Diet should be nourishing in winter. The basic principle of dietary health in winter is to conform to the principle of storing yang in the body, gathering yang and protecting yin. Mutton, dog meat, shrimp, leek, longan, fungus, chestnut, walnut, turtle and other foods can be properly selected; Eat more potatoes, such as sweet potatoes and potatoes; Vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, cabbage, white radish, soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, rape and so on.
Avoid eating cold things in winter. In winter and March, grass withers and insects freeze, which is the season when everything in nature hides. People's yang should also be hidden inside, and the function of the spleen and stomach is weak. If you eat raw and cold food again, it should damage the yang of the spleen and stomach. Because of this, we should eat less cold food such as water chestnut, persimmon, raw radish, raw cucumber, watermelon and duck in winter. At the same time, don't eat too much to avoid poor blood circulation, and don't drink to keep out the cold.
Blood-nourishing porridge suitable for winter
Ingredients: Lycium barbarum, red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds, pumpkin powder, millet, black beans, longan, etc.
Function: This porridge can moisten dryness and soothe the nerves, enhance immunity, enrich blood and nourish blood, prevent and fight cancer, and supplement various vitamins and minerals needed by human body.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Lycium barbarum "nourishes kidney, moistens lung and improves eyesight"; Jujube "tonifies the middle and benefits qi, nourishes blood and promotes fluid production"; Black beans "control water, reduce swelling, reduce qi, treat wind and heat, promote blood circulation and detoxify, and eat black beans often to prevent all diseases."
According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", millet "nourishes yin, nourishes kidney qi, strengthens spleen and stomach, and warms middle warmer".