In today's fast-paced and highly competitive society, people are under increasing pressure, and anger has become a common occurrence. Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are all normal emotions. We all know that anger is harmful to the body and accelerates aging. Learning to regulate one's emotions is one thing, but what should you do when you get angry? Why not turn your sorrow and anger into an appetite? The following 6 foods can help you cool down your anger~
Radish
Radish is pungent, sweet, and cold in nature, and it affects the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of eliminating food stagnation, clearing heat, resolving phlegm, regulating qi, relieving chest tightness, and detoxification. It is particularly good at promoting the smooth flow of qi and strengthening the stomach. It has the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm for those with qi stagnation, fire, and phlegm. Green radishes have the best effect, followed by those with red skin and white heart.
Rose Tea
Roses are pungent, sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly warm in nature. They have the effects of regulating qi to relieve depression, transforming dampness to harmonize the middle jiao, invigorating blood to dispel stasis. When angry, you might as well brew a cup of rose tea, or place fragrant roses in a vase in your room. Breathing in the floral fragrance can also help to smooth the qi and calm the spirit.
Lotus Root
Fresh lotus root and seeds contain a large amount of carbohydrates and are rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, starch, and various vitamins and proteins, making them a food with very high nutritional value. Raw lotus root has the effects of resolving stasis and cooling the blood, clearing heat and quenching thirst, and stimulating the appetite. Cooked lotus root is good at promoting the flow of qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart to calm the spirit, and is also an excellent product for smoothing qi.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn has the effects of strengthening the spleen to stimulate the appetite, smoothing qi to relieve pain, and promoting digestion to resolve stagnation. It is suitable for chest and abdominal fullness and pain caused by qi trapping food, and it also has a certain therapeutic effect on tachycardia and arrhythmia caused by anger.
Dried Tangerine Peel
Dried tangerine peel has the effect of smoothing qi and resolving phlegm. Brewing it in water and drinking it when angry can help to relieve anger and smooth the qi.
Fennel
Both fennel seeds and leaves have the effect of smoothing qi. They can smooth qi, strengthen the stomach, and relieve pain, and are most effective for chest and abdominal fullness and pain caused by anger. How to eat: Eat the leaves, which can be stir-fried or used as a dumpling filling.