Each type of food has its own nutritional value, and its health benefits are also different. Today, I will introduce you to some common dishes that can lower blood pressure and reduce internal heat, hoping to be helpful to everyone.
Common Dishes to Lower Blood Pressure and Reduce Internal Heat
1. [Fresh Celery Juice]
Ingredients: 250g of celery.
Method: Blanch the celery in boiling water for 2 minutes, chop it, and squeeze out the juice. It can be seasoned as appropriate.
Efficacy: Calms the liver and lowers blood pressure.
Usage: Twice daily, 1 small cup each time.
2. [Stir-fried Eel Slices with Celery and Watermelon Rind]
Ingredients: 120g of eel, 150g of watermelon rind, 150g of celery, a small amount of ginger, scallion, and garlic.
Method: Live-dissect the eel, remove the internal organs, spine, and head. Use a little salt to remove the slime, then blanch it in boiling water to remove the bloodiness, and slice it. Cut the watermelon rind into strips. Remove the roots and leaves of the celery, cut it into sections, and blanch all in hot water, then lift out and set aside. Add sesame oil to a wok, sauté the ginger, minced garlic, and scallion until fragrant. Add the eel slices and stir-fry briefly, then add the watermelon rind and celery and stir-fry until cooked. Season and thicken the sauce.
Efficacy: Clears heat, calms the liver, promotes urination, and lowers blood pressure.
Usage: Serve as a side dish.
3. [Chrysanthemum Congee]
Ingredients: 15g of chrysanthemum powder, 100g of japonica rice.
Method: Remove the stems from the chrysanthemums and grind them into a fine powder. Cook the japonica rice with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer slowly. When the congee is almost done, stir in the chrysanthemum powder and cook for a few more moments.
Efficacy: Clears heat and disperses wind, clears the liver and brightens the eyes.
Usage: Can be eaten for breakfast or dinner.
4. [Gastrodia Egg]
Ingredients: 9g of gastrodia, 2 duck eggs.
Method: Soak the duck eggs in salt water for 7 days. Drill a small hole in the top, pour out some of the egg white, and then fill the hole with finely ground gastrodia powder (if the duck egg is not full, you can pour the egg white back in until it is full). Then, seal the small hole on the duck egg with a wheat flour cake and completely wrap the duck egg. Roast it in firewood ash until cooked.
Efficacy: Calms the liver and extinguishes wind, clears heat and nourishes yin.
Usage: In the morning on an empty stomach, eat 2 duck eggs with warm water. This can be taken for 5-7 consecutive days.
5. [Celery and Seaweed Salad]
Ingredients: 100g of celery, 50g of seaweed.
Method: Wash and cut the celery, wash and shred the seaweed. Blanch both separately in boiling water, then lift out. Mix with an appropriate amount of sesame oil, vinegar, salt, and MSG for seasoning.
Efficacy: Calms the liver, clears heat, and lowers blood pressure.
Usage: Serve as a side dish.