When a person lacks blood and energy, they will appear listless and lack vitality. Furthermore, prolonged anemia can lead to various illnesses. So, what foods are good for replenishing blood? Let's take a look together.
1. Siwu Decoction
Siwu Tang (Four-Substance Decoction) is a treasure for women. The four ingredients are angelica root, rehmannia root, white peony root, and chuanxiong rhizome. Women can use Siwu Tang to replenish blood and regulate menstruation after their period ends. Regular consumption of Siwu Tang can not only replenish blood and prevent anemia, but also improve complexion.
Instructions: Wrap the four ingredients in a saucepan, add them to the pork ribs, and simmer together to make a soup. If you don't like pork ribs, you can add other meats according to your taste.
2. Three-Red Soup
The so-called "Three Red Soup" refers to a soup made by simmering three red foods together: red dates, red beans, and peanuts. It's well known that red foods have blood-nourishing properties, and red dates, red beans, and peanuts are all relatively easy to find, making this soup worth recommending.
Instructions: Simply boil red dates, red beans, peanuts, etc. together. A reminder: do not remove the peanut skins. The peanut skins are believed to have blood-nourishing properties.
3. Snow Fungus and Pumpkin Blood-Nourishing Soup
Both white fungus and pumpkin are excellent beauty foods for women, and they also have the effect of replenishing blood, making them especially suitable for women with poor complexion and a yellowish skin tone.
Before making the white fungus and pumpkin blood-nourishing soup, it is best to prepare the necessary ingredients: one slice of pumpkin, 20 grams of dried lotus seeds, one white fungus, 10 red dates, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.
To make this, first wash the pumpkin thoroughly, preferably without peeling it for a better texture. Then remove the lotus seed hearts and wash the red dates. After the water in the pot boils, add the lotus seeds and white fungus and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Then add the pumpkin and cook until soft.
4. Lily bulb, ginkgo nut, and beef soup
Lily bulbs have the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, while beef is rich in amino acids and various nutrients needed by the human body. Simmering these ingredients together into a soup can not only replenish qi and blood, but also has beauty-enhancing and heat-clearing effects.
The above four remedies are the folk remedies I usually use to replenish blood in winter, and I would say that they are quite effective.
However, in real life, many women are busy with work and taking care of their children, and may not have much time or energy to make these soups to help replenish their blood. So what can they do? Actually, women can also use some readily available snacks to achieve the same effect. Many foods in daily life have blood-replenishing properties, and they don't require women to spend too much time preparing them.
Fruits:
Longan, lychee, grapes, cherries, apples, oranges, and so on.
Vegetables:
Spinach, carrots, rapeseed, daylily, lotus root, and red radish.
Grains:
Black rice, black beans, purple rice, glutinous rice, etc.
Nuts:
Red dates, walnuts, longans, and so on all have excellent blood-nourishing effects.
Furthermore, foods such as brown sugar, donkey-hide gelatin, and bird's nest also have certain blood-nourishing effects.
