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As an experienced veteran Chinese medicine practitioner, I know the importance of winter tonics. Winter is the season when the body's yang energy is latent and yin energy is at its peak, and it is also the best period for health nourishment. However, tonic is not simply to eat more supplements, but to be scientifically conditioned according to the individual's physique and actual situation.
Below, I will introduce the precautions for winter tonic from three aspects to help you be healthy and nourishing.
1. Distinguish the physique, which varies from person to person.
Everyone's physique is different, and the way of tonic should also be different. Generally speaking, TCM divides the human body constitution into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency, blood deficiency and other types. Before taking supplements, we should first identify our own physique, understand our needs and contraindications. For example, people with yin deficiency constitution are suitable for eating foods that nourish yin, such as bird's nest, white fungus, etc.; People with yang deficiency constitution are suitable for eating foods that warm yang and dispel cold, such as ginger and mutton.
Second, the appropriate amount of tonic, not excessive nourishment.
Excessive tonic not only does not play a role in maintaining health, but will increase the burden on the body. In the winter tonic, we should take an appropriate amount of tonic according to our own situation, following the "principle of moderation". In general, the daily amount of supplements should be based on the individual.
Depending on the constitution and the actual situation, it should not be excessive. In addition, for some special groups, such as the elderly, children, pregnant women, etc., tonic should be carried out according to the doctor's advice.
3. Scientific collocation, balanced nutrition.
When taking supplements in winter, we should pay attention to the combination of food and nutritional balance. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that food, like medicine, has the properties of cold, heat and warmth, and that proper combination can enhance the nourishing effect, while improper combination may cause adverse reactions. Therefore, when choosing tonic ingredients, we should pay attention to the principle of food pairing, such as the combination of "hot" ingredients and "cool" ingredients, and the combination of "sweet" ingredients and "sour" ingredients. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the diversity of food, and consume enough nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals to meet the needs of the body.
In short, winter tonic needs to follow a scientific approach. Before taking supplements, we should discern our own physique, understand our needs and taboos;
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