Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet in winter are due to insufficient yang, and blood cannot be transported to the ends of four feet. Angelica has the functions of enriching blood and activating blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and relaxing bowels. It's cold after winter, so eating some angelica mutton soup can replenish qi and deficiency.
2. chestnuts
Chestnut is high in sugar and lipase, which has a good effect on keeping out the cold. Take 15 chestnuts, peel them and cook them into rice porridge. It is suitable for people with kidney cold and kidney deficiency and soreness of waist and knees, which can increase the heat needed by the body and enhance the ability to keep out the cold.
3, red dates
Jujube contains a lot of vitamins such as sugar, vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene and nicotinic acid, which can strengthen spleen and stomach, invigorate qi and nourish blood, improve human immune function and enhance disease resistance. Persist in eating dates in winter and replenish qi and blood at the same time, and maybe you can get some improvement when your hands and feet are cold.
4. Walnut
It contains 40% to 50% fat, most of which are unsaturated fatty acids, and has the functions of lowering cholesterol and preventing arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Walnut kernel is also rich in phospholipids and vitamin E, which can enhance cell activity, promote hematopoietic function and stimulate appetite. All these are of great benefit to improving health and resisting cold.
5. Mutton
It is said that cold in the north leads to kidney movement, while cold in the south leads to heart movement. In a series of lists of tonifying yang and qi and blood in winter, mutton is famous on the list. Mutton is high in protein and low in cholesterol. It's sweet, warm and high in calories. It is especially suitable for patients with anemia, puerperal deficiency of both qi and blood, and deficiency-cold syndrome.