Winter tonic has a long history in China, and its basic principles can be summarized into four words: thick taste and warm tonic. Thick taste not only refers to the rich flavor of the meals eaten in winter, but also refers to the rich nutrition and sweet taste of the meals. Chinese medicine believes that "thick taste and essence" means that a rich and sweet diet supplements the essential nutrition needed by the human body. The meaning of warming is easy to understand, because winter is cold and yin is abundant, and the human body needs to take some warm meals to drive away cold and warm yang. The combination of these two characteristics is the principle of winter health care and tonic.
On the other hand, TCM believes that all life activities of human body are driven by primordial qi, and primordial qi is mainly generated by kidney. In winter, "the viscera belongs to the kidney" and "the kidney governs the storage of essence". Supplementing kidney essence in winter can promote the generation of primordial qi, so another principle feature of winter tonic can be summarized as "tonifying kidney and replenishing lean primordial qi."
"Thick taste and warm tonic" and "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" are the principles of health care and tonic in winter, in which "thick taste and warm tonic" is summarized from the nature and taste of people's medicated diet, while "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" is summarized from the function of medicated diet, and the two are unified.
The medicated diet introduced below is a commonly used product for health care and tonic in winter.
◆ Formula of longan and walnut chicken (warm) is 20g of longan meat, 0/00g of walnut meat/kloc-,500g of tender chicken, 2 eggs, 50g of coriander, 50g of ham, and appropriate amounts of dough, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper, bean powder, sesame oil, peanut oil, ginger and onion.
Efficacy: warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney and solidifying essence. It is suitable for insomnia, mental decline and other diseases.
Making (1) Peel the chicken and cut it into thin slices; Soak walnut kernel in boiling wat, peeling, frying in oil pan, and cutting into fine particle; Coriander is washed clean; Wash longan pulp with warm water and cut into granules; After washing ginger and onion, cut into powder; Cut the ham into small pieces, remove the yellow from the eggs and leave them clear, and add bean flour to make an egg paste.
(2) Mix the chicken slices with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, pepper, minced ginger, walnut kernel, longan pulp and egg white paste (a little), then put the dough on the chopping board, first put a little coriander leaves and ham 1 slice, then put the chicken slices and fold them into rectangular packets.
(3) Pour peanut oil into the pot, and when it is heated to 50%, fry the wrapped chicken in the pot, take it out and put it on a plate.
Take it daily/kloc-0 times, with meals.
It is advisable to avoid no special taboos.
Analysis of longan meat has the effects of nourishing heart and spleen, benefiting qi and blood; Walnut meat has the effects of tonifying kidney, warming lung and moistening intestine; Chicken and eggs have the function of nourishing qi and blood. The combination of medicine and food can enhance the efficacy of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, tonifying kidney and fixing essence after eating. It is especially good for people with insomnia, mental decline and infirmity.
◆ Sea cucumber porridge (warm) formula 20 grams of sea cucumber (water hair), 60 grams of japonica rice, ginger and salt.
Merit benefits kidney moistening dryness and nourishing qi and blood. It is suitable for kidney deficiency, emaciation, deficiency of cold and fear of cold.
Production (1) Soak the sea cucumber in warm water, wash it and cut it into cubes; The japonica rice is washed clean; Slice ginger.
(2) Put the sea cucumber, japonica rice and ginger in a pot, add appropriate amount of clear water, put them on strong fire to boil, then simmer for 30 minutes, add salt and stir well.
Take it daily/kloc-0 times, with meals.
It is advisable to avoid no special taboos.
Analyzing the taste of sea cucumber is warm, which has good effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing blood and moistening dryness; Japonica rice can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. The two kinds of porridge have a peaceful tonic effect without the disadvantage of nourishing the stomach. It is a good choice for middle-aged and elderly people with insufficient kidney essence and weak yang in winter.
◆ Angelica mutton soup (warm) formula Angelica 25 grams, Astragalus 25 grams, Codonopsis 25 grams, mutton 500 grams, onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt in moderation.
Efficacy of supplementing qi and deficiency, warming the middle and warming the lower. It is suitable for blood deficiency, deficiency of qi and blood after illness and various anemia.
Production (1) Wash the mutton and put it into the pot; Put Angelica sinensis, Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis pilosula into gauze bags, tie their mouths and put them into a pot; At the same time, put the onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine into the pot and add some water.
(2) Bring the pot to a boil over strong fire, and then simmer it with slow fire until the mutton is cooked and rotten.
When eating, add monosodium glutamate, eat meat and drink soup.
It is advisable to avoid dampness and excessive phlegm, which should not be taken for a long time.
Angelica can replenish blood and blood, Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis are essential drugs for invigorating qi, and mutton warms essence and tonifies qi, all of which are products for warming qi and blood. After cooking, the effect of nourishing blood is further enhanced, but at the same time, it is a little warm and dry, so those who are full of dampness should not be supplemented for a long time, in case of turning into damp heat.