The general characteristics of qi deficiency quality: lack of vitality, mainly characterized by fatigue, shortness of breath, self perspiration and other Qi deficiency. Physical characteristics: soft muscle is not solid. Common manifestations: low voice, shortness of breath, lazy speech, easy fatigue, low spirits, easy sweating, light red tongue, tooth marks on the edge of tongue, weak pulse. Psychological characteristics: introverted, not risk-taking. Incidence tendency: easy to catch a cold, visceral ptosis and other diseases, slow recovery after the disease. Adaptability to external environment: intolerance to wind, cold, heat and dampness. So how to recuperate the Qi deficiency constitution? How to recuperate with dietotherapy recommended by experts?
Rehabilitation program
Diet should eat more food with the function of Invigorating Qi and spleen, such as soybeans, white lentils, chicken, mushrooms, jujube, longan, honey, etc. Eat less betel nut, raw radish and other gas consuming products.
Astragalus chick: wash one chick, wrap 9g raw Astragalus in gauze bag, take a thread, tie one end of gauze bag tightly, put it in the pot, and tie the other end on the pot handle. Add ginger, green onion and proper amount of water to boil the soup. After the chicken is cooked, take out the Astragalus bag. Add salt and yellow rice wine to taste. It can replenish qi and deficiency.
Yam porridge: 30 grams of yam and 180 grams of Japonica rice together into the pot, add water amount of porridge. It can be eaten at dinner every day. This porridge has the function of Tonifying Qi, benefiting lung and strengthening body.
Exercise daily life, avoid staying up late, appropriate nap. Avoid sweating during labor or strenuous exercise. Often press Zusanli acupoint. Suitable for doing some gentle exercise, such as walking, Taijiquan, exercise, and so on, and persevere.
The food therapy of qi deficiency constitution can often eat japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, yellow rice, barley, yam, indica rice, naked oats, potato, jujube, carrot, mushroom, tofu, chicken, goose, rabbit, quail, beef, dog, black carp, silver carp. If Qi deficiency is serious, we should choose 'ginseng lotus soup' to nourish.
People with Qi deficiency constitution can often eat food with the same origin of medicine and food, such as yam, jujube, dangshen, Beiqi, coix seed, Hericium erinaceus, Ganoderma lucidum, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Lentinus edodes, etc. Usually, it can be used to cook soup or porridge to eat, and slowly supplement. We Cantonese often cook medicated food soup, which often uses these ingredients. The most classic tonic soup is Sijunzi chicken soup (ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, licorice stewed chicken). In order to reduce the cost and follow the principle of slow tonic, we replace ginseng with Codonopsis pilosula. The chicken soup is pure, slightly sweet, and tastes good. The most important thing is that we often drink it, and the tonic effect is very good. If stewed spareribs or pork, it is recommended to subtract licorice.
People with Qi deficiency constitution should avoid cold and overwork
Qi deficiency constitution is afraid of sudden changes in temperature, environmental changes, such as severe cold and heat, wind and rain, changes in solar terms, such as cold, winter solstice, summer solstice, summer heat, dog days. When there is no disease in bitter summer, we should pay attention to prevention: increase or decrease of clothes, circulation of air, keeping warm and avoiding summer. People with Qi deficiency constitution can often listen to some exciting and exciting music. People with Qi deficiency constitution should not be too tired or too worried, and the pressure of work and life should not be too great. The key is to stick to it. Besides daily supplement, we should add more food rich in dietary fiber. We should also maintain a calm and optimistic mental state, and supplement yoghurt or prebiotics. Zangling stachyose is very good. It can supplement food for probiotics in the body and inject new vitality into a better life.