1. Angelica, red dates and mutton soup

In the cold winter when the temperature continues to drop, Hakka people living in Shaoguan, Heyuan, Meizhou and other northeastern Guangdong regions often eat some warming foods. It is used to increase body heat. Among them, angelica, red dates and mutton soup is a nourishing soup most commonly consumed by Hakkas in northeastern Guangdong. Drinking a bowl of angelica, red dates and mutton soup in the cold winter has the therapeutic effects of warming the body and replenishing deficiency, dispelling cold and warming the stomach, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, and nourishing the blood. This nourishing soup is the favorite winter health soup of local Hakka women. It is especially suitable for patients with weak constitution, cold stomach, kidney deficiency and indigestion, as well as for mothers with postpartum blood deficiency.

The recipe of angelica, red dates and mutton soup is simple and easy to learn. First wash the mutton and mutton chops and cut them into pieces, blanch them in boiling water, skim off the foam with a spoon, then take out the mutton or mutton chops and set aside. Then wash, peel and slice the ginger, remove the cores of the red dates, and soak the angelica root in water for later use. Finally, put all the above-mentioned processed ingredients into a soup pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium to low heat and simmer for about 1 hour, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste, and then drink.

2. To prevent stomach damage in winter, drink a cup of clove stomach-warming tea

Ingredients: 3 grams of cloves, 5 grams of amomum villosum, and 2 slices of ginger.

Method: Put the above three herbs into a teapot, soak in boiling water and take it instead of tea. Or add 300 ml of water and boil to 150 ml, take it after meals.

Efficacy: Warming and dispersing cold, promoting qi and relieving pain, lowering qi and relieving vomiting.

Taboos: Suitable for patients with epigastric cold pain, abdominal distension, hiccups and vomiting after catching a cold. It should not be used by those with insufficient stomach yin or accumulation of heat in the spleen and stomach. (If the symptoms are not relieved after taking it, be sure to seek medical treatment in time)

In winter, pay special attention to keeping the stomach warm, and add clothes in time to prevent abdominal cold, which may cause stomach pain or aggravate old diseases; "Lilac Stomach Warming Tea" It can warm the heart and dispel cold, promote qi and relieve pain, and prevent cold and cold from hurting the stomach.

Clove has a pungent aroma, warm nature, and returns to the spleen and stomach meridian. It can not only warm the body, dissipate cold and relieve pain, but also is particularly good at reducing vomiting and vomiting. It is an important medicine for treating deficiency, cold, vomiting and vomiting. Modern pharmacology suggests that it can promote gastric juice secretion, resist ulcers, stop diarrhea, and resist hypoxia.

Amomum villosum is pungent in taste, warm in nature, and returns to the spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. It has the functions of dispersing dampness, appetizing, warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Modern pharmacology suggests that amomum villosum has the effects of anti-ulcer, inhibiting gastric acid secretion, and enhancing intestinal motility.

3. Various foot soaks

To soak feet with Rehmannia glutinosa to prevent tinnitus: 15 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, add water and boil for 20 minutes, pour the concoction into a basin, and mix it with cold water to make the water temperature suitable , soak your feet for 20 minutes each time, once a day.

Soaking feet in perilla seeds to prevent asthma: 15 grams of perilla seeds, crushed, boiled in water for 20 minutes, add the concoction to cold water to make the water temperature appropriate, soak the feet for 20 minutes, once a day.

Foot soaking in Bai Zi to prevent insomnia: 25 grams of Bai Zi, crushed, boiled in water for 20 minutes, pour the concoction into a basin, add an appropriate amount of water to adjust the temperature, and then soak your feet for 20 minutes, daily 1 time.

Foot soaking in Caoguo to prevent stomachache: 30 grams of Caoguo, add water and simmer for half an hour, remove the residue and pour the juice into a basin, and mix in an appropriate amount of warm water until the water temperature feels slightly hot, then soak Feet for 20 minutes.

Soak your feet with mulberry branches to prevent cold legs: 25 grams of mulberry branches, boil in water for half an hour, remove the residue and pour the juice into a footbath, fumigate first, then soak your feet for 20 minutes when it is not hot, and the next day Once, you can stick to it for a long time.

Ginkgo foot soak to prevent sugary foot: 30 grams of ginkgo leaves, add water and boil for 20 minutes, take the concoction and mix it with an appropriate amount of cold water. The water temperature is 37°C and you can soak your feet for 20 minutes each time, once every other day.

Cinnamon foot soaking to prevent diarrhea: 20 grams of cinnamon, add water and boil for 20 minutes, remove the dregs and pour the concoction into a basin, first fumigate your feet with medicinal gas, and then soak your feet when the temperature is suitable. 20 minutes, once a day.