For health preservation during heavy snow, it is advisable to increase bitter flavors and avoid salty ones in your diet. Focus on nourishing the lungs and stomach by consuming more mutton, beef, chicken, quail, cuttlefish, octopus, astragalus root, Codonopsis root, prepared rehmannia root, Solomon's seal rhizome, and goji berries. While paying attention to your diet, it is also important to keep warm, especially the head, abdomen, and feet. Soaking your feet in warm water before bed can promote blood circulation.
For individuals with a Wood constitution, Reishi mushroom and astragalus root can strengthen the spleen and replenish Qi.
Dietary cultivation: You can consume more foods that strengthen the spleen, replenish Qi, nourish the liver, and benefit the kidneys, such as reishi mushroom, astragalus root, lean meat, chicken, goji berries, and Alpinia oxyphylla fruit.
A medicinal soup option is "Reishi and Astragalus Lean Meat Soup": 10 grams of reishi mushroom, 15 grams of astragalus root, 150 grams of lean pork, and a pinch of fine salt. Cut the lean pork into small pieces. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook with the astragalus root and reishi mushroom until the pork is tender. Season with fine salt. It has effects such as tonifying the spleen and Qi, nourishing and strengthening the body, replenishing vital essence, and supporting the body's fundamental constitution.
For individuals with a Fire constitution, goji berries and beef can nourish Yin and supplement the liver and kidneys.
Dietary cultivation: You might consider eating more foods that nourish Yin and replenish Qi, and benefit the liver and kidneys, such as walnuts, beef, goji berries, Chinese yam, Glehnia root, and Solomon's seal rhizome.
A medicinal soup option is "Hawthorn Beef Soup": 500 grams of beef, 10 grams of raw hawthorn, 10 grams of dried tangerine peel, 10 peppercorns, 10 Sichuan peppercorns, and 3 slices of ginger.
For individuals with an Earth constitution, jujubes and glutinous rice can nourish the lungs and benefit the stomach.
Dietary cultivation: You can consume more lean meat, jujubes, glutinous rice, goji berries, Alpinia oxyphylla fruit, beef, chicken, mutton, and blackfish.
A medicinal meal option is "Lean Meat, Goji Berry, and Jujube Glutinous Rice": 150 grams of lean pork, 10 grams each of goji berries, Alpinia oxyphylla fruit, and walnut kernels, 10 jujubes, 100 grams of glutinous rice, and 50 grams of japonica rice. Wash and slice the lean pork. Wash the goji berries, Alpinia oxyphylla fruit, jujubes, and walnut kernels. Marinate the lean pork with soy sauce, sugar, starch, and fine salt. Sauté the marinated lean pork in a wok for a moment, then set aside. Place the goji berries, Alpinia oxyphylla fruit, and jujubes with the washed glutinous rice and japonica rice into a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook rice as usual. When the rice is almost dry, spread the sautéed lean pork evenly on top. Continue cooking until the rice is done, then mix in the walnuts. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and Qi, and warmly tonifying the liver and kidneys.
For individuals with a Metal constitution, pine nuts, ginkgo nuts, and honey are recommended.
Dietary cultivation: Eat more foods that nourish the lungs and spleen, and benefit the kidneys and liver, such as Glehnia root, lily bulb, ginkgo nuts, dried tangerine peel, pomelo, pine nuts, and honey.
A medicinal porridge option is "Pine Nut and Honey Porridge": 30 grams of pine nuts, 150 grams of japonica rice, and honey to taste. Wash the pine nuts and crush them into a paste. Place them with the washed japonica rice into a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the porridge is cooked. Let it cool slightly, then stir in honey and serve.
For individuals with a Water constitution, pork liver and kidneys can supplement the liver and kidneys.
Dietary cultivation: Consuming more pork liver, pork kidneys, lily bulb, raw rehmannia root, prepared rehmannia root, goji berries, mulberries, beef, and mutton are all good options.
A medicinal meal option is "Pork Liver and Kidney Rice": 200 grams of japonica rice, 50 grams each of pork liver and pork kidney, 10 grams of dried ginger powder, and appropriate amounts of cooked oil, yellow wine, and sugar. Wash and cut the pork liver and pork kidneys into pieces. Marinate them with cooked oil, yellow wine, and sugar. Wash the japonica rice and place it in a clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat to cook the rice. When the rice is almost dry, sprinkle in the dried ginger powder. Spread the pork liver and kidneys evenly on top of the rice. Cover and simmer over low heat until the rice is thoroughly cooked, then mix well. It has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys.