Four dietary recipes for warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen during the Rain Water Festival

After the Spring Festival, it is spring. A year's plan depends on spring. After the Rain Water solar term , precipitation increases. People should pay attention to eating in moderation, eating at regular times and in regular amounts, keeping the temperature moderate, paying attention to food hygiene, eating more coarse grains, fruits and vegetables, and regulating nutritional balance. For the elderly and children, do not overeat or overhungry. Eat small meals frequently to avoid increasing the burden on the spleen and stomach. Let’s take a look at some dietary and medicinal recipes that warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen.

In terms of dietary conditioning, the focus should be on regulating the spleen and stomach functions, eating less sour food and more sweet food to nourish the spleen's qi. You can choose from leeks, toon, lily, pea sprouts, chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, spring bamboo shoots, yam, taro, etc. On the other hand, you can also combine medicated diet for conditioning. Here are a few dietary therapy recipes.

Millet Porridge with Kumquat and Yam

20 grams of kumquats, 100 grams of fresh yam, 50 grams of millet, and 15 grams of white sugar. Wash the kumquats, slice them and set aside. Peel and slice the yam, put it into the pot together with kumquat slices and washed millet, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes thick porridge, and add sugar. It has the effect of soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen.

Millet porridge

150 grams of millet, 8 dates, 5 grams of tangerine peel, and 50 grams of white sugar. Remove the core of the jujube and cut it into small pieces. Wash the millet and put them into a casserole together with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat. When the rice grains are blooming, add the jujube, tangerine peel, and sugar and cook for a while. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, promoting liver qi, and opening the stomach and intestines.

Rose Cake

1500 grams of glutinous rice flour, 3500 grams of sticky rice flour, 250 grams of walnut meat, 500 grams of dates, 300 grams of white sugar, and 60 grams of rose. Wash the dates and walnut meat, cut into small cubes and set aside. Put glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour in a bowl, add appropriate amount of water, put in white sugar, jujube, walnut meat, and rose, mix well with 500 ml of water, knead into dough, make it into a cake shape, and then steam the cake for about 25 minutes. It has the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach.

Amomum villosum crucian carp soup

150 grams of fresh crucian carp, 3 grams of Amomum villosum, 6 grams of tangerine peel, and appropriate amounts of ginger, onion, and salt. Scrape off the scales and gills of the fresh crucian carp, cut open the belly and remove the internal organs, wash it, put the Amomum villosum into the fish belly, then put it into a casserole together with the tangerine peel, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, add ginger, green onion, and salt, and cook until the soup is thick and fragrant. It has the effect of invigorating the spleen, appetizing and eliminating dampness.