Why do you eat dog meat on the solstice in winter?

As the saying goes, "dog meat is fat at the solstice of winter." "Dog meat rolls three times, and the gods can't stand." Winter is a good time to eat dog meat. Dog meat is mellow, and some places call it fragrant meat. Mutton is a good tonic in winter. Dog meat has high nutritional value. Every 100g of dog meat contains protein 14.5g and fat 23.5g, which is comparable to beef and pork. It also contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, vitamins and amino acids, and is an ideal nutritious food. There are many ways to eat dog meat, such as stewing, stewing, frying and marinating. When cooking, it is best to choose fat, healthy and disease-free dogs, and mad dog meat must not be eaten. Dogs that have just been slaughtered should not be eaten immediately because of the fishy smell. They should be salted first to remove the fishy smell, then taken out and cut into pieces, and then washed thoroughly with clear water. Stir with a little vinegar and bake thoroughly. After the water is dry, add 500 grams of water and a little vinegar to 500 grams of dog meat and mix well. Heat and boil to remove the floating foam and other substances in the noodle soup. Then add seasonings such as soy sauce, refined salt, yellow wine and sugar, and the same amount of seasonings mixed with clove, ginger, cinnamon, fennel, star anise, dried tangerine peel and pepper. Finally, add water to boil for about half an hour, then simmer for 2 to 4 hours with low fire until the dog meat is crisp and rotten, and then take out the pot. When eating, add some seasonings such as garlic paste, Chili powder and pepper to improve the taste. Dog meat is not only delicious and nutritious, but also has the effect of medicine to treat diseases. Dog meat is sweet, salty, sour and warm, and has the functions of tonifying the middle energizer, invigorating qi, warming the kidney and strengthening yang. "Puji Fang" says that dog meat is "suitable for people who are weak after a long illness and benefit their qi." According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", dog meat can nourish blood and invigorate qi, especially taking two meridians of spleen and kidney, instantly warming the stomach and dispelling cold, "tonifying kidney and strengthening yang", which can make blood overflow and pulse boil. Therefore, Chinese medicine has always believed that dog meat is a good Chinese medicine, which has the functions of tonifying kidney and essence, warming and strengthening yang. There is also a folk saying that "eating dog meat to warm up and spending the winter without a quilt" and "drinking dog broth can treat the quilt as winter". Modern medical research has proved that dog meat contains a small amount of rare elements, which is beneficial to the treatment of cardiovascular and ischemic diseases and the regulation of hypertension. Dog meat can also be used for the weakness of the elderly, such as endless urination, cold limbs and listlessness. Braised dog meat, often eaten in winter, can enhance the cold resistance of the elderly. However, it should be noted that because dog meat is warm, patients with yang deficiency and internal heat, warm spleen and stomach, and hypertension should eat carefully or fast. In addition, dogs are prone to dry mouth after eating meat, and drinking rice soup can correct this side effect. Dog meat can be cooked alone, or it can be cooked with some Chinese medicines into a medicated diet. For example: 250g dog meat porridge, appropriate amount of japonica rice (or glutinous rice) and a little ginger. Wash dog meat, cut it into small pieces, put it in a pot, add water to boil, add ginger and japonica rice to cook porridge. It can be taken at breakfast and dinner for the treatment of senile asthenia, yang deficiency, nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, malnutrition, infantile dysplasia, and cold limbs. Red beans, black beans, soybeans, mung beans and barley can also be added to boiled dog porridge, which is called Five Blessingg dog porridge. Stew dog meat with 250g black beans, 50g black beans, ginger, salt, sugar and spiced powder. All the above ingredients are put into the pot, first boiled with strong fire, then simmered with slow fire, and the meat can be eaten when it is rotten. It is suitable for treating and nourishing kidney deficiency such as enuresis and frequent urination. Roast dog meat with sweet potato 500g of dog meat and 500g of sweet potato are peeled and cut into pieces, boiled for 2-3 hours with appropriate amount of water, and eaten after seasoning, which can cure kidney-yang deficiency and nocturnal polyuria. Stewed dog meat with Huai Qi, yam 60g, medlar 60g, dog meat 1000g, ginger, cooking wine and salt. Chop the dog meat, cook it, put it in a casserole with all the ingredients, and stew it gently until the dog meat is cooked. Can be used for nourishing and treating asthenia, kidney essence deficiency and anemia. 250 grams of spiced dog meat, 6 grams of fennel, 6 grams of cinnamon, 6 grams of clove, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, cooking wine and sugar. Wash the dog meat, put it in a pot and add water to boil. Add fennel, cinnamon, clove, onion, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, cooking wine and white sugar, cook until the dog meat is crisp and rotten, take it out and cut into pieces, and put it back into the soup to eat. Can be used for treating deficiency of kidney yang, soreness of waist and knees, tepid limbs and impotence. Huoxue Tongluo Dog Soup: aconite 30g, cinnamon 30g, star anise 10g, ginger 150g and dog meat 1500g. Wash the dog meat and cut it into pieces. Add ginger, cinnamon, fennel, aconite, appropriate amount of yellow wine, refined salt, add water, and simmer for 2 hours. Suitable for frostbite and scleroderma. Codonopsis pilosula dog soup Codonopsis pilosula 30g, Codonopsis pilosula 20g, dog meat 500g and ginger 9g. Wash the dog meat, cut it into small pieces, put it in a casserole with Radix Codonopsis, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, add appropriate amount of water, cook the dog meat until it is cooked thoroughly, remove the attached pieces, add a little salt to taste, and eat meat and drink soup at different times. In the prescription, Codonopsis pilosula tonifies the middle energizer and tonifies the yang. Dog meat supplements the middle energizer, benefits qi, warms kidney and helps yang. It is suitable for proctoptosis caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency, diarrhea in class five and cold limbs. The Winter Solstice Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been passed down to this day. Lu even said that the winter solstice is as big as a year. This shows that the ancients attached great importance to the winter solstice. People think that the winter solstice is a natural transformation of yin and yang and a blessing from heaven. In the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was the "Winter Festival", and the government held a congratulatory ceremony called "He Dong", which was a routine festival. There is such a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "Before and after the winter solstice, a gentleman was prepared for danger in times of peace, refused to listen to politics, and chose an auspicious day to save trouble." So on this day, the imperial court had a holiday, the army was on standby, the frontier fortress was closed, the business trip was closed, relatives and friends sent meals to each other, visited each other, and had a "quiet" holiday happily. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the solstice in winter was the day of ancestor worship. On this day, the emperor went to the suburbs to hold a ceremony to worship heaven. On this day, people must worship their parents. There are still some places to celebrate the winter solstice. It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Nowadays, people eat dog meat, mutton and all kinds of nutritious food on the solstice of winter, which is a good sign for the coming year.