According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the five Zang-organs correspond to five colors, with the heart corresponding to red. Spring is the best season for nourishing the heart. Eating more red-colored foods can help protect the heart and enhance the body's immunity to resist the invasion of pathogens.
I. Carrot
It can combine with mercury ions in the blood, effectively reducing their concentration and preventing the highly toxic mercury ions from entering the heart via the bloodstream. It is also a very effective heart-protecting food. Rich in Vitamin A, it can prevent cancer and remove free radicals from the body. Modern research has found that its carotene has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, enhancing the body's resistance during menstruation and preventing bacterial infections.
Recommendation: It is best stir-fried with meat to aid in the absorption of Vitamin A. Do not consume with alcohol.
Carrot Egg Roll
II. Saffron
Its well-known effect is invigorating blood and resolving stasis. It also has a remarkable function of breaking down and expelling toxins accumulated in the blood vessels, preventing them from returning to the heart to "cause trouble." It also has a strong therapeutic and soothing effect on insomnia caused by toxin accumulation in the heart.
Recommendation: Adding saffron to tea can enhance its phagocytic function, helping it "eat up" the waste around the heart.
Saffron Prawn Fried Rice
III. Cherry
Currently recognized by all nutrition organizations as a fruit with a super ability to "remove toxins and impure fluids from the human body!" Cherries are high in iron, which can promote the regeneration of hemoglobin and improve the body's immunity. They also contain sugars, protein, calcium, phosphorus, carotene, Vitamin C, B vitamins, and other components. Regular consumption can nourish the complexion, making the skin ruddy, tender, and fair. It is especially effective for preventing and treating anemia and physical decline in girls during their menstrual period!
Recommendation: Cherries are warm in nature and should not be consumed by those with febrile diseases or deficiency-heat cough.
Traditional Crusted Cherry Pie
IV. Jujube (Red Date)
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that jujubes are "sweet and warm in nature, nourishing the stomach and spleen, benefiting the blood and strengthening the body." Modern nutritional research shows that the adenosine monophosphate it contains can dilate blood vessels, enhance myocardial contractility, and rapidly increase the oxygen content in the blood. This, in turn, increases the oxygen supply to the heart, accelerating metabolism! It also improves myocardial nutrition, making it very beneficial for heart health. For girls, adding 6-8 jujubes to barley tea during their period can have a very good effect in relieving cold hands and feet.
Recommendation: It cannot be eaten with scallions, vitamin supplements, cucumbers, radishes, animal liver, antipyretics, or bitter/spleen-strengthening stomach medicines.
Jujube Egg Roll
carrot egg roll
Red date egg cake roll
Shrimp rice
Traditional cherry pie