What tonic should be taken when a man is weak?

　　Qi deficiency constitution refers to a person's lack of energy, lack of physical strength and energy, and a feeling of fatigue after even a little exertion. The body's immune function and disease resistance are relatively low. It often manifests as lack of energy and laziness, low voice, tiredness, spontaneous sweating, pale tongue with white coating, weak pulse, etc.

　　Symptoms of Qi deficiency constitution:

　　The main manifestation is weak spleen and lung function. The basic characteristics are emaciation or obesity, physical fatigue, pale complexion, low and timid voice, frequent spontaneous sweating, especially when moving, palpitation, less food, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse.

　　Health care principles:

　　Tonify the spleen, strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and nourish qi. Because the lungs govern the qi of the whole body, the kidneys store vitality, and the spleen and stomach are the "source of qi generation and transformation", so the spleen, stomach, lungs, and kidneys should all be warm and tonic.

　　·Diet and health: keep the water flowing slowly, avoid cold and suppress heat

　　·Mental health: avoid thinking too much and avoid fluctuations

　　·Daily life and health care: avoid wind and cold, and don’t overwork yourself

　　·Drug treatment: Sijun replenishes qi, screen strengthens surface

　　·Maintenance in four seasons: spring, autumn and less freezing, warm summer and tonic in winter

　　·Intestinal meridian maintenance: Zhongwan, Shenque, Qihai

　　Health method - leg swing: Sit upright with your feet hanging down naturally. First slowly turn your body left and right three times, then hang your feet in the air and swing back and forth more than ten times. This movement can move the waist and knees, and has the effect of replenishing the kidneys and strengthening the waist.

　　Diet therapy for Qi deficiency constitution:

　　You can eat astragalus, poria, japonica rice, glutinous rice, millet, yellow rice, barley, yam, indica rice, oatmeal, potato, jujube, carrot, mushroom, tofu, chicken, goose meat, rabbit meat, quail, beef, dog meat, herring and silver carp. If the Qi deficiency is severe, choose "Ginseng and Lotus Broth Soup" to nourish your body.

　　Diet therapy and health care

　　Foods that can replenish Qi often include millet, rice, glutinous rice, oats, lentils, cauliflower, carrots, mushrooms, tofu, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beef, rabbit meat, pork belly, chicken, egg , silver carp, yellow croaker, flounder, etc. These foods have a very good effect on strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi.

　　You can also use qi-tonifying medicinal foods to nourish your body, such as ginseng and jujube porridge:

　　Recipe: 3 grams of ginseng, 5 jujubes, 60 grams of rice.

　　Preparation: Remove the pits from the jujube and cook it with ginseng and rice to make porridge. It can be eaten regularly as a side dish.

　　Efficacy: Buzhong and Qi, suitable for all syndromes of spleen and stomach weakness.

　　Medication and health care

　　Commonly used Qi-enhancing drugs include ginseng, astragalus, American ginseng, heterogeneous ginseng, dangshen, poria, atractylodes, yam, licorice, ganoderma, schisandra, jujube, etc. You can also take some Chinese patent medicines that have qi-tonifying effects. Patients with high blood pressure should avoid taking ginseng, American ginseng, and Schisandra chinensis.