The lungs are the storage vessels for phlegm, and the spleen is the source of phlegm production. People with heavy phlegm and dampness may feel like they have no appetite for food, or feel bloated after eating. Sometimes they may also experience diarrhea or constipation, with a stuffy stomach; Even if you haven't done any heavy work, you may feel short of breath, unable to catch your breath, and feel tired after taking a few steps, unable to lift your spirits; I occasionally cough, especially in the morning and evening, with a lot of phlegm in my throat. Sometimes I feel my throat is blocked, and when I wake up, I may find some swelling in my face or legs; People with heavy phlegm and dampness will feel drowsy, have difficulty concentrating, and their emotions are prone to fluctuations. Sometimes they may also feel a little irritable, their lips are always dry and cracked, and their skin is also very dry; How to alleviate these problems? Dr. Li's sharing of this turbid soup can help you dissolve phlegm and dampness from the inside, reducing the burden on the spleen and lungs.
【 Composition of Soup Formula 】
50g of water chestnut, 30g of white fruit, 30g of Job's tears, one pork belly, and one piece of tangerine peel
Clean the pork belly according to the above ratio, put the ingredients together into the pork belly and boil the soup in a pressure cooker for drinking. Alternatively, you can boil it in a sand pot over high heat for about 2-3 hours and season with salt.
Analysis of Soup Formula
The taste of the water chestnut is sweet, astringent, and has a mild nature. Returning to the spleen and kidney meridians. Since ancient times, she has been known as the Water Fairy, with functions such as tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing the kidneys and consolidating essence, dispelling dampness and stopping belts. And it contains a large amount of nutrients such as starch, protein, fat, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, vitamin B2, carotene, etc.
White fruit has a sweet, bitter, astringent, and smooth taste, and belongs to the lung and kidney meridians. It has antioxidant effects, improves digestive function, lowers blood pressure, protects heart health, and enhances immunity.
Chenpi has various pharmacological effects such as regulating gastrointestinal motility, promoting gastric juice secretion, anti ulcer, hepatoprotective, choleretic, anti allergic, lipid-lowering, antiplatelet aggregation, antioxidant, expectorant, anti asthmatic, antibacterial, anti-tumor, etc.
Coix seed has the effects and functions of promoting diuresis, invigorating the spleen and stopping diarrhea, relieving rheumatism, expelling pus, and losing weight. It has functions such as preventing cancer, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and promoting metabolism.
【 Health benefits 】
Huazhuo Tang has the functions of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, dispelling dampness and turbidity, improving spleen and stomach function, relieving spleen deficiency, preventing cancer and fighting cancer, tonifying the kidneys and consolidating essence, regulating the five organs of our body, and promoting physical health. The effect of delaying aging and enhancing immunity. Mix white fruit, water chestnut, Job's tears, and pork belly with tangerine peel. Boosting the "cleansing" function of the lungs from the inside and supplementing energy to the spleen and stomach can better nourish lung qi. Baiguo's "Bencao Bian Jiu" states: "Concentrate the lungs to relieve cough and reflux, and reduce dampness, turbidity, phlegm, and saliva." The water chestnut is known as the fairy of water, with a sweet and light taste. According to traditional Chinese medicine, "sweetness can nourish the spleen, and lightness can permeate dampness." It can also eliminate dampness while nourishing the spleen and stomach. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is said that "Pig stomach is an essential product for nourishing the spleen and stomach. When the spleen and stomach are replenished, the qi is beneficial, and the benefits are self stopping." In addition, Job's tears, which can relieve dampness and spleen, relax tendons and relieve rheumatism, clear heat and discharge pus, have the effects of dispelling dampness and turbidity, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, promoting gastric juice secretion, and benefiting the kidneys and weight loss.