Recently, the weather has been getting colder, and the bed has become sticky. No, it's just that I don't want to get up. The winter solstice is coming soon. How should we spend this winter? Here are some medicinal recipes for you!
Learning to Keep Warm in Winter
1. Feet
Cold enters through the feet, so it is not unreasonable to say that. If your hands and feet are cold, it's hard for your body to warm up.
It is recommended to soak your feet in hot water before going to bed at night, and wear thick socks and shoes before going out.
2. Head
The head is an important part of the body, so it is important to keep it warm. Otherwise, you may experience dizziness or headaches. If you live in the northern region, remember to wear a hat. If you live in the southern region, you can decide based on the specific temperature.
3. Back
Wind-chill diseases often start from the back, so in winter, you can wear a small vest or an additional vest-like outerwear.
Drinking the following medicinal recipes in winter can help resist cold and wind
1. Ginger Sticky Rice Porridge
Ingredients: 6 sections of green onion, 100g glutinous rice, 6 slices of ginger, 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar, a little salt and monosodium glutamate, appropriate amount of water.
Preparation:
(1) Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a pot to boil, then simmer on low heat.
(2) Add the green onion and ginger and cook until the porridge is soft. Add rice vinegar, salt, and monosodium glutamate, stir well, and serve hot.
Efficacy: This porridge has a good effect on colds caused by wind and cold. Onions and ginger have the effects mentioned above, and rice vinegar has the function of promoting blood circulation and dispelling cold.
2. Angelica Lamb Soup
Ingredients: lamb, green onion, ginger, garlic, angelica, salt, monosodium glutamate.
Preparation:
(1) Wash the lamb and cut it into slices. Wash the ginger and cut it into slices.
(2) Heat the wok, add oil, and when the oil is hot, add the lamb and stir-fry for a few times. Add water, ginger, green onion, and angelica. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for half an hour. Finally, add salt and monosodium glutamate to taste.
Efficacy: Lamb can replenish qi and strengthen the body, and angelica can invigorate blood circulation. When combined with ginger and green onion, it can replenish qi, warm the body, and promote blood circulation.
Suitable for people with wind-cold colds.
3. Walnut Porridge
Ingredients: 50g glutinous rice, 5g walnut.
Preparation: Grind the walnuts into fine powder. Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a sand pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer until it becomes a thin porridge.
Add walnut powder and a small amount of salt, cook for a short while, and then stop the heat when the porridge thickens.
Efficacy: It can warm the kidneys, assist yang, nourish essence, and reduce urination. Suitable for people with spleen and kidney yang deficiency, cold and pain in the abdomen, frequent urination, diarrhea, and nocturnal enuresis.
4. Red Wolfberry Tianqi Chicken
Ingredients: 15g goji berries, 10g tianqi, 1 chicken, 30g green onion, 20g ginger, 30g Shaoxing wine, pepper, monosodium glutamate.
Preparation: After slaughtering the live chicken, clean it. Wash the goji berries, grind 4g of tianqi into powder, and soften the remaining 6g into slices. Cut the ginger into large slices and cut the green onion into sections.
Blanch the chicken in boiling water to remove blood, then drain the water. Stuff the chicken with goji berries, ginger slices, tianqi slices, and green onion. Put the chicken in a steamer, add a small amount of clear soup, and then add pepper and Shaoxing wine. Sprinkle the tianqi powder on the chicken breast. Cover the lid and steam over high heat for about 2 hours. Add monosodium glutamate to taste before serving.
Efficacy: It can nourish and invigorate blood. Suitable for the elderly and those with long-term illness, postpartum blood deficiency.
