​Joints are afraid of cold in summer

Many friends often feel very cold in their joints, especially some elderly friends. The phenomenon of joints being afraid of cold is more common in winter. If the joints also become afraid of cold in summer, it means that your physical fitness needs to be improved. You need to make timely adjustments, take good warming measures, ensure that the sleeping place is bright and dry, and improve your diet. You can refer to the following content for details.

Some people easily get cold limbs, especially the knees. When winter comes, they often feel cold on the back and below the knees. This is usually due to yang deficiency. It is recommended to eat more warm foods, such as lychees, longans, lamb, etc.

Longan, commonly known as "longan", is a precious specialty of my country's southern tropical region. Historically, it has been known as "longan" in the south and "ginseng" in the north. According to traditional Chinese medicine, longan is sweet and warm in nature, and enters the heart and spleen meridians.

If your knee joints are cold or your yang is deficient, eating some longan can help relieve the symptoms.

Nutritionists have found that every 100 grams of longan pulp contains 12%-23% total sugar, 26.91% glucose, 1.26% tartaric acid, 1.41% protein, 0.45% fat, 163.7 mg of vitamin C, 196.6 mg of vitamin K, as well as vitamins B1, B2, P, etc. After processing and making into dried fruits, each 100 grams contains 74.6 grams of sugar, 35 mg of iron, 2 mg of calcium, 110 mg of phosphorus, 1200 mg of potassium and other minerals, as well as a variety of amino acids, saponins, X-glycine, tannins, choline, etc. This is the source of its powerful nourishing ability.

Longan is rich in glucose, sucrose, protein, etc., and has a relatively high iron content. It can promote hemoglobin regeneration while increasing thermal energy and supplementing nutrition, thereby achieving the effect of blood tonic. Studies have found that in addition to its tonic effect on the whole body, longan meat is particularly effective on brain cells, can enhance memory and eliminate fatigue.

Recommended recipe 1: Red dates and longan tea

Wash the red dates and cut them into slices, wash the wolfberries, peel 2 longans and smash 3 longans with shells, put the prepared ingredients into a teapot and brew with boiling water.

Recommended recipe 2: Ginger longan brown sugar dumplings

Slice the ginger, peel the longan and remove the longan pulp for later use. After the water boils, add ginger slices, brown sugar and longan pulp, continue to boil for 5 minutes, turn off the heat and set aside; while cooking the longan in ginger juice, take another pot to cook the glutinous rice balls, then put the cooked glutinous rice balls into the brown sugar, longan and ginger juice.