According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": mutton is warm in nature and sweet in taste, nourishes qi and yin, warms the middle and nourishes deficiency, appetizer and fitness; can rectify qi and dispel evil, cure fear of cold and heat; nourish yang, and is suitable for nourishing yang. Qi and blood; has miraculous effects on cold and heat invasion/uneven heat/cold/limb weakness/postpartum weakness. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine has the theory that "ginseng replenishes qi and mutton replenishes the body", which is very beneficial to improving human body quality and disease resistance. As the saying goes, "eating mutton in winter is better than ginseng, and eating in spring, summer and autumn will also strengthen the body."

Using cypress seed mutton as food material will have better effect. Since the 1980s, experts such as Zhang Yongfei, based on the principle of "the spleen governs the muscles of the body" in "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic: Su Wen, Treatise on Wilt" and modern biomolecular theory, have used traditional Chinese medicine as a means to establish a number of methods based on cypress seeds, cypress leaves, etc. The flavor additive of "JFZ - concentrated cypress seed feed" composed of traditional Chinese medicine can convert ordinary mutton into cypress seed mutton by adding 2.5-3.0 kilograms of "JFZ - concentrated cypress seed feed" to goats 60 days before slaughter. This technology for producing cypress seed mutton won the second prize of Shanxi Province Science and Technology Progress Award.

Item indicators in the nutritional composition and flavor table of mutton with cypress seeds (X±S) Protein (%) 22.20±1.00 Fat (%) 5.80±1.90 Minerals (%) 1.10±0.03 Threonine (%) 1.38±0.11 Valine (%) 1.40±0.33 Methionine (%) 0.90±0.27 Isoleucine (% ) 1.94±0.71 Phenylalanine (%) 0.94±0.58 Lysine (%) 2.71±0.18 Tryptophan (%) 0.18±0.01 Leucine Acid (%) 2.11±1.23 Eight essential amino acids (%) 11.57±1.33 Free amino acids (%) 2.00±1.66 Umami glutamic acid (%) 5.39±0 ．29 Iron (㎎/100g) 3.04±0.28 Zinc (㎎/100g) 3.61±0.32 Sheep are pure herbivores, and their meat is tender, easy to digest, high in protein, low in fat, and contains phospholipids. It has less fat content and less cholesterol than pork and beef. It is one of the delicacies to prevent cold and warm in winter. Mutton is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It can be used as a tonic and therapeutic food. It is an excellent food for strengthening and curing diseases and is beneficial. It has the effect of replenishing qi, warming the middle and warming the lower part, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, promoting muscle growth and strengthening strength, and resisting wind and cold. Mutton soup is the easiest to be absorbed, so mutton soup is a good nourishing product. People who often drink mutton soup have strong cold resistance and disease resistance.

According to the "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber": Mutton soup can treat impotence, premature ejaculation, coldness in women caused by kidney deficiency, etc., and can treat palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, insomnia caused by deficiency of heart and spleen, and blood deficiency and cold coagulation. It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on vasculitis, etc. It can also enhance the body's resistance, which is of great benefit to those who are weak after illness, anemia, postpartum deficiency of both qi and blood, and kidney deficiency and impotence.

Mutton soup is one of the delicious winter supplements. It is not only rich in nutrients, but also has high medicinal value. Regular consumption can warm the body, replenish qi and blood, and strengthen the body. As the saying goes: medicine is not as good as food tonic, and food is not as good as soup. So mutton soup is not only delicious, but also a good medicine. It has the function of both food and medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton cannot be eaten together with vinegar, because vinegar has an astringent effect and is not good for the yang in the body. The growth of Qi, eating it with mutton will greatly reduce its warming and tonic effect.

Eating watermelon after eating mutton can easily "damage your vitality". This is because mutton is sweet and hot in nature, while watermelon is cold in nature and is a raw and cold product. After eating, it not only greatly reduces the warming effect of mutton, but also hinders the spleen and stomach.

Tea is also the "nemesis" of mutton. Tea contains a lot of tannic acid. Drinking tea when eating mutton will cause the loss of a lot of protein in the mutton and easily cause constipation. According to traditional Chinese medicine, people with high blood pressure, fever, infection, diarrhea, and people with accumulated heat in the body should not eat it according to modern people's living habits.