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Spring is strong, how to care for the vernal equinox solar terms?

During the spring equinox and solar terms, human blood is also in a vigorous period, and hormone levels are also at a relative peak. Non-infectious diseases that are prone to occur at this time include hypertension, menstrual disorders, hemorrhoids, allergic diseases and so on. The general principle of diet should be to avoid hot and cold diet and keep the balance between cold and heat. This period is also not suitable for drinking fatty soup.

1, stewed rock sugar with bird's nest (1 person's weight)

Materials: bird's nest 10g, rock sugar 10g.

Practice: First soak the bird's nest in warm water. After the bird's nest becomes soft, you can use tweezers to clean up impurities such as fine swallows. Drain the soaked bird's nest, add appropriate amount of water, pour it into a stew pot, add rock sugar, and simmer for 1 hour.

Efficacy: Bird's nest has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, benefiting qi and tonifying middle warmer, while rock sugar has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting fluid production, moistening lung and relieving cough. Stewed rock candy with bird's nest can not only nourish yin and moisten dryness, but also nourish skin and moisturize skin. If you don't like sweets, citizens can also stew bird's nest with lean broth and chicken soup, with the same effect.

2. Abalone, longan and Ophiopogon japonicus soup (3 persons)

Ingredients: 250g fresh abalone, 30g longan pulp, 30g Ophiopogon japonicus and 250g sugarcane.

Practice: Wash abalone first, add longan meat, Ophiopogon japonicus, sugar cane slices, add lean broth and appropriate amount of salt, and stew for 1 hour.

Efficacy: abalone can nourish yin and tonify kidney, calm the liver and subdue yang, and calm the nerves; Ophiopogon japonicus nourishes yin and moistens lung; Longan meat nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes blood and calms the nerves; Sugarcane has the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening bath, clearing heat and diuresis. This soup is suitable for patients with deficiency of five internal organs, fatigue cough, upset insomnia and dizziness.