Tonifying in winter has a long history in China, and its basic principle can be summarized as four words: strong flavor and warm tonic. Strong flavor not only means that the food eaten in winter is rich in flavor, but also means that the food is nutritious and sweet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "thick taste and essence" refers to a rich and sweet diet to supplement the essential nutrients needed by the human body. The meaning of warmth is easy to understand, because winter is cold and full of yin, and the human body needs to eat some warm meals to drive away the cold and warm yang. The combination of these two characteristics is the principle of winter health care tonic.
On the other hand, Chinese medicine believes that all life activities of human body are driven by primordial qi, which is mainly produced by kidney. In winter, "the viscera belong to the kidney" and "the kidney governs the storage of essence". Tonifying kidney essence in winter can promote the generation of vitality, so another principle feature of tonic in winter can be summarized as "tonifying kidney and replenishing lean vitality."
"Thick taste and warm tonic" and "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" are the principles of health care and tonic in winter, in which "thick taste and warm tonic" is summarized from the nature and taste of people's medicated diet, while "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" is summarized from the function of medicated diet, and the two are unified.
The medicated diet introduced below is a common product for health care and tonic in winter.
◆ Formula of longan walnut chicken (mild): 20g longan meat, 0/00g walnut meat/kloc, 500g tender chicken, 2 eggs, 50g coriander, 50g ham, proper amount of dough, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper, bean powder, sesame oil, peanut oil, ginger and onion.
Efficacy: Warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney and solidifying essence. Suitable for insomnia, mental retardation and other diseases.
Making (1) Peel the chicken and cut it into thin slices; Soaking walnut kernel in boiling water, peeling, frying in oil pan, and cutting into fine particles; Wash coriander; Washing longan meat with warm water, and dicing; After washing ginger and onion, cut into powder; Cut the ham into small pieces, remove the yellow color from the egg and keep it transparent, and add bean flour to make egg paste.
(2) Mix the chicken slices with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper, minced ginger onion, walnut kernel, longan pulp and egg white paste (a little), then put the dough on the chopping board, first put a little coriander leaves and 1 slice of ham, then put the chicken slices and fold them into rectangular packets.
(3) Pour peanut oil into the pot, and when it is heated to 50%, put the wrapped chicken into the pot and fry it, then take it out and put it on a plate.
Take/kloc-0 times a day with meals.
It is recommended not to have special taboos.
Analysis of longan meat has the effects of nourishing heart and spleen, benefiting qi and enriching blood; Walnut kernel has the effects of tonifying kidney, warming lung and moistening intestine; Chicken and eggs have the function of nourishing qi and blood. Medicine and food are of the same origin, and after eating, it can enhance the effects of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney and solidifying essence. It is especially good for people with insomnia, mental retardation and weakness.
◆ Sea cucumber porridge (warm) formula 20 grams of sea cucumber (water hair), 60 grams of japonica rice, ginger and salt.
Merit benefits kidney, moistens dryness and nourishes qi and blood. Suitable for people with kidney deficiency, emaciation, deficiency and cold.
Production (1) Soak the sea cucumber in warm water, wash and cut into pieces; The japonica rice is washed clean; Slice ginger.
(2) Put the sea cucumber, japonica rice and ginger into a pot, add a proper amount of water, put it on strong fire to boil, then simmer for 30 minutes, add salt and stir evenly.
Take/kloc-0 times a day with meals.
It is recommended not to have special taboos.
Analysis of sea cucumber's taste is warm, and it has good effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing blood and moistening dryness. Japonica rice can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Both kinds of porridge have a peaceful nourishing effect and have no shortcomings of nourishing the stomach. It is a good choice for middle-aged and elderly people with insufficient kidney essence and weak yang in winter.
◆ Angelica mutton soup (warm) formula Angelica 25g, Astragalus 25g, Codonopsis 25g, mutton 500g, onion, ginger, cooking wine and salt.
Efficacy of supplementing qi and deficiency, warming the middle and warming the lower. It is suitable for blood deficiency, deficiency of qi and blood after illness and various anemia.
Make (1) mutton, wash it and put it into the pot; Putting Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis into a gauze bag, pricking the mouth, and putting into a pot; At the same time, put the onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine into the pot and add some water.
(2) Boil the pot with strong fire, and then simmer with slow fire until the mutton is cooked and rotten.
Add monosodium glutamate when eating, eat meat and drink soup.
Too much wet phlegm should be avoided, and it should not be taken for a long time.
Angelica sinensis can replenish blood, Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis are important drugs for invigorating qi, and mutton is warm and lean, which are all products for warming qi and blood. After cooking, the effect of nourishing blood is further enhanced, but at the same time it is a little warm and dry, so those who are wet and heavy should not be replenished for a long time to prevent them from turning into damp heat.