Traditional Chinese Medicine explains the best time to take care of your health in December

In order to maintain health in winter, everyone will focus on eating some nourishing vegetables and meat such as mutton and radish. Especially in the month of December, there are two solar terms, the Winter Solstice and the Heavy Snow. People will find reasons and excuses to supplement nutrition for themselves and their families. In fact, although many people attach importance to health preservation, their methods of health preservation and improvement are inappropriate. Therefore, while seizing the good opportunity to maintain health, we must pay attention to science. Now let’s take a look at Chinese medicine’s detailed explanation of the best time to maintain health and take supplements in December.

Why is December a good time to maintain health and nourish the body?

In fact, when it comes to health preservation and tonic, the whole winter should not be missed. However, why does Chinese medicine emphasize December? That's because December is the last month of the year and a special month. This month includes two solar terms, one is the heavy snow and the other is the winter solstice. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that December is a good time to preserve health and tonic.

Compared with Minor Snow, Heavy Snow is a colder solar term than Minor Snow. At this time, snow gradually accumulates in the Yellow River basin in my country, presenting a charming scene of snow drifting and silver-covered everything. If it snows on the day of the Big Snow solar term, it indicates that the coming year will be a year of bumper harvest, which is a good omen of "auspicious snow for a good harvest." The Winter Solstice is a very important solar term and also a very important festival. On this day, the day is the shortest and the night is the longest. People call it "Winter Festival", "Solstice Festival", "Second Festival" and "Long Festival". The winter solstice is also the day with the shortest daytime in the year. After the winter solstice, the daytime will become longer day by day. According to the theory of Yin and Yang in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the arrival of the Winter Solstice marks the time when Yin energy reaches its peak and then declines, while Yang energy begins to rise again. After the Winter Solstice, the temperature drops significantly and the weather becomes freezing cold.

December health plan:

According to traditional Chinese medicine, December is a great time to take supplements. When it comes to nourishing the body, many people think of it as eating "delicious" food with high nutritional value. In fact, there are some requirements for taking supplements. It should be "according to the person, the time and the place" so that it can truly achieve the purpose of health preservation. Specifically speaking, it is necessary to strengthen the body through comprehensive conditioning such as nourishing the spirit, adjusting diet, exercising the body, adjusting to temperature, and being cautious about sexual intercourse.

The first is to maintain health in moderation, combining movement and stillness, which means that health adjustments should not be excessive or insufficient. If you do physical exercise, you should do warm-up exercises before exercising to prevent accidental injuries. Mentally, you should be positive and optimistic, and carefully study your physical condition and choose food and medicine to supplement your body. People with weak constitution and poor digestive function should choose "slow supplementation" and eat more "Danggui Lamb Soup" and "Mushroom Stewed Dog Meat" and eat more vegetables. Avoid "over-supplementation or rapid supplementation". For people with good physique, it is important to take balanced supplements and avoid overeating greasy food to prevent internal heat and induce disease. You can use "chicken stewed with mushrooms", "black chicken stewed with ginkgo nuts", etc. In your daily diet, you should eat more foods high in protein, vitamins, and fiber, and less foods high in fat and sugar. For those who do mental work, such as white-collar workers and professional managers, you can choose to take medicinal supplements at the same time as dietary supplements, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the brain, and prevent fatigue. Women with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea can use Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan, which has the effect of regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

It is advisable to eat more: lamb, dog meat, beef, celery, white radish, potato, cabbage, spinach, apple, longan, etc. For those who do mental work, such as white-collar workers and professional managers, they can choose medicinal supplements in addition to dietary supplements, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the brain and prevent fatigue. Women with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea can use Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan, which has the effect of regulating menstruation and relieving pain.

Do's and Don'ts: Raw and cold food, seafood such as sea fish, shrimps, crabs, other very cold foods and cold drinks.

Diet therapy angelica ginger mutton soup:

Ingredients: 12 grams of angelica, 30 grams of ginger, and 250 grams of mutton.

Preparation method: Wash and cut the mutton into pieces, put it into a casserole together with angelica and ginger, add appropriate amount of water and boil the soup. Add seasoning when it is well cooked, drink the soup and eat the meat. Drink it 1-2 times a week.

Function description: Angelica promotes blood circulation and nourishes blood, ginger warms the middle and dispels cold, and mutton nourishes blood and benefits the kidneys. Together, they nourish the blood, the kidneys and the skin.

Above we have introduced in detail the content about Chinese medicine's explanation of the good time for health preservation and tonic in December. Now it is still some time away from December, but we have entered early winter. I hope everyone will pay attention to scientific health preservation and tonic methods in daily life, and do not take tonic blindly. I hope the mutton soup recommended above can be used as a reference for everyone.