In winter, Yang Guozheng, a nutritionist in the Nutrition Department of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recommended a medicated diet-yam mutton soup, which can warm the body, replenish qi, warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen.

Mutton is a kind of food with the functions of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, warming stomach and strengthening yang. Yam is a kind of food with the same origin of medicine and food, which has the effects of strengthening the body and tonifying the spleen and stomach. Suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi deficiency, emaciated body and loss of appetite. In addition, yam is rich in protein, sugar, vitamins, inorganic salts and trace elements such as iodine, calcium, iron and phosphorus. Long-term consumption of yam can increase a lot of mucin for human body, prevent fat precipitation from causing cardiovascular diseases and prevent arteriosclerosis from happening prematurely. Mucopolysaccharide combined with inorganic salts helps to strengthen bones and make cartilage elastic.

Nutritionist Yang Guozheng said: "Yam mutton soup combines the advantages of yam and mutton. This soup can tonify deficiency, warm kidney and yang, strengthen spleen and stomach, and benefit essence and qi. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidney, warming the middle and lower the temperature, and at the same time, it can also nourish the face and relax the bowels. "

Yang, a nutritionist, also suggested that proper amount of medlar, jujube and angelica can be added when cooking yam mutton soup, which can increase the efficacy of nourishing blood and benefiting qi.