Of course, if you know more about tonic knowledge, it is also good to make supplements according to different people. If you really feel embarrassed, then I will teach you some common tonics, so that you can treat diseases and strengthen your body without diseases.
For example, Lycium barbarum is a good ingredient for nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. Winter is a good season for tonifying kidney, and Lycium barbarum is just a good product for tonifying kidney. Lycium barbarum is sweet in nature, belonging to the liver and kidney meridian, which can tonify kidney, replenish essence, nourish liver, improve eyesight, replenish blood and soothe the nerves, and is valuable for both kidney and liver. In winter when the air is dry and cold, eyes are easy to dry and shed tears. Eating Lycium barbarum regularly can also alleviate these symptoms. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat about 30 Chinese wolfberry every day. How to eat it specifically? Lycium barbarum is best for porridge or soup. When cooking porridge, you can put a handful of medlar, or mix it with jujube and yam to make soup.
Besides Lycium barbarum, Angelica sinensis is also suitable for winter tonic. Eating some angelica in cold weather can help people keep out the cold. More than 65,438+0,800 years ago, there was a "Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup" in the classic synopsis of the golden chamber, which was especially suitable for the cold season. The main components of Angelica sinensis have been praised as "the holy medicine in blood" by doctors of past dynasties. The practice is also very simple, that is, add angelica and ginger when stewing mutton, and eat it warm and nutritious.
Some people may ask, isn't angelica something for women with irregular menstruation? Don't! This is a misunderstanding. Angelica sinensis has the functions of enriching blood, promoting blood circulation and relaxing bowels. It is not only suitable for women, but also for people with blood deficiency and blood stasis, such as those who often have headache, dizziness, traumatic injury, skin infection, intestinal dryness and constipation. However, it should be noted that people who are prone to get angry and people with long-term diarrhea are not suitable for eating angelica, otherwise they will get angry easily and prevent diseases.
The third winter tonic is white radish, which is very common on our table. As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", and old people often say "October radish race ginseng". White radish is a seasonal vegetable in winter and a good ingredient for health preservation.
The air is cold in winter, and some people with unhealthy lungs are prone to cough. This kind of people often eat white radish, which can not only moisten the lungs, but also improve symptoms such as flatulence and indigestion. White radish has two best partners: with rock sugar, it can achieve the functions of resolving phlegm and moistening lung, and relieving cough in the middle. Boiled with olives and served as tea, it can inhibit the symptoms of dry throat and pain, and can well relieve the sore throat caused by lung and stomach heat.
However, eating white radish is also taboo. White radish is cool, and it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency, chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer to eat in large quantities. In addition, radish should not be eaten together with tonic, because it has the effect of reducing qi and dispersing stagnation, and it is too easy to break qi, which will hinder the absorption of qi-invigorating drugs such as ginseng and astragalus to some extent.
Another common winter tonic food is fennel. Fennel is not only memorable, but also has a special effect of warming yang in winter.
Some people say fennel is very common in our kitchen. There is fennel in the traditional "Thirteen Fragrances", and my family often eats steamed buns stuffed with jiaozi and fennel.
Yes, fennel is a common ingredient, but few people know its characteristics. Many vegetables we usually eat are cool, but fennel is warm. Its warming and tonifying effect is mainly reflected in symptoms such as stomach cold and stomachache, and it can play the role of appetizing and eating, regulating qi and dispelling cold.
According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, a wealthy Russian businessman came to China, and while taking a boat trip to Xizi Lake in Hangzhou, he suddenly suffered from hernia and unbearable abdominal pain. An old Chinese doctor rubbed one or two fennel seeds into coarse powder, and asked the rich merchants to take them with two or two Shaoxing yellow wine. After 20 minutes, the rich businessman recovered from abdominal pain. Therefore, fennel seed is very effective in treating epigastric pain. There is a famous prescription for treating hernia in Chinese medicine called Tiantai Wuyao Powder. The main medicine in the middle is fennel, which has the effect of warming the liver and dispelling cold.
So how to eat fennel is the best? It is mentioned in Chinese medicine that fennel is especially suitable for meat, which is why we often eat fennel buns.
Similarly, fennel is not suitable for everyone. Fennel is pungent and warm, which is not suitable for people with stomach fire, dry stool and toothache. And those who have spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, such as stool, are prone to deformation, and their stomachs will feel uncomfortable when they are cold. People who love farting are more suitable for eating fennel. To put it simply, people who are afraid of cold can eat more, and those who are afraid of heat should eat as little as possible, or pay attention to the right amount.
Do you still remember the above four common ingredients for winter tonic?
Tonifying in winter has many advantages, but I want to remind you that tonic needs to remember two principles:
The first principle is to get twice the result with half the effort.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is more beneficial to take 1-3 weeks of decoction according to everyone's physical condition or illness before tonic, which is the so-called "road-clearing medicine". After taking supplements, they must be digested and absorbed to take effect. Some people with poor gastrointestinal function have poor digestion and absorption ability, even wet weight and thick and greasy tongue coating. They usually feel indigestion when eating. If they take supplements again, they will inevitably aggravate the above symptoms.
For these people, it is best to ask a doctor to prepare a prescription for three days first, so that the moisture in the stomach can be removed and the gastrointestinal function can be restored before taking supplements. For some people who have just caught a cold or coughed, they should take tonics after they are completely cured. Otherwise, it's like "closing the door and staying behind". Taking tonic is not only uncomfortable, but also makes colds and coughs incurable for a long time. Therefore, "resuscitation-inducing drugs" and "tonic drugs" are a whole and are indispensable.
The second principle: indigestion after supplementation.
People who are weak, emaciated and have a bad spleen and stomach can eat a little yam glutinous rice porridge. If you blindly make up the big fish and meat, you will get indigestion. People with diabetes should pay attention to benefiting qi and nourishing yin in their diet, and people with hyperlipidemia should take supplements, such as eating some walnuts and sesame seeds, and never eat too greasy.
Ok, that's all for today's sharing. Today, we learned that Lycium barbarum, Angelica sinensis, white radish and fennel are common winter tonic. Winter tonic, but also pay attention to the two principles of clearing the way before tonic and indigestion after tonic. I wish you peace and happiness and good luck forever. See you tomorrow!