Paste is a traditional Chinese medicine preparation; formula is a prescription of Chinese medicine. It is an individualized prescription made according to different physical conditions and clinical manifestations of people, in which drugs are decocted to extract juice and mixed with excipients to make a thick, semi-liquid or frozen form, which has the function of nutrition and disease prevention. Many people think that winter is the best time to take poultices. In fact, taking poultices is not only confined to winter. According to the natural law of “spring growth, summer growth, autumn harvest and winter storage”, creams can be taken throughout the year according to the changing characteristics of the human body in different seasons. In this issue, the Life Times invited Chinese medicine experts to explain the health care of the cream. Spring is the season of the liver. Spring is a wood in the five elements, and the liver is also a wood in the human body, so it is said that “spring is the season of the liver”. In this season, the main purpose of the prescription should be to de-stress the liver and regulate the qi. For people with mood swings and irritability caused by liver qi stagnation, to de-stress the liver qi, add rose hips to the formula; for people with yellowish complexion caused by liver blood deficiency, use angelica and chuanxiong; for people with dizziness and insomnia due to hyperactivity of liver yang, use chrysanthemum to clear the liver; for people with liver blood deficiency, use some liver tonic herbs such as wolfberry and he shou wu. In addition, in your daily diet, you should eat more onions, celery, kelp, mushrooms and other liver-supplementing foods. Clear the heart fire in summer The summer climate is hot, so “fire” is the main qi in summer. The body’s metabolism is most vigorous at this time, and the body’s yang energy is outwardly emitted while its yin is inwardly emitted, so it is easy to disturb the heart and mind, often suffering from physical fatigue, dry mouth and throat, insomnia, emotional agitation and other discomforts. Therefore, summer poultices should be based on clearing heat and nourishing the heart, benefiting qi and nourishing yin, using Chinese herbs such as yam, forsythia, astragalus, codonopsis and cypress seed. At the same time, Chinese medicine believes that the heart is the main blood vessel, in addition to nourishing the heart, but also nourish the blood, can be added to the cream recipe of Shengwan San (composed of ginseng, Mai Men Dong, Wu Wei Zi), the heart blood is sufficient to resist the depletion of heart qi in summer. In addition, Chinese medicine advocates eating a little bitter in the summer, the daily diet may wish to eat more bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, mung beans, corn husk and other bitter taste of sweet and cool food to clear the fire and generate fluid. In autumn, the lung is dry. In autumn, the yang energy converges, the yin energy grows, the weather turns cool and the climate is dry. The dryness in autumn is most likely to damage the human lungs. As an important respiratory organ of the human body, the lung is the main respiratory organ and is cognate with the large intestine. When the humidity in the air drops, the dryness of the lungs will lead to dry mouth and tongue, cough and phlegm, dry stools and cracked skin. Autumn poultices should be based on clearing the lungs and moistening the dryness, nourishing the yin and generating the fluids, mostly by adding Chinese herbs such as sage, maitong, lily, Chuanbei and almond to the poultices. For people with frequent coughs and itchy throats, add some Chen Pi and Ligustro to the recipe. At the same time, the diet should be “less pungent and more sour”, eat less pungent products such as onion and ginger, and eat more sour fruits and vegetables such as apples, pomegranates and grapes, etc. You can also eat sesame, glutinous rice, honey, lotus root, dairy products and other foods that benefit the stomach and produce fluid. Winter fill the kidney essence cold for the main winter qi, cold main collection lead, easy to hurt Yang Qi. According to Chinese medicine, the kidney corresponds to winter. Those who have abundant kidney essence have strong energy, light feet, good appetite and good sleep; while when there is often forgetfulness and insomnia, loss of appetite, weakness and weakness of the waist and knees, weakness and fatigue, and dull and lusterless complexion, they should be alert to the signal of kidney deficiency and should be supplemented at the right time. Clinically, the tonic medicine for kidney deficiency differs from one body type to another. For those with Qi deficiency, who are tired and tired and have shortness of breath when they move, a cream formula based on ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, etc. is available; for those with Blood deficiency, who are pale, dizzy and forgetful, a cream formula based on Agaricus, angelica, white peony, etc. is available; for those with Yin deficiency, who are thin and have dry mouth and throat, a cream formula based on raw earth, maitake, sage, turtle board, wolfberry, etc. is available; for those with Yang deficiency, who are cold and have frequent urination, a cream formula based on deer horn gum, eucommia, walnut, etc. is available. The poultice formula based on deer horn gum, eucommia, walnut, etc. Daily diet, winter prone to cold hands and feet Yang deficiency body may want to eat more warm kidney Yang food for conditioning, such as mutton, dog meat, prawns, deer antler, etc., to improve the body’s ability to withstand cold.