What does it mean to nourish the mind?

Many people don’t know much about nourishing the heart in health preservation. As the name suggests, it means nourishing the heart. The most important thing in health preservation in summer is to nourish the heart. So what should you eat to nourish the heart? Let’s learn about the foods that nourish the heart and remove heat in summer. As we all know, heart disease is a very dangerous and common disease nowadays, so it is still very necessary to nourish the heart, especially for the elderly with declined physical function.

Poria

Poria cocos tastes sweet, light and neutral in nature. It has the functions of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, benefiting the spleen and stomach, and calming the mind and tranquilizing the nerves when used as medicine. Modern medical research: Poria cocos can enhance the body's immune function, and Poria cocos polysaccharides have obvious anti-tumor and liver protection effects.

Ophiopogon japonicus

It can clear the heart and relieve restlessness, and is suitable for symptoms of internal heat disturbing the heart. Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter, cool, nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears the heart and relieves restlessness. Ophiopogon japonicus is mainly used to treat heat disease that damages body fluid, restlessness, thirst, dry throat, lung heat, cough, and tuberculosis.

Lotus seeds

Summer is the best time to nourish the heart because the heart is most vulnerable in summer. The heat can easily make people irritable and sad, and easily damage the heart blood. Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds are mild in nature, sweet and astringent in taste, and enter the heart, lung, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of tonifying spleen, benefiting lung, nourishing heart, benefiting kidney and strengthening intestine. The bioalkali contained in lotus seed core has a significant cardiotonic effect, and lotus core alkali has a strong anti-calcium and anti-arrhythmic effect.

lily

Lily enters the heart meridian and has a slightly cold nature. It can clear the heart and relieve restlessness, calm the mind and soothe the nerves. It is used for symptoms such as residual heat after a fever, confusion, insomnia, depression, joy, sadness and crying.

Water Chestnut

Wash the water chestnuts, remove the skin and stems, and use them for medicinal purposes. Sweet and neutral in nature. Enters the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, promoting dampness and resolving phlegm, and lowering blood It can be used for symptoms such as damage to body fluid due to heat disease, thirst and poor appetite, red stools and constipation, lung heat and cough. It also has certain effects on damp-heat jaundice, nephritis edema, and some eye diseases.

In addition to these foods, our common kelp is also a relatively good heart-nourishing food. Kelp not only helps to clear the accumulated heat in the body, but also can deal with physical overdraft caused by excessive sweating. Moreover, kelp is also rich in iodine. Summer is a good season for health preservation, so you can grasp it well. In this way, after the summer, your body will definitely be able to better resist the cold in winter.