“If the deficiency is not remedied, how can it be restored? Especially in winter, health care has become a major trend. At this time, we often hear people around us complaining that when we take a tonic, we will get fire! Today we will look at what the so-called “deficiency of tonic” actually is? What should we do about it? Why is it that we can’t take tonic? There are so many people who take tonic, but some people feel good after taking it, they look good and have good spirit; some people have sore throat, mouth ulcers and even nosebleeds after taking tonic. One of the most important reasons is that the spleen and stomach are not good. If the spleen and stomach are weak, or the spleen and stomach do not work, they cannot digest and absorb the essence of these supplements, which accumulate in the body, and then the symptoms of fire appear. The spleen and stomach are the source of the posterior, the source of Qi and blood biochemistry, in order to eat the tonic into the Qi and blood we need, must be strong spleen and stomach, spleen and stomach through. Usually the following four kinds of people, because of the poor spleen and stomach, prone to deficiency of tonic: a. Spleen and stomach cold often after meals; bloating; indigestion; appetite is not good, eat not much; easy stool is not formed; eat cold food or cold will be stomach pain, diarrhea two, spleen and stomach food accumulation sour taste in the mouth; sometimes constipation, sometimes stool is not formed; stool is very smelly; do not want to eat, after eating stomach swelling; thick tongue coating three, spleen and stomach damp heat stomach Easy to burning pain; often acid reflux, vomiting acid, nausea; dry mouth bitter; urine yellow, stool sticky toilet; yellow tongue coating four, liver depression spleen wet mood; easy abdominal distension; two drowsy pain, breast distension; chest tightness; love sighing; stool can not; poor appetite As the saying goes: freezing three feet is not a day’s cold, dripping water penetrate the stone is not a day’s strength, to make up for the good, we must first slowly nourish the spleen and stomach. How to nourish the spleen and stomach? The best way to nourish the spleen and stomach is to drink porridge in the morning. The Congee Book says: “Every day, eat a large bowl of porridge, empty stomach, the gas will be made, the supplement is not fine, and very soft and greasy, and the intestines and stomach, the most wonderful trick of diet. 1, the spleen and stomach cold people often eat ginger jujube porridge, warming the stomach and replenishing blood; 2, the spleen and stomach have food, often eat hawthorn porridge, eliminate food and phlegm; 3, the spleen and stomach have damp heat, often eat barley red bean porridge, green vegetables porridge, strengthen the spleen, clear heat and damp; 4, liver depression, spleen damp, often eat yellow flowers and vegetables porridge, clear heat and damp, dredge the liver to relieve depression. In addition, there are several things that must be done to regulate the spleen and stomach, in order to have an effect: 1, eat less cold fruits and vegetables, cold easy to hurt Yang, weakening the function of the spleen and stomach; 2, eat less dinner, seven or eight minutes full enough, do not overeat; 3, do not eat things just taken out of the refrigerator, cold and damp most hurt the spleen and stomach Yang; 4, do not eat after anger, “anger can not be eaten, food is not transformed,” with gas eating will cause qi The food with qi will cause qi and stomach pain. How to make up for it? The following is especially for people who do not suffer from deficiency, recommend several more peaceful tonic methods: Gorgonian, spleen and kidney double tonic Gorgonian, also known as chicken head, is used to nourish the spleen and kidney is particularly good. Su Dongpo has a family heirloom puzzle to strengthen the body, is to eat some gravy every day. It is also said in “The Book of One Hundred Species of Materia Medica” that “chicken head solid, sweet and light, has the right taste of earth, and is a medicine for the spleen and kidneys. It is best paired with white foods like sago, silver fungus, lotus seed meat, yam, and white lentils, which can be a strong combination and make up for the lack of lung moistening function. It is often used after making porridge or soup, chew it slowly and don’t eat too much at a time, 25~50g is good. Since gravy has a strong astringent effect, it is not suitable when constipation, yellow urine and maternity. The foot three miles, strengthen the spleen and stomach folklore: “often moxibustion foot three miles, better than eating old hen”, the famous doctor Hua Tuo used the foot three miles to treat “five labor win thin, seven injuries deficiency”, because it has a spleen and stomach, tonic in the benefit of qi, pass intestinal stagnation of the function. People with a cold physique often moxibustion foot San Li for about 20 minutes, if you have time with Guan Yuan point, Sanyinjiao point, the effect is better, oh, new meridian public tips: the body is not smooth, there is damp heat people press rub more suitable, daily with the thumb from light to heavy pressure on the foot San Li point, each point pressed for 5 minutes, 15 to 20 times per minute. Foot San Li: outer calf, 3 inches below the calf nose Finally, a reminder: it is not suitable to take supplements when you have a cold, fever, cough, or have accumulated food, or when you have the onset of an acute or chronic disease.