Know more about “Medicine” | Is the Winter Solstice a good time for tonic?

After the winter solstice, the climate enters the coldest stage of the year, which is very easy to damage the body's yin and essence. Is it necessary to replenish the body at this time?

In my country, there is a traditional custom of counting the nine days starting from the winter solstice, and the winter solstice is the first day of the nine days. Chinese medicine believes that winter is the time for storage, and winter is the best time for the human body to absorb nutrients and conserve energy, so some people think it is a good time to take supplements. Around the winter solstice is a good time to take supplements, but you can't take supplements at will. The principle of Chinese medicine is "tonic the weak", and if you are weak, you should take supplements, and if you are not weak, you can just eat normally. Taking supplements when you are not sick will increase expenses and harm your body. Health preservation requires regulating the balance in the body and conforming to nature to achieve the effect. When taking supplements, pay attention to whether the efficacy and scope of application of the supplements are suitable for you. It is best to use foods that can be used as both medicine and food to warm the spleen and kidneys, such as lotus seeds, Euryale ferox, coix seeds, red beans, jujubes, white fungus, etc. At the same time, stay open-minded and optimistic, exercise appropriately, and pay attention to rest and keep warm.