First, in view of the characteristics of strong appetite and good absorption function in winter, food supplements with high fever, high nutrition, strong taste and strong tonic should be selected appropriately, such as animal supplements such as mutton, dog meat, beef and chicken.
Two, according to their own situation, diagnosis of deficiency syndrome, targeted tonic under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine doctors, and adhere to the whole winter.
Third, if the original itself is sick, the choice of tonic should be appropriate, and it is best to follow the doctor's advice and not blindly tonic. For example, diabetic patients can use raw ginseng as tonic, but avoid licorice and drugs with high sugar content. Anyone suffering from hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, cholecystitis, gout and other diseases should not use high-protein, high-fat and high-sugar drugs and foods such as turtle, donkey-hide gelatin, longan, bullwhip and deer tendon. Because eating this kind of food and medicine will promote the development of diseases, increase blood lipid, blood viscosity, uric acid in blood and blood pressure, and the result will get worse and worse.
Fourth, it should not be too long to choose medicinal liquor for tonic. The medicinal liquor available to the elderly include: Shiquanda tonic wine, chinese wolfberry wine, Coix seed wine, yam wine, ginseng medicinal wine, ginseng medicinal wine, cordyceps tonic wine, etc. Usually 1-2 times a day, about half a second each time. However, the elderly should pay attention to the idea of "two or three doses of wine in winter, and beginning of spring should stop". In addition, considering that most of the medicinal liquor on the market has a high alcohol content, and the influence of long-term drinking on the liver, the longer the medicinal liquor is drunk, the better.
Five, drug supplements should pay attention to prevent getting angry. Tonics commonly used in winter are: red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and Eucommia ulmoides. , yam, walnut, longan pulp, tremella, angelica, fleece-flower root, medlar, astragalus, codonopsis pilosula, atractylodes macrocephala, dodder, black beans, black sesame seeds, etc. Among them, walnut kernel, medlar, tremella and black sesame are not only nourishing foods, but also good medicinal materials, and their properties are mild and not hot. In winter, you should pay special attention not to take warm supplements such as red ginseng, velvet antler, deer fetus and placenta without doctor's advice, so as to avoid aphtha, sore throat, bad breath, dry mouth, nosebleeds, constipation, or sudden increase in blood pressure leading to stroke.