What do women eat during snow and solar terms?
Women are in the snow solar term, which is a good time for "tonic". They should eat more foods that help to replenish qi and blood. Especially red food and black food. But don't blindly supplement nutritious food. Women should eat different foods according to the region and the weather. Duck and fish are suitable for warming up in places where it is not too cold in the south of the Yangtze River. During the heavy snow, the climate is cold, so mutton and beef can be used to replenish vitality and increase the ability to keep out the cold. If the weather continues to be dry, sweet foods such as rock sugar and lily should be added when nourishing to act as a "fire extinguisher" to prevent the body from getting angry.
Women with yang deficiency who are always afraid of cold should eat more aphrodisiac foods such as mutton, pork, soft-shelled turtle, sea shrimp and walnut kernel. Women with yin deficiency who have always been afraid of heat should eat more tonics such as chicken, duck, jujube, longan, sesame, yam and chestnuts during the solar term of heavy snow. As the saying goes: "Young ducks are wet and poisonous, while old ducks nourish yin", so old duck soup is often used for nourishing and dietotherapy. In dry winter, a dried bamboo shoot and old duck pot at the right time can not only increase appetite, but also nourish yin and blood, dispel fire and reduce dryness.
1, dog meat
Dog meat is very suitable for women to nourish blood and invigorate qi, warm the middle and dispel cold. Women can eat dog meat or drink dog broth in the snowy season. Dog meat contains a lot of peptides and taurine. On the other hand, its fat content is not high. In traditional Chinese medicine, dog meat is considered as a kind of food with the functions of warming kidney, benefiting qi, helping yang and dispelling cold, which is of great help to improve cold hands and feet, frequent urination at night, chills and low back pain in winter.
2. Chili
For women, pepper can not only keep out the cold, but also be eaten during heavy snow and solar terms, and can also play a role in losing weight and protecting skin. It can speed up the heartbeat, dilate peripheral capillaries, increase blood flow to the body surface, stimulate appetite and promote digestion. Therefore, eating pepper in winter can keep out the cold and prevent joint pain, lumbago and leg pain and stomach deficiency and cold caused by dampness.
3. Beef
There are many ways to eat beef, and women can eat beef in the snowy season. Beef is warm and sweet, rich in vitamins A and B, nicotinic acid, protein, fat and inorganic salts. Chinese medicine believes that it nourishes the spleen and stomach and strengthens bones and muscles. Beef, mild, moist and nourishing Codonopsis pilosula and Notoginseng Radix are combined into a stew, which is sweet and delicious, tonifies deficiency and middle energizer, tonifies qi and blood, and enhances human body's cold resistance, and is suitable for men, women and children.
4. Mutton
Mutton is a kind of meat that people in northern China like very much. Women can also choose to eat mutton to keep out the cold in the snowy solar terms. Rich in fat, protein, carbohydrates, inorganic salts and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, it tastes sweet. It has the effects of warming middle warmer, stimulating appetite, invigorating spleen, nourishing kidney and liver, keeping out cold and removing dampness. It has always been a good product for keeping out the cold and nourishing the yang in winter. Eating in winter can also maintain gastrointestinal mucosa, increase the secretion of digestive enzymes and promote digestion and absorption.
5. Walnut
Women can also strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach and resist the cold by eating walnuts in heavy snow and solar terms. It can lower cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Walnut kernel is also rich in phospholipids and vitamin E, which can enhance cell activity, and contains 40% to 50% fat, mainly unsaturated fatty acids. Promote hematopoietic function and stimulate appetite. Walnuts are rich in carbohydrates and high in calories. Eating in heavy snow and solar terms can increase body heat and keep warm from the cold.
During the solar term of heavy snow, women should pay more attention to cold protection and qi and blood supplement. There are many foods around us that can help women replenish qi and blood, such as some meat foods. Dog meat has the effect of warming hands and feet. Pepper can promote blood circulation. Eating beef can replenish the middle energizer, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Eating mutton can help women stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen, keep out the cold and get rid of dampness. Eating walnuts can increase body heat and keep warm from the cold.