What can I eat to reduce the inflammation of my gums?

Inflammatory gums can not only cause redness and swelling of the gums, but also lead to oral ulcers, swollen and painful gums, and symptoms of toothache. Teeth cannot be extracted during toothache, and they must wait until the toothache recovers before they can be extracted. Therefore, even surgery cannot solve the problem. Inflammatory gums can be prevented, and toothache can also be relieved through food. Don't dare to eat anything indiscriminately, but drinking soup is okay. You can usually use lotus seeds, pork liver, and mung beans to make soup, which can not only remove heat and reduce fire, but also relieve toothache.

1. Drink lotus seed soup to relieve heart fire

Symptoms: There are two types of fire: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, irritability, etc.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core), 15 grams of cassia seeds (wrapped in gauze), add appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct in water, eat the lotus seeds and drink the soup.

2. Eating pig liver can relieve lung heat

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum or little and sticky sputum, hot flashes and night sweats, hot palms and soles, insomnia, and red tongue.

Diet therapy: 1 piece of pork liver, 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrapped in gauze), cook until the liver is cooked, eat the liver and drink the soup.

3. Drink mung bean porridge to relieve stomach fire

Symptoms: There are two types of deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by mild cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and little coating; excess fire is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry and hard stools.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder, appropriate amount of polished rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, and then add polished rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

4. Drink pear juice to relieve liver fire

Symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and pain in the ribs.

Diet therapy: Crush 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stew it with appropriate amount of water.

5. Eat pork kidneys to reduce kidney heat

Symptoms: dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of waist and spine, hot flashes, night sweats, and irritability.

Diet therapy: 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus officinalis, put them into a casserole and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, eat the pig kidneys and drink the soup.

Autumn heat-removing diet therapy

In autumn, you should pay attention to reducing internal heat in your diet, eat less food that easily causes internal heat, and eat more food and autumn fruits that nourish yin and moisten dryness, promote the production of body fluids and nourish the lungs. Here, we will introduce to you a delicious dish that can reduce internal heat, moisten the lungs, detoxify and beautify the skin.

Main ingredients: dragon fruit, white fungus, black fungus, and snow pear.

Auxiliary ingredients: rock sugar, green beans, and wolfberries.

practice:

1. Soak white fungus and black fungus in boiling water, pick and wash them, take the dragon fruit pulp and set aside the shell, cut the dragon fruit pulp and snow pear into even pieces.

2. Add the chopped dragon fruit, pear pieces, white fungus, black fungus and rock sugar to the mixture, add water and simmer over low heat for one hour. Meanwhile, cook the green beans and set aside.

3. Pour the stewed soup into the dragon fruit shell and sprinkle with green beans and wolfberries.

Detoxification effects: clears heat, resolves phlegm, moistens the lungs, and can help smokers and drinkers excrete toxins.

Winter heat-removing diet

As winter approaches, many people are prone to getting inflamed. The following dietary therapy methods for clearing heat can be used as a reference.

Dry throat and hoarseness: 1. Drink light salt water; 2. Drink orange peel sugar tea.

Sore throat: 1. Mash the young loofah and squeeze out the juice, then gargle frequently; 2. Gargle with vinegar and the same amount of water to relieve pain; 3. Gargle with a spoonful of soy sauce, spit it out after about 1 minute, and repeat 3-4 times.

Blisters in the mouth: 1. Cut a few slices of ginger and chew them slowly, which can slowly eliminate the blisters; 2. Chew 1-2 cloves of garlic or garlic leaves, and the blisters will gradually disappear.

Cough with phlegm: 1. 10 grams of mulberry bark, 5 grams each of licorice and bamboo leaves, wash and put into the pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil and drink, it can cure excessive phlegm in the morning; 2. 1 piece of chopped ginger, 1 egg, and a little sesame oil. Like frying a poached egg, fry the ginger and egg together with sesame oil, eat while hot, twice a day.

Three kinds of fire-removing soup:

1. Loofah, Tofu and Fish Head Soup

Soup ingredients: one pound of loofah, one fresh fish head, appropriate amount of tofu, ginger and salt.

Preparation method: Wash the loofah, trim the corners and cut into sections; wash the fish head and cut it; wash the tofu with clean water; put the fish head and ginger into the pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cook on high heat for 20 minutes, add tofu and loofah, and cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes, then add seasoning.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and removes fire, nourishes yin and produces body fluid, cleanses the skin and removes spots, dredges meridians, and eliminates phlegm, wheezing and cough.

2. Winter melon and grass carp soup:

Soup ingredients: one pound of winter melon, half a pound of grass carp, and appropriate amounts of cooking wine, salt, scallion segments, ginger slices, cooking oil, and chicken powder.

Preparation method: Clean the carp, remove the scales and gills; peel and remove the wax gourd, cut into pieces; fry the fish in a hot oil pan, add cooking wine, ginger and water, and simmer until the fish is cooked and well-seasoned; add salt, green onions and chicken powder.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling, calms the liver, dispels wind and eliminates heat. It can reduce weight and moisturize the skin.

3. Mustard Beef Soup:

Soup ingredients: 1 pound of mustard greens, half a pound of beef, 1 ounce of ginger, and appropriate amounts of oil and salt.

Preparation method: Peel and smash the ginger; wash and slice the beef; wash and cut the mustard greens into sections. Put the ingredients into a pot of boiling water, boil them over high heat for a while, season with oil and salt, and eat while hot.

Efficacy: Mustard is pungent and warm in nature, and can dispel cold, relieve exterior symptoms, and promote qi and eliminate phlegm; beef is sweet and flat in nature, and can nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and blood, and strengthen the tendons and bones; ginger is pungent and warm in nature, and can release exterior symptoms and dispel cold. This soup nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi, resolves phlegm and relieves cough, relieves exterior symptoms and dispels cold. It is used for colds, headaches, body aches, and coughing up white phlegm.