It's currently strawberry season, and not only does everyone's fruit platter have a new delicious fruit, but also a sweet remedy.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, strawberries are considered cool in nature and sweet and sour in taste. They are believed to moisten the lungs and generate fluids, strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach, replenish qi and nourish blood, clear heat from the blood, and detoxify alcohol.
They are suitable for conditions such as dry cough due to lung dryness, dry mouth and lack of saliva, poor appetite, indigestion, qi and blood disharmony, fatigue and sallow complexion, gum bleeding, mouth sores, discomfort from alcohol intoxication, etc.
Dry cough without phlegm, long-lasting and unhealed
6g fresh strawberries, 30g rock sugar. Steam them together until soft, and consume in three separate portions daily.
Heat-type cough
50g each of fresh strawberries, lemon, and raw pear. Juice them, mix with 15ml honey, and blend well. Drink in two portions.
Poor appetite
250g fresh strawberries, washed and juiced. Drink in two portions.
Indigestion
100g strawberries, 30g hawthorn. Wash the two ingredients, add an appropriate amount of water to make a decoction, and drink.
Gum bleeding, mouth sores, sore throat, hoarseness
Wash fresh strawberries and juice them. Drink one cup in the morning and one in the evening daily.
Insufficient qi and blood
250g strawberries, 100g raisins, 100g sugar, and 800ml of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, let it steep for 10 hours, then consume.
Qi deficiency and anemia
100g strawberries, 50g red dates, 30g dried lychees, and 150g glutinous rice. Put all four ingredients in a pot with an appropriate amount of water and cook into a porridge. Consume twice a week.
Constipation
50g strawberries and an appropriate amount of sesame oil. Mash the strawberries and mix with the sesame oil. Consume on an empty stomach.
Difficult urination
60g strawberries, washed and juiced. Take with cold water, three times a day.
Dizziness after drinking
Eating 100g of fresh strawberries can help sober up and clear the mind.