What is good to eat for health preservation in spring? The following will introduce four categories of spring health preservation foods, the first dish, the first tea, the first water, and the first fruit. The first dish: spring bamboo shoots. When it comes to eating spring, spring bamboo shoots must be mentioned. Spring bamboo shoots are crisp, tender and delicious, and can be chewed to bring out the fragrance and sweetness. They are known as the "first vegetarian food" and have been loved by people since ancient times. Literati, poets and gourmets have praised it. There is a saying that "everyone knows how to taste spring bamboo shoots". If meat eaters are mean, eating bamboo shoots is just the opposite. The taste of bamboo shoots is so elegant and timeless. Su Dongpo once said: "If you don't have bamboo, you will be vulgar; if you don't have meat, you will be thin. If you want to be good but not thin, cook meat with bamboo shoots every day." Bamboo shoots can be eaten in many ways, including mixing, frying, steaming, and stewing. Since winter bamboo shoots have the ability to absorb the umami flavor of other foods, they can be cooked with meat, poultry, eggs and other meaty ingredients, or supplemented with soy products, edible fungi, etc. The distribution of ingredients is also particular. The bamboo shoots are tender and crisp, so they are suitable for stir-frying with meat; the bamboo shoots are thin and soft, so they are suitable for steaming with meat; the bamboo shoot slices are sweet and have thick meat, so they are suitable as a side dish for stewed meat. The meat of spring bamboo shoots is crisp, tender, fresh and delicious, and has the ability to absorb the umami flavor of other foods. As the saying goes: "Tasteless makes it go in, and flavor makes it come out." Qing Dynasty gourmet Yuan Mei recorded in "Suiyuan Food List": "Ten pounds of bamboo shoots are steamed for a day and a night, through their joints, and laid on a board, like making tofu dregs. Add a board to press and squeeze, the juice will flow out, and stir-fry One tael of salt is bamboo shoot oil. "This bamboo shoot oil is actually bamboo shoot soup, similar to today's soup stock. The freshness extracted from the bamboo shoots is better than the freshness of the soup stock, so it is a better choice. The nutritional value of bamboo shoots is also very high. Its fiber and protein content are relatively high, and it is rich in B vitamins, minerals, etc. It has the functions of digestion, phlegm, detoxification, and diuresis. In particular, the fiber content is very high, and regular consumption can help digestion and prevent constipation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring bamboo shoots have the effects of "benefiting the nine orifices, unblocking the blood vessels, resolving phlegm and saliva, and eliminating food bloating". Modern medicine believes that spring bamboo shoots can absorb fat, promote food fermentation, and help digestion and excretion. They are the most ideal food for those who want to lose weight. One of the foods. The first tea: roses "The response to spring is the way to maintain health." The focus of "eating spring" is not only "eating", but "drinking" is equally important. The first tea in spring is also a flower--it is the familiar rose. Rose tea is slightly warm in nature and has the functions of activating blood circulation, regulating menstruation, soothing the liver and regulating qi, balancing endocrine, etc. It regulates the liver and stomach, eliminates fatigue, and improves physical fitness. It is suitable for drinking in spring. In addition, rose tea, which is known as the "sacred medicine for relieving depression", can also make your mood "turn from cloudy to sunny". Not only that, rose tea can also effectively alleviate cardiovascular diseases and beautify the skin, helping to improve dry skin, eliminate spots, and improve skin tone. Take a transparent glass, put 15 grams of roses, add boiling water, soak for 5 minutes and then drink it instead of tea. Of course, you can also add rock sugar or honey according to your personal taste when drinking. It should be noted that it is best not to soak roses with tea leaves, because tea leaves contain a lot of tannic acid, which will affect roses’ ability to soothe the liver and detoxify. season. Therefore, the sweet honey water is called "the first water of spring". It has long been recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that honey "soothes the deficiencies of the five internal organs, replenishes qi and nourishes the heart, relieves pain and detoxifies, eliminates many diseases, and combines hundreds of medicines. If taken for a long time, it can strengthen the will and lighten the body, prevent hunger and aging, and prolong the life of gods." Sun Simiao, a doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said: "In spring, it is better to reduce acidity and increase sweetness to nourish the spleen." In this season, people should eat less sour food and more sweet food, which can replenish the body's spleen and stomach. Honey water meets this requirement. In addition, people transition from the cold in winter to the windy season in spring. Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that excessive wind makes dryness easy, and wind-dry external evils invade the human body and easily enter the body to transform into heat, which often manifests as dry throat, thirst, and cough. Honey can cure dry cough, chronic cough due to lung deficiency, dry throat and dry mouth. People who are prone to respiratory problems may also wish to drink more honey water. If it is also accompanied by constipation, honey water is the first choice. In addition to honey, there are many foods that are sweet and everyone can eat more of them. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that as long as there is no salty, sour, bitter or spicy food, it is sweet, such as rice, corn, sweet potatoes, taro, etc. You can eat more in spring. You can also eat more sweet red dates, wolfberry, etc. The first fruit: cherry. It is said that "spring is sleepy, autumn is tired, and summer takes a nap." Now is the time of spring sleepiness. Fortunately, red-colored cherries are now on the market in large quantities. Their sweet and sour taste and rich nutritional content make them a refreshing medicine to relieve spring sleepiness. Cherry is known as the first fruit in spring. It is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and slightly sour. It enters the spleen and liver meridians and can replenish qi, dispel wind and dampness. It is mainly used to treat post-disease physical weakness, shortness of breath, palpitations, and fatigue. Symptoms include less food, dry throat and thirst, rheumatism, pain in the waist and legs, weakness in the limbs, difficulty in joint flexion and extension, frostbite and other symptoms. In the spring sleepy season, eat 10-20 cherries every day to eliminate fatigue and make you feel refreshed. In addition, cherries have been called "beauty fruit" since ancient times, and women should eat more. Ancient Chinese medicine books claim that it can "moisturize the skin" and "bring good color and beauty". Regular consumption can make the skin smoother and moisturized. This is mainly because cherries are extremely rich in iron, ranking first among all fruits.