With temperatures persistently high, office workers spend long days indoors where dry air exacerbates internal heat. Therefore, office professionals should incorporate foods that reduce internal heat and moisturize dryness into their diets. These foods not only satisfy cravings and hunger but also alleviate bodily discomfort, achieving dual benefits. Below are some blood-nourishing and moisturizing foods office workers should regularly consume.
Licorice and Apricot Combination
Ideal for those with irregular eating habits or frequent dry mouth, this pairing effectively promotes saliva production and quenches thirst. It alleviates dryness and is highly effective against "food-induced heat" caused by irregular eating patterns.
Donkey-Hide Gelatin with Jujube
Donkey-hide gelatin is prized for its blood-nourishing properties but has a slightly unpleasant taste. Jujubes, known for their dual benefits of tonifying qi and blood, offer sweet flesh that enhances the gelatin's flavor. This pairing effectively nourishes qi and blood.>Fritillary bulb moistens the lungs and dissolves phlegm, loquat leaves promote lung function and expel phlegm, while mint provides cooling and purifying effects. When exposed to polluted environments like busy streets, construction sites, or areas with smokers, eating a loquat candy protects the lungs. It's also suitable for those frequently experiencing sore throats, throat itchiness, or excessive voice use.
Herbal Tea
Though herbal tea recipes vary, they typically combine herbs that clear heat and detoxify, cool blood and reduce fire, or clear summer heat and nourish yin—such as prunella, chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle. These help relieve summer heat, reduce internal heat, and alleviate fatigue. Not suitable for those with cold hands and feet, stomach cold, yang deficiency, or loose stools.
Nine-Processed Dried Tangerine Peel
Ideal for those with poor appetite, post-meal bloating, tendency to accumulate food, or phlegm. Made primarily from dried tangerine peel, its volatile oils gently stimulate the gastrointestinal tract. This promotes digestive fluid secretion, expels trapped intestinal gas, and boosts appetite. It is highly effective in improving low gastrointestinal motility caused by modern sedentary lifestyles.Do not exceed two tablespoons per serving. Nine-Processed Dried Tangerine Peel contains bitter compounds that may numb taste buds when consumed in excess, potentially reducing appetite during subsequent meals.
Tortoise Jelly
Ideal for those who frequently work overtime, experience internal heat, suffer from constipation, or have acne. Authentic tortoise jelly is meticulously crafted from precious hawksbill turtle and wild poria, combined with medicinal ingredients like raw rehmannia root, dandelion, honeysuckle, and chrysanthemum.This snack helps clear internal heat, nourish yin and kidneys, reduce acne, and promote bowel regularity. It benefits those who frequently stay up late, suffer from yin deficiency with heat, acne, skin itchiness, internal heat, or constipation.
Poria Cake
For those with weak spleen and stomach, excessive internal waste accumulation, or obesity, poria is a versatile remedy. It both fortifies the spleen and stomach to control waste production and dissolves existing waste. Additionally, poria's diuretic properties help alleviate limb edema and urinary retention.
Solidifying Essence Paste
This paste combines blood-nourishing ingredients like donkey-hide gelatin and red dates with moisture-replenishing rock sugar. Enhanced by kidney-tonifying black sesame and walnuts, it significantly broadens its nourishing scope. It simultaneously fortifies essence, blood, spleen, and kidneys, greatly benefiting vital energy restoration.