Three taboos on health supplements in winter

　　1. Don’t take supplements blindly

　　There may be some misunderstandings among citizens about health preservation. For example, you can randomly take supplements such as ointments and donkey-hide gelatin, or you can blindly nourish your kidneys and only eat precious medicinal materials such as Cordyceps Sinensis. The reason for these misunderstandings is that citizens do not understand the basic principles of medicine, their own conditions, and the efficacy and toxicity of drugs.

　　Nowadays, there are more people with overnutrition, and not many people really need supplements. In addition, medicines are three-part toxic. When maintaining health in winter, citizens must master some basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, identify their own physical symptoms, and then choose supplements and health regimens according to the symptoms.

　　2. Divide symptoms first when taking supplements

　　According to the yin and yang theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people have various symptoms such as cold syndrome, heat syndrome, deficiency syndrome, and excess syndrome when they are sick. Among them, cold syndrome and heat syndrome do not require supplementation, deficiency syndrome requires supplementation, and syndrome cannot be supplemented. Even the deficiency syndromes that require supplementation are divided into two types: yang deficiency and yin deficiency, and the methods of supplementation are also different.

　　The external manifestations of Yin deficiency constitution include weight loss, flushed complexion, dry mouth and throat, constant irritability in the heart, heat in the hands and feet, less sleep, intolerance to spring and summer, red tongue with less coating. In health care, we should pay attention to preserving Yin and Qian Yang, eat more light food, and stay away from Fatty food: The external manifestations of a yang-deficient constitution include a pale body or pale complexion, cold sensitivity, tired limbs, long and clear urine, and a pale and fat tongue. This can be cured by eating mutton, dog meat, venison, leeks and other foods.

　　3. Kidney tonifying should be divided into different types

　　To nourish the kidneys, you need to distinguish whether you need to nourish kidney yin or kidney yang, or whether yin and yang complement each other. If you want to nourish kidney yin, you can choose dendrobium, polygonatum odoratum, dogwood, cistanche deserticola, wolfberry and other drugs; to nourish kidney yang, you can choose drugs such as aconite, cinnamon, velvet antler, and cistanche deserticola. The best way to complement yin and yang is to use Guilu Erxian glue.

　　Finally, he reminded the public not to be superstitious about precious medicinal materials, because medicines are divided into four flavors: cold, cool, warm, and hot, and five flavors: sweet, sour, pungent, salty, and bitter, which correspond to different physical constitutions and diseases, and should not be consumed casually. For example, Cordyceps sinensis is used by patients with rheumatoid arthritis, children, pregnant women, cold fever It should not be used by people with cerebral hemorrhage; donkey-hide gelatin can nourish blood and stop bleeding, nourish yin and moisturize dryness, but it hinders digestion and has side effects of weak spleen and stomach, inability to eat, bloating and loose stools.

　　Many citizens buy some Chinese medicinal materials and consume them in decoction, make tea, soak them in wine or grind them into powder to nourish their body. The quality inspection department of traditional Chinese medicines reminds consumers that some of the traditional Chinese medicines sold by unlicensed drug vendors on the streets are fake and passed off as genuine, so beware of being deceived.