Origin and types of medicinal hot pot

Medicinal hot pot has no origin, but was invented and created by modern people based on their full understanding of health.

Types and functions of medicinal hot pot;

Traditional Chinese medicine pot bottom nourishing hot pot can strengthen the body and dispel cold, which is especially popular in cold winter. According to Ella, president of Jinan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, medicated hot pot is similar to the decocting pot of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is a cooking method that can give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine. If used properly, it can keep healthy while enjoying delicious food. He said that the yang of the human body is hidden in winter, and eating reasonable and scientific medicinal hot pot can treat diseases such as dirty cold and wind-cold, adapting to the natural environment and physiological environment.

The disease of dirty cold is caused by internal cold, which is divided into two types: spleen and stomach weakness and kidney yang deficiency.

Deficiency of spleen and stomach is mainly manifested as gastritis, loss of appetite, small appetite, duodenal ulcer, enteritis, cold limbs, mental fatigue, abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by careless diet, etc. For patients with deficiency syndrome, ginseng (small red ginseng), yam, Polygonatum sibiricum, lotus seed and licorice should be selected as the bottom material of hot pot. This kind of medicine belongs to the dual-purpose category of medicine and food, which is mild in nature and beneficial to middle qi. For patients with cold syndrome, common seasonings such as cinnamon, ginger, ginger, fennel, star anise, kaempferia kaempferia, nutmeg, pepper, long pepper, Amomum tsaoko and Amomum tsaoko can be added to warm yang and dispel cold. These drugs are used as the bottom material of hot pot, and other vegetables are free to choose. Use foods with high protein, high fat and greasy as little as possible. It is worth noting that pepper can dispel cold and warm the stomach, but people with gastritis and peptic ulcer can't eat it.

Kidney-yang deficiency is mainly manifested as limb cold and chills, and decreased reproductive function (male impotence, premature ejaculation, female infertility due to uterine cold, frigidity, etc. ). It is suitable to use Morinda officinalis field, Cistanche deserticola and Cynomorium songaricum as the base material. In addition, people with kidney-yang deficiency can often eat deer head soup, aconite dog soup and angelica ginger mutton soup.

Wind-cold diseases, that is, cold-dampness diseases, are mainly caused by external cold and external dampness, such as rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, old lumbago and leg pain in the elderly and other diseases with both trauma and external cold and dampness. Zanthoxylum bungeanum, pepper, cassia twig, epimedium etc. Used as the bottom material of hot pot, it can dispel cold and dampness, warm meridians and dredge collaterals.

Ella introduced that the varieties of hot pot bottom materials mentioned above are all sweet, delicious and not bitter. However, not everyone can eat medicinal hot pot. First of all, it needs to be supplemented by syndrome differentiation, and different people use different ingredients; Secondly, the specific types of base materials should be based on the combination of medicine, medicine and kitchen, and the dual-purpose varieties of medicine and food should be selected, taking into account the taste; Third, we must adhere to the principle of moderation. It is worth mentioning that the infirm and the elderly should pay attention not to sweat when eating spicy hot pot, otherwise there will be future trouble.

In the cold winter, hot pot is particularly "hot", but eating hot pot also has many taboos. Ella introduced that there is a lot of oil in the hot pot, and patients with diabetes, hypertension, fatty liver, cerebral thrombosis, high blood viscosity, high cholesterol and obesity should not eat hot pot. In addition, people with moderate coke and damp heat should not eat hot pot. Damp-heat in middle energizer is damp-heat in spleen and stomach. People who are overnourished and have more entertainment often have symptoms of damp-heat in the middle energizer, such as abdominal distension, anorexia, loose stool, halitosis, bitter taste, yellow and thick tongue coating, and slippery pulse. Damp-heat in lower energizer is mainly manifested as appendicitis, urethritis, gouty arthritis, male prostatitis, female vaginitis, cervicitis, endometritis, adnexitis and pelvic inflammatory disease.