白菊枸杞红枣茶其实不是茶，只是用白菊花，枸杞子和红枣当茶一样泡着喝。菊花要用杭菊花。枸杞要买宁夏枸杞，颗粒小，红亮亮的。每次用杭菊花10克、枸杞10克，几粒红枣放入大茶壶内，加入热开水，10分钟后便可饮用。

菊花茶清肝火，性寒,有些人较体寒不宜长期喝。红枣性温跟菊花性凉中和一下，枸杞性平，最终这杯养生茶还是性平，不寒不燥，可以放心的喝。

白菊枸杞红枣茶能预防和治疗各种眼病，对糖尿病、高血压、冠心病都有好处，最适宜老年人饮用。制作时放上几枚大枣，可加强健脾作用。对脾胃虚弱者有益。

白菊枸杞茶也可防治老花眼。中医认为，老花眼主要是由于脾胃肝肾的自然衰老，脏腑精气不能上输营养目瞳所致。菊花可清肝明目，枸杞子为补益肝肾的要药，能明目。两者配合在一起，一清一补，标本兼顾，对眼睛有明显的保护作用。

白菊枸杞红枣茶既养颜养血，又解热清肺清肝，同时补肾强肾。

中医认为，桔子具有润肺、止咳、燥湿化痰、开胃理气、顺气、止渴润肺的药效，是男女老幼（尤其是老年人、急慢性支气管炎以及心血管病患者）皆食的上乘果品。经常用于治疗胸膈结气，呕逆，消渴。其皮则理气调中，而用于治疗胸肚胀满，不思饮食，呕吐哕逆，咳嗽痰多，亦能解鱼蟹毒。

一向来脾胃有问题时，我们老家都有吃糖煮桔子的习惯。不久前妈妈刚好来新加坡，就叫她做老家的糖煮桔子个我们。方法很简单，大家都可试试自己做。

糖煮桔子做法如下：

材料：
1. 桔子：2kg
2. 糖：2kg
3. 盐：500g

把桔子浸泡1小时后抹洗干净晾干水份。

用小刀纵向划上几刀，然后按扁，把桔子的种子挤出来。

桔子汁不可丢掉。

把桔子蒸15分钟。

把桔子倒在锅上煮。

加糖。

加盐。

把桔子汁倒入锅内煮。

以中火继续煮大约2小时。记得不时要搅拌，以免糖粘锅焦黏。

在室內自然冷却后装入密封的玻璃罐中。

据说水果酵素有清肠胃、排毒及调整消化系统运作，是人体最好的助手，可以帮助人体恢复功能，转化人体所需的各类营养，提高人体免疫力。制作方法，非常简单容易。

水果酵素DIY!

材料：

1）水果。任何未經煮熟的水果蔬菜都可以製作酵素。例如：梨，黄梨，橙，火龙果，奇异果，木瓜，白萝卜。這些果菜可以互相配搭，也可以分別釀製。有机水果蔬菜更好。

水果酵素材料

2）柠檬。

3）糖。片糖，冰糖，黄糖，黑糖，蜜糖都行。

水果，柠檬，糖的分量同。水果，柠檬洗净。

洗净水果，柠檬等

1. 切板，瓶子和盖，刀。所有用具要确保无水，无油，无菌。免得发霉。

2. 水果和柠檬洗净风干，确保无水分，切成薄片。水果我都是没去皮。

把水果切成薄片

3 冰片糖切成小块。

4. 一层水果，一层柠檬，一层糖。顺序的排入大玻璃罐内。

5. 最上层一定是糖，放多一点可以避免上层发霉。

6. 密封后置放在15至25oC阴凉处。让材料浸泡2个星期，就可以打开来饮用了。
时不时轻摇一摇瓶子，让液体掩盖上层一下，白霉黑霉都不会出现。

水果酵素可以享用了！

祝您成功！祝您健康！

您也可参考关于制作水果酵素英文说明。

许瑞云医师是波士顿大学的医学博士，及哈佛大学营养学及流行病学硕士。她毕业后在哈佛大学附属医院接受住院医师训练，后来成为哈佛医院的主治医师及哈佛医学院讲师。2008年，她返回台湾。目前是花莲佛教慈济综合医院一般医学主治医师，并担任台湾素食营养学会副理事长。

不久前读到许瑞云博士独到的养生法，感触良多，特别是许博士关于生食的见解。特摘录如下，希望对大家有帮助：
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生机饮食，在台湾是个争议颇大的领域。很多人因为生机饮食，治癒了难缠的疾病，但也有很多人因为生机饮食而吃坏了身体。在我所接触的病人中，很多人因为不懂得吃生食的正确时间，加上过量，以至於身体变得很寒，病痛一大堆。

我在美国时有位女病人，是个四十岁出头的高级知识分子，平日相当重视养生。她听说生机饮食好处很多，於是要求全家一起进行生机饮食。没想到，她生食了一段时间，胃胀气相当严重，身体时感痠痛，体力也较差，气色不好还很怕冷。

当她来做健检时，是大雪纷飞的冬季。她跟我提到她的经期不顺，我检查了她的荷尔蒙，并没发现停经迹象。於是，我和她聊起日常饮食，一聊之下，才知道她每天早上习惯将十几种蔬菜水果及坚果打成精力汤喝，我告诉她：「吃生食要配合季节、天气及自己的身体状况，吃得太寒反而不好。」同时，请她减少精力汤的量，一次只放两、叁种食材并加上暖胃的香料。譬如，一种水果加一、两种菜，再加点薑（或薑黄）、泡过水的亚麻籽或坚果，而且只在中午食用。几个月之後，她再回诊时，气色好很多，也不像之前那麽怕冷了。

基本上，我并不建议生食，因为人体的胃喜欢温暖的食物、而非冰冷的食物。任何古老医学，包括中医及印度医学，它们都不赞成生食。印度的阿育吠陀提到 prana（火），中医也讲气，意思是胃里要有能量。吃生冷的食物，会降低胃的能量；越吃越寒，身体很容易出问题。尤其，在不对的时间吃生食，身体很容易变寒，缺乏元气与火气。

如果非得吃生食不可，提供几个建议供大家参考：

正午时间才吃生食

有些人一大早起床就喝冰凉的精力汤，午餐、晚餐也都以生食为主，身体因为太寒，脸色也显得很不好看。其实，生机饮食要看身体的状态，调整吃的时间及吃的方法。如果身体容易怕冷、常腹泻或舌苔很白，这些都是身体较寒的倾向，并不适合吃生食。

如果真的非采取生机饮食不可，建议在正中午吃。因为清晨、傍晚的时间，刚好是气候转换的时刻，早餐、晚餐不适合吃生食。同时，也得视季节、当天的天气，来判断是否可以吃生食。譬如，夏天非常炎热的时刻，只要经过退冰的程序，早上也可以生食。然而，就算是炎热的夏天，如果下雨、天气有点凉，中午时分还是吃熟食对身体比较好，也较容易消化。

此外，胃不好的人最好不要生食。真要吃的话，只喝单一的水果汁或蔬菜汁就好，不要喝蔬菜及水果混合打成的蔬果汁。因为水果较易胀气，最好避免两种以上水果混打成汁，蔬菜则可以混吃，譬如：菜、红萝蔔或甜菜根，可以混吃。

祛寒的方法

生食易使身体较寒，记得要加一些老薑、枸杞、坚果或辛香调味料，或是熬一锅能量汤（用老薑、带壳的龙眼乾、红枣或黑枣、黄豆芽，加上小火炒过的糙米一起熬汤叁十分钟，只喝汤，可熬煮叁次。）等一起食用。且最好选择中午时段，一天一餐生食即可，进入秋冬季节或遇到阴雨天、大冷天，最好不要生食。几种常用的辛香料包括薑黄、丁香、胡椒、辣椒、肉桂、大小茴香等温热的东西，但身体属虚热、实热的人不适合吃。其中，薑黄是很好的抗发炎及抗氧化剂，丁香也具暖胃的效果，但是胃溃疡、胃躁症、肠发炎者不适合使用丁香。另外，茴香油有不同程度的抗菌作用，也能增进食慾，帮助消化。小茴香有抗溃疡、镇痛等功效，但它较易发霉，食用时需特别注意。

清洗蔬果妙方

若要生食，清洗过程要特别留意，需将有可能沾附在果皮及蔬菜中的细菌、寄生蟲、黴菌等清除，否则很有可能引起感染。若打算不削皮就吃下整颗水果，建议用过滤可饮用的水，将蔬果一叶一叶、一粒一粒的分开洗乾净，因为用自来水洗过的蔬果，氯就会附著在蔬果中。建议免疫系统较差的人或化疗中的人，必须用滚水很快地烫过蔬果，都是可以考虑的方式。

适可而止，不可过量

生机饮食的好处在於食物的营养不会遭到破坏，缺点在於身体必须代谢大量的金属、矿物质和维生素，反而是个沉重的负担。很多人一天叁餐都采用生机饮食，不但太寒，维生素、矿物质也超过摄取量，身体器官既要吸收、又要排出多馀的营养素，是不是太折腾了？而且，有些矿物质排不出去，留在身体里也不是一件好事。我曾经看过某些人越吃脸越黑沉，有些女病人的月经甚至因此停止；也有人只吃生机饮食，可是还没上年纪，就得了癌症，这都是吃太多偏寒冷的食物。最好学会观察自己的脸色，适时调整，并不一定吃多就是好。

社会上有个迷思，很多人宣称是靠著生机饮食治癒疾病的。但是，我们仔细观察，这些生病的人，除了重新检讨自己的饮食外，他们的作息、睡眠、运动和心灵也做了很多的改变。因为这些生病的人开始大量阅读，开始检讨自己「我的身体为什麽出了错？」他们捨弃了大鱼大肉，选择了少污染、少加工的食物，再搭配早睡早起、运动、减少心理压力和思想障碍、心存善念，让身体回复到他们原本需要的状态，身体才慢慢痊癒。

因此，与其说是生机饮食治癒了难缠的疾病，倒不如说是这些人已经深切地体认到「身体的需求」。他们的心念改了，摒弃过去那些引来疾病的错误生活方式，重新认识自己的身体，让身体自我修复的能力发挥作用，疾病自然远离。

Among all the complementary medicine and traditional medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has the most number of practitioners and patients. TCM has been practiced as one of the oldest medical disciplines in the world. It has been considered as an essential part of Chinese culture and tradition.

Although modern medicine has been developed to solve many problems in medicine, TCM has proven utility, due to its proven efficacy and history of minimal adverse reactions. TCM theory is based on the balance and unity of opposites (yin and yang). Majority of the medicines are derived from all natural ingredients, mostly herbs and sometimes animal extracts.

According to TCM, poor health is the result of imbalance between interconnected organ systems, with one organ weak or the other overexcited.

TCM is considered to require considerable diagnostic skill. This often depends on the ability to observe what are described as subtle differences. There are four classic diagnostic methods that have been in use for thousands of years in TCM. These include the following:

- Observe (望 wàng),
- hear and smell (闻 wén),
- Ask about background (问 wèn) and
- Touching (切 qiè).

Observe focuses on the patient’s expression particularly on face color, the tongue, including analysis of the tongue size, shape, tension, color and coating, and the absence or presence of teeth marks around the edge.

Hear and smell refer, respectively, to listening for particular sounds (such as wheezing) and attending to body odor.

Ask for background focuses on the “seven inquiries”, which are: chills and fever; perspiration; appetite, thirst and taste; defecation and urination; pain; sleep; and menses and leukorrhea.

Touching includes feeling the pulse to find out its quality, power, rate and rhythm.

Data received from the above mentioned four classic dignostic procedures helps a TCM physician to recognize the current condition and the disease history of the patient, find out the reason and pathogenesis of his disease, know the symptom for a comprehensive analysis so as to determine to the characteristic and cause of the disease as well as some changes of the patient’s condition. Based on this information, the doctors will be able to work out therapeutic remedies, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, dietary changes or other traditional techniques that could be used for the patient.

Honey is one of the world’s oldest medicines. It was commonly known as a natural sweetener derived or made from flower nectar collected by bees from various kinds of flowers. Bees store the nectar in the honey sacs were able to nest.

In addition to being a great natural sweetener, honey has a multitude of benefits that many people don’t know about. Honey benefits have known since many years ago because honey contains a variety of minerals and vitamins that their composition varies according to the quality of nectar and pollen.

There are many scientific research that shows honey is a wonderful food. In one recent study, researchers at the University of California, Davis, reported in March 2004 that daily consumption of raw honey may result better immune system and stronger body.

Honey has been proven to be a natural throat soother! Honey’s unique blend of natural sweeteners gives it the ability to provide quick energy in any circumstance. Honey also benefit as antioxidant because honey contains many nutrition such as vitamin C, organic acids, enzymes, phenolic acids and antioxidant flavonoids useful as a high antioxidants.

Honey may also be good for your skin. It has the ability to attract water. It is also safe for sensitive skin. You can use it as a moisturizing mask for your skin as well as your hair.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), honey is classified as neutral food with medicinal properties – it is neither heaty nor cooling (balanced yin and yang). It is a food suitable for children and people who have a weak body constitution. Pharmacist Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), showed that eating honey regularly resulted in clear sight and rosy cheeks. He also wrote that eating honey every morning can help preventing constipation and it is a good choice for those who suffer chronic coughing.

You can eat honey raw, add it it in water and different beverages and you can add it in several recipes too.

Most of us spend more than eight hours in office during weekday. It is quite a challenge to maintain good posture for long hour. If the chair that you sit is not comfortable, it may affect our health. So a good computer chair is probably the single most important component of our working environment.

Our body needs the right support and comfort. There is a link between back pain, poor posture, and chair design. Ergonomically designed chairs are built with the needs of our body in mind. They provide us with supreme comfort because they have adjustable features, which reduce the amount of stress we place on our muscles and joints.

If you are looking to buy one or more office chairs for your home office or small business, you will want to make sure that you get it right. It is an important decision. There are some guidelines in selecting a good office chair.

First of all, you need to test it yourself, to see if you are comfortable with it. Make sure you test out different models until you find one you really like. It should provide proper back support so that your back rest feels comfortable. It should have a back support that follows the natural ‘S’ shape of the spinal column.

The correct adjustment of an ergonomic chair is a prerequisite for healthy posture. A good chair should have adjustable features to accommodate our specific needs. This includes arms, back and seat. Adjusting your chair to better fit your body and your computer will help make you felt more comfortable and productive, and also help prevent injury. Do remember to adjust the height of your chair to give the correct reading height for your screen.

Adjustable armrests are another nice feature. It allows us to work close to our computer while also providing a place to rest our arms.

It is important that when you select a computer chair, you do not choose the cheapest one you can find. We should not sacrifice our bodies’ comfort for a low price chair. Do not forget, a good computer chair can mean all the difference between a good and bad day at work.

By the way, if you hardly have any daily activities, because your job is sitting down all day, having only a good chair will not solve your health problem. Do remember you will need to exercise to keep your back in good shape. At least, stand up and do some exercises after sitting for some time.

三宝粉是许多素食者常食用的保健品，它包括小麦胚芽，大豆软磷脂和啤酒酵母。

小麦胚芽有丰富的维生素E，可抗氧化，延缓衰老。大豆卵磷脂可构成细胞膜，加强记忆力，改善代谢。啤酒酵母提供素食者缺乏的丰富的维生素B群，可以帮助消化吸收。以下是这三种营养的摘要。

小麦胚芽

小麦胚芽是高纤食品，可降低心血管疾病的发生机率。富含作为天然的抗氧化剂的维生素E，可降低细胞老化，促进新陈代谢，抗污染及抗不孕。

小麦胚芽粉萃取自小麦胚芽菁华，作为小麦籽粒的核心和生命中枢，在种植时胚芽发育成生命种子的幼根和子叶。据现代科学研究测定，它的蛋白质含量为31%以上，是一种优质蛋白质，比米、面高出6～7倍，其营养价值可与鸡蛋相媲美。小麦胚芽含也被营养学家誉为天然维生素E的仓库,具有延缓衰老、提高免疫力的作用，是为数不多的真正应用于人类抗衰老的抗氧化剂。

二十八烷醇则是小麦胚芽中的另一个重要成分，是改善体力，增加耐力，减缓运动后肌肉疼痛的秘密武器。实验证实二十八烷醇可增加运动时的氧气利用，改善肌肉中肝糖的储存与运动的反应能力。

大豆软磷脂

大豆软磷脂被誉为血管的清道夫,预防心脑血管疾病，提高人体的代谢能力，自愈能力，能延缓衰老，其健脑益智作用可提高学习和工作效率，同时保护肝脏，预防脂肪肝等病症的发生，能增强胰脏功能，可做为糖尿病人的营养品。

大豆卵磷脂富含胆碱磷脂质，肌醇磷脂质，脑磷脂与亚麻仁油酸。磷脂质对于维持细胞膜的健康，促进细胞的正常功能，使人体细胞对于营养物质的吸收，代谢废物的排泄有很大的帮助。另外，胆碱磷脂质对于脑神经传导物质「乙烯胆碱」的形成，提供了必要的原料，可预防记忆力的退化。卵磷脂本身具有生物乳化剂的功用，可使脂肪顺利运输至肝脏中代谢。根据一些临床试验结果显示，补充卵磷脂亦可预防脂肪肝的发生。

卵磷脂（Lecithin）存在于一切动物和植物的细胞和脑中﹐是细胞表面包膜的主要成份﹐影响各种物质在细胞膜的透过。各种植物油籽都含有卵磷脂﹐其中以大豆含量较多。大豆卵磷脂是精制大豆油过程中的副产品。市面上粒状的大豆卵磷脂﹐是大豆油在脱胶过程中沉淀出来的磷脂质﹐再经加工﹐干燥之后的产品。

卵磷脂对以下疾病的预防都有一定的作用。

1，动脉硬化症（高血压，心肌梗塞，脑溢血）通常，动脉硬化是从中年开始的，但是随着人们大量摄入肉食和脂肪，动脉硬化的发病有年轻化的趋势，而且男性多于女性。动脉硬化患者通常都患有高脂血症，胆固醇含量较高，同时高血压，冠心病，心肌梗塞，脑溢血的患病率也相应较高。实验表明，食用卵磷脂能显著降低高血脂，高胆固醇，从而预防动脉硬化。

2，肝脏病（肝硬化，肝炎，脂肪肝）随着现代文明病的日益增多，酒精和高胆固醇成为脂肪肝，肝硬化的两个重要因素。卵磷脂的解酒作用和它强大的乳化作用，可以充分保护肝细胞，同时还可以促进肝细胞的活化和再生，增强肝功能。

3，老年痴呆症脑部的神经传导物质（乙酰胆碱）减少是引起老年痴呆的主要原因，而”胆碱”是卵磷脂的基本成分，卵磷脂的充分供应将保证机体内有足够的胆碱合成”乙酰胆碱”，从而为大脑提供充分的资讯传导物质，有效地防止老年痴呆症的发生。

啤酒酵母

啤酒酵母是吸收麦芽精华后，把酵母加工成纯天然的营养食品。它含有绝佳的蛋白质，完整的B族维生素，多种生物态矿物质及优质膳食纤维。特点是均衡营养，其营养成分的构成特别适合人体的需求，能够平衡由于饮食结构不合理而带来的营养失衡和消除缓解由此而引发的健康问题，还可有效帮助美容瘦身。

啤酒酵母粉富含维生素B群，素食者常缺乏的B1，B2，B12，在啤酒酵母粉中皆可提供完全的满足。多种酵素与丰富的氨基酸，蛋白质，可协助消化不良的小孩与长者，获得优质的蛋白质。啤酒酵母中的「有机铬」成分，可协助糖尿病患者控制血糖，促进糖类的代谢。另外，「有机硒」的成分则具有抗氧化的功效，可协助增强免疫系统，对于癌症患者在放射线治疗以及化疗期间，是一种重要的营养补充品。啤酒酵母粉含有较丰富的「普林」成分，因此不建议痛风患者于发病期添加使用，平日则可以少量食用。

鉴于三宝粉是一种功能性的健康食品，虽然不是立即见效，但有着全面，长远，稳定的效果，医学家们也开始重视它在预防疾病发生方面的积极作用。建议吃素者，油脂摄取过多者，年长者，易疲劳者，耐力不足者，运动员，应多摄取小麦胚芽。脂肪肝患者，肥胖者，应多摄取卵磷脂。小孩，年长者，糖尿病患者，癌症患者，应多摄取啤酒酵母粉。三宝粉是小麦胚芽，大豆软磷脂和啤酒酵母的总体，应该是不错的营养食品选择。

An adequate daily intake of potassium may be an important part of preventing high blood pressure. A potassium diet holds the power to regulate blood pressure and blood sugar levels.

Potassium is a relatively common mineral and can be found in many foods, and is especially easy to obtain in fruits and vegetables.

Excellent sources of potassium include sweet potatoes, orange juice, white beans, yogurt and banana.

Sweet potatoes are actually one of the top sources of potassium available. It also contains top nutrients such as Vitamin A and Beta Carotene.

Orange juice is known for its excellent contribution to your daily intake of Vitamin C, but is also a superb source of potassium. Probably the best part about orange juice is how easy it is to fit into a potassium diet.

White beans are an excellent source of fiber, protein, and even starch. It has been labeled as a super food due to the fact that they are full of iron, and they can deliver close to 600 mg of potassium to your diet, just by consuming half a cup.

Yogurt is also a secret source of potassium.

If you follow a healthy and balanced diet, you are probably getting plenty of potassium. Given the wide variety of potassium rich foods, most people should not suffer from potassium deficiency as long as they are eating a balanced and healthy diet.

The seeds and oil of the flax plant contain substances which promote good health.

Several studies indicate that flaxseed oil, as well as ground flaxseeds, can lower cholesterol, thereby significantly reducing the risk of heart disease. In addition, flaxseed oil can also be used to lower blood pressure. It has demonstrated useful anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties in a number of animal models and human diseases.

High blood pressure can be caused by hereditary factors, lifestyle choices and other compromising health problems. Diets with high fiber content and artery-cleaning attributes found in omega-3 fatty acids are helpful in keeping arteries flexible, thereby helping to maintain a smooth thoroughfare for the blood to pass through. Flaxseed oil may help protect against high blood pressure by inhibiting inflammatory reactions that cause artery-hardening plaque and poor circulation.

The two most common causes of kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure. As such, flaxseed may be one of your body’s best friends if you have kidney disease. Flaxseed shows promise for reversing kidney damage caused by lupus, a condition in which the immune system produces harmful substances that attack and damage healthy tissues.