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Chapter 18 Keep clean, fight fatigue, give yourself special care during menstruation (2)
1.Efficacy such as inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, invigorating the spleen to remove dampness, relaxing muscles and tendons and removing numbness, clearing away heat and expelling pus, is a commonly used diuresis and dampness medicine.

2.It nourishes hair, prevents hair loss, and makes hair smooth and soft.

3.It has the effect of reducing wrinkles and eliminating pigment spots, and has obvious curative effect on facial acne and rough skin.In addition, it also has the ability to absorb ultraviolet rays, and its extracts can also achieve sunscreen and anti-ultraviolet effects when added to cosmetics.

4.Boil barley in water until soft or stir-fried, which is more conducive to gastrointestinal absorption. People who often feel tired and weak can eat more.Coix seed is rich in proteolytic enzymes, which can soften the cutin of the skin. Long-term use is also effective for those with warts, rough and rough skin.

However, barley has the effect of cooling the body, so pregnant and menstrual women should stop using it.The sugar contained in barley is relatively viscous, so it is not advisable to eat too much, as eating too much may hinder digestion.Although barley has the function of lowering blood fat and blood sugar, it is only a health food and cannot be used as a medicine. Therefore, patients with symptoms of hyperlipidemia should seek medical treatment and must not use barley for self-treatment.

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1.Red bean barley porridge
Efficacy: nourish blood, reduce swelling, and make skin beautiful.

Ingredients: 100 grams of red beans, 200 grams of barley, 1000 ml of water, appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Wash and soak the red beans and barley separately.

Boil barley in water first. After the water boils, turn down the heat and cook for another 20 minutes, then add red beans.

Continue to cook for 30 minutes. After the red beans and barley are cooked through, add a little rock sugar to taste.

2.barley brown rice porridge
Efficacy: aid digestion, benefit the stomach.

Ingredients: Barley, brown rice, and pork belly in appropriate amounts.

Method: First wash the pork belly with water and cut into filaments.

Put the pork belly, barley and brown rice into the pot together, increase or decrease the amount of water according to the thickness you like, and boil it into porridge.

Potatoes, let slimming and health go hand in hand
Potatoes, also known as potatoes, are called the five major crops together with rice, wheat, corn, and sorghum.In France, potatoes are called "underground apples".Potatoes have complete nutrients and are easily digested and absorbed by the human body. They enjoy the title of "second bread" in Europe and the United States.

Potatoes are extremely rich in starch, protein, and vitamin C, among which starch content ranks first. In addition, it also contains fat, crude fiber, potassium, and calcium.Potatoes contain more nutrients than cereals, apples, etc., and the protein contained is complete protein, and the nutrients are easily absorbed by the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that potatoes are flat and sweet in nature and taste, and have the effects of harmonizing the stomach, nourishing qi and invigorating the spleen, strengthening the body and kidney, reducing inflammation, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. "Compendium of Materia Medica" mentioned that potatoes are sweet and flat in nature, and have the effects of invigorating qi, invigorating the spleen, reducing inflammation and detoxifying.Modern medicine believes that potatoes are rich in crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility and accelerate the metabolism of cholesterol in the intestine, have the effect of laxative and lower cholesterol, and can treat habitual constipation and prevent increased blood cholesterol.

In addition, potato starch is slowly absorbed in the human body and will not cause hyperglycemia, so it can be used as a dietary supplement for diabetic patients; moreover, it has low heat energy and contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, making it an ideal weight-loss food.Potatoes are relatively high in potassium, and eating them in moderation can reduce the chance of stroke.Potatoes also have special effects on treating indigestion. They are good medicine and high-quality health food for patients with stomach problems and heart diseases.What's more valuable is that potatoes are suitable for everyone without taboos.

However, you should pay attention when eating potatoes, and you must not eat those that have germinated, otherwise it will cause poisoning symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness, and even death in severe cases.Therefore, if you find that the potato has bud eyes, you should remove it, otherwise it will also endanger your health.Potatoes should also be peeled before boiling or burning, otherwise it will affect health.

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1.Mashed potatoes

Efficacy: Harmonize the stomach, clear fire and replenish qi, and have good effects on indigestion, gastritis, constipation, etc.

Ingredients: 250 grams of potatoes, appropriate amount of essential oil, a little pepper noodles, soy sauce, and salt.

Method: Peel the potatoes, wash and cut into pieces, then put them in a pot and add water to cook until they are soft and cooked, then mash them with a spoon to make a puree for later use.Put the essential oil into the pot and heat it up, first add the seasoning pepper noodles, soy sauce, salt, and finally put in the mashed potatoes and stir fry.

2.borscht
Efficacy: Digest and appetize, nourish qi and blood, strengthen tendons and strengthen body, and have obvious curative effects on chronic gastritis, fatigue, gout, etc.

Ingredients: 200 grams of potatoes, 250 grams of beef, 100 grams each of carrots, tomatoes, and onions, and 2 eggs.

Method: First peel and wash the potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, and onions, and cut them into small pieces.The beef is also washed and cut into pieces, and then all of them are put into a pot and boiled with water. When the soup is thick, add eggs and cook.

Nuomi is known as a beauty consultant living in the countryside
In Jin Yong's "Sword of Enmity and Enmity": Chen Jialuo left home for ten years, visited Chen's house at night, returned to his former residence when he was a boy, and met Qinghua, a maid who served him when he was a child.Surprised, Qinghua asked to serve him again, and everything remained the same.She loosened his hair and braided it carefully.At this time, Chen Jialuo lowered his head to eat the glutinous rice lotus root, pushed out the glutinous rice balls in the lotus root one by one, ate one by himself, and stuffed one into Qinghua's mouth.It is written in the book: "Chen Jialuo has been away from home for ten years, living in the desert and desolation every day, and the taste of such a rich and noble family in the south of the Yangtze River can be tasted again today, as if it has been a lifetime."

Glutinous rice has been an important nourishing food since ancient times. Compared with japonica rice, its nature is warmer.

Li Shizhen summarized its effects into four types in "Compendium of Materia Medica": one is to warm the spleen and stomach, the other is to stop diarrhea, the third is to reduce stool, and the fourth is to collect spontaneous sweat. "Book of Materia Medica" also analyzed that: glutinous rice is a grain that nourishes the spleen and stomach, and benefits the lung qi.When the spleen and stomach are nourished, they can warm the grains and absorb water, the stool will not be loose, the temperature can nourish the qi, the righteous qi will be strong, and the body will be warm.Therefore, people with spleen and lung deficiency are most suitable to eat glutinous rice.

1.Warm the stomach: Glutinous rice is rich in B vitamins, which can warm the spleen and stomach and nourish the middle qi.It has a certain relieving effect on spleen and stomach deficiency, poor appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea.

2.Detoxification: Glutinous rice can help gastrointestinal motility, effectively discharge waste in the body, improve gastroptosis, prevent constipation, and also help to improve hyperhidrosis caused by qi deficiency.

3.Glutinous rice has astringent effect, and has a good therapeutic effect on frequent urination and spontaneous sweating.

Glutinous rice is used to warm the spleen and stomach, and can be used to cook porridge with astragalus.Take 30 grams of honey-roasted Astragalus membranaceus, add water and boil for 20 minutes, remove the medicinal residues, add 30 grams of glutinous rice, and cook until the rice is thoroughly cooked.Add the right amount of sugar when eating.

To treat weak spleen and stomach and loose stools, glutinous rice and yam can be used together.Take 500 grams of glutinous rice, soak it in water overnight, drain it, put it in a pot, fry it over low heat, and grind it into fine powder for later use.Use 30 grams of yam to fry into a soup. When boiling, add 30 grams of glutinous rice flour, along with sugar and a little pepper, and eat it every morning.

For detoxification, beauty and whitening, it can be cooked with lotus root.Prepare 14 grams of lotus root, about 150 grams of glutinous rice, and about 80 grams of white sugar.After washing the lotus root, cut off one end to make a cover, wash and drain the glutinous rice, then fill it into the hole of the lotus root, and cover the lotus root after filling.Then, put it in a steamer, steam it with a slow fire, take it out and let it cool, cut it into thin pieces and place it on a plate, and sprinkle with sugar.

However, glutinous rice is sticky, so it is best for the elderly, children and people with poor digestive function to eat less.There are also people who like to eat glutinous rice cakes, which are high in carbohydrates and sodium. People with diabetes, overweight or kidney disease, and hyperlipidemia should stop them in moderation.

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Three-color sticky rice

Efficacy: slimming, beautifying and beautifying.

Ingredients: 15 grams of red beans, 15 grams of barley, 20 grams of glutinous rice, 20 grams of winter melon seeds, and 20 grams of diced cucumbers.

Method: soak barley in water for 7 hours, wash and set aside.

Put the red beans and barley into the inner pot of the steamer (add water to the inner pot) and steam for 20 minutes, then add the washed glutinous rice and winter melon seeds to steam until cooked.

After cooking, sprinkle with diced cucumbers and serve.

Lemon, the best whitening product for fashionable girls
Among natural beauty products, the most famous and popular one is probably lemon.Raw lemon tastes very sour and tastes bad, but it has great practical value when used properly.As a beauty fruit, lemon has attracted the attention of more and more fashionable girls.The beauty effect of lemon can be summarized as the following aspects:

1.Reduce pigmentation and make skin fair.

2.Nutritious skin care effect.

3.Disinfecting, descaling and cleaning the skin.

However, the beauty benefits of lemon are mainly focused on skin lightening.The king of fruits for white and tender skin, lemon is the one to do my part.Lemon is the holy product of whitening, it is rich in vitamin C.Lemon has a bleaching effect, which has an excellent effect on skin whitening and skin aging, and is also very helpful in eliminating fatigue.The citric acid in lemon can not only prevent and eliminate the deposition of pigment in the skin, but also soften the cuticle of the skin, making the skin fair and shiny.

There are many ways to use lemon, do you know the beauty?In order to whiten your skin, do you often apply lemon slices or drink lemon juice in large slices?Now tell you, doing so is very dangerous, incorrect use of lemon, may be counterproductive.Because lemon contains a lot of organic acids, which are irritating to the skin, therefore, do not apply lemon juice directly on the face, it must be diluted or mixed with other natural beauty products in proportion to apply on the face.

If you make a lemon mask, do not use the whole lemon patch. When other ingredients are mixed, use no more than [-] tablespoons of lemon pulp juice (use a small coffee spoon).

In addition, it is best to avoid applying lemon, celery, etc. on the face before sun exposure, or drinking citrus juice.Beauty treatments with lemon are best done at night.

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Stewed Lemon Duck
Efficacy: Nourishing yin and stomach, beautifying and nourishing the skin.

Ingredients: 1 light duck (about 750 grams), 750 grams of soup, 1 lemon, appropriate amount of refined salt, monosodium glutamate, and sesame oil.

Method: Take out the internal organs of the light duck by laparotomy, scald it with boiling water, wash away the blood and dirt, then rinse it with clean water, pick it up, put it into a stewing pot, add refined salt, add soup, put it in a steamer and simmer for 50 minutes, Add lemon (to remove the core), simmer for another 10 minutes, add monosodium glutamate, drizzle sesame oil and serve.

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