The efficacy and role of red dates. 4 ways to eat red dates to nourish the blood.

　　Red dates have been used as a good tonic since ancient times. It not only has the effect of nourishing health and replenishing blood, but also has many functions. female A must-have for tonic. However, the way to eat red dates is very particular. If you eat them incorrectly, not only will you not get a good blood-enriching effect, but it will also harm your body. In life, many people choose to eat red dates alone to replenish blood. Experts say that it is impossible to replenish qi by eating red dates in this way. It may also cause physical discomfort, and eating too many red dates is not good for the body. The following will introduce to you how to eat red dates to replenish blood effectively? What should you pay attention to when eating red dates?

　　The efficacy and function of red dates

　　1. Replenish qi and nourish blood

　　Red dates are a good nutritional supplement. Red dates are often added to dietary supplements to nourish the body and moisten qi and blood. Usually eating more red dates, astragalus, and wolfberry can improve the body's vitality and enhance immunity.

　　2. Nourishing blood and calming the nerves

　　For women with bipolar disorder, crying, restlessness, etc., using red dates, licorice, and wheat together can nourish the blood and calm the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

　　3. Strengthen the spleen and stomach

　　Weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea For people who are tired and weak, eat seven red dates a day, or share them with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, increase appetite and stop diarrhea.； Red dates, ginger, and Pinellia ternata can be used together to treat symptoms of gastritis caused by careless eating, such as bloating, vomiting and other symptoms.

　　4. Alleviation of medicinal properties

　　Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of strong medicines, protect righteousness, and protect the spleen and stomach from damage.

　　4 ways to eat red dates are effective in replenishing blood

　　1. Red dates and longan tea

　　Ingredients: red dates, longan, wolfberry, angelica, egg ,brown sugar

　　Method: Wash everything except the brown sugar and put it into a pot and simmer over low heat. After about 30 minutes, add the brown sugar and simmer together.； It takes about 40-50 minutes in total. Once the ingredients are out of flavor, it’s ready. When you eat it, you’ll eat all the soup and dregs. If you want to drink it like tea, you don’t need to add eggs. It’s almost enough to simmer other things for more than 30 minutes.

　　2、Rock sugar and red date soup

　　Ingredients: 20 grams of white fungus, 15 grams of wolfberry, 10 dates, 15 grams of rock sugar, 450 ml of water

　　Method: warm the Tremella fungus blister hair. Put the white fungus and red dates into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until the white fungus is soft and glutinous and the soup has a gelatinous texture. After an hour, add the wolfberry and rock sugar.

　　3. Rose and red dates porridge

　　Ingredients: black rice, white rice, brown sugar, ten red dates, and a dozen medicinal roses.

　　Method: Wash black rice and white rice in a ratio of 1:1, add water and soak overnight. Pour the rice into the rice cooker, add boiling water and cook. Be sure to add enough water at a time. While waiting for the porridge to boil, wash the red dates, remove the cores, and cut them into cubes. Remove the stems of the medicinal rose buds, separate the petals, and set aside. ； After the porridge is boiled, add the red dates and cook together until the rice grains swell. When the rice grains are thickened, add the brown sugar and dissolve it. Before serving, sprinkle the medicinal rose petals into the porridge and stir evenly.

　　4. Red dates and fish maw stewed

　　Ingredients: 30 grams of dried fish maw, 70 grams of red dates, 6 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of yellow rock sugar

　　Method: Soak the dried fish maw in advance； Rinse the red dates, peel and slice the ginger ； Put the soaked fish maw, red dates and ginger slices into the pot, and add an appropriate amount of water ； Simmer over low heat for about 1 hour until the fish maw is soft and smooth, add yellow rock sugar ； Simmer for another 10 minutes and drink after the rock sugar has dissolved.

　　Taboos for eating red dates

　　1. Not suitable for eating with cucumbers or radishes

　　Radishes contain antipyretic enzymes, and cucumbers contain vitamin-decomposing enzymes. These two ingredients are the nemesis of red dates and will destroy the vitamins in red dates, thus leading to the loss of nutritional value in red dates.

　　2. Don’t overdose

　　"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Eating too much can cause chills and heat, and those who are thin and weak should not eat it. ”People with abdominal distension and loss of appetite should not eat it. Because of its high sugar content, diabetics should not consume it. In addition, red dates smell sweet, pungent, and hot, and are damp and hot in nature, making them prone to phlegm and dampness. Therefore, if people with excessive phlegm and dampness eat more red dates, their original symptoms will be easily aggravated, causing adverse reactions such as cold, heat, thirst, and gastric bloating. Therefore, it is advisable to eat no more than 50 grams of dates every day.

　　3. Eat raw red dates alone to replenish blood

　　Red dates contain a large amount of iron, which is indeed helpful for people with iron deficiency. anemia It has great curative effect and can also promote the growth of white blood cells and improve serum albumin , protect the liver. But if you just rely on eating red dates to replenish blood, the effect of replenishing blood will be very small. If you want to achieve a good effect of replenishing blood, you should combine it with some Grape Dried, longan and other foods. More importantly, if you only rely on eating raw red dates to replenish blood, not only will the effect be insignificant, but it will also cause gas and diarrhea.

　　When eaten raw, red date peels tend to stay in the intestines and are difficult to be excreted, affecting gastrointestinal digestion. Excessive intake can cause gastrointestinal bloating and easily lead to obesity. It is recommended to eat 2 to 3 times a week.

　　4. After eating red dates, do not eat high-protein foods immediately

　　Do not eat high-protein foods, such as seafood and dairy products, immediately after eating red dates. Because vitamin C will cause the protein in these two foods to clump and be difficult to absorb, you should wait 1 to 2 hours after eating dates before eating high-protein foods.

　　5. Do not eat when taking antipyretic drugs

　　Taking antipyretic drugs while consuming foods with high sugar content and red dates can easily form insoluble complexes, reducing the initial absorption rate. Jujube is a food with high sugar content, so it is taboo to eat it. (Reference website: Qili Fashion Network)