What are the benefits of eating dried red dates? Can it prevent asthma?

Red dates are a common fruit in our lives. They have the effect of beautifying and replenishing blood and are very popular in life. So, besides beauty and blood replenishing, what other magical effects does red dates have?

1. Steamed jujube: prevent asthma

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dates have the effect of regulating internal organs and nourishing qi and blood. Eating more dates can play a certain role in preventing asthma. Asthma patients, especially older patients, should insist on eating steamed dates every day. Generally, eat 5 large dates and 8 small dates to boost spirits and enhance the body's immunity.

2. Red dates tea: replenishing qi and protecting throat

Roasted red dates can be used as tea to treat stomach cold and stomach pain. If longan is added, it becomes a blood and qi replenishing tea. It is suitable for people who use their voice frequently, such as teachers and sales staff.

3. Red dates soup: relieves cough and moistens the lungs

In the "Bixiao Fang" written by Meng Shi in the Tang Dynasty, it is recorded that boiling red dates, white fungus and rock sugar together to make a soup can relieve cough and moisten the lungs.

Ingredients: Tremella: 20g (about half a piece), red dates: 20, rock sugar: 60g (you can add or reduce the amount according to your taste)

Method: Soak the white fungus in clean water, remove the stems, tear it into small pieces, put it into a pot together with red dates and rock sugar, add 6 bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for another half an hour and turn off the heat.

4. Boiled eggs with red dates to replenish blood and nourish the skin

Boil red dates and longans with brown sugar water. When the dates are rotten and the longans are soft, beat an egg. Continue to simmer the egg over low heat. Red dates, longans and brown sugar all have the effect of replenishing blood, and the cooked eggs are very nutritious.

5. Red dates porridge can soothe the nerves and help you sleep

According to traditional Chinese medicine, women with symptoms such as mania, restlessness, etc. can use appropriate amounts of lily and lotus seeds with red dates for conditioning. If cooked with millet, the calming effect of red dates can be better exerted.

6. Red dates soaked in wine can help keep blood vessels unblocked

During the soaking process of red dates, the nutrient-rich organic matter is more easily dissolved in the wine, which has a certain effect on keeping blood vessels unobstructed.

7. Soaking red dates in water can nourish the liver and detoxify

Experiments have shown that giving people with poor liver function jujube water every day for a week can increase human serum protein, thereby achieving the effect of protecting the liver and detoxifying. The details of the soaking of dry red dates determine its effectiveness. The peel of the red date is hard and difficult to digest. If the whole date is soaked, it is difficult to completely dissolve its effective ingredients. Therefore, it is best to break it apart before soaking.

8. Boil fresh jujube in water to strengthen the spleen and stomach

Ingredients: Newly harvested dates, fresh dates or dates that have just been dried can be used.

Method: Crack open the newly harvested dates, remove the peel and pit, and roast them over low heat until a fragrant aroma comes out. Then boil the roasted dates in water and drink it. Eat 5-7 dates a day, together with Dangshen and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can better nourish the middle qi and strengthen the spleen and stomach.

9. Cooking rice with dates can prolong life

Ginseng and jujube rice, the King of Medicine Sun Simiao highly recommended this recipe, believing that jujube is so practical that it can replenish qi and nourish the stomach, and prolong life. If you have a weak constitution, insufficient qi and blood, poor sleep quality, etc., taking this recipe can make your blood flow smoothly, and you will feel light and not tired.

Ingredients: 10-20 grams of ginseng, 20 dates, 250 grams of glutinous rice, and 50 grams of white sugar.

Method: Fry the dang ginseng and jujubes in water for half an hour, remove the dang ginseng residue; steam glutinous rice, spread the jujubes on the rice, add sugar to the jujube and ginseng soup and fry it into a thick juice, pour it on the rice and it is ready to eat.