Blood stasis is the invisible killer of life. 10 kinds of food to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis

A person's body can be healthy only when its blood flows smoothly, just like the mud in the river or people littering, which will cause blockage in the blood and prevent it from flowing normally. The same is true for blood. If the blood is in a hypercoagulable state or the blood flow is slow, and the blood vessel walls are not smooth, it will cause blood stasis. Poor blood circulation and blockage will become an invisible killer of your health, causing many diseases, so it is very important to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis in time. The following 10 kinds of food have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, which can ensure normal blood circulation and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

Blood stasis in the body often manifests as pain in a specific part of the body, which is fixed and mainly characterized by stabbing pain. The main symptoms are headache, dizziness, insomnia, forgetfulness; chest pain, chest tightness, palpitations; cold, numbness, and pain in the limbs; irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea in women, etc. Physical signs include a dark and lusterless complexion; dark purple lips and tongue; dry, rough, scaly and itchy skin; lumps in the body and pain that cannot be relieved for a long time. For people with blood stasis constitution, they should pay attention to it as early as possible. Especially patients with hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia must adjust their diet, increase exercise, control risk factors, and prevent further development. 10 foods that can effectively relieve it.

Black fungus: It has the functions of invigorating qi and strengthening the body, nourishing the kidneys and stomach, and promoting blood circulation. It can resist thrombosis, lower blood lipids, and resist lipid peroxidation, thereby reducing blood viscosity, softening blood vessels, making blood flow smooth, and reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Black fungus also has a strong adsorption effect, which is beneficial to the timely excretion of metabolic waste from the body.

Onion: spicy and warm, enters the lung and liver meridians. Onion has the effect of warming yang and activating blood circulation, and has a good lipid-lowering effect. The prostaglandin A contained in onions is a strong vasodilator. The allicin it contains can resist platelet aggregation, thereby reducing peripheral vascular resistance and blood viscosity, and lowering blood pressure.

Ginger: warm in nature, spicy in taste. Ginger can promote blood circulation, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and kill bacteria and detoxify. Studies have shown that ginger can lower cholesterol, blood sugar, blood viscosity, reduce platelet aggregation, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular infarction.

Garlic: "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that garlic "has a strong aroma that can penetrate the five internal organs and reach all the orifices..." Garlic has the effects of inhibiting platelet aggregation, anti-coagulation, and inhibiting thrombosis. It can also lower "bad cholesterol" and increase "good cholesterol."

Fish: Whether it is deep-sea fish, shallow-sea fish, or freshwater fish, they all contain two unsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA, which can fight against blood coagulation and thrombosis. Therefore, eating fish can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Tomatoes: Tomatoes contain many ingredients that can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Pectin can lower cholesterol; flavonoids have anticoagulant effects; the yellow gelatinous substance around the seeds contains tomato factor, which can prevent platelet aggregation, maintain the elasticity of blood vessel walls, prevent atherosclerosis and improve blood circulation.

Hawthorn: sour, sweet, slightly warm, enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. The "Food and Materia Medica" says that it can "dissolve blood clots, qi clots, and promote blood circulation." Hawthorn has the effects of helping food, strengthening the stomach, promoting qi, activating blood circulation and relieving blood stasis. The flavonoids it contains can dilate peripheral blood vessels, has a slow and lasting antihypertensive effect, and can dilate coronary arteries, lower blood lipids and strengthen the heart.

Vinegar: It tastes sour and bitter, and is warm in nature. It enters the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, digesting food and eliminating accumulation, reducing swelling and softening hard masses, and detoxifying and treating sores. "Bencao Qiuzhen" said: "Vinegar is astringent, so many books record that it can disperse blood stasis, detoxify, relieve gas and aid food." It is used for stomach and abdominal pain, loss of appetite, vomiting blood, and bloody stool caused by blood stasis. However, people with external infection should avoid eating it, and it should not be eaten with Poria cocos.

Yellow wine: sweet, bitter, pungent, warm, enters the heart, liver, lung, and stomach meridians, has the effects of promoting blood circulation, resisting cold, and promoting the effectiveness of medicines. "Yi Lin Zong Yao" says that it "disperses water, harmonizes blood, promotes qi, helps the kidneys to invigorate yang, and induces sweating." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Aged wine can harmonize the blood and nourish the qi, warm the stomach and ward off the cold; liquor can dispel cold air, dry up dampness and phlegm, and relieve depression." However, people with yin deficiency, blood loss, and severe dampness and heat should avoid drinking it.

Corn oil: Corn oil is rich in essential fatty acids such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid, which have certain auxiliary effects on regulating blood lipids, softening blood vessels and preventing thrombosis. Corn oil is rich in the antioxidant vitamin E, which also plays a certain role in scavenging oxygen free radicals and protecting vascular endothelial cells.