Beginning of winter, as the first solar term in winter, starts around 1 1.8 when the sun reaches 225 degrees every year. Due to the difference of latitude between north and south in China, the real winter is not always based on "beginning of winter", but on the continuous temperature below 10 degrees. But in the traditional concept, "winter" means "end", which means ending. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the arrival of this solar term is that the sun hides, the cathode is full, the vegetation withers and the insects hide, and all activities tend to stop, so as to hibernate and save energy for the next spring.
1, eat sweet potatoes in winter, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and strengthen kidney yin.
Sweet potato is a kind of food with rich nutrition in grain. Because sweet potato can supplement a lot of mucin, sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C for human body, it has the functions of tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, strengthening kidney yin, harmonizing stomach, warming stomach and benefiting lung. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes often can prevent the atrophy of liver and kidney connective tissue and prevent the occurrence of collagen disease.
2, eat radish in winter, eliminate accumulation, eliminate phlegm and clear heat.
Radish contains more water and vitamin C, and a certain amount of calcium. Chinese medicine believes that radish is cool and sweet. Entering the lung and stomach meridian can eliminate stagnation, eliminate phlegm and clear heat, ventilate the lower qi and detoxify. Can be used for food retention, satiety and urination. It can be seen that radish plays an important role in regulating the spleen and stomach. Therefore, radish competes with ginseng in winter, and it also has an auxiliary treatment effect on common diseases such as indigestion, wind-heat cold, tonsillitis, cough, asthma, excessive phlegm and sore throat in winter.
3, eat cabbage, enhance resistance.
Cabbage is rich in vitamin C and calcium. Chinese cabbage also contains more trace elements, such as molybdenum and manganese, which are necessary raw materials for human body to make active substances such as enzymes and hormones. It can promote human metabolism and is very beneficial to children's growth and development. Its large amount of vitamin C can enhance the anti-cancer ability of human body.
4, eat more taro, can strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Taro is rich in starch and nutrition. Soft and smooth texture, easy to digest, and has the function of invigorating the stomach. It is especially suitable for patients with spleen and stomach weakness, intestinal diseases, tuberculosis and convalescence, and is a good food for infants and the elderly.
Experts from Global Hospital Network remind you that when winter comes, many people think that they can eat spicy food to drive away the cold in winter. In fact, spicy food can't protect the temperature in the body, but it will also stimulate the internal organs. Stimulate the body. Eating more of these foods will bring warm maintenance to your winter.
What should beginning of winter eat for beginning of winter?
The pace of winter is getting closer and closer, and the temperature is gradually decreasing. What should beginning of winter eat and what should we pay attention to before the arrival of the beginning of winter solar term?
"Three nine make up one winter, and there will be no pain in the coming year."
According to our traditional folk custom, "beginning of winter" stands for the beginning of winter. "In winter, the heavens and the earth are combined, and the water and ice are frozen." Nature is full of yin and yang, and everything hides yang, waiting for spring. "Cold" is the main feature of winter climate change. In winter, besides paying attention to cold and warmth, diet health care is also very important.
The cold climate in winter affects the endocrine system of human body, which increases the secretion of thyroxine and adrenaline, thus promoting and accelerating the decomposition of protein, fat and carbohydrate, increasing the body's cold-proof ability, thus causing excessive loss of heat. Therefore, winter nutrition should focus on increasing heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats.
Winter is the off-season for vegetables. Therefore, after a winter, people often have vitamin deficiency, such as vitamin C deficiency, which leads to oral ulcers, root swelling and pain, bleeding, constipation and other symptoms. Then people can eat some potatoes properly, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes. They are all rich in vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin A, and red sweet potatoes also contain more carotene. Eating more potatoes can not only supplement vitamins, but also clear the fire. In addition to Chinese cabbage, cabbage, radish heart, white radish, carrot, bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, rape and so on. It should also be selected in the main course listed in winter. These vegetables are rich in vitamins, so it is necessary to change varieties frequently and mix them reasonably to supplement the human body's demand for vitamins.
Winter tonic method
As the saying goes, "Three-nine supplements a winter, and the coming year will not hurt", and winter is also a good time for tonic, but we should remind everyone that when making tonic, it is best to introduce tonic first. Generally speaking, you can choose to stew beef and red dates, peanuts and brown sugar first, or cook some ginger and red dates beef soup to adjust the function of the spleen and stomach. Drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. For example, eating "Laba porridge" helps to increase calories and nutritional functions. Wheat porridge has the function of nourishing heart and removing annoyance, sesame porridge can nourish essence and yin, radish porridge can help digestion and phlegm, walnut porridge can nourish yin and solidify essence, Poria porridge can strengthen spleen and stomach, jujube porridge can nourish qi and yin, and so on.
Matters needing attention at the beginning of winter tonic
Beginning of winter should not blindly "supplement" winter, but should follow the old adage of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "not disturbing yang" and "supplementing deficiency and warming cold" and adjust its diet with the changes of the four seasons. Eat less cold food, but it is not suitable for hot and dry. Eat some foods with high calories, such as nourishing yin and suppressing yang. At the same time, we should eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency, such as beef and mutton, black-bone chicken, crucian carp, etc., drink more soybean milk and milk, and eat more radishes, vegetables, tofu and fungus. It should be noted here that China has a vast territory, different geographical environment and different lifestyles, which belong to winter, and the climate conditions in the northwest are quite different from those in the southeast coast. In winter, the weather in northwest China is cold, so it is necessary to supplement products with high temperature and heat, such as cattle, sheep and dog meat. Although Jiangnan has entered the winter, the temperature is much milder than that in the northwest, and the tonic should be sweet, such as chicken, duck and fish; Located in the plateau mountainous area, with little rainfall and dry climate, fruits, vegetables and rock sugar should be used for sweet and nourishing. In addition, it also varies from person to person, because there are differences between men, women and children, and the body (constitution) has the debate of deficiency and excess, cold and heat. In line with the law of human growth, the principles of TCM health preservation, juvenile re-raising, middle-aged re-adjustment, old-age re-insurance and old-age re-extension. Therefore, "winter tonic" should be targeted according to the actual situation, such as clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic and big tonic, and must not be blindly "tonic"
Stewed lean meat with lotus seeds and lilies
20g of lotus seeds, 20g of lilies, and 0/00g of lean pork/kloc-0. Add appropriate amount of water in the same pot, and season the meat with salt after it is cooked. Suitable for people with symptoms of yin deficiency such as dry cough, insomnia, upset and palpitation.
Chrysanthemum chicken liver porridge
Wash tremella 15g, tear into small pieces, and soak in clear water; 10g chrysanthemum and 24 jasmine flowers are washed with warm water; 100g chicken liver washed and sliced for later use; Boil the water, first add cooking wine, ginger juice and salt, then add tremella and chicken liver, boil and skim the floating foam until the chicken liver is cooked and seasoned. Add chrysanthemum and jasmine and cook slightly. Eating with meals can soothe the liver and clear away heat, strengthen the spleen and calm the heart, and can be eaten by people with qi stagnation.
Danggui ginger mutton soup
20g of Angelica sinensis and 30g of ginger, washed, soaked in clear water and sliced for later use. 500 grams of mutton is stripped of fascia, put in a boiling water pot and slightly scalded, and removed after blood removal. Put Angelica sinensis, ginger and mutton into a casserole, add water, cooking wine and salt, boil, skim off the floating foam and simmer on low heat until the mutton is cooked and rotten. This recipe has the functions of warming middle warmer, enriching blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and is suitable for people with yang deficiency.
Black bean and chuanxiong porridge
Chuanxiong 10g is wrapped in gauze, cooked with 25g black beans and 50g japonica rice, and added with appropriate amount of brown sugar. It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote qi circulation and relieve pain, and is suitable for people with blood stasis constitution.
White pepper pork tripe soup
Break the white pepper, put it into the pig's belly, and leave a little water; The head and tail of pork belly are tied tightly with thread, stewed on low heat 1 hour or more, and seasoned with salt. After the soup is boiled, the pork belly is crisp and tender, cut into strips, sprinkled with white sesame seeds and fresh soy sauce, which is a good cold dish. Can be used for treating stomach cold and heart cold pain.
Tips for making soup
If the ingredients are pig's feet, chicken and old duck, the average heating time is 1 to 1.5 hours, while fish soup can be cooked as long as the soup is white. If you add ginseng to the soup, because ginseng contains ginsenoside, it will decompose after cooking for a long time, and the best time to cook the soup is 40 minutes. The ratio of raw materials to water is 1: 1.5.