1, Lycium barbarum: nourishing liver and improving eyesight
Winter is a good season for tonifying kidney, and Lycium barbarum is a good product for tonifying kidney. 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 20 grams (about 30 tablets) of Lycium barbarum every day. Lycium barbarum is most suitable for porridge or soup, and can be paired with jujube and yam. If it is too troublesome, there is another simple way to eat it, that is, chew it in the morning and evening, but when chewing Lycium barbarum, you should pay attention to controlling the amount, preferably 50/50 (15 or so).
2, 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.
3, angelica: promoting blood circulation and dispelling cold
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, blood deficiency and intestinal dryness, constipation due to deficiency of cold, abdominal pain, etc.
4, white radish: reducing fire and resolving phlegm
White radish is a seasonal vegetable in winter and a good ingredient for health preservation. 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 companions: 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.
Need to be reminded that white radish is cool, spleen and stomach deficiency cold, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, loose stool should not be eaten in large quantities.
5, brown sugar: dispelling blood stasis and dispelling cold