What you eat is not afraid of the cold, and what you eat can make you not afraid of the cold

Fear of cold or weakness of qi and blood, it is recommended to take some Ejiao cake to improve physical fitness and enhance immunity.

Ejiao, dog meat. Don't eat it in the summer.

1. Mutton. Mutton has the custom of eating dog meat and mutton on the winter solstice in many places in the north, and traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have the effect of aphrodisiac complement. In fact, in the Jiangnan region, Suzhou people have also begun to take tonic since the day of the winter solstice, and what they eat is the well-known Wuzhong Tibetan book mutton.

2. Black rice. Black rice is not as refined as white rice, but is mostly eaten directly in the form of brown rice after being husked, and this coarser black rice is suitable for porridge. Soak the porridge before cooking to fully absorb the water.

The water used to soak the rice should be boiled with the rice to preserve the nutrients in it. It can also be made into dim sum, glutinous rice balls, rice dumplings, bread, etc.

3. Ginger. Another folk food on the winter solstice is cured ginger rice, in which ginger is naturally an indispensable and important role. This plant uses thick and spicy underground rhizomes as the ingredient for eating, and there are no less than 10 kinds of white ginger, yellow ginger, black meat ginger, and sand ginger, and most of the common ginger is turmeric with moderate spicy taste.

4. Nuts. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nuts tend to be warm and hot, and eating them in other seasons is easy to get angry, while the cold winter is "charcoal in the snow". In addition, most nuts can nourish the kidneys, which is exactly the same as the corresponding organ "kidney" in winter.

Eating nuts in moderation can be called the trick of winter solstice health.

1. Aconite mutton soup is warm and cold.

Suitable for people: middle-aged and elderly people with spleen and stomach deficiency.

Aconite is a good medicinal material for warming the meridians and chasing cold, promoting qi and blood, especially suitable for those middle-aged and elderly people who are afraid of cold and cold due to spleen and stomach deficiency and liver and kidney function to warm up and eat. Mutton is also a warm and tonic food, which can play a role in helping yang and stomach, and promoting blood and vitality. If the middle-aged and elderly people in the family still have symptoms such as chills in the waist and knees, frequent urination, etc., you can drink more aconite mutton soup.

Drinking a small bowl at dinner every day can not only effectively help the body to keep warm from the cold, but also solve the discomfort of cold waist and knees, frequent urination, etc.

How to do it: Wash 250 grams of lamb and cut it into small pieces; Wrap 25 grams of eucommia, 30 grams of aconite, and 15 grams of cooked ground in gauze; Then put the materials needed by the acacia and the green onions, ginger and salt into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, cover all the ingredients, boil over high heat, and then turn to low heat and slowly simmer until cooked.

2. Northern mushroom and yam are fully nourishing.

Suitable for: people with weak body and poor resistance.

Eating more mushrooms and root foods during the cold winter can help replenish a variety of vitamins and carbohydrates.

The specific method is: soak the mushrooms softly, wash them after removing the stems, peel and wash the yams, cut them into small pieces and slice them for later use; After heating the pan, add oil and fry the northern mushrooms, then add the water, soy sauce and sugar for the mushrooms, bring to a boil, change to low heat and cook for 10 minutes; Put in the yam and burn it together, and add salt and starch to thicken it before eating.

3. Eat more northern tofu and Xuemingzhong tofu to supplement nutrition.

Suitable for: ** and picky eaters.

If the rest of your body is not so warm except for cold hands and feet, it may be a nutrient-unbalanced type of cold. Girls who are often picky eaters and middle-aged women are most likely to have incomplete vitamin intake, and vitamin B2 is an important substance for balancing the body's oxygen consumption. Therefore, if you belong to this kind of group of people who are afraid of the cold, and you don't want to eat fat to fight the cold, you can eat a little more northern tofu and roasted cabbage.

How to make hot roasted cabbage with northern tofu, it is best to use fresh cabbage. Wash the cabbage, filter the water and chop it, chop the tofu, and set aside; Put the shredded ginger into the oil pan to burst out the fragrance, then put in the cabbage, add an appropriate amount of salt and fry until it changes color, then add tofu and stir-fry evenly; After about a minute, you can add an appropriate amount of water or soy milk, turn off the heat two minutes after boiling, and then drizzle a little sesame oil.

In winter, choose warm foods or medicinal herbs to make the body's blood circulation smooth, qi and blood activation, and achieve the effect of keeping out the cold. Foods that have a warming effect are generally red, sweet foods, or spicy condiments and foods, which have a warming effect, and can also nourish the body and promote metabolism. Warm and hot food suitable for winter.

Meat: Lamb, beef, shrimp, sea cucumber, oysters, eel, venison, chicken liver and other meats rich in lipids and proteins. Fruits and vegetables:

Leeks, perilla, green peppers, mustard greens, kale, chili peppers, onions, pumpkin, lychees, peaches, longans, green onions, ginger, garlic, etc. Others: brown rice, sorghum, sesame, and stone fruits such as pine nuts, cashew nuts, walnuts, chestnuts, etc.

When cooking or eating cold food, you can add some hot onions, ginger, garlic, pepper, chili pepper, ginseng, astragalus, tangerine peel and other seasonings or Chinese herbal medicines to reconcile. For example, when eating crabs that are cold, you can use ginger to stir-fry crabs to reduce the coldness of the crabs. Generally, common cold foods include loofah, winter melon, celery, cucumber, kelp, seaweed jelly, cabbage, etc., which can be seasoned with an appropriate amount of green onions, ginger, garlic, etc., to achieve the effect of neutralizing coldness.

In addition, you can also use wolfberry, red dates, ginseng, longan meat or ginger to brew tea and drink, which can also play a role in keeping out the cold.