In many cities in the south, beginning of winter wants to eat chicken, duck and fish. Because the weather is getting colder and colder, people need to supplement more energy, and meat is rich in protein, so eating meat is the best choice. Chinese medicine believes that beginning of winter tonic is suitable for eating warm meat, such as dog meat, beef, chicken, mutton and shrimp.
Some cities pay attention to eating mutton in early winter. Mutton is a kind of warm food, rich in protein, but lacking in fat. It is the best meat for people to supplement energy. Therefore, eating mutton on this day in beginning of winter can drive away cold, warm hands and feet, and replenish blood. It can warm hands and feet all winter and avoid frostbite in winter.
4. Although you should eat more meat in winter, you should choose which kind of meat to distinguish your physique. Kidney-yin deficiency needs to nourish yin, and kidney-yang deficiency needs to replenish yang. If you are always plagued by deficiency fire, you will often have oral ulcers, tinnitus, sore throat, dry stool, difficulty in excretion or endless problems, so you need to nourish yin. On the contrary, it is necessary to tonify kidney yang. Meat is the main food for soup making in winter. Like mutton pot and dog meat pot, it belongs to tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. Duck meat and rabbit meat are nourishing foods. Therefore, hot pot mutton pot and dog meat pot are not suitable for everyone, which will make some people add fuel to the fire, make their bodies hot and restless, insomnia and irritability, and aggravate their discomfort.