Mutton is sweet but not greasy, warm but not dry, can warm the middle warmer and dispel cold, nourish qi and blood, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen, and has therapeutic and nourishing effects on various deficiency diseases such as cold and cough, chronic tracheitis, asthma due to deficiency of cold, impotence due to kidney deficiency, abdominal cold and pain, physical weakness and chills, and soreness of waist and knees. Therefore, eating mutton in winter can both keep out the cold and nourish the body, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, mutton can make up deficiency and dispel cold and warm qi and blood. Benefiting kidney qi, tonifying body, resisting aging, stimulating appetite and strengthening body; Nourish parturient, treat leucorrhea by lactation, help Yuanyang and benefit essence and blood. Indications: lumbago due to kidney deficiency, impotence and nocturnal emission, emaciation and aversion to cold, cold deficiency after illness, postpartum cold deficiency or abdominal pain, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum lactation or increased leucorrhea. Mutton is pure and warm, which warms the liver and spleen, helps to relieve pain, and greatly tonifies the warming agent. Mutton has always been one of the important ingredients for folk tonic in autumn and winter.
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Mutton collocation taboo:
1, avoid tea when eating mutton.
Because mutton is rich in protein and tea contains more tannic acid, drinking tea immediately after eating mutton is easy to cause constipation.
2. Don't eat with cold food such as watermelon.
Eating mutton can not only prevent you from drinking tea, but also prevent you from eating watermelon. You can eat less watermelon in winter, but you must pay attention to it in summer. Wang Qingxian believes that eating watermelon after eating mutton will hurt "righteousness". In the case of human health, healthy qi can protect the body and strengthen the body.
When the healthy qi of human body is insufficient, people are prone to get sick when six evils invade. When a person's vital qi is vigorous, he will resist pathogenic pathogens and will not get sick. At the same time, because mutton is hot and watermelon is cold, it is a cold food, which is not suitable for maintaining "righteousness".
3, avoid eating hot and dry products such as pumpkins.
Pumpkin is warm, and mutton is a warm food, so you can't eat it together. Similarly, when cooking mutton, you should also put less hot and spicy condiments such as pepper, pepper, ginger, clove, fennel and vinegar to prevent getting angry.
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