How to take supplements in winter?

Winter tonic is one of my country’s traditional self-care methods to prevent disease, strengthen the body, and support weakness. Winter is a cold season. Chinese traditional medicine believes that winter tonic can balance yin and yang, dredge meridians, and reconcile qi and blood. There is a close relationship. Due to reduced body function and low resistance, the elderly are more suitable to take dietary supplements during the cold season. This can improve nutritional status, enhance the body's immune function, and promote recovery from illness, which shows that drugs cannot replace it. The effect of winter supplementation should be in line with nature, pay attention to nourishing yang, and focus on nourishing. According to the principle of traditional Chinese medicine "replenish what is deficient, warm what is cold", you should eat more warm and hot foods in your diet, especially those that warm and nourish the kidneys. Condition the body with yang foods to improve the body's cold resistance. Winter "food supplements" should provide foods rich in protein, vitamins and easy to digest. Optional foods: japonica rice, indica rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, peas and other grains and beans ; Leek, coriander, garlic, radish, day lily and other vegetables; mutton, dog meat, beef, chicken and eel, carp, silver carp, hairtail, shrimp and other meat; orange, coconut, pineapple, lychee, longan and other fruits. Dog meat and Mutton is a good nourishing food for the elderly in winter. The elderly take a small cup of ginseng wine or astragalus wine every morning, which can prevent wind and cold and activate blood circulation. Elderly people with weak constitution often eat stewed hens, refined meat, tendons, and often drink milk, soy milk, etc. in winter. It can enhance physical fitness. Cut the beef into small pieces, add rice wine, onions, and ginger, stew it in a casserole, eat the meat and drink the soup, which is good for qi and thirst, strengthens muscles and bones, and nourishes the spleen and stomach. Elderly people with insufficient yang energy can eat mutton. Boil with radish, then remove the radish (to remove the mutton smell), add 15 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 15 grams of Morinda officinalis, and 15 grams of wolfberry. Eat the mutton and drink the soup, which has the effect of promoting Yang and warming the body. Modern medicine believes that winter supplementation can improve the body's immune function, promote metabolism, and improve the phenomenon of chills. Winter supplementation can also regulate the metabolism of substances in the body, so that the energy converted from nutrients can be stored in the body to the maximum extent, which helps The rise of yang energy in the body lays a solid foundation for good health in the coming year. As the saying goes, "Three-nine tonify one winter, and there will be no illness or pain in the coming year." This is the truth.