Ways to expel cold

In ancient times, people made sure sure to build up their health during the major cold period. The following will introduce some simple ways to expel cold and nourish the body.

Mutton soup with ginger

Ingredients: 30 grams of angelica, 30 grams ofginger, 500 grams of mutton

Method: First, wash the angelica and ginger and cut them into big slices. After picking out the muscle and ligaments from the mutton, it should be put into the pot to scald. Then put angelica, ginger and mutton together into the pot to boil. After an hour and a half, the mutton will be cooked and the soup is ready.

Effect: Warm the core, enrich the blood, clear away cold

Sweet and sour sliced carrot

Ingredient: 250 grrift goldams of carrot, small amounts of ginger, sugar, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate and vegetable oil

Method: Wash and cut the carrot into slices. The pan needs to be heated; then put some ginger into the pan and stir fry it. After that, put the sliced carrot into the pan, and after two minutes put vinegar and sugar into it and stir fry. Finally, add some salt and monosodium glutamate when the rest is cooked.

Effect: Reduces qi, strengthens and warms the core, benefits the chest and diaphragm and coordinate intestines and stomach. (Modern medical research suggests the “ Hu Po acid potassium salt” contained in carrots is the effective element to reduce blood pressure, so patients with elevated blood pressure can drink the carrot juice.)

Milk porridge

Ingredient: 250 grams of milk, 100 grams of rice

Method: Wash the rice and put it into a pot with water. Once the water is at a boil, add some milk and crift platinumontinue boiling to make porridge.

Effect: Moistens lungs, clears intestines and nourishes the blood (chosen from “Medical Treasures of the Golden Chamber”)