I. Folk are often accustomed to fall and winter tonic, why fall and winter tonic? Chinese medicine emphasizes the "unity of man and nature", and the regulation of diet should also vary with the change of seasons. Autumn and winter climate changes, easy to get sick, so to improve health, we must make appropriate tonic; on the other hand, the "Nei Jing" said: "Spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter, is the gas of the normal; people should also." Also said: "winter March for the sealing." In other words, in the fall and winter seasons, tonic can be better absorbed. II. What are the principles of Chinese medicine supplementation? 1. No deficiency, do not supplement - Chinese medicine has an important rule of treatment, that is, "the real is diarrhea", "the deficiency of the complement", so the supplement is generally for the deficiency, no deficiency! The most important thing is to make sure that you are eating a balanced diet. 2. Balance of yin and yang - "Nei Jing": "Nourish yang in spring and summer, yin in fall and winter" - meaning that to supplement yin or yang, should follow the yin or yang, do not hurt yin, do not hurt yang; to achieve a balance of yin and yang, do not bias. 3. Balance yin and yang, do not be biased. 3. Supplement to the right evidence - for those who are deficient, supplementation should be based on the deficiency of qi, blood, yang, yin, or both yin and yang to carry out symptomatic supplementation. It should also be individualized according to the person's constitution and condition. III. How to choose the medicines and foods for tonification? Tonic according to the state of the body, such as differentiation: deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang for symptomatic tonic. Qi deficiency can be supplemented with ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Achillea miltiorrhiza, Chinese yarrow, and Chinese yam. Insufficient blood available Colla Corii Asini, Angelica sinensis, Shouwu. Nourish Yin with American ginseng, salsify, bamboo, lily. Warming the yang and tonifying the kidneys are Ba Ji Tian, Cortex Eucommiae, Deer Antler, and so on. On this basis with chicken, duck, pork, mutton, beef, fish, turtles; dog meat and so on for use. Generally speaking: dog meat is warm, can be used for people who are afraid of cold limbs; and yin and blood deficiency, duck, water fish, etc. with medication tonic. Four. What should I pay attention to when taking tonic? Supplementation is beneficial to those who need it, but it should be done properly; if it is not done properly, it will not only be unhelpful but also harmful. Therefore, we should pay attention to the following issues in the tonic: 1. external not tonic: suffering from colds, fever, cough and other external diseases, do not tonic, so as not to leave the evil for the enemy. 2. tonic does not hurt the stomach: abstain from nourishing greasy and thick taste of the weak, spleen and stomach dyspepsia, frequent diarrhea, abdominal distension, first of all, we must restore the function of the spleen and stomach, only the spleen and stomach digestive function is good in order to guarantee the nutrients absorbed, or else even more tonic is useless; instead of increasing the burden on the intestines and stomach. 3. Instead, it aggravates the burden on the stomach and intestines.3. Complementary not waste movement: should also pay attention to the appropriate exercise exercise.4. Complementary to eat vegetables: winter in the appropriate consumption of beef and mutton tonic at the same time, should not be ignored vegetables and fruits, which can provide the human body with a variety of vitamins and trace elements. Five. Supplement often apply a lot of chicken, duck, fish and meat, now urban society, many people have gout, elevated uric acid, for these people how to supplement? Answer: If the blood uric acid is high, you should not over-eat animal offal, meat and so on. It is not necessarily correct to make up for the shape of the form, because animal offal contains purine is very high, eat more high-purine diet is easy to induce gout. Therefore gout or hyperuricemia patients, such as no special, generally do not need to supplement; many patients tend to be overweight, but to lose weight. Usually pay more attention to avoid the following high-purine diet: such as: a variety of alcohol A variety of animal offal, such as kidney, brain, liver, waist, heart, pancreas (pig transverse tongue), etc. White scallops, sardines, fish eggs, shellfish, such as scallops, dried scallops and a variety of thick broth. Excessive meat, poultry and fish. Excessive dried beans, mushrooms, cauliflower, spinach and vegetables such as fresh asparagus.