1, pay attention to five points for winter tonic
One note: it varies from card to card.
Many people compare the tonic function with their own diseases and think that it will not be bad. Actually, this is unscientific. The main function of tonic is to "replenish deficiency and benefit loss". Deficiency can be divided into four types: qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency and yang deficiency, each of which has different tonic methods. As the saying goes: the medicine is consistent with the certificate, and rhubarb is also supplemented; If the medicine is wrong, ginseng antler is also poisonous. In addition, people's physique is different from cold and heat, and food is also different from cold and warm. The key to tonic is "cold is hot" or "hot is cold". Making up for mistakes is harmful to your health.
For example, both of them are invigorating qi, but the effects of ginseng and tonic American ginseng are completely different. Ginseng is warm in nature and is suitable for "cold syndrome" of yang deficiency. Anyone who is full of qi, has a hot body, has a slippery and strong pulse, and has difficulty in defecation but is actually hot should not take ginseng. American ginseng is cool in nature and is generally used for heat syndrome. It is suitable for people with yin deficiency such as weakness, dry mouth and thirst, lung yin deficiency such as dry throat and cough, and yin deficiency such as hot flashes and chronic cough in the afternoon.
Note: It varies from place to place.
When making supplements, we should not only consider individual physical differences, but also consider the region. This is also crucial. For example, in winter, the weather in northwest and northeast China is cold, so it is really useful to supplement something that should be warm, such as mutton and venison, and tonic such as ginseng wine and ginseng wine, to keep the body warm and help the yang.
Although the south of the Yangtze River has entered the winter, the temperature is much milder than that in the north, so the tonic should be light and sweet, such as chickens, ducks and geese. If Jiangnan people eat more mutton and venison, it is easy to get hot and dry, and there will be symptoms such as sore throat, aphtha and nosebleeds. In areas with less rainfall and dry climate, it is better to use less, especially lily, water chestnut, lotus root, pear and other fruits and vegetables.
Note: It varies with seasons.
According to the viewpoint of TCM health preservation, tonic should be promoted in spring, clear in summer, light in summer, flat in autumn and warm in winter. It is cold in winter, and cold pathogens are easy to hurt kidney yang, so it is appropriate to eat warm food. In addition to the daily staple food and various vegetables and fruits, you can eat mutton, beef and other meat with enough calories. When stewing mutton, if it is combined with angelica and astragalus, it can replenish qi and blood, especially for those who are afraid of cold in winter, cold hands and feet, and easy to catch a cold.
Four notes: you can't take medicine.
As the so-called medicine and food are homologous, many foods are also good tonics, and they are convenient and affordable, so don't worry about any side effects. However, while clarifying the difference between food supplement and medicine supplement, we should also make appropriate supplements according to personal physique, such as kidney deficiency in the elderly, and eat more foods that can tonify the kidney and resist aging, such as walnuts, chestnuts, pig kidneys, turtles and so on. In order to prevent neurasthenia and delay brain aging, you can eat more brain-strengthening and sleep-promoting foods, such as pig brain, lily, jujube and so on. Patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease should eat more celery, spinach, black fungus, hawthorn and kelp. In order to prevent vision loss, you should eat more carrots, pig liver, melons and so on.
Five notes: medicinal liquor should be used with caution.
Over the years, medicinal liquor with various names has been very popular in the tonic market, and many consumers are eager for it. However, although the effective components can be leached by soaking drugs in wine, the effective components in medicinal liquor are still limited each time. If we drink too much medicinal liquor, the alcohol produced is far more harmful than the drug effect. Therefore, taking medicinal liquor should consider your own situation and never overdo it. For example, people with fever due to yin deficiency should use it with caution, and patients with hepatitis, cirrhosis, peptic ulcer and chronic nephritis should not use it.
2, the misunderstanding of winter tonic.
Myth 1: Eating and drinking in winter is a tonic.
Usually tonic is mostly for deficiency, so the tonic food is mostly meat, such as chicken, beef and mutton. As a result, some people don't understand, thinking that tonic is eating and drinking. In fact, tonic is a slow job, and it is a gradual supplement under the condition of choosing the right tonic. If you eat and drink blindly regardless of your physical condition, resulting in excess energy, it will bring health problems such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia.
Myth 2: Everyone should take supplements in winter.
Some people think that autumn and winter tonic is suitable for everyone. Large supplements benefit more, while small supplements benefit less. In fact, only empty people have to make up for it. If the body is empty, blindly taking supplements will also affect health.
Myth 3: Virtual supplement can be used casually.
Tonics are good, but they should not be abused. The main function of tonic is to "replenish deficiency and benefit loss". Deficiency can be divided into four types: qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency and yang deficiency, each of which has different tonic methods. The principle of tonic is to make up for what is missing and how much is missing. If yang deficiency supplements yin, yin deficiency supplements yang, or how much is missing, or how much is missing, it will lead to adverse consequences.
3. Seven misunderstandings of winter tonic.
As the saying goes: "One summer is free from illness and three points are empty", "tonic in autumn and winter, killing tigers in spring". Proper tonic in winter is not only the best opportunity to restore and regulate the function of human organs, but also lays a material foundation for winter, which is of great significance for restoring physical strength, improving disease resistance and relieving chronic diseases. However, tonic should be scientific, otherwise it is easy to go into misunderstanding.
Myth 1: The more expensive, the more you make up.
Some people think that the more expensive things are, the better, and they don't hesitate to spend high prices to buy health food such as bird's nest and shark's fin. In fact, the nourishing effect of these things is not necessarily good, but very common foods such as sweet potatoes and onions have very important therapeutic value. "Make up for what is lacking" is the basic principle of tonic. Don't distinguish between high and low. The key is to see which function is poor, and then choose the corresponding supplements according to your own physique, especially for the elderly, which should be practical.
Myth 2: The more, the better.
Eating too much tonic is harmful, and the saying that "eating more tonic can cure diseases and strengthen the body without disease" is unscientific. Excessive tonic will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach and liver. In summer, people often eat cold drinks and frozen food, and the function of spleen and stomach is weakened. A large amount of tonic in autumn will suddenly increase the burden on the spleen and stomach and the liver, which will make the long-term weak digestive organs unbearable and lead to digestive system dysfunction. If you take ginseng antler supplements in excess, it will also cause side effects such as bloating and not thinking about diet.
Myth 3: There is no difference between reality and reality.
Tonics must first distinguish their own physique. The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is that deficiency should be supplemented, while non-deficiency should not be supplemented, and should be supplemented according to syndrome differentiation. Even deficiency syndrome can be divided into qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yang deficiency and yin deficiency, and human organs are also different from heart deficiency, lung deficiency, liver deficiency, spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency. Before tonic, it is best to consult a professional doctor and apply it according to the performance characteristics of various tonics. For example, people with heat constitution are not suitable for taking ginseng, velvet antler and hippocampus isothermal drugs.
Myth 4: Eat medicine as a meal.
It is unscientific to emphasize medicine over food, and many foods are also good tonics. Eating more radishes can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion and broaden the mind. Eating more yam can replenish the spleen and stomach. Daily consumption of walnuts, sesame seeds, peanuts, red dates, lentils and so on. It is also a good tonic.
Myth 5: tonic is single
Some people like to take a tonic according to their own tastes, which will affect the nutritional balance in the body and be harmful to the body. Especially for the elderly, not only the function of various organs has declined to varying degrees, but also comprehensive and systematic adjustment is needed; And the demand for health care drugs and food is different in different seasons. Such as cattle and sheep, dog meat, spicy food, wine and so on. All of them are warm, which will lead to strong toxic fire in the body, dry mouth, thirst, sore throat and other symptoms, and should not be eaten too much.
Myth 6: Any tonic must have meat.
After summer, the spleen and stomach have not fully recovered their normal functions, and too greasy food is not easy to digest and absorb. In addition, some "by-products" in the process of meat digestion, as well as excessive fat and sugar, are often the inducement of common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases in the elderly such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. But a light diet is not without supplements, especially vegetables. Therefore, while eating beef and mutton properly in autumn and winter, vegetables and fruits can not be ignored, which can provide a variety of vitamins and trace elements for the human body.
Myth 7: Pay more attention to "in" than "out"
In recent years, a new concept of health care that pays attention to "negative nutrition" has been put forward, that is, paying attention to the discharge of human excreta, reducing the retention and absorption of "enterotoxin", and advocating timely and smooth defecation while supplementing. Otherwise, the toxic substances produced after food metabolism cannot be excreted in time, which will cause greater harm to the body.
Conclusion: The above contents are the introduction of some common knowledge about winter tonic. After reading it, you should have a certain understanding of how to make up for it healthily in cold winter. For the sake of our health, you must remember the above precautions when making tonics. Don't go into the misunderstanding of tonic!
4. Dietary principles of pregnant women in winter
1. Eat more coarse grains
Pregnant women overeat greasy, spicy and fried food, which leads to spleen and stomach damage and internal heat, and in severe cases, oral erosion will occur. Pregnant women should eat more coarse grains such as beans and millet, green fresh vegetables and so on. Increase the types of food you eat, avoid spicy food, barbecue and other irritating foods, and reduce the irritation to the mouth and stomach.
Drink plenty of water
If pregnant women eat more fish and fine food, it will reduce the intake of crude fiber and make the stool dry easily. In addition, the activity of pregnant women is reduced, and it is easy to cause internal anal venous reflux after sedentary, causing vasodilation and constipation, and even hemorrhoids. Therefore, expectant mothers should drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, keep their stools unobstructed every day and increase exercise appropriately.
3. Eat more cool and detoxified food.
Too much supplement, many mothers have symptoms of swollen gums, oral ulcers and even inattention and lethargy, which are all manifestations of rising stomach fire. In order to avoid getting angry, pregnant women should eat more cool and detoxified foods, and don't eat hot and dry foods such as peppers and mutton.
Eat more light food.
Many mothers have never stopped nourishing food after pregnancy. However, pregnant women are not suitable for eating too much warm food, otherwise they will easily add fuel to the fire, and even have serious symptoms such as threatened abortion and premature delivery such as redness and abdominal pain. Never eat more ginseng, longan and mutton, and eat less hot snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts and chocolate.
5. Eat less spicy and sour food.
Pregnant mothers should pay attention to eating less spicy food and more sour food in winter. For some pregnant mothers, the "sharp weapon" used to keep warm in cold winter is pepper. It is very contrary to the characteristics of winter season to stimulate the taste with all kinds of spicy food and bring a little warmth. In winter, the climate is dry, so it is not suitable to eat spicy food. You should eat more sweet and sour food. Foods with sour taste, such as lemon and sour plum, are rich in organic acids, lactic acid and other ingredients, which are helpful for digestion of spleen and stomach, improve resistance, and help to "nourish autumn" and welcome winter healthily.
Choose seasonal vegetables
In winter, even vegetables are not all good. Pregnant mothers should eat vegetables. Of course, they should choose seasonal vegetables in winter, such as spinach, cabbage, red pepper, onion and eggplant. These vegetables are rich in vitamins or minerals, which can help people strengthen their resistance and spend the cold season. It can be said that it is an excellent ingredient to keep out the cold. On the other hand, cold will affect the human urinary system, increase urination, and excrete more inorganic salts such as sodium, potassium and calcium with urine, so eat more foods containing inorganic salts such as potassium, sodium and calcium. Carrots, potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage and other vegetables contain more inorganic salts.
7. Pay attention to iron supplementation
Even in winter, pregnant women can't relax their iron supplement work. Because iron can obviously enhance the cold tolerance of pregnant women besides enriching blood, pregnant mothers should pay attention to increasing the intake of foods with high iron content, such as animal liver, lean meat, spinach and egg yolk.
8. Eat more cold food.
In fact, there are many foods that can keep out the cold, such as mutton, walnuts, chestnuts, longan, sesame, fungus, japonica rice, carrots, Chinese cabbage, milk, kelp and spinach. However, expectant mothers should be careful not to be greedy when eating these foods. Even if they keep warm and nourish their stomachs and are delicious, they should keep their mouths shut. Pregnant mothers who are afraid of the cold can also eat ribs and radish soup, stewed mutton with carrots, sweet and sour hairtail, radish beef tendon pot and so on. It is nourishing and can keep out the cold.
9. Folic acid supplement
During pregnancy, especially in the early stage of pregnancy, we should pay attention to supplementing folic acid, which helps to prevent fetal malformation. If the mother lacks folic acid, it will affect the development of fetal brain nerves and even lead to neurovascular malformation. Therefore, in winter, mothers should ensure rich nutrition and eat more spinach, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, beef and mutton, which all contain folic acid. Of course, mom can also live.