How should women take supplements in winter?

　　Why should women take supplements in winter?

　　Winter is a cold season. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter tonic is closely related to balancing yin and yang, dredging meridians, and regulating qi and blood. Because women have weak and cold constitutions and low body resistance, it is more appropriate to take dietary supplements during the cold season. This has an irreplaceable effect on improving nutritional status, enhancing the body's immune function, and promoting recovery from illness.

　　The ancient Chinese medicine book "Nei Jing" says: "Spring growth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage are the constants of Qi.； People should do the same. ”He also said: "Three months in winter are sealed. ”In other words, from winter to March, it is a good time to recharge your batteries. At this time, people’s skin Muscles are denser, sweat less, and the nutrients absorbed by the body are easily stored. Moreover, people's appetite is relatively strong during the winter season, so this is the best time to take supplements, especially after the winter solstice.

　　“"Building" generally refers to "deficiency", among which tonifying the kidney is particularly important. But winter tonic also contains the meaning of "prevention", that is, through tonic, prevention disease In order to achieve the purpose of maintaining health and fitness, just as the ancient Chinese medicine book "Nei Jing" said: "Therefore, those who are hidden in the essence will not get sick in spring." That is to say, through supplementation in winter, the "essence" can be stored in the body, and you will not get sick in spring. On the contrary, if you cannot do this, you will not be able to hide your essence in winter, and you will not be sick in spring. This is exactly the concept of traditional Chinese medicine that “treats terminal illnesses”, that is, prevention is the main idea.

　　There is no clear time limit for supplementation

　　When is the best time to take winter supplements? There are three theories: one is from after the beginning of winter to before the beginning of spring ； The second is before and after the winter solstice ； Three is thirty-nine days. People generally believe that the best time to take supplements is before and after the winter solstice. Therefore, as soon as the winter solstice arrives, many people start to find ways to take supplements.

　　In fact, there is no clear time limit for supplementation, and supplementation varies from person to person. People with different physiques will also have different levels of supplementation and time. Generally speaking, winter is more suitable for supplementation, but it is not limited to the few days before and after the winter solstice.

　　Medicinal supplements are not as good as food supplements

　　Experts remind: Instead of taking a large number of supplements during winter, it is better to start with dietary supplements. Because only dietary supplements are the key to enhancing the body’s resistance. and female In dietary supplements, there are four different dietary supplement methods according to different physical constitutions:

　　Pingbu: refers to those who have a peaceful temperament, regardless of healthy Foods that can be consumed by people or patients to help maintain health and life, such as cereals, beans, dairy, fruits and vegetables. This type of food has mild properties and can be eaten by patients with yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency, and blood deficiency.

　　Warming: refers to foods that are warm in nature, such as beef, mutton, eel, sweets, red dates, longan, lychee, and spicy onion, ginger, etc. Women who are afraid of cold in winter often eat this kind of food to help raise fire, improve their feeling of being afraid of cold, and thus enhance their physical fitness.

　　Qingbu: refers to foods that are cold and cool, such as pears, raw lotus roots, celery, lily, mung beans, cucumbers, soft-shell turtles, snails, etc., which have the effect of clearing fire.

　　Warm powder: refers to foods that are spicy and hot in nature, such as pepper, cinnamon, mustard, coriander, Sichuan peppercorns, etc. This type of food has the effect of warming yang and dispersing cold. In cold winter, it is often used to keep out the cold and dehumidify.