According to Chinese medicine “spring and summer Yang, autumn and winter yin” principle, it is necessary to take tonic at this time. But the tonic should not be indiscriminate, should pay attention to the eight taboos: a taboo no disease indiscriminate tonic no disease indiscriminate tonic, not only to increase expenditure, but also harm themselves. Such as long-term use of glucose will cause fat, increased cholesterol in the blood, easy to induce cardiovascular disease. The second taboo deficiency does not distinguish between real and imaginary The principle of treatment in Chinese medicine is the deficiency of the tonic, not deficiency patients should not use tonic, deficiency and Yin deficiency, Yang deficiency, Qi deficiency, blood deficiency, the right medicine to benefit the body, otherwise it is counterproductive, will harm the body. The cold side of the fear of cold and like heat, the hands and feet are not warm, light mouth saliva, loose stool, urine clear and long, light tongue and sunken pulse. If you are hot, you will have hot hands and feet, dry mouth, bitter mouth, bad breath, dry stool, short red urine, red tongue, and number of pulse. If you do not distinguish between hot and cold delusional investment in medicine, it is easy to lead to “fire on the gas”. Three avoid more than good any tonic overdose are harmful. That “more tonic, sickness cure, no sickness strengthen the body” is not scientific. Four taboo where the supplement must be meat animal food is undoubtedly a good agent in the tonic, it not only has high nutrition, and tasty. But meat is not easy to digest and absorb, if long serving more, the gastrointestinal function has been reduced for the elderly, often overwhelmed, and some of the “by-products” of the digestion process of meat, such as excess lipids, sugars and other substances, but often cardiovascular disease, cancer and other common diseases of the elderly, the cause of morbidity. A light diet is not unsupportive, especially vegetables should not be ignored. Modern nutrition believes that fresh fruits and vegetables contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which are essential nutrients for the human body. Five avoid medicine instead of food medicine is not as good as food, heavy drugs light food is not scientific. I do not know that many foods are also therapeutic drugs. Such as eating more celery can treat hypertension; eat more radish can stomach, smooth the chest, phlegm cough; eat more yam can supplement the spleen and stomach. Daily consumption of walnuts, peanuts, red dates, lentils, lotus root, etc. are also good for tonic. Six taboo heavy “in” light “out” With the improvement of people’s living standards, many families have meat and fishy every day, meal big greasy, these foods metabolized acidic toxic substances, need to be discharged in a timely manner, and the accelerated pace of life, and many people have irregular bowel movements or even Constipation. Therefore, health experts in recent years proposed a focus on “negative nutrition” of the new concept of health care, that is, pay attention to the discharge of human waste, reduce the “intestinal toxicity” retention and absorption, and advocate in the tonic at the same time, should also pay attention to the timely and smooth bowel movements. Some people like to take a certain kind of tonic according to their own taste, and then develop into “partial food” and “food addiction” from years, which is not good for health. Because drugs and food have both health care and therapeutic effects, but also certain side effects, long serving more will affect the body’s nutritional balance. Especially for the elderly, not only are the functions of each organ declining to different degrees, they need to be regulated systematically and comprehensively, but also different seasons have different needs for health care drugs and foods. Therefore, it is very necessary to adjust according to different situations, can not be constant, a complement to the end. Eight avoid the more expensive the more tonic “things are expensive”, those noble traditional foods such as bird’s nest, shark’s fin and so on, in fact, there is no special therapeutic effect, and very common sweet potatoes and onions and other foods, but there is a food therapy value worth paying attention to. In addition, all dietary therapy have certain objects and indications, so should be determined according to the need for medicinal food, “what is lacking, what to make up”, do not rely on expensive to be divided into high and low, especially the elderly groups, should be practical and inexpensive for the principle of nourishment.