“Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer”-this is a proverb that the common people are very familiar with, but what is the secret of it? Today, let’s start from this proverb to talk about the health tips that tumor patients need to pay attention to when taking winter tonic. In the theory of Chinese medicine, man and nature are a whole. We all have this kind of life experience, the summer sun is hot, the surface temperature is bursting, but the water in the well is ice cold; winter wind is cold, dripping water into ice, but the mouth of the well is smoking hot. How does this natural phenomenon arise, and what kind of connection exists with the human body? Explained by the reasoning of Chinese medicine: the surface of the human body is like the surface of the earth, and the spleen and stomach is like the well water. Summer yang qi spread in the body surface, the spleen and stomach as cold well water, so we should eat more ginger and such warm food, in order to take care of the body’s yang qi. On the contrary, the winter yang qi convergence back to the body, the spleen and stomach warm seems to be steaming, at this time the most afraid of food congestion and stagnation of the fire, disturbing the body’s internal environment, so it is important to eat some of the food under the gas, such as radish. This is “winter eat radish summer eat ginger” contains the profound and important Chinese medicine. After clarifying this truth, it is not difficult for us to understand: winter tonic should be fine, careful and methodical, especially for oncology patients, consuming too much nourishing and greasy tonic or too many kinds of ingredients, not only can not be absorbed and utilized, but also become garbage that increases the burden on the spleen and stomach and composts in the middle jiao, which impedes the smooth flow of qi and blood. A proverb not only contains the truth of Chinese medicine, but also hides the philosophy of life.