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What should I eat for a mild cold?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is yin evil, and the coldest solar term is also the most prosperous period of yin evil. From the point of view of diet health, we should pay special attention to eating more warm food in our daily diet to supplement our body and prevent the invasion of cold climate. Commonly used tonics include Ginseng, Astragalus, Colla Corii Asini, Cordyceps sinensis, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Lycium barbarum and Angelica sinensis. Dietary supplement should choose mutton, dog meat, pork, chicken, duck, fresh fish, soft-shelled turtle, wrinkled fish, sea shrimp, etc. according to the rise and fall of yin and yang, and other foods such as walnut kernel, jujube, longan, sesame, yam, lotus seed, lily, chestnut, etc. All the above foods have the effects of nourishing spleen and stomach, warming kidney and strengthening yang, strengthening spleen and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and tonifying lung. Of course, people who are too hot, too solid and easy to get angry should pay attention to slow tonic and eat less.

Pay attention to keep warm in daily life

Slight cold is the coldest solar term in a year. At this time, we must pay attention to keeping warm in our daily life.

"Chinese medicine believes that' cold coagulation and cold inhalation', the weather is cold, and it is prone to joint pain, cervical spondylosis and even cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Exercise varies from person to person.

The slight cold solar term is the coldest time of the year in the "March 9" cold weather. This is a good opportunity for people to strengthen physical exercise and improve their physical fitness. However, according to one's physical condition, one must not be blind. Even strong people should pay attention to the ways and methods of exercise. You can take part in 2~3 fitness exercises every week, such as swimming, playing tennis and bowling. In our daily life, we should often walk, jog and exercise. In addition, we should pay attention to indoor ventilation and keep warm when going out to prevent respiratory diseases.

Recommended recipes for slight cold solar terms

Drinking porridge can warm the body and is easy to digest. In the cold season, I recommend several health-preserving and nourishing porridge for you.

● Mutton porridge

Select 250g lean mutton, wash it, cut it into diced meat, and stew it with 1 radish to remove the smell. Then take out the radish and put it into150g japonica rice to cook mutton, which is warm, high in protein and low in gall.

Porridge.

Walnut porridge

Take 50 grams of walnut kernel, mash it, and cook porridge with japonica rice 100 grams to warm up the essence.

Walnut kernel is high in calories and rich in linoleic acid, which has the effects of nourishing brain and stomach, invigorating spleen and kidney, and strengthening waist. It is suitable for people with kidney deficiency, chills and soreness of waist and knees. It can also be used for adjuvant treatment of chronic gastritis and chronic colitis.

Leek porridge

Cook the porridge first, then chop up the appropriate amount of leeks and put them in, and cook for a while before eating.

Leek contains a lot of vitamin a,

B, c and calcium, phosphorus, iron and other substances. Cooked leeks are sweet and warm. Eating leek porridge often can help yang to slow down the middle, make up the middle and unblock the collaterals. Suitable for people with cold back and weak waist and knees.

● Ginseng porridge

Take 3 grams of ginseng, put it in a casserole, add water and simmer for 20 minutes, add japonica rice 100 grams and cook until the porridge is thick, and add honey or rock sugar to taste.