Prolonged sitting can easily lead to qi stagnation and blood stasis; a clever diet can invigorate blood and resolve stasis.

With the development of society, office workers often sit for a whole day. Long-term sedentary lifestyles with little exercise can easily lead to issues of qi stagnation and blood stasis, causing facial spots and accelerated aging. Therefore, daily diet should pay more attention to eating foods that invigorate blood and resolve stasis, using diet for health preservation to fundamentally improve one's constitution and achieve beauty from the inside out. Below, the editor will introduce some foods that can invigorate blood and resolve stasis. Come and take a look!　

1. Ginger

Ginger is warm in nature and pungent in taste. Ginger has the effects of promoting blood circulation, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and sterilizing and detoxifying. Studies have shown that ginger can lower cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood viscosity, reduce platelet aggregation, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular infarction.

Sweet Potato and Ginger Soup

2. Tomatoes

Tomatoes contain various components that invigorate blood and resolve stasis. Pectin can lower cholesterol; flavonoids have anticoagulant effects; the yellow gelatinous substance around the seeds contains tomato factor, which can prevent platelet aggregation, maintain the elasticity of blood vessel walls, prevent atherosclerosis, and improve blood circulation.

3. Fish

Whether deep-sea fish, shallow-sea fish, or freshwater fish, they all contain two unsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA, which counteract blood clotting and thrombosis. Therefore, eating fish has the effect of preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

4. Black Fungus

Black fungus has the functions of replenishing qi and strengthening the body, nourishing the kidneys and stomach, and invigorating blood. It can resist thrombosis, lower blood lipids, and resist lipid peroxidation, thereby reducing blood viscosity, softening blood vessels, ensuring smooth blood flow, and reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. Black fungus also has a strong adsorption effect, which is beneficial for expelling metabolic waste from the body in a timely manner.

Minced Garlic with Black Fungus

5. Onions

Onions are pungent and warm in nature, and they affect the lung and liver meridians. Onions have the effect of warming yang and invigorating blood, and have a good lipid-lowering effect. Prostaglandin A contained in onions is a strong vasodilator. The allicin it contains can inhibit platelet aggregation, thus reducing peripheral vascular resistance and blood viscosity, and lowering blood pressure.

6. Hawthorn

Hawthorn is sour, sweet, and slightly warm in nature, and it affects the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. The "Shi Jian Ben Cao" says it can "resolve blood clots, resolve qi clots, and invigorate blood." Hawthorn has the effects of aiding digestion, strengthening the stomach, promoting qi circulation, invigorating blood, and resolving stasis. The flavonoids it contains can dilate peripheral blood vessels, have a slow and lasting blood pressure-lowering effect, and can dilate coronary arteries, lower lipids, and strengthen the heart.

7. Brown Sugar

Brown sugar, also known as "red sugar," is neutral in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and promoting fluid production, harmonizing the middle and benefiting the spleen, nourishing blood and strengthening the brain, invigorating blood and resolving stasis, and strengthening the body. However, it is contraindicated for people with high blood lipids and diabetes. Brown sugar contains a lot of glucose. In every 100 grams of brown sugar, it contains 0.4 grams of protein, 93.5 grams of carbohydrates, 90 milligrams of calcium, 4 milligrams of iron, 0.09 milligrams of vitamin B2, 0.6 milligrams of niacin, and a certain amount of nutrients such as carotene and trace elements manganese and zinc. The mineral iron in brown sugar is an important component of red blood cells and an indispensable substance in the blood production process; the glucose in brown sugar is easily absorbed and utilized by the human body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar has the effects of nourishing blood, strengthening the brain, warding off cold, strengthening the body, invigorating blood, resolving stasis, and promoting regeneration. It is mainly used for symptoms such as stomach cold and spleen deficiency, and is especially suitable for postpartum consumption.

Brown Sugar and Tremella Soup