Winter tonic advisable and precautions

  Chinese medicine believes that it is the right time to take tonic in winter because of the cold weather and freezing ground, the strong Yin energy and the weak Yang energy. But tonic is delicate, not everyone needs tonic, and not simply into the tonic, take tonic can achieve the purpose of fitness and body. Winter tonic must pay attention to the “four appropriate”, “four quit”.  1, Yang weak people, Yang deficiency often runny nose, cold hands and feet, long urine, frequent night urination, loose stools, Yang thing is not lifted. Anyone who has this phenomenon can eat stewed food with Shu Di, Radix et Rhizoma, Gan Jiang, Ginseng, mutton or dog meat. At the same time, you can also take Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill, Tortoise and Deer Kidney Pill, Ten Perfect Tonic Pill, Ginseng Tonic Pill and so on internally. In order to Yang Qi is born, cold Qi is dispelled, and the body is strong.  2, prone to winter diseases, some chronic diseases are prone to attack every cold winter, seriously affecting people’s health, such as chronic bronchitis, urinary polyps, frostbite, etc.. In Chinese medicine, these are kidney gas, kidney Yang deficiency, the best way to prevent and treat is to warm tonic, can be used cooked sago, cinnamon, cistanches, seahorses, dog kidney, ginseng, roasted licorice, wolfberry, etc., can often eat.  3, summer disease winter treatment, some weak prone to spring and summer attacks of disease, such as asthma, sores, etc., if the body can be well-trained in winter, as the saying goes, “righteousness within, evil can not dry”, you can prevent the problem before it happens. Winter should be high protein, high-calorie food, can use a variety of fish and beef, lamb, dog meat, plus Chinese medicine ginseng, astragalus, longan meat, angelica, red dates, etc., or make soup or meal. As long as the spleen and stomach function is good, the tonic will enable patients to reserve more energy, thereby enhancing the body’s immune function and reducing the recurrence of persistent disease.  4, the elderly and frail, for the elderly and frail, in addition to attention to living, nourishing the spirit, good tonic is also very important. Winter tonic is a very good way. Older people with physical weakness, should be chicken, fish, meat, eggs and so on.  Winter tonic do not forget the “four commandments”.  Strong people do not need to take tonic, for those who want to live a long and healthy life, relying solely on tonic is not a good way. As we all know, the ancient emperors and generals always tonic not leave the mouth, tonic not leave the body, in the end, there are a few live a long life! Therefore, we should also pay attention to appropriate exercise, diet, more brain, etc., in order to achieve the true meaning of health; for the body deficiency, the deficiency also has a gas deficiency, blood deficiency, Yang deficiency, Yin deficiency, winter tonic should also take into account the gas, blood, Yin and Yang, not a biased tonic, too much bias will lead to disease. Therefore, it is best to take winter tonic under the guidance of a physician. Generally speaking, the middle-aged people should focus on strengthening the spleen and stomach, and the elderly people should focus on tonifying the kidney energy.  For those who are weak, have poor spleen and stomach digestion, often have diarrhea and abdominal distension, the first thing is to restore the function of the spleen and stomach, only when the spleen and stomach digestion is good, can the absorption of nutrients, otherwise more tonic is useless. Therefore, winter tonic should not be too fatty and thick, should be easy to digest as a guideline.  The more expensive the better, the more expensive the more effective the idea of tonic medicine. According to Chinese medicine, as long as the drug is used properly, rhubarb can be used as a tonic; take the wrong medicine, ginseng is poisonous herbs.  When suffering from cold, fever and other external diseases, do not take tonic, so as not to leave the evil as the enemy, the consequences are endless.