Jujube: Buzhong Yiqi. Jujube has many benefits to health. There is a folk saying that "three dates a day, never getting old". Chinese medicine believes that jujube is sweet and warm in nature, which can replenish middle energizer, nourish blood and soothe the nerves, and is a good tonic in winter. It is rich in iron and can promote blood circulation. Suitable for patients with physical weakness and anemia after illness and women with cold hands and feet in winter. It is suggested to fry red dates in iron pan and soak them in water to treat stomach cold and stomachache. Adding longan to jujube water can be used as tea, which has the effect of enriching blood and invigorating qi.
Angelica sinensis: promoting blood circulation and dispelling cold. In cold weather, food can help people keep out the cold. 1800 years ago, there was a "Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup" especially suitable for cold season in the classic Chinese medicine "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber". Angelica sinensis, one of the main components, has been praised as "the holy medicine in blood" by doctors in past dynasties. Angelica sinensis is warm in nature, enters the liver, heart and spleen meridians, and has the functions of enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Angelica sinensis is not only suitable for women. Anyone with blood deficiency and blood stasis can try it, such as headache, dizziness, palpitation, sallow complexion, traumatic injury, skin infection, constipation due to blood deficiency, abdominal pain due to deficiency of cold, etc.
White radish: Eliminating fire and resolving phlegm. As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer" and "take part in radish competition in November". White radish is a seasonal vegetable in winter and a good ingredient for health preservation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is a "delicate dirty", and it is the first place where exogenous pathogens attack, so it needs special care after beginning of winter. White radish is cool, sweet and pungent, belonging to lung and stomach meridians. It is especially suitable for people with lung and stomach heat, excessive phlegm, flatulence and food stagnation, dyspepsia and poor urination and defecation. In eating, it has two best partners: if you think of the effect of relieving cough, mix white radish with rock sugar to achieve the effect of resolving phlegm and moistening lung and relieving cough in the middle; If you want to suppress the symptoms of dry throat and pain, you can take white radish and green fruit and drink them as tea, which can alleviate the sore throat caused by lung and stomach heat.
Brown sugar: dispelling blood stasis and dispelling cold. In winter, warm tonic is emphasized, and brown sugar is warm and sweet, which can "warm tonic, warm dredge and warm disperse", and has the effects of removing blood stasis, warming stomach, strengthening spleen and relieving pain. Brown sugar has a good health care effect on the elderly who are weak and have decreased hematopoietic function, especially those who have recovered from a serious illness. This is a tonic with good quality and low price. Moreover, brown sugar is unrefined crude sugar, which retains more vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc and manganese, and has high nutritional value.
Astragalus membranaceus: invigorating qi and consolidating exterior. The weather suddenly gets cold in winter, and the high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases follows. People who are weak, easy to catch a cold and afraid of the cold also need to strengthen their physique. Chinese medicine believes that qi generates blood, while qi stagnation leads to blood stasis. Astragalus membranaceus has always been regarded as an expert in invigorating qi and consolidating exterior. Its nature belongs to lung, spleen, liver and kidney meridians, and it is especially good at invigorating qi, which is very suitable for the above two types of people. Astragalus membranaceus has the characteristics of "tonic but not greasy", and proper use is helpful to strengthen physical fitness and relieve fatigue.
Euryale ferox: invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness. Euryale ferox, also known as "chicken head rice" and "chicken head", is a nourishing food, which can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, strengthen the kidney and stop diarrhea. It has the advantages of nourishing but not astringent, preventing dryness and not being greasy, and is suitable for the traditional concept of "nourishing winter". Su Dongpo's way of keeping in good health emphasizes eating gorgon fruit.