The health-boosting "superfood" that Japanese people recommend eating in winter

Shiitake mushrooms are also known as dong co mushrooms. In traditional medicine, shiitake mushrooms have a sweet taste, aromatic smell, neutral properties, and have the effect of strengthening the spleen, benefiting qi, nourishing blood, anti-inflammatory, treating body weakness, numbness in limbs, vascular damage, and bleeding gums.

The Japanese call mushrooms "superfoods" and regularly add them to their meals to improve their health. Many experts believe that mushrooms are a factor in helping the Japanese live long.

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In China and Japan, shiitake mushrooms have been used as a precious medicine for thousands of years because of their effects of increasing vitality, stimulating appetite, and regulating blood circulation.

Many studies from Japanese scientists show that for cancer cases that have been treated with surgery, regular use of shiitake mushrooms will prevent metastasis.

In China, it is also believed that eating shiitake mushrooms can enhance the body's immunity, prevent food poisoning, lose weight, treat diabetes, nervous breakdown, tuberculosis, hepatitis, fatty liver, and obesity.

4 amazing uses of shiitake mushrooms

Iron supplement

Shiitake mushrooms are considered food for people with iron deficiency anemia, high blood pressure, diabetes, and malnourished children. Oriental medicine books say that shiitake mushrooms have a sweet taste and neutral properties, and have the effect of strengthening the spleen, benefiting qi, nourishing blood, harmonizing blood, and eliminating phlegm.

Detoxify and protect the liver

Shiitake mushrooms have very good detoxifying and liver cell protection effects.

Polysaccharides in shiitake mushrooms have the ability to activate cellular immunity, promote the growth and development of lymphocytes, and activate T and B lymphocytes - cells that play a major role in protecting the body.

Boost immune system

Today, scientists have confirmed: Shiitake mushrooms have the effect of strengthening the body's immune system, inhibiting cancer cells, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood cholesterol, preventing kidney stones and urinary stones, aiding digestion...

Therefore, this is considered food for people with iron deficiency anemia, high blood pressure, diabetes, lipid disorders, malnourished children...

Cancer prevention

According to a study, shiitake mushrooms contain a special chemical called AHC - a compound that mixes amino acids, polysaccharides and minerals, which has the effect of strengthening the immune system by increasing the number of cells that help the body fight infections and prevent tumor growth.

Medicinal dishes from shiitake mushrooms

Oval cooked shiitake mushrooms

Folklore says that combining shiitake mushrooms with pig testicles and adding just enough spices has a very effective kidney-tonifying and yang-strengthening effect.

How to make: Soak the mushrooms in water until they expand, then wash and cut off the stems. Cut the pork belly in half, soak in cold water for 2 hours, remove the white veins and slice. Stir-fry the mushrooms and pork belly separately, when cooked, mix both together.

This dish stimulates digestion, suitable for people with weak physiology, back pain, weak knees, and poor appetite.

Chicken stewed with shiitake mushrooms

25g dried shiitake mushrooms, 20g dried black fungus, 500g hen meat, 30g lotus seeds. Soak shiitake mushrooms and black fungus in water until they expand, then cut off the stems, wash and slice.

Wash the chicken, cut into pieces, soak the lotus seeds until soft. Put everything in a pot, add enough water, simmer over low heat, add seasoning, serve hot.

Effects: Strengthens the spleen, nourishes the kidneys, benefits qi, nourishes blood, used to treat diseases with symptoms of qi and blood deficiency, fatigue, blurred vision, dizziness, insomnia, and forgetfulness.

Stir-fried mushrooms with sea cucumber

15g dried shiitake mushrooms, 15g dried black fungus, 100g sea cucumber, ginger, garlic and spices to taste.

Soak the shiitake mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms in water until they expand, then wash, cut off the stems, and slice into thin strips. Soak the sea cucumber in cold water for a few hours, then clean and slice.

Stir-fry the sea cucumber, then add the shiitake mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms, add crushed garlic, julienned fresh ginger, spices, and cook for a few more minutes.

Effects: Nourishes Qi, nourishes Yin, stops bleeding, reduces inflammation and prevents cancer, especially stomach cancer.

3 groups of people should not eat shiitake mushrooms

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Alcoholics

You should not drink beer or wine while eating shiitake mushrooms because the risk of causing alcohol poisoning is very high.

The accumulation of Aldehyde in the blood exceeding the allowable threshold causes you to experience symptoms such as headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, flushed face or nausea... If not detected promptly, it will be life-threatening.

People with cold body

Do not cook shiitake mushrooms with foods that are strongly cold, such as cold meat or cold vegetables, because it is extremely harmful to the stomach.

In particular, when eating mushrooms you should not drink cold water, ice water, soft drinks or iced tea because it will lead to diarrhea.

People with poor digestive system

For people with poor digestive systems, it is best not to eat any food related to mushrooms.

The reason is that mushrooms are very cold, if you eat them you will get a cold stomach and cause dull stomach pain.

In addition, people who are susceptible to colds or have a cold should not eat mushrooms.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/loai-sieu-thuc-pham-nguoi-nhat-khuyen-nen-an-nhieu-vao-mua-dong-19224010815162107.htm