Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the normal physiological activities of the human body depend on the movement of qi and blood. In winter, the climate is cold, and the human yang is hidden, so the movement of qi and blood is relatively slow. If we don't pay attention to nourishing blood, it will cause qi stagnation and blood stagnation due to the attack of cold, which will reduce the immunity and resistance of the human body and make people prone to various diseases in winter. Therefore, we should pay attention to nourishing blood in winter and keep qi and blood sufficient and smooth.

Traditional Chinese medicine often says that lack of blood in winter is the root of human illness. Winter is cloudy, and the yang of human body is stored in the body. The body surface loses the promotion of yang, and the speed of blood circulation decreases. The body surface also needs to defend against the attack of diseases and evils while keeping out the cold. If you don't pay attention to nourishing blood, the blood circulation will become slower. If you encounter cold stimulation, your blood will stagnate, and your blood circulation will be blocked, so you can't provide enough oxygen and nutrition for your body.

Children may catch cold and often catch a cold. Women may have symptoms of qi and blood deficiency such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. The elderly are prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as headache, myocardial infarction and cerebral thrombosis.

If you want to keep healthy in winter, you must pay attention to nourishing blood, strengthening physique and avoiding disease damage through correct diet conditioning and good living habits.

Dietotherapy and nourishing blood in winter, many of the foods we eat can effectively enhance human qi and blood. To nourish blood in winter, friends can combine winter tonic and eat some foods that are beneficial to enhancing qi and blood.

For example, mutton in meat has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening spleen, which is a traditional good product for tonifying qi and blood. Beef can enhance the ability of spleen and stomach to metabolize qi and blood, and it also has a good blood-enriching effect. Donkey meat is a traditional food for enriching blood and nourishing blood, and Ejiao is made from donkey skin. Eating more donkey meat in winter is helpful for nourishing blood.

In vegetables and fruits, we should pay attention to eating some warm foods to nourish blood, such as longan, yam, pumpkin, tomato, orange, litchi, pomegranate, etc. For some cold foods, we should eat less to avoid damaging qi and blood.

Good living habits help nourish blood. Chinese medicine believes that people's bad living habits will consume qi and blood. For example, sleeping too late in winter will interfere with the function of the liver, which is an important organ for producing blood. Therefore, it is necessary to sleep early in winter to nourish liver blood.

Many white-collar workers look at the computer screen for a long time, and their eyes don't rest. Traditional Chinese medicine says that long-term vision hurts blood. Because the liver begins to understand the eyes, we must develop the habit of resting our eyes regularly in winter to avoid qi and blood damage.

Smoking, excessive drinking, and excessive exercise will consume a lot of qi and blood of the human body, and efforts should be made to quit.