Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - As the saying goes: "A year is the hardest. It takes tonic in autumn and winter, and it takes tonic in autumn and winter to kill tigers in spring." What do you mean?

As the saying goes: "A year is the hardest. It takes tonic in autumn and winter, and it takes tonic in autumn and winter to kill tigers in spring." What do you mean?

"Three-nine supplements make up one winter and there will be no pain in the coming year"

According to the traditional folk custom in China, "beginning of winter" represents the beginning of winter. "In winter, heaven and earth are closed, and water and ice are frozen." In nature, yin flourishes and yang declines, and everything hides yang, waiting for spring. "Cold" is the main feature of climate change in winter. In winter, besides paying attention to cold and warmth, diet health care is also very important. String 4

The cold climate in winter affects the endocrine system of human body, which increases the secretion of thyroxine and adrenaline, thus promoting and accelerating the decomposition of protein, fat and carbohydrate, so as to increase the body's cold-proof ability, thus causing excessive heat loss. Therefore, nutrition in winter should focus on increasing heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fats.

Winter is the off-season of vegetables. Therefore, after one winter, people often suffer from vitamin deficiency, such as vitamin C deficiency, which leads to oral ulcer, root swelling and pain, bleeding, constipation and other symptoms. Then people can eat some potatoes properly, such as sweet potato and potato. They are all rich in vitamin C, vitamin B, and vitamin A, and red sweet potatoes also contain more carotene. Eating more potatoes can not only supplement vitamins, but also clear internal heat. Besides Chinese cabbage, cabbage, radish in the heart, white radish, carrot, bean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, rape, etc. should also be selected among the main dishes listed in winter. These vegetables are rich in vitamins, so it is necessary to change varieties frequently and mix them reasonably to supplement the vitamin needs of human body.

As the saying goes, "Three-nine supplements make up one winter, and there will be no pain in the coming year", and winter is also a good time for tonic, but we should remind everyone that in order to make the stomach adapt to tonic, it is best to introduce tonic first. Generally speaking, you can choose stewed beef and red dates, peanut kernels and brown sugar first, or cook some ginger and red dates beef soup to adjust the function of the spleen and stomach. Drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. For example, eating "Laba porridge" helps to increase calories and nutritional functions. Wheat porridge has the function of nourishing heart and relieving annoyance, sesame porridge can nourish essence and yin, radish porridge can help digestion and eliminate phlegm, walnut porridge can nourish yin and solidify essence, Poria porridge can strengthen spleen and stomach, jujube porridge can nourish qi and yin, and so on.

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beginning of winter should not blindly "tonify" winter

Diet recuperation should follow the old adage of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "not disturbing yang" and "supplementing the deficiency and warming the cold", and adjust the diet with the changes of the four seasons. Eat less cold and raw, but it is not suitable for rashness and heat. It is appropriate to eat some foods with high calories, such as nourishing yin and suppressing yang. At the same time, we should eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency, such as beef and mutton, black-bone chicken and crucian carp, drink more soybean milk and milk, and eat more radishes, vegetables, tofu and fungus. It should be noted here that China has a vast territory, different geographical environments, different lifestyles, belonging to the winter season, and the climate conditions in the northwest region are quite different from those in the southeast coast. In winter, the weather in northwest China is cold, so it is necessary to supplement products with high temperature and heat, such as cattle, sheep and dog meat. Although the south of the Yangtze River has entered the winter, the temperature is much milder than that in the northwest, and the tonic should be clear and sweet, such as chicken, duck and fish; Located in the plateau mountainous area, with less rainfall and dry climate, fruits, vegetables and rock sugar, which are sweet and nourishing, should be used. In addition, it should also vary from person to person, because there are differences between men and women, old and young, and the body (constitution) has the debate of deficiency and excess, cold and heat. In line with the law of human growth, the principle of TCM health preservation, juvenile re-feeding, middle-aged re-adjustment, old-age re-insurance and old-age re-extension. Therefore, the "winter tonic" should be targeted according to the actual situation, such as clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic and large tonic, and must not be blindly "tonic"

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Reasonable fruit supplements in winter

It is very necessary to give yourself proper supplements in cold winter, besides diet supplements, it is also supplemented by eating fruits. Adjust your physiological function to the best in this winter, and at the same time, you can eat a healthy and beautiful one. Winter is cold and dry, which makes people feel that the nose and throat are dry and the skin is dry, and it is easy to get angry. Therefore, eating some fruit every day can not only nourish yin and lungs, moisten the throat and dry, but also absorb enough nutrients, which will make people feel refreshed and comfortable.

Pear: Pear is the first choice among fruits in winter. It contains malic acid, citric acid, glucose, fructose, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins. Pear has the functions of moistening the throat, promoting fluid production, moistening the lungs, relieving cough and nourishing the stomach and intestines. It is most suitable for patients with fever and internal heat in winter and spring. It is especially suitable for relieving cough due to lung heat, wind-heat in children, dry throat and sore throat, and dry stool. In addition, pears also have the functions of lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat and calming down. Patients with hypertension, if they have dizziness, palpitations and tinnitus, often eat pears, which can alleviate the symptoms. Pear is rich in sugar and vitamins, which can protect liver and help digestion. However, people with pear-like cold, spleen and stomach deficiency, indigestion and postpartum blood deficiency should not eat more.

■ Appropriate amount: Eating a pear a day is the most easily absorbed nutrition.

■ Suitable time: 2-3 hours after meals is the most suitable time.

■ How to eat: You can wash it and eat it directly, or cut it into pieces with rock sugar and pears to cook rock candy pear water, which can moisten your lungs and quench your thirst, and you can also squeeze pear juice to drink.

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Kiwifruit: Eat Kiwifruit in the morning to cure constipation ―― autumn and winter are the frequent seasons for constipation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that

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The dry climate in this season is easy to induce dryness and evil in the human body, which consumes body fluids, and constipation is the main manifestation of this phenomenon. Clinically, people with constipation are always advised to take diet therapy, which is not only effective, but also has no side effects. Eating more fruits is one of the most effective dietotherapy.

Kiwi is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value, and is known as the "king of fruits". It contains more than ten kinds of amino acids such as leucine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, tyrosine and alanine, as well as rich minerals, including rich calcium, phosphorus and iron, as well as carotene and various vitamins. Kiwifruit plays an important role in maintaining human health and preventing and treating diseases. Eating more kiwi fruit can prevent osteoporosis in the elderly, inhibit the deposition of cholesterol, thus preventing arteriosclerosis, improving myocardial function, preventing and treating heart disease, etc., and also play a role in anti-cancer. Eating more kiwi fruit can also prevent excessive peroxide production in the body, prevent the formation of senile plaques and delay human aging. Eating kiwi fruit often in winter can regulate human body function, enhance resistance and supplement nutrients needed by human body. String 4

■ Suitable amount: 1-2 is the amount that can be fully absorbed by the human body.

■ Suitable time: you can't eat on an empty stomach, and it is more suitable to eat 1-3 hours before and after meals.

■ How to eat: it can be eaten directly after peeling; You can also add a proper amount of water and sugar to kiwi fruit juice, boil it with diced bananas and diced apples, and thicken it with water.

Sugarcane

Sugarcane and pear are the first choice for eating fruits in winter-after winter, many people often feel dry skin, dizziness and lethargy, and their reaction ability is reduced. At this time, if you can eat some fruits that can quench your thirst and moisten your throat and dry, you will feel refreshed and comfortable. So, what kind of fruit should we eat in winter? Pears and sugarcane are the fruits with health care and medical properties in winter.

Sugarcane is a fruit with high water content, and its water content accounts for 84% of sugarcane. It is essential to replenish water in dry winter. Secondly, the iron content of sugarcane is among the best among many fruits. It has the function of nourishing and clearing away heat. As a refreshing tonic, it has a certain curative effect on treating hypoglycemia, dry stool, dysuria, upset and thirsty, nausea and vomiting, cough and asthma caused by lung dryness. However, due to sugarcane cold, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and stomach pain should not eat it.

■ Suitable amount: The amount of sugarcane is the most important to control.

■ Suitable time: Don't eat fruit with too much sugar before going to bed.

■ How to eat: In addition to peeling and eating directly, you can also cut it into 2 ~ 3 cm pieces, put it in the pot for ten minutes, then take it out and peel it while it is hot, which will be sweeter. String 3

What women eat in winter is the most beautiful

working girl, a modern girl, has a monotonous work, nervous expression and great pressure because she has been interacting with the office all the year round, and many of them are suffering from gastrointestinal dysfunction, or are too thin or obese, or have diarrhea or constipation, which makes people feel sad and easy to face, and is very troublesome. Grinding hemp seed and slowly boiling rice into porridge and drinking it every day can solve this trouble. Hemp seed tastes sweet and flat, tonifies the middle energizer, nourishes the stomach, and contains unsaturated fatty acids, protein, vitamin B1B2, lecithin, etc. It is very rich in nutrients. Adding rice to cook porridge is the best way to regulate stomach qi, which is most suitable for daily consumption, or as a "road-opening agent" before winter tonic.

honey

honey is the essence of a hundred flowers, and it is known as the holy medicine for women's beauty. Regular consumption of honey can make people "face like a peach blossom". In winter, the skin is dry, short of water and oil, and honey contains various bioactive substances, which can improve the nutrition of the skin and keep the skin tender and smooth. In particular, honey contains 47 kinds of trace elements, such as zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium, which are necessary for human health and beauty. Therefore, it not only won the favor of orientals, but also was favored in the west. It is said that Hippocrates, the originator of western medicine, lived to the age of 17 after eating honey for a long time. Honey can be eaten alone, or made into tonic paste with donkey-hide gelatin, red dates, longan pulp, walnuts, medlar, etc.

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Yan Gao (nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening skin and beautifying face)

5 grams of Polygonatum odoratum and 25 grams of white honey, selecting fat white Polygonatum odoratum, cutting it into coarse powder, adding water, decocting for three times, removing residues and concentrating, and adding white honey to collect paste. Every morning and evening, take 3 grams on an empty stomach and drink with white water.

Jujube

Jujube is a commonly used medicine in tonic formulae of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of strengthening spleen, benefiting qi, generating blood and nourishing dirty bones. What's the shape? Testicular? Class? Once? Tsukika? Hey? Ang chai? What's wrong with the fake thin R cellar core? It can inhibit the oxidation of dopaquinone in skin, reduce the formation of melanin and prevent pigmentation. One of the important functions of vitamin A is to activate and regulate the growth of epidermal cells and prevent keratinization. Therefore, vitamin A supplementation is helpful to improve the water barrier characteristics of skin. For example, it can delay and reverse the aging of skin when combined with vitamin E. Vitamin E has the laudatory name of "youth element", which has antioxidant and free radical scavenging effects, and promotes blood circulation of skin tissue. Vitamin B can regulate the secretion of sebaceous glands. Therefore, as the saying goes, "eat three dates a day, and you will never get old."

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Fairy porridge (anti-aging and wrinkle-removing)

Prepare 3 Polygonum Multiflori Radix, 6 grams of japonica rice and 2 red dates, scrape the skin of Polygonum Multiflori Radix with bamboo slices, slice and fry the thick juice to remove residues, cook the thick juice with japonica rice and red dates in a casserole, add appropriate amount of brown sugar when cooked, and then boil for 1-2 times. Take it on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, 7-1 days is a course of treatment, and then take it every 5 days.

Longan Lycium barbarum

Longan, also known as longan, is sweet and flat in taste, and has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, nourishing yin and enriching blood. It is most suitable for women who are sick, palpitation and insomnia and have a dull complexion. Add rock sugar to longan pulp and make it into "Yuling ointment", and take a spoonful every morning and evening, which is simple, convenient and easy to store. According to ancient books, Lycium barbarum has the effect of "supplementing the deficiency of essence, making it easy to color and turn white ... making people live longer". Liu Yuxi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, praised it as "the top-grade functional manna flavor, and I know that a spoonful can prolong my age". In modern society, the competition is fierce, and it is the easiest to lose the essence. For example, if you don't forget to drink a cup of red and sweet Lycium barbarum tea with a taste like grapes between work, it can be regarded as a perfect embodiment of modern women's kindness to themselves and cherishing their lives.

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keep out the cold

recipes for cold hands and feet in winter

Frequent and long-term cold hands and feet in medicine can be called "chills".

It can be prevented and self-regulated if it is not a very serious chills (generally not very serious, not unbearable biting cold).

First, strengthen physical exercise

Especially those who are sedentary or standing for a long time, they must pay attention to interval exercises and do more activities of hands, feet and waist to strengthen blood circulation.

Second, pay attention to diet

Eat more warm foods to improve the cold tolerance of the body. Common warm foods are: cattle, sheep, dogs, chicken, garlic, pepper, ginger, onion, yam, longan and so on.

Three recipes

1. Saute mutton with shredded ginger

Slice the mutton. Ginger is shredded.

add a little oil to the pan, and the fire will rise. When the oil is smoky, add pepper and star anise, fry until fragrant, add shredded ginger, stir-fry mutton slices, add salt and monosodium glutamate, and pour sesame oil on the pan.

2. Jujube and Lycium Mutton Soup

Cut the mutton into eight large pieces and soak the bleeding water in a boiling water pot for later use. Wash jujube and wolfberry for later use.

add water to the pot, add mutton, onion and ginger, and cook together. When cooked half-cooked, add jujube, medlar and salt