Tonic the first meat, the first medicine, the first root in winter...! Nourish stomach and kidney qi

There is a folk saying that "tonic in winter, fight tigers in the coming year". Winter food tonic is mainly based on warming and nourishing, which strengthens the body and protects the body from the cold.

The editor compiled the "ranked number one in winter" diet therapy to help you warm up the winter!

"First Meat"-Lamb

According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", mutton has the function of invigorating the Qi and strengthening the kidney. It is also one of the important ingredients for folk winter tonic.

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1. Tonifying the kidney and yang

Lamb warms the liver and kidney, has the functions of nourishing the kidney and yang, and nourishing deficiency and warmth. It is used for the treatment of waist and knee soreness and cold pain caused by kidney-yang deficiency.

2. Replenish qi and blood, relieve cold hands and feet

In winter, the body's yang qi is hidden in the body, so the body is prone to cold hands and feet and poor circulation of qi and blood. Eating more lamb can replenish qi, promote blood circulation, and accelerate metabolism.

3. Strengthen the spleen and stomach

Modern Chinese medicine believes that eating more lamb at the right time can increase digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall, help digestion, and also have the effects of removing dampness, avoiding cold, and warming the stomach.

4. Deficiency after illness and childbirth

Lamb contains less fat and cholesterol in meat, and is rich in high-quality protein, vitamins and trace elements such as iron, zinc and selenium, which can help improve the ability to resist diseases. It is suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and blood after illness and childbirth.

Health diet: Angelica ginger lamb soup

Angelica 30g, ginger 60g, lamb 500g

Wash and slice the angelica and ginger; remove the fascia of the lamb, heat it in a boiling water pot, let it cool, and cut into pieces; then put the mutton strips, ginger and angelica into a cleaned casserole, and add an appropriate amount of water , Boil with a fire to remove the foam, stew with a slow fire until cooked, drink the soup and eat mutton.

Tonic blood, regulate menstruation, dispel cold and relieve pain.

"The first dish"-cabbage

After talking about the first meat, of course, we have to talk about the "first dish" of Dongbu-cabbage. As the saying goes, "Hundred vegetables are not as good as cabbage", and the North has the habit of storing Chinese cabbage in winter as the main vegetable throughout the winter.

1. Protect the stomach

Eating more cabbage can promote gastrointestinal motility; it is rich in vitamin U, protects the gastrointestinal mucosa, and can help prevent duodenal or gastric ulcers.

2. Assist in lowering blood pressure

Chinese cabbage is rich in potassium, and eating cabbage often has a good preventive effect on high blood pressure.

3. Prevent arteriosclerosis

The plant fiber, pectin and vitamins contained in cabbage can prevent the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and bile acid. It has a certain preventive effect on patients with gallstones and arteriosclerosis.

Health diet: stewed pork with cabbage

One cabbage, 500 grams pork, one chive, cooking wine, soy sauce, salt, a little white sugar.

Rinse the cabbage, wash and cut into large pieces, cut the pork into large pieces, blanch it with boiling water, and wash off the fish; pour all seasonings into the pot and boil with water, add the meat and cook for 10 minutes; add the cabbage and cook until the meat is crisp When the vegetables are rotten and the soup is about to dry out, thicken with a little starch and sprinkle onion.

Nourishes the stomach and promotes body fluids, relieves irritability and quenches thirst.

"The first root"-radish

As the saying goes: "Eat flowers in spring, leaves in summer, fruits in autumn, and roots in winter." There is also a folk saying that "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and doctors will prescribe prescriptions without labor."

Radish has a strong function of promoting qi, and can also relieve cough, reduce phlegm, remove dryness and promote fluid, and facilitate bowel movements. Regular consumption of radish can help reduce blood fat, stabilize blood pressure, and prevent coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cholelithiasis and other diseases.

1. Different effects of radish

There are many kinds of radishes on the market:

①White radish is eaten raw to moisturize the lungs and relieve cough, and eat cooked to replenish qi to treat colds;

②The green radish boiled in water is a "good medicine" for easing the energy;

③Carrots are rich in vitamin A, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.

Health diet: radish stewed lamb

1 kilogram of radish, 500 grams of mutton, scallions, ginger, rice wine, refined salt, and monosodium glutamate.

Wash the lamb to remove the fascia, cut into small cubes, boil with cold water, blanch the blood, and wash it out of the pan. Wash the radishes, peel them, cut them into hobs and blanch them for later use.

Put the mutton into the pot, add water, green onions, ginger, and rice wine, simmer until the fifth ripe, then add the radish, simmer over a low heat until crisp, add seasonings, and serve.

Invigorate qi and blood, nourish the kidney and drive away cold

"First Medicine"-Yam

Yam is the medicine of the mountain and the medicine of food. It can not only be made into health food, but also has the medicinal value of regulating diseases.

1. Nourishing Yin and Nourishing Lung

Yam contains saponins and mucus, which are beneficial to lung qi and nourish lung yin, and assist in the treatment of lung deficiency, phlegm, cough and chronic cough;

2. Tonifying kidney and essence

Yam is rich in mucin, amylase, etc. It is a good nourishing product for rehabilitation after illness, and has the effect of nourishing the kidney and nourishing essence.

Health diet: yam porridge

60g dried yam, or 100~120g fresh yam, 50~100g japonica rice

Wash and slice the yam, cook the porridge with the japonica rice, and add a few shelled red dates.

It nourishes the spleen and stomach, nourishes the lungs and kidneys, can treat diarrhea, cough due to exhaustion, spermatorrhea, and relieve fatigue.

"First Bean"-Black Bean

Winter storage of kidney essence means to take advantage of the winter to maintain your kidneys. Kidney is innate tonic. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about black kidney. Eating more black food has a strong nourishing effect.

Black beans have always been known as the "king of beans". Chinese medicine believes that black beans are sweet in taste, calm in nature, non-toxic, and have the effects of relieving the appearance and clearing away heat, nourishing blood and calming the liver, invigorating the kidney and strengthening yin, and invigorating the black hair.

Li Shizhen said: "Black beans have a lot of function in the kidneys, so they can treat water, relieve swelling, lower qi, treat wind-heat, and promote blood circulation and detoxification."

In addition to black beans, black sesame seeds and black rice are also good choices for kidney blood in winter.

Health diet: lotus root and black bean fish soup

100 grams of black beans, 400 grams of lotus root, 150 grams of red meat, 1 piece of raw fish, 2 candied dates, and 3 slices of ginger.

Soak the black beans for 30 minutes in advance. Cut the lotus root into large pieces for later use. The raw fish is slaughtered and cleaned. Then put all the ingredients into the pot, pour about 2000ml of clean water, and turn to the simmering pot for 1 and a half hours. , You can add salt and drink the soup.

Black beans nourish the kidney, raw fish pot can nourish the qi of the liver and spleen.