Words of medicinal diet, winter chapter Every year after the winter, some of the sick and weak weak people often home-made dietary supplements, there are many merchants to play the winter dietary supplements signboards. However, due to improper consumption of medicinal diets and caused illnesses in many people. The traditional Chinese medicinal diet is by no means a simple addition of food and Chinese medicine, but under the guidance of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, by the drugs, food and seasonings refined from a three have the efficacy of drugs, but also food flavor, can prevent and cure diseases, strengthen the body and life of the special food. If you do not have knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and blindly make or eat medicinal meals, you will inevitably go astray. One of the main raw materials of medicinal diets is Chinese medicine. Among more than 4,000 kinds of commonly used Chinese medicines, 500 kinds can be used as raw materials for medicinal diets, among which there are about 60 kinds of relatively safe and tasty ones, such as Tianma, Ginseng, Cortex Eucommiae, Poria, Angelica Sinensis, Radix Panax Ginseng, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Pearl Powder, Cordyceps sinensis, Cao Cucumis, Aspalathus, Clove, Astragalus Membranaceus, Paeonia Lactiflora, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Fructus Lycii, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Maitake, Deer Velvet Antler, Chinese Yam, Rehmanniae Mater, Ganoderma lucidum, Shouwu, etc, which is based on botanical medicine. The application of these medicinal herbs and foods need to follow the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, so that their roles complement each other and are harmonized, or else there will be mistakes or affect the effect. Chinese medicine has strict contraindications to medicinal diets. Mainly including drug contraindications, medicinal diets and food contraindications, food contraindications and disease contraindications. The basic principles of the application of medicinal diet 1, identify the body food. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people’s physique can be different due to genetics, living environment, diet, living habits, etc. Different physique will have different performance in physiology, pathology and psychology. The most important point in making and consuming medicinal diets is to identify the body and administer food, i.e., choosing suitable food according to the characteristics of each person’s physique, in order to adjust the physique and play a good health care role while preventing illnesses from occurring in the first place. When applying medicinal diets, it is also necessary to consider the seasons and geographical environment. In medicinal dietary treatment, attention should be paid to the sexual flavor of therapeutic herbs. Generally speaking, warm and hot therapeutic herbs, such as ginger, scallions, jujubes, walnuts, mutton, cumin, etc., have the effect of warming the interior, dispersing cold and helping yang; and cold and cold therapeutic herbs, such as mung beans, lotus root, watermelon, pears, water chestnuts, amaranth, chrysanthemums, etc., have the effect of clearing heat, diarrhea and fire, cooling the blood, and detoxifying the toxin. In terms of the five flavors, sour therapeutic herbs, astringent, astringent; bitter therapeutic herbs can clear heat, lowering the gas, diarrhea, dry dampness; sweet therapeutic herbs can nourish, harmonize, ease the pain; pungent therapeutic herbs have the role of dispersal and qi, etc.; salty therapeutic herbs can soften and disperse knots; light therapeutic herbs can seepage and facilitate urination. 2, delicious. The medicinal diet used for medicine, food products, and food color, aroma, taste and other characteristics; even if part of the medicinal herbs, through the deployment of food can still be made into a tasty and delicious medicinal diet. 3, superior selection of herbs. The selection of herbs must be fresh and high quality. Also pay attention to its color, taste of pure, beautiful appearance. In order to ensure the efficacy of medicinal diets, should also be necessary processing of herbs and food. Some need to be sliced, shredded, diced or cut, some need to be crushed into fine powder, some need to be processed according to the requirements of the Chinese medicine concoction to reduce its toxicity or side effects. 4. Scientific cooking. Generally edible Chinese medicines and Chinese medicines with no unpleasant odor can be cooked with food. If there are more medicines or obvious odor, the medicines can be wrapped with gauze and then cooked with food. It is also possible to decoct and strain the juice of Chinese medicines first, and then add the juice to the food during cooking to minimize the destruction of nutrients and active ingredients. The cooking of medicinal food, mainly to stew, boil, simmer, steam-based, and finally become soup , so that in a longer heat process, maximize the release of the active ingredients to enhance the efficacy. 5, the right amount of constant. Dietary moderation is an important principle of traditional Chinese medicine health care, medicinal dietary therapy should be the same in moderation and moderation. Should not eat too much in the short term. For those who are not sick can be appropriate to eat some health care diet. Those who are sick should also take medication as the main treatment, with medicinal diet. In the recovery period of the disease or for some chronic disease patients, with the medicinal diet may be more appropriate. It is worth noting that, although there are many benefits of medicinal diets, but its targeted and therapeutic effect is far less than drugs, only the two with the application of complementary, in order to achieve good results. Winter tonic should follow nature, pay attention to Yang, to nourish the main tonic. According to traditional Chinese medicine, “false is complementary, cold is warm” principle, in the diet should be eaten more warm, hot, especially warm tonic kidney yang food for conditioning, in order to improve the body’s ability to withstand cold. Winter “food supplement”, should be supplied with protein, vitamins and easy to digest food. Can choose to eat: round-grained rice, □ rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, peas and other cereals and legumes; leeks, parsley, garlic, radish, cauliflower and other vegetables; mutton, dog meat, beef, chicken and eel, carp, chub, scallop, shrimp and other meat; oranges, coconuts, pineapple, lychee, cinnamon and other fruits.