Winter is the off-season of all kinds of vegetables, but it is the season when Chinese cabbage receives a lot of goods. There is a saying in the north called "beginning of winter cuts cabbage", which means that beginning of winter will eat cabbage in the future. The growth period of Chinese cabbage is about 100 days. Premature growth is not true, and the purpose of bumper harvest cannot be achieved. If it is too late, it will freeze in the ground if the harvest is not timely. "beginning of winter can't afford to buy vegetables, and it doesn't complain" means that the weather is changeable after beginning of winter, and there is the possibility of heavy snow closing the land at any time. Therefore, every year around beginning of winter, we will see Chinese cabbage on the market, and the winter storage of Chinese cabbage is also at that time.

2. Ginkgo biloba/Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba is called "Gongsun Tree" because of its long growth cycle, which takes more than 40 years to produce a large number of fruits. Ginkgo biloba is the core of ginkgo biloba. In ancient times, it was also called "Ginkgo biloba" because its shell was white and shaped like almond. Because of its rarity, Ginkgo biloba was a royal tribute in the Song Dynasty, and now it is widely eaten in Japan and Europe. Although Ginkgo biloba is rich in nutrition, its metabolites also contain trace amounts of hydrocyanic acid, so it is necessary to control the intake every day, and cooked food is the best. Cooking with porridge soup is one of the best tonics. The simplest way to eat it can be heated in a microwave oven, which is delicious enough.

3. Mutton stove

In the cold winter, the yang of the human body is hidden in the body, so the body is prone to cold hands and feet and poor blood circulation. The purpose of winter tonic is to maintain the body's yang, keep the body warm and replenish the body's yin and blood. Among them, the mutton on the stove conforms to this tonic principle, so mutton is the best food for winter tonic. After eating the mutton stove in the cold winter, the frozen body immediately warmed up and the cold gradually disappeared.

Matters needing attention at the beginning of winter tonic

Beginning of winter should not blindly "supplement" winter, but should follow the old adage of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "not disturbing yang" and "supplementing deficiency and warming cold" and adjust its diet with the changes of the four seasons. Eat less cold food, but it is not suitable for hot and dry. Eat some foods with high calories, such as nourishing yin and suppressing yang. At the same time, we should eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency, such as beef and mutton, black-bone chicken, crucian carp, etc., drink more soybean milk and milk, and eat more radishes, vegetables, tofu and fungus. It should be noted here that China has a vast territory, different geographical environment and different lifestyles, which belong to winter, and the climate conditions in the northwest are quite different from those in the southeast coast.

In winter, the weather in northwest China is cold, so it is necessary to supplement products with high temperature and heat, such as cattle, sheep and dog meat. Although Jiangnan has entered the winter, the temperature is much milder than that in the northwest, and the tonic should be sweet, such as chicken, duck and fish; Located in the plateau mountainous area, with little rainfall and dry climate, fruits, vegetables and rock sugar should be used for sweet and nourishing. In addition, it also varies from person to person, because there are differences between men, women and children, and the body (constitution) has the debate of deficiency and excess, cold and heat. In line with the law of human growth, the principles of TCM health preservation, juvenile re-raising, middle-aged re-adjustment, old-age re-insurance and old-age re-extension. Therefore, "winter tonic" should be targeted according to the actual situation, such as clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic and big tonic, and must not be blindly "tonic"