Introduction: When the stomach is invaded by cold, symptoms such as stomach pain, bloating, and vomiting may occur. So, how can one best regulate a "cold stomach"? Below, we recommend 10 warming foods that are exceptionally effective!
1. Ginger
As the saying goes, "Keep ginger at home, and minor ailments won't cause panic." The skin of ginger is pungent and cooling, treating skin edema and promoting diuresis. Ginger juice is pungent and warm, with a strong effect of dispelling cold from the stomach, often used for vomiting. Dried ginger is pungent and warm, warming the middle jiao to dispel cold, restoring yang and unblocking the pulse, with a strong effect on warming the spleen. Processed ginger is bitter and pungent, acting internally rather than on the surface, to warm the lower jiao's cold. Charred ginger is warm, tending to warm the cold in the blood aspect. Baked ginger is bitter and warm, tending to warm the cold of the intestines and stomach. Ginger is pungent, dispersing, and warm, benefiting the spleen and stomach, good at warming the middle jiao, stopping nausea, eliminating dampness and resolving fullness, and stopping cough and resolving phlegm, with its strongest point being stopping nausea.
As an essential condiment, the structures of the gingerol and diarylheptanoid compounds in ginger have strong antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects. Eating ginger can also combat aging; the elderly can often eat ginger to remove "age spots."
Red Ginger Powder
2. Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen meridian. It has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen to warm the stomach, invigorating blood to resolve stasis, and is also suitable for the elderly and anemic children. Brown sugar cooked with longan and ginger juice makes a brown sugar, longan, and ginger water that has the effect of nourishing the blood and warming the body, preventing cold hands and feet in the cold winter.
Moreover, brown sugar can also combat aging. Research shows that every 100 grams of brown sugar contains 90 mg of calcium, 4 mg of iron, and small amounts of riboflavin and carotene. Japanese researchers have also extracted a polysaccharide called "molasses" from brown sugar. Experiments have proven it has strong antioxidant effects and a significant role in anti-aging.
Rose Brown Sugar Sponge Cake
3. Lamb
Eating lamb in winter has the dual benefits of nourishing the body and preventing cold. Lamb has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, warming the middle jiao and nourishing the lower body, strengthening the kidneys and yang, promoting muscle growth and strengthening the body, and resisting wind and cold. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Lamb can warm the middle jiao and tonify deficiency, tonify the middle jiao and replenish qi, stimulate the appetite and strengthen the body, benefit kidney qi, nourish the gallbladder and brighten the eyes, and treat deficiency-cold, five strains and seven injuries." However, lamb has a strong odor and is a heavy burden on the digestive system, so it is not suitable for people with poor stomach and spleen function. Like pork and beef, excessive consumption of such animal fats can put pressure on the cardiovascular system, so although lamb is delicious, one should not overindulge. It should be eaten with caution during hot summer weather or by patients with a fever.
Satay Sauce Braised Lamb
4. Sweet Potato
Sweet potatoes are rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins, and various minerals, earning them the reputation of a "longevity food." Their sugar content reaches 15%-20%. They have effects such as anti-cancer, protecting the heart, preventing emphysema and diabetes, and aiding in weight loss. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" by Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty records: "Sweet potato tonifies deficiency, strengthens the spleen to stimulate the appetite, and strengthens kidney yin," and says that people who eat it live long. Traditional Chinese Medicine regards sweet potato as a good medicine.
Sweet potatoes contain large amounts of cellulose and pectin that are not easily destroyed by digestive enzymes, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and intestinal peristalsis, thus promoting bowel movements. Additionally, its rich beta-carotene is an effective antioxidant that helps eliminate free radicals in the body. In fact, sweet potato is also an ideal food for weight loss.
Sweet Potato Balls
5. Pepper
What can you eat to warm a "cold stomach"? Actually, pepper soup is a very good choice. Pepper has a fragrant aroma and is one of people's favorite condiments. Most peppers grow in high-temperature and long-term humid areas. Their nature and taste are pungent and hot, so their effect of warming the middle jiao to dispel cold and relieve pain is relatively strong. White pepper has slightly higher medicinal value but a slightly lesser seasoning effect. Its taste is spicier than black pepper, so it has a stronger effect of dispelling cold and strengthening the stomach. Moreover, the main component of pepper is piperine, and it also contains a certain amount of aromatic oil, crude protein, crude fat, and soluble nitrogen, which can remove fishiness, greasiness, and aid digestion.
Black Pepper Roasted Oyster Mushrooms
Homemade fruit-pins
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