Tea

6. Sweet and Sour Fruit Tea

Ingredients: Apple, Strawberry, Snow Pear, Lemon, Black Tea

Instructions:

1. Wash, peel, and cut the apple, strawberry, and snow pear into pieces. Slice the lemon, and put them together with black tea into a teapot to steep for five minutes.

2. You can also add honey to taste after the tea has cooled slightly, as high temperatures can destroy the nutritional value of honey.

Effects: The combination of nutritious, sweet and sour fruits and tea brews a fragrant and delicious fruit tea that can not only promote food absorption and digestion but also effectively suppress appetite and reduce fat production, which is very helpful for weight loss.

Red Bean and Coix Seed Porridge

7. Red Bean and Kidney Bean Porridge

Ingredients: Rice, Red Beans, Kidney Beans

Instructions:

1. Wash the rice and red beans separately, put them in a pot, add water, and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.

2. After boiling, turn to the lowest heat to allow the water to fully penetrate the rice grains and the aroma of the red beans to seep out.

3. After some water has evaporated, add the kidney beans as well, and sprinkle a little salt to season. When the porridge becomes thick, it's done.

Effects: Red beans are rich in saponins, which can improve the efficiency of fat breakdown in the body. The extract of white kidney beans (also known as "lima beans"), phaseolin, can inhibit the absorption of carbohydrate foods in the body, making it the nemesis of carbohydrates!

The above are some reasonable detoxification measures. A healthy diet will promote a healthy life. Don't end up in the hospital for treatment because of an unhealthy lifestyle. Detoxification is something we should pay attention to in our lives, not only for the spleen and stomach, but also for the quality of our lives, to reduce the occurrence of diseases.