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What kind of medicinal food is good for a weak heart?

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Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 03:52 AM

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  • Colleen Colleen

    Apr 02, 2026

      What medicines and foods are good for treating heart-qi deficiency? Friends must know that you can eat some astragalus and ginseng for heart-qi deficiency. So what are the staple foods to treat heart-qi deficiency? Let’s find out below.

      What kind of medicinal food should you take if you have a weak heart?

      Astragalus and donkey hide gelatin porridge

      15 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of donkey hide gelatin, and 30 grams of japonica rice. Decoct the astragalus in water to extract the juice, cook the japonica rice with the juice to make porridge, and add the melted donkey hide gelatin into the porridge. Replenishing Qi and nourishing blood. Take warmly once a day.

      Astragalus, Chuanxiong and Rabbit Soup

      250 grams of rabbit meat, 60 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of Chuanxiong, and 4 slices of ginger. Cut the rabbit meat into pieces and remove the fat. Boil the blood with boiling water. Then put it into the pot with astragalus, Ligusticum chuanxiong and ginger. Add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer for 2 hours to season. Serve. Take 1 dose daily or every 2 days according to the dosage, drink soup and eat meat.

      Flavored astragalus porridge

      30 grams each of raw astragalus and barley, 15 grams adzuki beans, 9 grams chicken gizzard powder, 2 kumquat cakes, and 30 grams glutinous rice. Add astragalus and boil enough water for 20 minutes, remove the residue, then add barley and adzuki beans and cook for 30 minutes. Finally, add chicken gizzard powder and glutinous rice to make porridge. Take 1 dose in 2 times a day, and eat 1 kumquat cake after each dose. Take it continuously for 2-3 months.

      Qixiangmi camp ointment

      300 grams of astragalus, 45 grams of woody scent, and excess honey. Add astragalus and woody incense to boil in an appropriate amount. Take the decoction once every 30 minutes, add water and fry again, take 2 times in total, combine the decoction, and then simmer over low heat until it is thicker and thicker. When it is thicker, add twice the honey. When it boils, stop the fire. Leave it cold and bottle it for later use. 2 times a day, 1 tablespoon each time, dilute with boiling water.

      What foods are good to eat when you have a weak heart?

      chestnut

      Chestnuts have the functions of nourishing blood, kidneys, spleen, etc., and have a very obvious therapeutic effect on patients with qi deficiency.

      yam

      Yam is both a food and a medicinal material. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yam has the effects of nourishing qi, kidneys, yin, etc., and is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea.

      mushroom

      Shiitake mushrooms can regulate the gastrointestinal tract and supplement nutrition, especially for patients with weight loss and excretion abnormalities. However, special attention should be paid to the fact that you cannot eat too much mushrooms, otherwise you will easily suffer from flatulence.

      Japonica rice

      Japonica rice can replenish qi and protect the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for patients with insufficient qi.

      Sticky rice

      Glutinous rice can effectively replenish vital energy, and modern medicine can also be used to treat chronic gastritis and other diseases.

      cuttlefish

      Cuttlefish has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing qi, and replenishing blood. Eating cuttlefish is a good choice for those with qi deficiency. Postpartum women can also eat more of it.

      In the article, the editor recommends 4 medicated foods for treating heart qi deficiency. We can also use 6 qi-tonifying foods to regulate heart qi deficiency. In addition, friends with heart qi deficiency must pay attention to "nourishing the heart" in their lives, so as to better regulate the constitution of heart qi deficiency.