Xiaoxue is the 20th solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. How to eat it after the Xiaoxue solar term?
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fruit
Hawthorn
Hawthorn is a seasonal ingredient in winter, which can stimulate appetite, digest food, and promote blood circulation. The most outstanding benefit of hawthorn is that it can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, and has a certain effect on reducing blood pressure and cholesterol , softening blood vessels and sedation. In winter, it is OK to eat hawthorn raw or make soup or tea.
Orange
Orange is a common fruit in winter. It tastes sweet and sour, and has the effects of promoting fluid, relieving cough, moistening the lungs and relieving phlegm, sobering up and promoting diuresis. Oranges are rich in vitamin C, carotene , folic acid and other nutrients, which can help prevent cancer and reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke .
banana
banana flavour and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the intestines, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. It is suitable for dry lung coughs that occur in winter and has a certain auxiliary dietary effect on dry stools, hemorrhoid bleeding, and other symptoms. However, bananas are cold, slippery and relieve bowel movements, and those with spleen deficiency and loose stools should not eat too much.
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cereals
sweet potatoes
sweet potatoes are rich in carbohydrates , dietary fiber , carotene, vitamins, potassium, magnesium, copper, selenium, calcium and other trace elements , and are a good seasonal miscellaneous grains. It is recommended to eat steamed sweet potatoes or cook porridge with rice, which have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Xiaomi
Xiaomi is listed as the first of the five grains. Its tastes sweet and is the first choice for diet therapy to nourish the spleen and stomach. The methods of making millet include the difference between thin porridge, thick porridge, , and dry rice. Different methods are used to make diet therapy.
Generally speaking, dilute porridge with less water and poor soup and poor water has very good effects such as spleen-strengthening and dehumidification and diuresis. It is suitable for patients with edema, , abdominal distension, urinary tract stones, prostate hypertrophy and other patients.
However, if you are diabetes , enuresis, frequent urination , it is best to add some kidney-tonifying food or medicine to the porridge to counter-adjustment, such as fermentation , walnut kernels, pine nuts, etc., to achieve the purpose of promoting benefits and eliminating disadvantages.
Black sesame
After the snow, pay attention to nourishing the liver and kidneys, clearing internal fire and maintaining the skin in your diet. At this time, black food is needed - black sesame . Black sesame has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, moistening the five internal organs, and has the effect of blackening hair and nourishing the skin. This type of black food can quickly replenish calories and prevent colds, which is indispensable in winter.
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vegetables
white radish
white radish has the beauty of "little ginseng" among the people, it is rich in carbohydrates and a variety of vitamins. Moreover, radish does not contain oxalic acid, which not only does not combine with calcium in food, but is also conducive to the absorption of calcium. When eating meat, pair it with cold radish , which can cool, detoxify and remove fire.
spinach
spinach has a sweet taste and a cool nature. It is beneficial to the five internal organs, detoxification of alcohol, moisturizes dryness and slips intestines, nourishes blood and stops bleeding, clears heat and relieves restlessness, promotes fluid and quenches thirst, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, and other effects. In addition, spinach is also rich in vitamin E, which is an antioxidant that can prevent the oxidation process in the body. Spinach is rich in folic acid, which is good for resisting winter depression!
Chinese cabbage
" Compendium of Materia Medica Shiyi " records: "Cabbage juice is sweet, warm and non-toxic, beneficial to the stomach and intestines, relieves chest irritability, relieves alcohol and thirst, and is especially good for winter juice." As the folk saying goes, "A hundred vegetables are worse than cabbage", winter cabbage is an excellent choice whether eaten alone or with other meats.
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meat
meat
mutton
mutton has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, warming qi and blood, and promoting appetite and strengthening the spleen. Therefore, eating mutton in winter can not only resist wind and cold, but also nourish the body. It is best to stew the mutton, which will be more cooked, tender, and easy to digest.
Crucian carp
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that crucian carp has sweet taste and a mild nature, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. It can cure spleen and stomach weakness and weakening and weakening. There are many ways to eat crucian carp, which can be cooked, boiled, steamed, roasted, or made into soup.
Oysters
Oysters, also known as oysters, are the best time to eat oysters every year. Oysters contain a variety of rich nutrients. In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, oysters can enter the liver and kidney essence, calm the liver and suppress yang, disperse the nodules and soften the hardness, and astringently and firmly. It is both a food and can be used as medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that eating oyster meat "can clean the skin, nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, and cure deficiency, relieve erysipelas ".
