Eat and drink to warm the body

Human diet and health care need to be suitable for the weather and climate of each season.

Tangerine or kumquat peel steamed with rock sugar is very good for treating coughs caused by the weather.

For people who often urinate a lot at night, especially when it's cold, the number of times they urinate at night increases, they can use a pig bladder, 3 grams of cinnamon, and 30 grams of Chinese clematis.

How to prepare: Clean the pig bladder, crush cinnamon and Chinese clematis, then steam everything with the pig bladder until soft, season to taste. This dish is served hot and warm, has the effect of nourishing yang, dispelling cold, suitable for people with kidney yang deficiency causing frequent urination.

Or you can use 100 grams of good quality rice, 2 grams of cinnamon, and a sufficient amount of sugar. How to prepare: Cook the cinnamon to get the juice, remove the residue, add enough water to cook porridge with the above amount of rice, cook thinly, and add a little sugar, eat this porridge in the morning while it is still warm. This dish is used for cases of kidney yang deficiency, frequent urination, cold stomach, and digestive disorders in the cold season.

For those who often cough due to cold weather, you can use rock sugar cooked with tangerine peel (or kumquat peel). How to make: take 20 grams of tangerine peel, 100 grams of rock sugar and cook with 1.5 liters of water, simmer until done. This dish is very good for treating coughs.

For those who suffer from dry lips in the cold season, you can use the following method: take a little carrot and water chestnut, equal amounts (about 50 grams), along with 15 grams of apricot kernels, 5 dates, a little tangerine peel, cook together until the ingredients are soft and ready to use.

Cinnamon helps warm the body in cold weather - Photo: H.Mai

To nourish and warm the body, use a clean black chicken, along with the following herbs: 8 grams of Astragalus, 12 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 6 grams of Angelica sinensis, 8 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 12 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 8 grams of Chinese yam, 12 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 4 grams of longan, and a few slices of fresh ginger. Put the chicken and the herbs (washed) into a bowl with boiled water (enough to cover the surface of the bowl) and steam until soft. Serve while the dish is still warm.

Also to nourish and warm the body, you can use a moderate amount (depending on the person) of pig stomach (cleaned) and then stew it with white radish, Malabar spinach and green pepper, seasoning.

In the morning, you can eat porridge to warm your body and lighten your stomach: take a little rice and cook porridge with a little fresh ginger (sliced), cook it thinly, and eat it while it's still warm.

Use a warm drink by taking 15 grams of fresh ginger and boiling it with 5 grams of licorice to drink during the day. You can add a little rock sugar.

According to baothanhnien