Do a good job of ＂addition and subtraction＂ and crayfish can also ＂preserve health＂

Yangzi Evening News/Zi Niu News reporter Xu Qianqian Yang Yan

　　Crayfish with heavy taste is actually a food that doctors need to stay away from. Crayfish can also be linked to health? The answer given by Chinese medicine and chef is to do both subtraction and addition. "Subtraction" requires less oil, less salt and less seasoning, while "addition" can add several Chinese medicines into the dish to unlock the taste of "health preservation".

　　● Garlic-flavored crayfish

　　Chef Wang presented us with the first crayfish with garlic and fragrant flavor, and the materials used were very simple and the method was not complicated.

　　"Wash crayfish, set aside. Stir-fry garlic with butter and soybean oil, then add water, angelica dahurica, put lobster into the pot, cook it with high fire, then add a tablespoon of garlic until the soup is thick, and a pot of summer hard dishes will be baked. " Wang Chao suggested that when cooking crayfish at home, you don’t need to oil it first, so that the lobster will be fresh and not greasy. However, this dish needs enough mashed garlic to make the lobster sauce thick and delicious.

　　"There is a Chinese medicine that can help dispel wind and overcome dampness, reduce swelling and discharge pus, and relieve pain: Angelica dahurica, which is very suitable for summer and gives crayfish a faint fragrance." Yun Chen said.

　　● Lemon lobster with clear water

　　Another lobster with lemon and clear water is cooked with ginger, dried tangerine peel, yellow wine and pepper until the lobster is cut off (which means cooked), and then taken out. Then use ginger, onion, pepper, add a little Chinese medicine Amomum, add salt, and continue to cook crayfish until it tastes good, and then go out of the pot.

　　Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is warm and bitter, and has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Amomum cardamom is a Chinese herbal medicine that can be seasoned. This dish retains the original flavor of crayfish to a great extent, and is blended with many kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, and the soup is relatively light. Chef Wang prepared a dish of "unique dip" for this dish, which was mixed with garlic paste, green pepper, coriander, sesame oil, soy sauce and white sugar, and the lobster meat was dipped in it, which was absolutely memorable.

　　Health reminder

　　Crayfish is delicious, but don’t overdo it.

　　Crayfish is low in fat, high in protein and rich in astaxanthin, which often exists in red substances such as shrimp yellow and shrimp shell, and has strong antioxidant capacity. Cooking style is a very important factor in the unhealthy impression of crayfish.

　　Yun Chen reminded that crayfish with bright colors and good activity must be purchased through regular channels, thoroughly cleaned and cooked for more than 15 minutes, so as to effectively kill pathogenic microorganisms and avoid causing digestive tract symptoms such as acute gastroenteritis. In addition, dead shrimp should not be eaten, and shrimp heads should be eaten carefully.

　　Chinese medicine also believes that shrimp and other aquatic products are cold in nature, and eating more may increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and easily cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. In recent years, it has also been reported that a small number of people suffer from rhabdomyolysis after eating crayfish. Therefore, although crayfish is delicious, it must be eaten in moderation.

　　"In the summer, the diet needs to be light, and the crayfish with heavy taste should be moderate." Yun Chen said that summer has two characteristics, namely, heat and high humidity. Therefore, it is necessary to properly ingest foods that are wet and diuretic, such as Poria cocos, hawthorn and wax gourd, which have a positive effect on the elimination of summer dampness.

　　Famous Chinese medicine practitioners praised Flavor Solar Terms:

　　There are fireworks and health wisdom.

　　Eating according to the seasonal solar terms, Chinese medicine practitioners and chefs jointly recommend dishes. Hearing the concept of "Flavor Solar Terms", Sun Wei, a famous provincial Chinese medicine practitioner and director of nephrology department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, praised it again and again.

　　"Like traditional Chinese medicine, the 24 solar terms are also a summary of the wisdom of the ancients. It is not only used to guide farming, but also the accumulation and inheritance of culture." Sun Wei, director of Chinese medicine, said that the living conditions are good now, but it is not expensive to eat, good to eat or healthy to eat. "When we talk about medicated diet, we should not emphasize that putting medicinal materials into food is medicated diet, but should emphasize that food is actually medicine when eaten correctly."

　　What is the right way to eat? Sun Wei emphasized timeliness, suitability for people and taste, which is also in line with the concept of Flavor and Solar Terms.

　　Eating according to the 24 solar terms and eating seasonal dishes is the so-called "timely". Take spring as an example. Spring is full of yang, and plant seeds contain the power of vigorous growth. Spring buds are the most delicious. You can eat more bean sprouts, leeks and Toona sinensis, especially for children. "Eat buds in spring, melons in summer, fruits in autumn, and roots in winter", which is the dietary wisdom handed down by the ancients.

　　"Suitable for people" emphasizes that it varies from person to person. The elderly are generally lack of healthy qi, so eating more red dates and longan to warm up and eating less cold is the way to eat the stomach of the elderly. Eating mutton in winter also warms up the cold, but if your constitution is yin deficiency, body heat and high blood pressure, eating mutton is "adding fuel to the fire", which is not suitable. There are thousands of doctors in Chinese medicine, and there are similarities in diet.

　　"Suitable taste" means the collocation of diet. Also take mutton as an example. Mutton warms kidney yang, strengthens spleen and stomach, and white radish promotes qi circulation, promotes stagnation, promotes digestion and eliminates phlegm. It can be eaten by people with weak spleen and stomach, so it becomes a conventional recipe. The "golden partner" of many diets contains the truth of "suitable taste".

　　As an old friend of Yangzi Evening News, Sun Wei is very happy to see the publication of Flavor and Solar Terms. In fact, doctors are not in the clinic to treat diseases and preserve health. In daily life and in three meals a day, Chinese medicine and chefs join hands to recommend the concept of seasonal dishes, which is also a "strong alliance". He hopes that the program "Flavor and Solar Term" with "fireworks" can let everyone learn more about the practice of delicious food, and also convey the correct concept of health preservation to everyone’s hearts.

　　Extended reading

　　Xiaoman health, spleen and dampness.

　　"Xiaoman" is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and the second solar term in summer. Summer crops such as wheat are full, but not yet mature, so this festival is called "Xiaoman". How to maintain our health when we enter this solar term? Ran Yingzhuo, director of endocrinology department of Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, gave suggestions.

　　After entering Xiaoman, the temperature gradually rises and the rain gradually increases. Damp air and pathogenic dampness are the most likely to damage the function of the spleen and stomach, and health care should focus on invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen governs transport and transformation, prefers dryness to dampness, and the damp-heat gas is prominent, resulting in damp-heat trapping the spleen, with symptoms such as bitter mouth, dry mouth, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and Huang Chi urine. Therefore, at this time, we should focus on eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen, and pay attention to avoiding excessive greed. Eat more products that strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and eliminate dampness, such as Coix seed, yam, mung bean, adzuki bean, white lentil, loofah, cucumber, bitter gourd, water chestnut, auricularia auricula, lotus root, tomato and so on.

　　Xiaoman is a solar term in summer, so we should conform to the law that the yang disappears and the yin grows in summer, get up early and go to bed late, but we should ensure the sleep time to keep energetic. Ran Yingzhuo told reporters that in addition, it is necessary to improve the living environment, avoid humidity, and open fewer windows in rainy or foggy days to avoid moisture entering; When the sun is shining outside, open the window for ventilation; Always use the dehumidifying function of air conditioner. "After the summer, the human body’s yang is getting longer and longer, so you should exercise properly. It is best to choose the time in the early morning, and the project is suitable for walking, jogging and playing Tai Ji Chuan. "

　　Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the holistic view of the correspondence between man and nature and the pathological view of "healthy qi exists, and evil cannot be done" When you are full, people’s hearts are also on the high side, and they are prone to temper and irritability. Psychology and emotion are closely related to the nervous, endocrine and immune systems in the body. Ran Yingzhuo suggested that at this time, we should pay attention to adjusting our mood, keep a good mood and be broad-minded, so as to prevent violent mood fluctuations from causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. Correspondent Xia Fan

　　Yangzi Evening News/Zi Niu News Trainee Reporter Lu Yanlin