In October, beginning of winter, also known as "beginning of winter", entered the winter, and there is a folk custom of "beginning of winter makes up the winter". The ancients thought that when it was cold, it was necessary to supplement the body nutrition. Eat ginseng, pilose antler, dog meat and mutton to stew chicken and duck eight treasures.

Tonifying: Food is the most important thing.

Neijing says "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", while the northern winter climate is dry and windy. Therefore, nourishing yin essence is an important part of health preservation in winter, and it is best to eat more Chinese cabbage, tremella, fungus, medlar, pear, kiwi and other foods to supplement yin fluid. It is best to eat less spicy, barbecue and fried food, and pay attention to drink plenty of water to avoid getting angry. Diet should be mainly warm, such as glutinous rice, dog meat, mutton, jujube, longan, sesame, leek and so on. And eat less cold drinks, seafood and other cold food. You can eat more nuts, such as walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and chestnuts. You can add some Radix Adenophorae, Radix Astragali and Radix Ophiopogonis to porridge and soup, but you don't need too much, because after all, it is a food supplement rather than a medicine supplement.

Four main points of starting a winter diet

Introduce tonic first and then tonic.

Beginning of winter's later tonic should give the stomach a gradual adaptation process, so it is necessary to do a good job of introduction and tonic. For example, eating mild peanut and jujube soup, stewed beef with ginger and so on. In addition, drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. Cereal porridge can nourish the heart, sesame porridge can nourish essence and yin, radish porridge can eliminate phlegm, and Poria porridge can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.

More warmth, less cold and cool.

In cold weather, increasing the intake of protein, fat, vitamins and minerals is very beneficial to resist low temperature. For example, eat more glutinous rice, sorghum, chestnuts, jujubes, walnuts, longan, leeks, pumpkins, ginger, beef and mutton.

Increase the intake of vitamins a and C.

Increasing the intake of vitamins A and C can enhance the adaptability to cold. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots and dark green vegetables, while vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables. In addition, eating more peppers in winter can promote blood circulation and increase appetite.

Salty taste enters the kidney, nourishing yin and enriching blood.

According to the principle of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" and "nourishing kidney in winter", you can eat more delicious food in winter, such as kelp, laver and jellyfish, which can nourish yin and replenish blood.

Beginning of winter health care cookbook

Shiwen tonic soup

Raw materials: Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba each10g, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Cortex Cinnamomi each 5g, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Radix Glycyrrhizae each 3g, Fructus Jujubae12g, ginger 20g, cuttlefish, fat hen, old duck, clean belly and elbow each 250g, and ribs 500g.

Production method: put the medicinal materials into gauze bags, tie the mouth, wash duck, chicken and pork belly, and chop the ribs. Wash ginger, bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms, put them in a pot together with the above materials, add water, boil with strong fire, then simmer with slow fire, and add yellow wine, pepper and salt to taste. After the meat is cooked, take it out, cut it into shreds, put it in the soup, take out the medicine bag, cook it, add monosodium glutamate and drink the soup. Take a small bowl in the morning and evening. Take it once every five days after taking it all.

Applicable people: suitable for various chronic debilitating diseases, such as asthenia anemia, deficiency of middle qi, weakness of spleen and stomach, dizziness, etc. Can be eaten disease-free, can strengthen the body and prevent diseases.

This soup has the effects of nourishing yin and yang, qi and blood, and regulating internal organs.

Peanut trotters

Ingredients: 500g trotters, peanuts, salt, fermented bean curd and other condiments.

Production method: firstly, wash the trotters, cut the edges, heat them in an oil pan, add ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, add trotters and fermented bean curd, stir well, then add a proper amount of water, peanuts and seasonings, and simmer for about two hours on low fire until the trotters are soft and cooked.

Taboo: People with diarrhea should eat less.

Suitable crowd: It is suitable for patients with soreness of waist and knees caused by deficiency of kidney yin, dryness of skin caused by deficiency of body fluid, postpartum hypogalactia and carbuncle caused by deficiency of qi and blood.

This dish has the function of nourishing yin and nourishing qi and blood.

Braised black-bone chicken with Guishen

Raw materials: 30-50g of Codonopsis pilosula, 20g of Angelica sinensis, black-bone chicken 1 piece, and appropriate amount of seasonings such as ginger, onion, salt and cooking wine.

Preparation method: black-bone chicken, angelica sinensis, codonopsis pilosula and a proper amount of seasoning are put into a stew pot for 1-2 hours.

Suitable crowd: suitable for emaciation caused by nocturnal emission, excessive leucorrhea, deficiency of liver and kidney, irregular menstruation, deficiency of spleen and lung, and deficiency of both qi and yin.

Codonopsis pilosula tonifies spleen and lung, blood and body fluid. Black-bone chicken is a traditional tonic, named after its black-bone chicken. It is sweet and enters the heart, liver, lung, spleen and kidney meridians. The main components of black-bone chicken are protein, fat, multivitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, nicotinic acid and pantothenic acid. Adding Angelica sinensis has the function of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation. Therefore, this stew is most suitable for winter consumption, especially for people who are seriously ill, postpartum, after surgery or physically weak.

Stewed bird's nest with bletilla striata

Raw materials: bird's nest 10g, bletilla striata 10g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Production method: first soak the bird's nest in warm water for half a day, remove impurities, put it in a stew pot, add water and crystal sugar, and stew for 2 ~ 3 hours before eating.

Suitable crowd: suitable for spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency, polyuria, nausea, vomiting, night sweats, cough, hemoptysis due to lung yin deficiency and other physical weakness.

Bletilla striata can nourish lung and yin, nourish lung and stop bleeding, and bird's nest can nourish lung and yin, which can be used to nourish and treat cough, night sweat and hemoptysis due to yin deficiency. It can also nourish the stomach and stop vomiting, and treat retching and nausea caused by insufficient stomach qi. It can also benefit qi and stop sweating, and treat qi deficiency, spontaneous sweating and polyuria. Bird's nest is a precious tonic. Bletilla striata is used to enhance its function of moistening lung and relieving cough. People with lung yin deficiency are prone to cough, asthma and hemoptysis in winter, and it is very effective to eat this stew often.