On January 5, we entered the "Little Cold" festival. China Weather Network meteorological analyst Shi Yan introduced that the perennial small cold festival, mainly in the March 9 period, most of the country's cold weather, cold air frequently affects China, especially most of the north into the coldest period of the year, northern Xinjiang and most of the northeast areas should be vigilant against the adverse effects of strong wind and snow, North China, Huanghuai area in the cold air interval may appear fog and haze. At the same time, most of the south has also entered the mid-winter season, Jiangnan and northern South China are in a relatively dry and cold period of the year, and the northwest of Guizhou and the southwest of Hunan should also guard against the harm of freezing rain.
It is expected that during this year's small cold festival, cold air will frequently affect our country. In addition to the weak cold air currently affecting our country, two cold air "relays" will strike from January 6 to 8 and January 10 to 12. Especially from January 6 to 8, a strong cold air affected China, and the temperature in most parts of the central and eastern regions will continue to decline. Temperatures in many parts of the southern part of the northeast region, north China and eastern Huanghuai will reach new lows since the beginning of winter. In terms of precipitation, in the next ten days, most of the country will have less precipitation, and only the eastern part of the southwest region will be in a state of high precipitation.
Ancients Cloud: "Cold air accumulates for a long time to become cold, small, not to the extreme" In the eyes of the ancients, cold is a process of continuous development and accumulation. Xiao Han is before and after the "three nine", as the saying goes: "cold in the three nine", its cold degree can be imagined, so it is necessary to do a good job of cold protection and warmth measures.
——Xiao Han needs "three warm and one move"——
1. Warm your head
"Wearing a cotton hat in winter is like wearing a cotton jacket", and the human head is the most important part of balancing the heat of the whole body. The small cold festival is around the time of march 9, at this time, the body is in the stage of adapting to cold weather, if the head is cold, it is very easy to cause a cold.
2. Warm your feet
In winter, most people's feet are warm. There are many acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, and after a cold, it may cause the capillaries of the upper respiratory tract of the human body to contract, slow blood circulation, and reduce resistance.
3. Warm your back
The back is an important part of the human body, the back is not warm, the wind and cold evil qi are very easy to invade, the consumption of yang qi and cause disease, or the recurrence of old diseases is aggravated.
4. Exercise appropriately
In addition, proper exercise promotes faster blood flow and warms the body.
——Small cold tonic, health care has a way——
1. Food should be warm and mixed
Winter is a good time to eat warm products (especially for people with a partial yang deficiency constitution). Drinking hot porridge is also very suitable, such as cereal porridge, nourishing the heart and eliminating troubles; walnut porridge, nourishing yin and solid essence; sweet potato porridge, nourishing liver and kidneys. In addition, the food should be mixed, that is, the food should be diversified, refined and coarse, and meat and vegetarian should be eaten.
In winter, people have a tendency to prefer high-protein, high-fat and high-sugar foods, and do not eat or eat less coarse grains, vegetables, melons and fruits. This is not only easy to make people suffer from iron deficiency anemia, vitamin deficiency, constipation, angular cheilitis, bleeding gums and other symptoms. Eat more yellow-green and dark vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage, carrots, spinach, eggplant, etc.
2. Eat bitterly
At this time, the diet should be reduced salty and increased bitterness, bitter food can help the heart yang, reduce excessive kidney water, play a role in nourishing the kidneys.
How to eat specifically to maintain health? Peng Kang, vice president of the Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Southern Medical University and academic leader of the Center for the Treatment of Pre-existing Diseases, said that at this time, the focus is on supplementing the yang and driving away the cold.
Speaking of warm yang qi, there are two flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, which can be used as a winter health and yang diet, especially can be boiled porridge and usually eaten.
Deer antler ginseng porridge: The deer antler velvet, ginseng flakes directly and japonica rice with water are fried and boiled. (When purchasing the original antler velvet, it is better to have a full, round, tender, hairy, reddish-brown skin, light body, and no edges and corners at the bottom.) And thin, thin, bottom tendons, rough hair, weight is inferior. When purchasing deer antler pieces, it is better to have tender pores and small red pieces. ）
Cistanche porridge: cistanche 30 grams, deer horn gum 5 grams, lamb 100 grams, japonica rice 150 grams. The cistanche is fried in water to take the juice, the lamb is cut into small pieces, and the porridge is cooked with rice, and the antler gum is cooked until the porridge is cooked.
——Seven Classic Dietary Remedies Recommended——
Guiyuan ginger date tea
Ingredients: 5 cinnamon balls, 3 red dates, 2 slices of ginger.
Directions: Wash the ingredients, pit the dates, put all the ingredients together in the tea jar, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, cover the lid and soak for 15 minutes.
Comments: Nourish the blood, warm and cold. Suitable for people with weak qi and blood, weak body and stomach.
Jujube porridge
Ingredients: 30 grams of sour jujube kernels, 30 grams of poria, 10 grams of Yuanzhi, 30 grams of millet, 50 grams of white rice.
Method: After the material is washed, the poria is broken, the millet and white rice are put into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil on high heat, add the sour jujube kernels, poria and Yuanzhi, turn the heat to low and cook until the rice is thick.
Comments: Nourish blood and calm the heart, calm the spirit and help sleep. Suitable for people with poor blood sleep and restlessness.
Angelica ginger lamb broth
Ingredients: 300 grams of lamb, 30 grams of angelica, 50 grams of ginger, rice wine, green onion, salt.
Directions: Wash angelica and ginger and cut into large pieces, remove bone and fascia from the lamb, blanch the blood and water, let cool, cut into strips and set aside. First put the lamb down after the angelica and ginger, boil over low heat, remove the foam, change the heat to simmer for 1.5 hours until the lamb is cooked, add the appropriate amount of rice wine, green onion and salt.
Comments: Nourishing qi and blood, suitable for people with blood deficiency constitution (common manifestations are: fatigue and fatigue, dizziness, panic, yellowish and dull face, fear of cold, fatigue, etc.), but dry mouth, sore throat and dry stool should be used with caution; if there are symptoms such as dry stool, yellow urine, dry mouth or sticky mouth after eating, it means that the constitution is hot or has real heat, damp heat, and it is not suitable for consumption.
Turtle goji berry ground yellow soup
Ingredients: 1 turtle (300 g or more), 10 g goji berries, 15 g cooked ground yellow, 1 slice of ginger.
Directions: Remove the head, claws, offal and carapace of the turtle, wash it, cut it into small cubes, put it into a clay pot; then add the washed goji berries, cooked ground, ginger slices, add the appropriate amount of water, boil over low heat, and simmer until the turtle meat is cooked through.
Comments: Suitable for people with yin deficiency (common manifestations are emaciation, flushing of the cheekbond cheeks, hot hands and siblings, hot flashes and night sweats, upset and irritability, dry mouth, dry hair, skin, etc.).
Waxy sticky rice
Ingredients: 2 sausages, 200 grams of bacon, 50 grams of dried shrimp, 500 grams of glutinous rice, 4 shiitake mushrooms, and an appropriate amount of green onion.
Directions: Soak the shiitake mushrooms and chop them, wash the glutinous rice and put them in the rice cooker, sprinkle the shiitake mushrooms, add water to an appropriate amount, and press the cook button. Slice the bacon and sausages in blanched water and chop the green onion. When the rice cooker is turned to a warm state, add the wax flavor and dried shrimp to the rice, add the appropriate amount of soy sauce, stir well, cover the lid and stew the rice for about 30 minutes, sprinkle with green onions, stir gently, and then serve.
Comments: Warm spleen and warm stomach, good qi and make up for deficiency. Suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, emaciated and weak.
Pork belly stewed chicken
Ingredients: 1 pork belly, 1 chicken, 75 grams of mustard, 75 grams of lotus seeds, 5 grams of pepper.
Directions: Wash the chicken, cut into chunks, blanch in water and set aside. Turn the pork belly over and rub it repeatedly with salt 3 times, rinse well, blanch in water and set aside. Lotus seeds go to the core. Put all the ingredients in the soup pot, add the right amount of water, bring to a boil on high heat, reduce the heat, cook for another 2.5 hours, add salt to taste.
Comments: Warm in the deficiency, healthy spleen and warm stomach. Suitable for people with weak physique and cold spleen and stomach.
Ganoderma lucidum ginseng chicken soup
Ingredients: 25 grams of Ganoderma lucidum, 3 grams of ginseng (25 grams of dang ginseng or taizi ginseng), 40 grams of longan meat, 150 grams of chicken, 1 slice of ginger.
Directions: Cut the chicken into pieces, blanch it again in hot water for later; cut the ginseng into thin slices, wash the ganoderma lucidum and longan meat; add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil on high heat and add all the ingredients to cook for 10 minutes, then turn the simmer for 2 hours and then season.
Comments: Suitable for people with qi deficiency, often manifested as low voice, emaciated or fat, pale face, shortness of breath, lack of energy, etc., susceptible to colds, poor resistance, slow recovery after illness.
In Guangzhou,
The old Cantonese will eat sticky rice on the day of the little cold,
Achieve the effect of tonifying the heart and lungs and regulating the kidneys.
Did you eat sticky rice today?
Some of the information is based on: China Weather Network, Health Appointment, Elderly Life Daily, Yangcheng Pie and other Guangzhou Daily all-media editor Ye Bijun