The best time to eat mutton is the twelfth lunar month. At this time, the human body's yang is hidden inside, and the blood circulation is poor, which is prone to the phenomenon of cold hands and feet. Mutton contains a lot of calories. Eating mutton can promote blood circulation, warm hands and feet, and stop being afraid of cold. The content of iron, phosphorus and other substances in mutton is also higher than other meats, which is suitable for all kinds of anemia, especially for women, the elderly, people with insufficient blood, emaciated body and weak body after illness. Eating more mutton in winter can nourish blood, replenish Yuanyang, treat weakness and strengthen the body.
Many people think that mutton is only suitable for winter tonic, but it is inappropriate to eat it in summer. In fact, this statement is not accurate. Appropriate supplementation of mutton in summer can also strengthen the body, especially for people who like to hide in air-conditioned rooms and like to eat cold drinks. Such people are prone to symptoms such as abdominal distension, stuffy and cold pain, warm and pressing, lack of food, heavy head and body, pale tongue with white fur, etc. This is what Chinese medicine calls spleen-stomach deficiency or cold-dampness and spleen-stagnation.
However, it should be noted that mutton is warm, so people with internal heat, as well as patients with edema, dental diseases, sores and hemorrhoids, are not suitable for eating; In addition, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, mutton belongs to "hair", which may aggravate skin allergic reaction; People with hypertension, liver disease, acute enteritis or other infectious diseases should not eat mutton.
Mutton is warm, and it can be eaten with cool and sweet vegetables, which can play a role in cooling, detoxifying and removing fire. Generally, cool vegetables include white gourd, loofah, spinach, Chinese cabbage, Flammulina velutipes, mushrooms, water bamboo, etc. If you make a dish with tofu, mutton and radish, you can give full play to the cool nature of radish, and can eliminate stagnation and phlegm heat. In addition, Chinese yam, Radix Astragali or Radix Angelicae Sinensis can also have different effects.
Yam mutton pot
This meat dish has the saying that "one medicine supplements three viscera", which comes from the efficacy of yam. Chinese medicine believes that Chinese yam can tonify spleen, lung and kidney, and has certain therapeutic effects on spleen and stomach diseases caused by spleen-qi deficiency, excessive urination or poor urination caused by kidney-qi deficiency, and lung-related diseases, such as chronic bronchitis and asthma in the elderly.
Stewed mutton with angelica sinensis
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Angelica sinensis is sweet, pungent and warm in nature, which can replenish blood and blood, regulate menstruation and relieve pain. In addition, mutton has the function, and the two are properly matched. It is a nourishing weapon for postpartum women, suitable for people who are weak and weak after illness and postpartum, as well as those with blood deficiency.
Huangqi mutton soup
Astragalus membranaceus is sweet and slightly warm, which can invigorate qi and yang, strengthen exterior, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Modern medical research believes that it can enhance the immune ability of the body, and has the functions of strengthening the heart, dilating blood vessels, protecting the liver and resisting cancer. The stewed mutton with astragalus has the effects of warming yang, invigorating qi, invigorating spleen and tonifying kidney, and is suitable for people who are afraid of cold limbs, weak limbs, lack of breath and lazy words, and weak waist and knees.
Morinda officinalis mutton pot
Morinda Officinalis is sweet and slightly warm, and it belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of tonifying kidney and yang, strengthening tendons and bones, expelling wind and removing dampness, and is mainly used for treating impotence, coldness, infertility due to palace cold, arthralgia due to wind-cold and dampness, rheumatic beriberi and other diseases. Paired with mutton and epimedium, it can tonify kidney and strengthen yang, dispel cold and dampness, and is suitable for people with chronic bronchitis emphysema, hypertension, lumbar disc herniation and scanty menstruation.
However, although mutton can drive away the cold, it should not be eaten too much. Generally, it is appropriate to eat about 50 ~100g a day.
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⊙ Author: Hu Shiyun, Chief Physician of Cardiovascular Department of Guangzhou Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine