What are the "Five Black Foods"? They are black rice, black beans, black jujubes, black sesame, and walnuts. Their main functions are as follows:
Black Rice:
A treasure among rice varieties, also known as the "black pearl," it is rich in protein, amino acids, and elements such as iron, calcium, manganese, and zinc. It has the effects of stimulating appetite, benefiting the middle energizer, astringing and replenishing essence, strengthening the spleen, warming the liver, relaxing muscles and activating blood.
Black Rice and Jujube Mochi
Black Beans:
Sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, they not only resemble a kidney in shape but also have the effects of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the body, activating blood and promoting urination, detoxifying, and moistening the skin. They are especially suitable for patients with kidney deficiency.
Black Beans Steeped in Vinegar
Black Jujubes:
Known as the "warehouse of nutrition," they are warm in nature and sweet in flavor, and have the functions of tonifying the middle energizer, replenishing qi, nourishing the kidney, strengthening the stomach, and enriching the blood.
Ginger and Black Jujube Tea
Black Sesame:
Neutral in nature and sweet in flavor, it has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidneys and moistening the five organs. It is beneficial for dietary therapy and health care for dizziness, white hair, hair loss, soreness in the waist and knees, and constipation due to insufficient essence and blood of the liver and kidneys.
Peanut and Black Sesame Cookies
Walnuts:
They have the effects of tonifying the kidney and securing essence, promoting urination to eliminate stones, moistening the intestines to relieve constipation, and warming the lungs to stop wheezing. They are often used for conditions such as lumbar pain due to kidney deficiency and urinary tract stones.
Walnut Milk Biscuits
Peanut black sesame biscuits
Black beans soaked in vinegar
Black rice dates wowotou
Walnut crisp cookies
Cheese sauce