Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that "human beings are born with the spirit of heaven and earth, and the method of four seasons is achieved", and there is an inherent saying that "fruits are eaten in autumn and roots are eaten in winter".
"Eating roots" means eating "root vegetables" and taking "fleshy roots" as the edible part of vegetables.
In the cold winter, the human body should store energy, and the "root" is the part where plants store the most energy.
In the human body, the sun is stored in kidneys and plants in winter and in roots in winter.
Therefore, eating roots in winter can make full use of the energy of nature to supplement the yang, which is helpful to health.
The first type: radish reduces fire.
"Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", "Winter radish competes with ginseng".
In the cold winter, Rob is definitely one of the first choice "root dishes".
Eating radishes, green radishes, white radishes and carrots in winter is a good choice.
If there is fire in the body, it is not conducive to the accumulation of yang.
Eating some radish can reduce the fire and smooth the gas, and green radish and white radish are the best.
White radish is helpful for digestion, reducing qi and resolving phlegm, and tends to enter the lungs, which can clear lung heat. White radish, eaten raw to promote digestion, cooked to benefit qi and smooth qi.
Green radish, biased into the liver meridian, can clear liver fire. "One green and one white" is the most suitable method to reduce fire and calm down the gas.
Carrots, mild in nature, enter the heart, lungs and stomach, and can nourish the heart and strengthen the stomach, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, promote fluid production and quench thirst.
Carrot tassel is one of the vegetables with the highest calcium content. Eating properly at this time will also help to supplement calcium.
Recommended 1: mutton and radish soup
In the cold winter, it is a good choice to make soup with radish and mutton.
Mutton, nourishing qi and blood, nourishing liver and radish, has a good health care effect.
Recommendation 2: Steaming
In winter, it is very good to wash, slice, steam, dip in sauce or pour juice on radish.
The second type: Xinyi Tongchang
Magnolia grandiflora, the rhizome of Jin Yulan, was introduced into China from Europe and listed in the Pharmacopoeia. It is a kind of "medicine and food homologous" plant.
The rhizome of Magnolia grandiflora has high medicinal value and is very beneficial to intestinal health.
Cold winter is the season of high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases. Coupled with "winter tonic", many people are prone to intestinal problems such as constipation.
At this time, eating some Magnolia officinalis, or frying it into Magnolia officinalis tea and soaking it in water can improve intestinal health.
The root of Flos Magnoliae contains a lot of dietary fiber, which is very beneficial for maintaining the intestine and relaxing bowels.
It is found that the root of Magnolia grandiflora contains fructooligosaccharides, which has biological activities such as clearing intestine and expelling toxin, improving lipid metabolism, reducing blood lipid, regulating immune system, promoting mineral absorption, preventing obesity and resisting cancer.
In addition, it can reduce the pH value of the large intestine, increase the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestine, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria and improve the flora environment in the intestine.
Recommended 1: stir-fry and make tea.
It is a good idea to fry the roots of Magnolia grandiflora into tea and drink it in water.
Clean the roots of Magnolia grandiflora, cut them into sections of 10- 15cm, and bake them in a hot pot to make Magnolia grandiflora root tea, which can be brewed with hot water as a substitute for tea.
Suggestion 2: Make salad.
It is also a good choice to wash the roots of Magnolia grandiflora, cut them into pieces and make salads with other vegetables and fruits.
The third kind: yam-strengthening the spleen and stomach
Many classic medical books have a high evaluation of yam:
Compendium of materia medica: strengthening spleen and stomach, benefiting kidney qi, stopping diarrhea, resolving phlegm and promoting fluid production, and moistening fur.
"Japanese Herbal Medicine": Help the five internal organs, strengthen the bones and muscles, soothe the nerves, and drain the essence and forget.
"Materia Medica Justice": invigorating spleen and tonifying deficiency, nourishing yin and strengthening kidney, treating all deficiency and damage, and treating five strains and seven injuries.
Yam is also a good "root dish" choice. In the cold winter, it is especially effective to eat a little to strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Yam has the functions of nourishing cells, strengthening endocrine, nourishing and enhancing human hematopoietic function.
Yam, containing mannan, is a kind of hemicellulose, which can be dissolved in water. It can expand 80 ~ 100 times when absorbing water. After eating, it becomes bigger in the stomach and it is easy to feel full.
Recommended 1: steamed yam.
Yam, used for steaming, can retain the original sweetness, tender and soft, which is a good choice.
Recommendation 2: yam porridge
It is also a good way to cook porridge with yam in winter. You can also cook porridge with chestnuts and jujubes.
Winter governs the kidney, and cold is easy to hurt the kidney and yang.
Kidney is the foundation of nature and the source of life. If the kidney function is strong, it can adjust the body and adapt to the changes in severe winter. Otherwise, it will make the body suffer from metabolic disorder.
Therefore, in the cold winter, it is very important to tonify kidney and prevent cold.
Soaking feet and warming kidney yang
Soaking your feet with hot water before going to bed in winter protects your feet, which has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney and yang.
There are important acupoints on the kidney meridian on the soles of the feet. Soaking feet can relax tendons and activate collaterals and stimulate acupoints, which is beneficial to kidney health.
Soak your feet thoroughly. Soak your feet in water at about 38℃-40℃. Soak your feet 15-30 minutes until you sweat slightly.
Raise one's feet, tonify the kidney and absorb qi.
Put your legs together, lift your anus and abdomen, sink your shoulders, straighten your spine, grab your toes and lift your heels, and then jump rhythmically.
Pay attention, relax, slowly drop half first, and then gently shake the ground.
Lift the heel, try to keep it for more than 10 second, and land the heel gently.
Knead the waist and strengthen the kidney.
Rubbing the waist and rubbing the eyes can dredge the tendons and veins, warm and tonify the kidney-yang, unblock the qi and blood, and enhance the renal function.
Rub the waist, eyes and tail with the palm of your hand, dredge the meridians, strengthen the waist and spine, strengthen the kidney and prolong life.
Do it 50 ~ 100 times each time, once in the morning and once in the evening.