Eating mutton often in winter can not only ward off the cold but also nourish the body. Mutton is rich in protein, fat, vitamins, and various nutrients such as calcium, iron, and phosphorus, and is beneficial for people suffering from tuberculosis, cough, bronchitis, asthma, and anemia. Eating mutton in winter warms the stomach and helps replenish yang.
Green Radish and Mutton Stew
Mutton has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, warming the stomach, and helping yang. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" says of it: "Tonifies the middle and replenishes qi, mainly treating deficiency-cold, overstrain, and the five labors and seven injuries." In addition to being consumed as a nourishing food for healthy people in winter, it can be eaten by people year-round who are suffering from long-term illness and physical weakness, postpartum weakness, deficiency of qi and blood, or insufficient yang, leading to aversion to cold, frequent urination, nocturia, impotence, premature ejaculation, menstrual irregularities, infertility, and a cold sensation.
When eating mutton, it is best to pair it with tofu, as it not only supplements various trace elements, but the gypsum in it can also clear heat, purge fire, and relieve vexation and thirst. When mutton and radish are cooked together as a dish, the cooling nature of the radish can be fully utilized to eliminate stagnation, resolve phlegm-heat, and reduce food accumulation.
The radish lamb stew