1. Jujube, Buzhong Yiqi For jujube, there is a folk saying that "three jujubes a day will never grow 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 can promote blood circulation, and is suitable for people with physical weakness after illness, anemia patients 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.

2. Radish, removing fire and resolving phlegm As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer" and "participate in ginseng in November". Radish is a seasonal vegetable in winter and a good ingredient for health preservation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is "delicate and delicate", and it is the first place where exogenous pathogens attack, so it needs special care after beginning of winter. 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 radish and olives and drink them as tea, which can relieve the sore throat caused by lung and stomach heat.

Winter diet principle:

1, avoid hard food.

Sticky food is mostly cloudy, and eating this kind of food in winter is easy to damage the spleen and stomach. Moreover, food overheating is easy to damage the esophagus, and after entering the stomach, it is easy to cause heat accumulation in the body and cause diseases; If the food is too cold, it will easily stimulate the blood vessels in the spleen and stomach and make the blood flow poor. However, the decrease of blood volume will seriously affect the blood circulation of other organs and endanger human health. Therefore, the diet in winter should be gentle.

2, increase bitterness and less salty

In winter, the function of kidney is high. If you eat more salty food, kidney qi will be more abundant, which will greatly hurt the heart, weaken its strength and affect human health. Therefore, eat less salty food in winter to prevent excessive kidney water; Eat more bitter food, nourish the heart and enhance kidney function. Commonly used foods are: betel nut, orange, pig liver, sheep liver, kohlrabi, lettuce, vinegar and tea.