July 8, 2018
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【瘋狂熬夜月】你是否世界盃綜合症患者？
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半夜睇波要清熱滋陰
四年一度世界盃，大家「攞正牌」熬夜看足球， 睡眠時間少質素也欠佳，加上「睇波三寶」薯片、杯麵及啤酒助興，第二朝起身趕返工如行屍走肉般，頭痛、眼乾、黑眼圈、出暗瘡、口乾、口氣、生痱滋、消化不良、小便偏黃、大便偏乾(粒粒屎)，甚至便秘症狀總有幾款，精神狀態仿如靈魂出竅。
人的生活應該「日出而作，日入而息」，日頭陽氣奮起，日落休息就是不讓陽氣繼續奮進，熬夜就令陽未能轉入陰，所以中醫認為熬夜傷陰，收藏的能力減弱了，陰虛則熱，令人容易出現虛火，甚至心浮氣燥，有以上症狀代表你屬於陰虛體質，不要一味以為狂飲涼茶就能清熱，涼茶治實火，恐防會進一步傷陰，你需要的是清熱同時滋陰以作平衡。
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既然熬夜睇波無可避免，在日常飲食上就要有所配合：
– 飲食宜清淡，多喝湯水、粥品
– 避免進食辛辣、煎炸油膩食物
– 少喝咖啡、奶茶
– 將「睇波三寶」換成新鮮生果、生果脆片、果仁、乳酪、綠茶、花茶
– 多吃清熱滋陰食材如花旗參、菊花、蜂蜜、雪梨等
推介糖水：
雪耳百合木瓜糖水
功效：清熱滋陰、滋潤皮膚、清除因熬夜引起的虛火
材料：雪耳1塊、百合15克、新鮮蓮子連芯60克（乾品20克）、中型木瓜1個、冰糖適量
做法：
1. 雪耳泡水至發大，剪去蒂並撕成小塊備用；百合及蓮子洗淨；木瓜去皮去籽切大塊備用。
2. 雪耳、百合、蓮子及木瓜放入鍋中，加水至蓋過所有材料，武火煮至水滾，改文火加蓋煮30-40分鐘，加入適量冰糖調味煮至溶化即可。
You need to clear heat and nourish yin if you are watching world cup late at night
World cup happens every four years so everyone has the good reason to stay up to watch the games. You sleep less and coupled with snacks like chips, instant noodles and beer during the game. You are practically a walking zombie the next morning with a headache, dry eyes, dark eye circles, pimples, dry mouth, bad breath, canker sores, indigestion, yellowish urine, dry stool, or even constipation. Your overall energy is zapped.
People naturally should be active during the day and rest at night as your yang qi is activated in the day time. Resting at night is to stop your yang qi from staying activated, so staying up at night leads to yang not converting to yin. Chinese medicine believes late nights can hurt yin and yin deficiency leads to heat in body. The symptoms above means yin deficient body constitution so be careful not to drink a lot of cool herbal tea to clear heat as you may further hurt your yin. You need to clear heat as well as nourish yin to balance the two.
If you can’t avoid staying up to watch the games, then adjust your dietary habits accordingly:
– have lighter meald with more soup and congee
– avoid spicy, fried and oily foods
– drink less coffee and milk tea
– have fruits, fruit chips, nuts, yogurt, green tea or floral tea during games
– have more ingredients that clear heat and nourish yin such as American ginseng, chrysanthemum, honey, pear, etc
Recommended dessert soup:
Papaya soup with snow fungus and lily bulbs
Effects: clears heat and nourishes yin, moisturizes skin, clears heat related to frequent late nights
Ingredients: 1 snow fungus, 15g lily bulbs, 60g fresh lotus seeds with core (20g if dried), 1 midsize papaya, rock sugar to taste
Preparation:
1. Soak snow fungus in water until it expands. Cut off the stem and rip into small pieces. Rinse lily bulbs and lotus seeds. Peel papaya, remove seeds and cut into large pieces.
2. Place snow fungus, lily bulbs, lotus seeds into pot and add enough water to submerge all ingredients. Cook on high heat until boiling and turn to low heat and simmer for 30-40 minutes. Add in rock sugar and cook until it has melted.
