Mutton hot pot has been all the rage these days. Not only in restaurants, but also on the citizens' dinner tables, dishes like braised mutton with radish have been common "winter dishes" for the past couple of days. In supermarkets, the retail price for lamb chops and legs has reached over 30 yuan per 500 grams. In hot pot restaurants, fresh mutton slices sell for over 90 yuan per 500 grams.
Wang Qihuai, Director of the Internal Medicine Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Xupu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that people should "tonify and nourish" themselves appropriately according to their own constitutions. For example, people with insufficient qi and blood are more prone to feeling cold in winter. For these individuals, it's advisable to eat more yang-tonifying foods, such as mutton, beef, and red dates. Besides feeling cold, some people also experience dry mouth, a sore throat, and a flushed face in winter. These people should pay attention to consuming less yang-tonifying foods like mutton and beef, and focus on generating fluids and nourishing yin instead, for example, by eating more wood ear, mulberries, lilies, and black-bone chicken.