Longan flesh is the dried flesh of the longan fruit with the seeds removed, also known as "Guiyuan." It is both a food and a medicinal ingredient, used in soups or sweet soups, suitable for both savory and sweet dishes. So, what exactly are the benefits of this "celebrity" in the field of dietary therapy?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that longan is sweet in taste and warm in nature, entering the heart and spleen meridians. It can tonify the heart and spleen, nourish the blood and calm the mind, strengthen the spleen and reduce swelling. It is suitable for conditions such as physical weakness after illness, insufficient qi and blood, neurasthenia, palpitations, forgetfulness, and insomnia.

"Dim sum" nourishes blood and treats palpitations and insomnia

Longan flesh can nourish the heart blood and replenish the spleen blood, making it very suitable for people with deficiency of heart and spleen blood. Palpitations and insomnia are typical symptoms of deficiency in both heart and spleen. The heart governs the blood, and the spleen controls the blood. In modern times, when people overthink and constantly exhaust themselves mentally, it depletes the heart blood. Once the heart blood is insufficient, it leads to heart dysfunction, resulting in palpitations and insomnia. Longan flesh can precisely replenish the heart blood.

Tonify the spleen and stop bleeding, treat blood in the stool in children

In addition to nourishing the blood, longan flesh also has the effect of strengthening the spleen. Children are in a growth stage, so the functions of their internal organs are also underdeveloped. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen, besides absorbing and transporting nutrients from food, is also responsible for governing the circulation of blood. When the spleen qi is weak and cannot hold the blood, the blood does not circulate properly, leading to bleeding symptoms such as excessive menstrual bleeding, blood in stool, and nosebleeds. Therefore, when a child's spleen cannot control the blood, it results in blood in the stool. Correspondingly, longan flesh can help stabilize the spleen's function in children, preventing bleeding symptoms.

Nourishing blood and beautifying the face, treating anemia

The above describes the effects of longan flesh in the scope of traditional Chinese medicine. In modern medicine, longan is rich in carbohydrates, proteins, various amino acids, and vitamins, with high nutritional value. For middle-aged and elderly people, it has the effect of protecting blood vessels and preventing vascular sclerosis. Longan is rich in easily digestible and absorbable monosaccharides, so it has a nourishing effect on people with anemia or chronic weakness. Recent research has found that longan flesh also contains an anti-aging active ingredient, so it can have the effect of beautifying and anti-aging.

Finally, the editor attaches some dietary recipes for longan meat:

❶ Longan Glutinous Rice Porridge: 10g longan flesh, 15g lotus seeds, 60g glutinous rice, taken morning and evening daily, treats palpitations, insomnia, and mental fatigue

❷ Longan Peanut Soup: 10g longan flesh, 12g peanuts (with red skin), used to treat anemia and physical weakness

❸ Red Date Longan Water: 30 grams of longan flesh, 15 grams of red dates, decocted in water and taken orally, used to treat women with metrorrhagia and low platelet count.

❹ Ginger Longan Tea: 30g longan flesh, 5g ginger, decocted in water and taken orally, used to treat spleen deficiency diarrhea

❺ Longan Egg: 15 grams of longan, one egg, steamed and eaten, used to treat irregular menstruation and postpartum weakness