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經前期子宮、衝任二脈處於旺盛時期。基礎體溫(BTT)呈高溫相，陽長以溫煦子宮，迎接受孕，或準備排經。由於體內生理活動表現陽長陰消，陽長氣盛，古人提出補腎助陽，疏肝理氣的大法。
中醫食飲亦遵循此法來輔助。助陽的食物有韭菜、栗子、合桃、羊肉、鹿肉、公雞、鴒肉、麻雀、泥鰍、蝦，動物腎臟等；而疏肝的食物有陳皮、大麥、芹菜、金針菜、橙汁、香櫞、佛手、蘿蔔和茶葉等。
以下介紹一些經前期諸症的食譜
1. 情志異常
夏枯草
Recipe (1)
Ingredients:
- Bupleurum (chai hu) 10g
- Selfheal spike (xia ku cao) 12g
- White peony root (bai shao) 15g
- Bitter orange (zhi ke) 10g
- Red sage root (dan shen) 20g
- Red sugar to taste
Method:
Boil the herbal ingredients with 600ml water, bring to a boil and then simmer until the decoction remains about 150ml. Filtered or strained the liquid into a container, add red sugar to taste. Serve hot, once a day.
Recipe (2)
Ingredients:
- Fresh reed rhizome (lu gen) 150g
- Bamboo shavings (zhu ru) 15g
- Long grain rice 100g
- Fresh ginger 3 slides
Method:
Boil the herbal ingredients with 600ml water, bring to a boil and then simmer until the decoction remains about 150ml. Filtered or strained the liquid into a container, add red sugar to taste. Serve hot, once a day.
2. Breast Tenderness
Fried Goat Liver with Chinese Chives
Ingredients:
- Goat liver 150g
- Chinese chives 100g
- Green onion, two and diced
- Ginger 5g, sliced
- Cumin 5g
- Salt to taste
Method:
Wash and dice the chives; slice the goat liver. Heat a wok or frying pan; add oil for stir-frying. When the oil is hot, add the ginger and green onion, stir-fry briefly until their flavor is released. Add goat liver and stir fry for about 1 minute, and then add the chives, stirring evenly. Add salt and cumin to taste. Serve hot, once a day for 3-5 days.
Congee of Smoked Plum
Smoked plum
Ingredients:
- Smoked plum 20g
- American ginseng 15g
- Long grain rice 100g
- Rock sugar to taste
Method:
Firstly, decoct the plum and ginseng for 15 minutes to make a 100ml thick juice. Boil the rice with 1000ml water; add the juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat but allow the ingredients to remain at a brisk simmer. Place the lid on the pot, leaving it slightly open so the congee doesn’t bubble up and spill over. In about 30 minutes the congee is almost done; add rock sugar to taste and serve hot, once a day for 3-5 days.
3. Headache
Chrysanthemum Tea
Boil 15g of chrysanthemum, 10g of Selfheal spike (xia ku cao) and 800 ml of water with a medium fire; turn off the fire until decoction remains about 150 ml. Filtered or strained the liquid into a container, add rock sugar to taste. Serve hot, once a day.
Boiled Fleece Flower Root and Eggs
Notoginseng
Boil 60g of Fleece flower root (shou wu) and 2 eggs with 1000ml water. After 15 minutes, take out the eggs and peel them. Put the peeled eggs in again, boil on medium heat until there is 150ml of liquid left. Add rock sugar to taste. Eat the eggs and drink the decoction, once a day for 3-5 days.
Mutton and Angelica Soup
Ingredients:
- Chinese Angelica (dang gui)10g
- Mutton 250g
- Tangerine peel (chen pi) 6g
- Sichuan lovage rhizome (chuan xiong)10g
- Fresh ginger 10g
- Salt and pepper powder to taste
Method:
Rinse the ingredients, cut the mutton into pieces. Put all the ingredients in a large saucepan, add 3000ml of water, first bring quickly to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes. Add salt and pepper as desired; simmer 20 minutes. Serve hot, drink the soup and eat the meat, once a day for 7 days.
4. Low Spirits and General Aches & Pains
Black-bone Chicken and Notoginseng Soup
Ingredients:
- Blackbone chicken 500g
- Notoginseng 10g
- Motherwort herb (yi mu cao) 30g
- Ginger 6 slices
- Salt and pepper powder to taste
Method:
Cut the chicken into pieces; rinse the motherwort herb and notoginseng. Put all the ingredients into a large pot, and add 3 liters of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat but allow the ingredients to remain at a brisk simmer. In about 90 minutes the soup is almost done; add salt and pepper powder to taste. Eat the chicken and drink the soup, once a day.
5. Edema and Diarrhea
Recipe (1)
Decoct corn silk (30g) and winter melon peel (30g) with 1000ml of water, boil for 20 minutes. Sever as a regular drink.
Recipe (2)
Ingredients:
- Lotus seed (remove the plumule) 30g
- Coix seed 30g
- Chinese yam 30g
- Euryale seed 30g
- Red sugar to taste
Method:
Boil the above ingredients with 2000ml of water over a medium flame. Turn off flame when ingredients are almost mushy. Add red sugar to taste. Serve hot, once daily for half a month. Consume in the middle of the period.
Rice beans
Recipe (3)
Ingredients:
- Rice beans (chi xiao dou) 30g
- Coix seed 30g
- Chinese dates 10 pieces
- Red sugar to taste
Method:
Boil the above ingredients with 1500ml of water on medium heat until they are almost mashed. Add red sugar to taste. Serve hot, once a day for 7 days.
Carp and Radish Soup
Ingredients:
- Radish 120g
- Carp 500g (scaled and remove the organs)
- Fresh ginger 15g
- Salt and pepper powder to taste
Method:
Put the above ingredeints and 2500ml of water into a large pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat but allow the ingredients to remain at a brisk simmer. In about 90 minutes the soup is almost done; add salt and pepper powder to taste. Serve hot, once daily for 7 days.
