Cold feet

Cold feet mainly occur in female friends, which can easily lead to worsening of the cold. We should pay attention to keeping the feet warm. We can relieve the coldness by soaking the feet, and we should also pay attention to the blood circulation in the feet. Long-term pressure on the feet can lead to poor blood circulation and easily cause coldness. We can alleviate this through diet and exercise.

Cold hands and feet refers to a condition in which the hands and feet are cold, which is mainly caused by cardiovascular system disorders and cold body. When the weather gets cold, you feel cold all over, especially your hands and feet, which are unbearably cold. This situation is what Chinese medicine calls "yang deficiency", which is commonly known as "cold constitution" or "cold foundation". Cold hands and feet are closely related to cardiovascular disease. Once the cardiovascular system is impaired, it will affect blood circulation and delivery, causing cold hands and feet. It can be managed with medication, diet, and exercise.

Medicinal food

1. Wolfberry ginger tea

Brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen. It has the effects of invigorating qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Old ginger (ginger mother) has a spicy taste and can replenish blood and activate blood circulation.

Specific method: prepare a piece of old ginger, 50 grams of wolfberry, 50 grams of brown sugar, and 500 grams of water. Wash the old ginger and wolfberry, put all the ingredients into a pot and cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes. [2]

2. Angelica, ginger and mutton soup

According to the "Golden Chamber" by Zhang Zhongjing of the Han Dynasty, it has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing blood, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and is especially suitable for consumption in the morning and evening in winter.

Specific method: 20 grams of angelica and 30 grams of ginger, rinse, soak in clean water, and slice. 300 grams of mutton, wash and chop. Put angelica, ginger and mutton into a casserole, add water and bring to a boil over high heat, then remove the foam, add cooking wine, and simmer over low heat until the mutton is cooked through, then add seasoning.

3. Roasted Pork Knuckle with Polygonatum odoratum

Ingredients: 2 pig trotters

Medicinal materials: Polygonatum odoratum

Seasoning: salt, MSG, ham sauce, salad oil

practice :

Wash the pig's trotters and blanch them in boiling water. Put a little salad oil and ham juice in the pot, add the pig's trotters after boiling, and when the pig's trotters are colored, add appropriate amounts of water, polygonatum, salt and MSG, simmer for 3-4 hours, and take out and serve. Pour the remaining soup from cooking the pig's trotter evenly on the pig's trotter.

4. All-purpose nourishing beef brisket

Ingredients: Beef brisket, yam

Ingredients: Chinese Angelica, Codonopsis, Lycium barbarum, Gastrodia elata, Astragalus, Chinese Yam, Eucommia ulmoides, Cistanche deserticola, Morinda officinalis, Cynomorium songaricum (20g each)

Seasoning: salt, white pepper or black pepper (as appropriate)

Method: Wash and cut the beef brisket into pieces, and blanch it in boiling water. Wash, peel and cut the yam into pieces and soak them in water for later use. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, add the beef brisket and ten kinds of medicinal materials, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours. After 1 hour and 45 minutes, add yam cubes and crushed pepper (as appropriate), simmer until soft, season and serve.

5. Stewed soft-shelled turtle with cordyceps

Ingredients: Wild turtles or turtles bought from the market

Medicinal materials: A small amount of high-quality Cordyceps sinensis

Seasoning: salt, MSG

practice:

After killing and cleaning the turtle, cut open its limbs and blanch it in boiling water. Put an appropriate amount of water in a casserole, add the soft-shelled turtle and Cordyceps sinensis, and simmer on low heat for about 2 hours. Finally, season with salt and MSG.