Don’t Worry If You Can’t Sleep Well In Spring, 4 Homemade Sleep-aid Dishes Nourish The Liver And Calm The Mind
As soon as spring arrives, many friends around me are complaining about "spring sleepiness."
Some people are so sleepy that they find it difficult to wake up, while others struggle with tossing and turning and being unable to fall asleep. They finally fall asleep, but they always continue to dream, and wake up at two or three in the morning. After waking up, they can no longer sleep peacefully.
During the day, my head feels dizzy and my face looks bad.
Especially the elderly in the family have relatively light sleep and wake up a lot during the night. By the next day, they are completely listless.
In fact, when such sleep problems occur in spring, in many cases it is not a simple "spring sleepiness" phenomenon, but rather the tendency of liver fire to be strong and the inner spirit to be unstable, causing trouble.
Instead of rushing to find medicine, it is better to look for solutions from three meals a day.
For today, I would like to share with you 4 simple and easy-to-prepare home-cooked dishes. They are all made from common ingredients in the market. The preparation method is not complicated. The focus is on preparing them in a gentle way, which can help protect the liver, calm the mind, and promote the body to slowly return to a balanced state. The whole family, young and old, can eat them accordingly.
Steamed pumpkin with lily and lotus seeds, a bowl of it will make you feel relaxed and relaxed
This dish can be said to be a lazy person’s version of a healthy dish. It’s so simple to make that you almost don’t need to use a frying pan.
Peel the old pumpkin and cut into thick slices, arrange them neatly on the plate.
grab a handful dried lilies and Core lotus seeds , soak it in warm water in advance and sprinkle it on the pumpkin.
Put the pot on and steam for fifteen to twenty minutes, until the pumpkin can be easily penetrated when poked with chopsticks and the lily becomes soft.
You don’t need to add any seasoning after it’s out of the pot, the sweetness of the pumpkin is enough.
If you like, you can add a small spoonful Honey , but it is not recommended for people with high blood sugar.
Eat a small bowl at night, of which lily can clear away troubles, lotus seeds can soothe the mind and nourish the mind, plus pumpkin, which is gentle and moisturizing, will warm your body and relax your mood.
At home, if the elderly have poor teeth, this dish is very suitable. It is easy to digest and easy to digest. It can also relieve the inexplicable hot feeling at night and make the person sleep more peacefully.
Stir-fried lily with celery and cashew nuts, refreshing, crisp and tender to reduce liver irritation
In spring, liver qi tends to rise too much, making people prone to irritability, dry mouth, and restless sleep.
At this time, you should eat some light and light dishes to reduce dryness.
This fried lily with celery and cashew nuts is a good choice.
Tear off the old tendons on the celery, then cut it into segments with a diagonal knife, put it in boiling water and quickly blanch it, so that its color will become more green and its taste will become crisper.
Slowly fry raw cashew nuts over low heat until slightly yellow, and the aroma will come out.
Reserve some base oil in the pot, first add garlic slices and sauté until fragrant, then add celery and fresh lilies, stir-fry quickly over high heat, finally add cashews, sprinkle with a very small amount of salt for seasoning, and before serving, pour a few drops of sesame oil to add a delicious taste.
The whole process only takes three to five minutes, retaining the original flavor and crispness of the ingredients.
Celery, which is rich in dietary fiber, can help cleanse the stomach and intestines. Cashews have the effect of nourishing the brain and moistening dryness. Lily is recognized as a food that calms the mind and calms the mind.
This dish has the characteristics of less oil and less salt, which will not put any burden on the body. It has an excellent effect on relieving insomnia and dreaminess caused by excessive liver fire. If you eat it two or three times a week, you will gradually notice the changes.
Longan, red dates and millet porridge, a bowl of it in the morning and evening to help you sleep soundly
Many older people have a habit of drinking something hot before going to bed, thinking that their stomachs will feel comfortable and people will become warmer.
Compared to milk or sweet drinks, I recommend this bowl of longan, red dates and millet porridge.
Millet is a well-known ingredient that nourishes the stomach. When it is boiled to a thick state, a thick layer of rice oil will appear on its surface, and this rice oil has the most nutritional value.
Grab a few dried longans, and then grab a few red dates. For the red dates, it is best to remove the cores, which will make it easier to eat and reduce the feeling of heat.
Wash the millet to make it clean, then add water, bring the water to a boil, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly. When the rice grains bloom and the soup changes to a thicker state, add the longan and red dates, and then cook for another ten minutes to achieve the goal.
This bowl of porridge has its own sweetness, no need to add extra sugar.
Longan nourishes blood and calms the mind, red dates harmonize qi and blood, and millet strengthens the spleen and stomach.
Drink a bowl of it in the morning to start an energetic day; drink a small bowl of it an hour or two before going to bed at night to warm your whole body and calm your mind, so that you can fall asleep naturally and quickly.
For those elderly people whose spleen and stomach are weak, this porridge is much milder than milk. If you drink it for a long time, your sleep quality can be improved a lot.
Stir-fried spinach and soft tofu, light and nutritious, slowly prepared
Many people think that poor sleep is related to a lack of nutrients in the body, so they think about supplementing with big fish and meat.
In fact, it is wrong. Eating greasy food at night will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach and affect sleep.
This stir-fried spinach and soft tofu dish focuses on the word "qing".
Spinach is rich in iron and vitamins. However, before cooking, it must be blanched to remove the oxalic acid contained in it. In this way, the taste will not be astringent and will be more beneficial to health.
Cut the soft tofu into small pieces and soak it in light salt water for a while to prevent it from breaking easily.
Take a pot, put a small amount of oil in it, and fry the tofu first until both sides turn slightly yellow, which will make it taste more delicious. Then take it out and set it aside for later use.
First, use the remaining oil in the pot and stir-fry the minced garlic to release the aroma. Then add the blanched spinach and stir-fry quickly. Finally, pour the tofu back into the pot, push it gently and mix it evenly. Add a very small amount of salt and oyster sauce to adjust the flavor.
This dish is soft, tender and fragrant, low in fat and highly nutritious. The spinach replenishes blood and the tofu replenishes high-quality protein.
There is a group of people who have been sleeping in light sleep for a long time and are relatively weak. For these people, regular consumption of this dish can improve their physique from the root and make the foundation of the body more solid. In this way, sleep will naturally tend to be stable.
Sleep is not a matter of urgency, nor can it be solved by taking medicine alone.
In recent years, the National Health Commission has been advocating the concept of "diet therapy and health preservation". Especially for the elderly, relying on a reasonable daily diet to regulate the body is much safer and more secure than relying on drugs for a long time.
The dishes mentioned above all use common ingredients, and their preparation methods are also daily practices. The key point is that they need to be persisted for a long time so that health preservation can become a life habit.
There is a reader friend who keeps changing the dishes for his family who is over 70 years old and makes these dishes, and also combines them with other light-flavored meals. After half a month, the frequency of the old man waking up in the middle of the night has been significantly reduced, and his face has also gained a lot of rosy color during the day. The old man has also become energetic and can go out for a walk.
In fact, good sleep is not that complicated. Many times, a bowl of warm porridge or a plate of light stir-fry can help the body slowly return to a balanced state.
Spring is a particularly suitable time to nourish the liver and protect sleep. You might as well try these dishes to gradually regain the lost sleep in the simplest way.
