Author brief introduction Guo Wei, doctor of traditional Chinese medicine of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, deputy chief physician of Shandong Xinzhong Road Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Zhao Xin, Tian, majoring in eight-year Chinese medicine in Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

It's the solstice of winter again. According to the custom, every family likes to pack jiaozi to celebrate the arrival of this important solar term. The solstice in winter, as the name implies, is the coldest day of the year. Although the days will get longer and the nights will get shorter and shorter, this will not change the continuous decline of the temperature.

In the cold winter, for some people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, we should pay attention to protecting our yang. Besides normal warm clothes, we should also eat some warm food in our diet. Then, during the winter solstice, an important solar term, everyone is eating jiaozi. What stuffing should people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold eat, jiaozi?

First of all, friends who like to eat meat can consider eating jiaozi with beef and mutton stuffing, because it is well known that beef and mutton are warm. On the contrary, pork is cold, easy to produce phlegm, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency should eat as little as possible. However, jiaozi, which only eats meat stuffing, may be too greasy, so it can be matched with vegetables to achieve a balanced nutrition. So, what kind of vegetables should I choose? Warm vegetables commonly used as dumpling stuffing are leeks, pumpkins, lentils, etc., which are rich in vitamins C and B, and also contain minerals such as calcium, iron and phosphorus.

But some people with weak spleen and stomach don't necessarily like jiaozi made from these vegetables, but like cool vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, kelp and celery. What should we do? One is to mix beef and mutton to improve the coolness of vegetables, and the other is to put more isothermal condiments such as onion, ginger and coriander to improve the coolness of vegetables.

In a word, the solstice of winter has arrived in time. I hope you can not only eat delicious jiaozi, but also choose jiaozi with suitable taste according to your physique.