The efficacy of mutton
Mutton has the effects of tonifying deficiency, dispelling cold, warming qi and blood, tonifying kidney, resisting aging, stimulating appetite, strengthening body and benefiting essence. Women who have no milk after delivery can stew mutton and pig's trotters to promote lactation. Mutton is beneficial to the weak, children and enuresis. Mutton can increase digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall and help digestion, especially suitable for people with weak body and cold stomach.
Mutton contains more calcium and iron, which is beneficial to prevent anemia and osteoporosis.
Mutton also has the functions of relieving anxiety and resisting aging. Eating mutton in winter can replenish qi and deficiency, prevent cold and warm the body, enhance blood circulation and increase disease resistance. However, mutton is warm and hot, and it is not suitable for people with exogenous fever, toothache, sore mouth and tongue, and fever.
According to Chinese medicine professionals, as the saying goes, "Eating mutton and ginseng in winter will also strengthen your body in spring, summer and autumn." According to Compendium of Materia Medica, mutton "warms the middle warmer, tonifies the middle warmer, stimulates the appetite, strengthens the body and benefits the kidney", which is a good product for strengthening the yang, benefiting the essence and blood, and benefiting the strain. Eating mutton regularly is very beneficial to improve people's physique and disease resistance.
Because of the hot weather, people have more opportunities to eat vegetables and fruits raw in summer; In order to avoid heat, the indoor air conditioner is on for a long time; Cold drinks, ice cream and other things to relieve summer heat, ice will not leave your hand all day, which are easy to make people feel cold in the spleen and stomach; In addition, due to the high temperature in summer, people are prone to sweat, consuming gas and hurting body fluids. Therefore, some people will have symptoms such as abdominal distension, stuffy and cold pain, liking warm pressure, not thinking about diet, heavy head and light body, loose stool, pale tongue with white fur and so on. Syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine mostly belongs to spleen and stomach weakness or cold and dampness. For such people, it is beneficial to eat some mutton in summer. Eating more mutton at the right time can dispel moisture, avoid cold, warm the stomach and produce fluid, and protect the gastrointestinal tract, which is also in line with the view that "saints nourish yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter" contained in Huangdi Neijing.
Eating mutton in summer is the best warm summer as long as the light cooking method, menu design and eating method are adopted, and the popular method of stewing beef and mutton should be chosen. This method is to wash fresh mutton, blanch it in boiling water, pour out the boiling water, and then pour in boiling water, adding only a little salt, onion and ginger. This kind of mutton is delicious, not greasy, and because it does not contain spicy seasoning, it not only supplements nutrition, but also does not have to worry about getting angry after eating.
Fuyang summer is mutton. From the first day of Fuyang Festival, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup is a long-standing dietary tradition in the next month. In addition to Xuzhou, Tengzhou and Xiaoxian in Jiangsu, Fengxian Zhuanghang in Shanghai has inherited this custom. These places hold a grand "Fuyang Festival" every year, and even the custom of "Fuyang" has been included in Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage.