Add some astragalus when stewing meat in winter to make up for the cold

From the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine, adding some "material" when stewing meat, with some tonic Chinese herbal medicines, such as astragalus, can also play a role in icing on the cake.

Astragalus is an ancient Chinese medicine, has always been considered to be a good at strengthening the qi, especially good at replenishing qi, and has the characteristics of "supplementation but not greasy", properly taken can warm up qi and blood, healthy spleen and yang, help to enhance physical fitness, suitable for people with weak physique, easy to catch colds, cold and afraid of cold. It's also a "versatile" tonic that goes well with a variety of meats. Astragalus lean broth can warm up and dispel cold, improve cold resistance; Astragalus goulash can be beneficial to the lungs, nourish the heart and calm the mind; Astragalus stewed chicken soup is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach qi and weak lungs, and has a good effect on postpartum body weakness, yellowish complexion, easy sweating and other symptoms. According to personal circumstances, you can also add some other ingredients when cooking, such as people with two deficiencies of qi and blood can add a few red dates, people who hope to nourish the liver and moisturize the lungs can add a little goji berries, and people with weak spleen and stomach and fatigue can add an appropriate amount of poria.

When stewing meat, the amount of astragalus should not be too much, about 20 grams. When cooking, it can be stewed directly with the blanched meat, or it can be fried in a bowl of water with astragalus and poured into the meat after stewing. No matter what kind of method, we must pay attention to the soup should not be too thick, soy sauce and other spices should not be put too early, too much, generally can be put in the meat seven ripe when the soy sauce, nine ripe when the salt. After stewing, it is suitable for eating meat and drinking soup, 1 to 3 times a week. In addition, people with obvious yin deficiency and depression syndrome, such as hand and foot heart fever, swelling and stuffiness of both flanks, constipation and other symptoms are not suitable for consumption.