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Eating longan can help alleviate cold knees.

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Some people easily experience cold limbs, especially in the knees, and often feel cold in their back and below the knees, particularly during winter. This is usually due to a deficiency of yang. It is recommended to eat more warm and nourishing foods, such as:LycheeLonganLambetc.

Longan is also known as "Lychee" and is a rare and valuable specialty of southern China. Historically, in the south, "lychee" was called "Ginseng" in the north.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that longan is sweet in taste and has a warm nature, and it belongs to the heart and spleen meridians.Nutritional studies have found that 100 grams of longan fruit contains 12%-23% total sugar, 26.91% glucose, 1.26% citric acid, 1.41% protein, 0.45% fat, 163.7 mg of vitamin C, 196.6 mg of vitamin K, as well as vitamins B1, B2, and P. After processing, dried longan contains 74.6 grams of sugar per 100 grams, 35 mg of iron, 2 mg of calcium, 110 mg of phosphorus, and 1200 mg of potassium, as well as various amino acids, saponins, L-glycine, tannins, and choline. These are the sources of its powerful nourishing properties.Longan is rich in glucose, sucrose, and protein, and also has a high iron content. It can promote the regeneration of red blood cells and provide nutrients, while also increasing heat energy.

Research has found thatLongannot only has beneficial effects on the whole body, but is particularly effective for brain cells, enhancing memory and relieving fatigue.Recommended recipe 1:Red dates

Lychee teaWash the red dates, cut them into pieces, wash the goji berries, remove the shells from 2 lychees, and crush 3 lychees with the shell. Place the prepared ingredients in a teapot and brew with hot water.Recommended recipe 2:Ginger juice and lychee black sugar soupTangyuan (glutinous rice balls)Slice the ginger, peel and remove the meat from the longan.

Boil water and add ginger slices, black sugar, and longan meat. Cook for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and set aside.When cooking ginger and lychee soup, in another pot, cook the tangyuan until soft, then add the cooked tangyuan to the black sugar and lychee ginger soup.DatesLychee Tea

Wash the dates, cut into pieces.Lycium berriesWash, peel and slice 2 lychee, crush 3 with the skin intact. Place the prepared ingredients in a teapot and brew with hot water.

Recommended Recipe 2:GingerLychee Black Sugar DrinkTangyuan (Rice Balls)

Slice the ginger, remove the flesh from the lychees.Bring water to a boil, add ginger slices, black sugar, and lychee flesh. Continue boiling for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and set aside;While boiling the ginger and lychee, cook the tangyuan in a separate pot. Add the cooked tangyuan to the black sugar, lychee, and ginger juice.