How to preserve one's health in winter can be found in Huangdi Neijing, an ancient Chinese medicine book. Huangdi Neijing, Su Wen, and Four Seasons Tune the Spirit all mentioned that we should pay attention to the spirit, daily life and diet according to the changes in nature. Winter is the time when everything freezes and dries up, and at this time, the yang of the human body will also be hidden inside. Therefore, the focus of winter health care is to conform to nature, close Tibet, and converge yang. Animals should hibernate and store energy to prepare for next spring. We don't hibernate, but we should be prepared for the explosion of vitality next spring. At this time, you should recuperate your body and recharge your batteries. Diet is the main supplement.

You can cook snail-headed mushrooms, medlar and carrot lean broth.

Snails are slightly cold, sweet and salty, and have the functions of nourishing yin, improving eyesight, diuresis and promoting fluid production. Lentinus edodes is flat and sweet, enters the liver meridian and stomach meridian, and has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and kidney. Lycium barbarum, the correct name is Lycium barbarum, which is flat in nature and sweet in taste. Entering the liver and kidney meridian has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney and improving eyesight. Carrots are flat in nature and sweet in taste, and enter the spleen, liver and lung meridians, which can reduce qi, widen the middle energizer, strengthen the spleen, promote digestion and resolve phlegm. Lean meat is slightly cold and tastes sweet and salty. Entering the spleen and kidney meridians can nourish the viscera, moisten the skin, tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi. Therefore, the thin broth of snail mushroom, wolfberry and carrot has the function of strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney, which is very suitable for making soup in winter.

Materials (4 persons):

3 snails, 4 mushrooms, 2 gourds, carrots 1 root, 2 slices of ginger, 2 candied dates and half a catty of lean meat.

Production method:

1. Blanch the lean meat.

2. Peel and slice carrots.

3. Add water (about 2000 ml) to all the materials, and simmer on high fire and low fire for 2 hours.