Medicinal food is a delicious food with certain color, aroma, taste and shape made by combining Chinese herbs with food and using dietary cooking techniques. It is a delicacy made by combining herbs and ingredients. It is the product of the combination of traditional Chinese medicine, culinary science and nutrition in China, and belongs to the category of health care diet, but also has the nature of food therapy culture. In this way, on the one hand, the drug as food, on the other hand, the food is endowed with medicinal purposes, medicine through food, food to help medicine, the two complement each other, complement each other; not only has a high nutritional value, but also to prevent and cure diseases, health care and prolong life. Winter health, medicinal food is also one of the best choices. Practical and effective medicinal recipes 1, ginseng beef pot: 100 grams of ginseng, beef 500 grams. Put the ginseng in a gauze bag tightly, cut the beef into pieces and put it into a pot at the same time, add ginger, onion, wine and the right amount of water, boil over high heat, remove the foam, change the heat to low stew until the beef is cooked and rotten, remove the ginseng bag, add the right amount of salt to taste, eat the meat and drink the soup. Can benefit Yang, suitable for Yang deficiency and weak stomach. 2, cinnamon silver fungus ice sugar porridge: 30 grams of lotus seeds, 25 grams of silver fungus, ice sugar 15 grams. Soak lotus seeds (remove the heart) in cold water and steam them, soak and rinse the silver fungus, steam and set aside; add an appropriate amount of boiling water to the pot, put in the rock sugar, boil and then put in the steamed silver fungus and lotus seeds and cook slightly, add a little starch and serve. It can nourish Yin and moisten the lungs, nourish the spleen and calm the mind, and is suitable for various chronic diseases caused by neurasthenia, insomnia, heartburn, dry cough, dry throat, loss of appetite, etc. (can also add cinnamon, lily, raisins, stem rice, etc. according to preference). 3, white phoenix soup: 500 grams of black chicken, 100 grams of white phoenix tail mushroom, wine, onion, salt, ginger slices each appropriate amount. After slaughtering the black chicken, remove the hair, remove the internal organs and claws, wash. Add water to the casserole, add ginger slices and bring to a boil, add the black chicken, add wine, scallions, stew over moderate heat until crispy, add white mushrooms, add salt to taste and boil for 3 minutes to start. It is a good tonic, suitable for all kinds of physical deficiency, especially for women. 4, pig heart lotus in round meat soup: pig heart 250 grams, lotus seeds 50 grams, cinnamon meat 10 grams. Pork heart, lotus seeds (remove the heart), cinnamon meat washed, put into a casserole, add water 500 ml, boil with a fierce fire, remove the foam, and then change to a low fire stew cooked, pot with salt, monosodium glutamate seasoning, eaten with meals. It is suitable for insomnia, poor spirit, fatigue, palpitations and memory loss caused by deficiency of heart and spleen, spleen deficiency and weakness. 5, Chinese wolfberry yam porridge: Chinese wolfberry 25 grams, 50 grams of yam, 100 grams of round-grained rice. Yam, Chinese wolfberry wash, clean japonica rice, with into the pot, add water 600 ml, boil on high heat for a small fire cooked. 2 times in the morning and evening, with nourishing the liver and kidney, calming and educational effect, for insomnia, tinnitus, forgetfulness, dizziness and headache, five heartburn, irritability, waist and knee weakness caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. 6, angelica lamb soup: lamb 1000 grams, angelica 20 grams, red dates 3, wolfberry 15 grams, add the right amount of carrots, fresh asparagus, chili, salt, stew for 1 hour. It can nourish Yang and dispel cold, enhance the vitality of the body, all kinds of physical people are suitable. Medicinal food should pay attention to the problems (1) medicinal food is based on food, supplemented by drugs, is to add drugs to the diet, so the drug requirements should be less and more precise, not a large number of drugs cooked into the rice, affecting the taste and nutritional value of food. (2) the nature, taste, shape and color of the selected herbs have requirements, requiring both the therapeutic effect of drugs, and no special odor, no coloring, the appearance should be suitable for cooking, in short, not because of the addition of drugs, affecting the color and flavor of the food itself. (3) The use of medicinal food therapy, should pay attention to the food and drug contraindications, such as turtle meat avoid mint, asparagus avoid carp, ginseng avoid radish, etc.. (4) The food in the medicinal diet should also be selected according to the patient’s condition, such as obesity, atherosclerotic people, should not serve food with high animal fat content medicinal diet. By hypertension, heart and kidney disease, in the preparation of medicinal food should be low salt and light is appropriate. Diabetic patients do not contain sugar and high starch ingredients. (5) The medicinal food is different from dietary therapy, which is based on the selection of healthy food, and can be selected by themselves, while the medicinal food is food with herbs, so the choice of drugs must be made under the guidance of a doctor to avoid unnecessary damage to the body from the side effects of drugs.