The emphasis of tonic should be put on strengthening spleen and kidney

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The cold season is the coldest time, and it's also a good time for tonic in winter. At this time, the emphasis of tonic should be on strengthening the spleen and kidney, regulating the liver and blood. The following section recommends 6 kinds of health preserving meals for the cold season.

The emphasis of tonic should be put on strengthening spleen and kidney

First: dispelling the cold and warming up - glutinous rice (it is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning to dispel the cold. It is believed that glutinous rice has higher sugar content than rice, which makes the whole body feel warm after eating. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, glutinous rice has the effect of Tonifying the middle and Qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold season. In addition, glutinous rice implies warmth. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, warm Li means good luck. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It has the effect of protecting the cold and nourishing. People can cook glutinous rice, or use glutinous rice, rice, red bean, Coix, lotus seed, medlar, longan meat, jujube, etc. to steam with high heat, and then add some sugar. It can strengthen the spleen, replenish qi, nourish blood and calm the nerves. It is suitable for people with weak body, fatigue and other deficiency of both qi and blood. Ingredients: adzuki bean, coix seed, glutinous rice, Cucumis melon seed and diced cucumber. Methods: 1. Wash the adzuki bean and coix seed with water and steam them in the pot for 20 minutes. 2. Add a little glutinous rice and Cucurbitaceae seeds and steam them with water. Sprinkle diced cucumber on the pot and serve.)

Second: meat and vegetable collocation - mutton and carrot dumplings (cold health tonic should pay attention to "meat and vegetable collocation". Northern New Year's Eve to eat dumplings, take meaning "see off dumplings face the wind.". Traditional dumpling stuffing includes vegetables, meat, onion, ginger, garlic and other ingredients, and the combination of these ingredients is in line with the concept of health preservation during the cold season. Ingredients: half a catty mutton stuffing, carrot, onion and ginger, proper amount of soy sauce, 2 cups and a half of flour, proper amount of pepper noodles, proper amount of water, oil and salt. Methods: 1, onion ginger cut, put into the meat, sprinkle a little pepper noodles, marinate with soy sauce. 2. Rub the carrots into shreds, cut them into pieces and put them into the meat. 3. Add the right amount of oil, stir evenly, and finally add the right amount of salt. 4. 2 and a half cups of flour, add appropriate amount of water, stir into snowflake shape, knead into dough, stir for 15 minutes. 5. Divide the dough into small ingredients, roll the skin and make dumplings. 6. Boil the water in the pot, put in the dumplings and water them for 3 times. The dumplings are well cooked and can be fished out.)

Third: regulate liver Qi - Yangshen gouqi porridge (cold solar term, in addition to pay attention to nourishing the spleen, this season due to the influence of climate is easy to liver fire, and irritability or depression and other emotions, so also pay attention to regulate liver qi. Sheep kidney and wolfberry porridge can tonify kidney and nourish kidney. It is suitable for yin deficiency of kidney yin, low back pain, night sweats, thirst, waist and knee soreness, impotence, premature ejaculation, enuresis, enuresis, frequent urination, blurred vision, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness. Ingredients: 30g Lycium barbarum, 100 ~ 200 ~ japonica rice, 1 pair of sheep kidney, appropriate amount of salt, ginger, onion and seasoning. Method: first remove the sheep kidney lipid membrane, slice, add water to boil soup, and then put in another pot of Japonica rice. Add water to make porridge. When the porridge is ready, add the cooked sheep kidney and sheep kidney soup, add wolfberry, add salt and other seasonings, and then boil it for a few minutes.)

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Warm and tonify the kidney - huaqishen Wuji Decoction (cold solar term is the most harmful to the kidney, and kidney deficiency will lead to fear of cold, easy to get sick. At this time to eat some warm tonic kidney food, you can get rid of disease and strengthen the body. For women, black chicken is the best tonic food. It can nourish blood and skin, kidney and kidney. It is suitable for cold health. It can tonify the five viscera, treat spleen and stomach weakness, warm essence and nourish blood. The combination of the two can benefit Qi and blood and reduce deficiency heat. Ingredients: half black chicken, a few grams of American ginseng and two pieces of ginger. Methods: 1. Cut and wash the black chicken, put it in boiling water, wash and remove the foam; 2. Put the black chicken, American ginseng and ginger slices into casserole, pressure cooker and electric rice cooker, and drink the soup in 1-2 hours.)