The cold deep into autumn, it's time to add more clothes to stay warm. Additionally, you can also eat more foods that help keep the cold at bay. Today, the editor is here to share some common foods for warmth.
Common Foods for Staying Warm
1. Ginger
Ginger is suitable for consumption after eating cold foods, as it can dispel cold. In clinical practice, it is often used to treat conditions like external colds and wind, as well as stomach cold and vomiting. Therefore, it has a certain effect in preventing stomach cold.
2. Millet
Millet has the function of reducing stomach heat, opening the stomach and intestines, and clearing heat and detoxifying. It can also nourish deficiency, strengthen the spleen and kidneys, clear deficient heat, eliminate dampness, and promote urination. It benefits the spleen and stomach and can treat a weak spleen and stomach with poor digestion.
3. Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber and have a special function of preventing sugar from being converted into fat. They promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation. They also have a certain effect in resisting stomach cold.
4. Chinese Yam
Chinese yam is rich in 18 amino acids, more than 10 trace elements, and other minerals, so it has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, tonifying the middle jiao, and eliminating dampness.
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5. Chestnuts
Chestnuts can tonify the spleen and stomach, and nourish the kidneys. Their main effects are nourishing the stomach and spleen, strengthening the kidneys and tendons, and providing nourishment to the body.
6. Dried Shrimp
Dried shrimp, also known as shrimp rice, is rich in nutrition. Its protein content is several to tens times higher than that of fish, eggs, and milk. This food is suitable for people with stomach cold caused by kidney deficiency in winter.
7. Chives
Chives are warm in nature, so they have the effects of tonifying the kidneys and detoxifying. They are also effective in resisting stomach cold.
8. Chili Pepper
The spiciness of chili peppers is recorded in "Materia Medica Research": "It warms the middle to disperse cold, eliminates wind and induces sweating, gets rid of cold stagnation, and moves phlegm to expel dampness." Therefore, it is effective for warming the stomach and dispelling cold.
9. Hairtail
Hairtail is rich in various nutrients such as fat, protein, vitamin A, and unsaturated fatty acids. It has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and nourishing the liver. It is effective for people with a weak spleen and stomach and poor digestion.
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