Chapter 33 Trivia

This year's lunar calendar leaps into June, and winter comes later. It does not start until November 8th (September 19th in the lunar calendar), and the winter solstice on the fourth day of November. Fewer and fewer people have reported winter supplements in the past two years. On the day of the beginning of winter Today, the bosses of the Chinese medicine store are all sitting at the counter and taking a nap, and the business is sparser than in previous years.However, within a few days, the newspaper published that because of the winter tonic, tobacco and alcohol retailers in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and central and southern China called for rice wine to be bought by tonic people. The rice wine was out of stock and wanted to buy a bottle of rice wine as cooking wine. It's all very difficult.

According to the actual situation, China has had a long history of winter tonic for thousands of years since ancient times. Some people are congenitally deficient and born weak; Excessive, energy urgently needs to be replenished. Judging from the above situations, even Western medicine also advocates the combination of acupuncture and medicine. It does not absolutely disapprove of tonic. It is beyond the approval of Western medicine to make supplements with "Shiquan".As for the traditional Chinese medicine winter tonic medicine, it is also divided into "level tonic", "warm tonic", "clear tonic" and "astringent tonic". It is not rigid and rigid to increase or decrease according to the potency and dosage of the medicine.

Why choose winter tonic?According to mainland customs, Lidong is the solar term in October, and "winter" means the end. The insects, ants, flies and scorpions will hibernate and hide in this time sequence, so it is called Lidong.In the Central Plains area, the wind is already bitter, and in the northern part of the Guandong Mobei, it is snowing and the fur is not warm. According to the traditional Chinese saying, most of the tonics of traditional Chinese medicine tend to be hot and hot, and the cold weather can offset some of the medicinal properties of hyperactivity, such as old wild ginseng, blood antler of sika deer, bull penis, and deer penis, all of which are severe and hot It is a kind of tonic, people with strong physique can take it at any time, it is very easy to cause the consequences of deficiency of fire and hyperactivity of yang, and the tonic must be taken in extremely cold seasons to exert the efficacy of the medicine, otherwise it will be useless and harmful.

Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong are close to the subtropical zone. Before and after the beginning of winter, the climate is only cold, not as severe as cold, and sometimes it suddenly warms up with the same spring. Even those who are weak and afraid of the cold can only take warm tonic and strong tonic. Still inappropriate.Therefore, tonic depends on the temperature and temperature of the solar terms. Tonic in Lidong is based on warm tonic. If you want to make a big tonic, it is best to take it in the severe cold of Sanjiu, so that the efficacy of the medicine can be maximized without side effects!

With the advancement of science, Western medicine has made incisive analyzes of the tissues and organ functions of the human body.At the same time, there is a more accurate determination of the elements of the substance. Headache is treated for head, foot pain is treated for foot, sword and shoes. The supplements used are mainly injections, subcutaneous and intravenous administration, supplemented by pills and tablets. If you respond, it will have an immediate effect.As for the saying of traditional Chinese medicine "tonic in winter and tonic by form", Western medicine believed in the early years that Chinese people's concept of "replenishment" was too general, and many of the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine were unproven, even if they contained some nutrients. ingredients, but there is no definite scientific basis for how much pharmacological effect it can produce and what substantial help it can produce for health.Although this kind of bad supplementation may not necessarily cause any harm, it cannot be said that it actually has much benefit.

Since European and American medical circles discovered that licorice and ephedra do have outstanding medicinal effects, they then studied ginseng, velvet antler, and white fungus... After several people's analysis and tests, these supplements do have their own unique medicinal effects, and there are many types of traditional Chinese medicine. The nervous system, some for the blood system, some for the digestive system, all have different functions to adapt to the needs.With regard to the custom of supplementing in winter, I gradually changed the old concept and did not categorically oppose it. I just believed that the correct way of supplementing must first understand what kind of nutrients are lacking in the body, and then prescribe the right medicine to produce practical effects on the human body.It is not only a waste of money, but also harmful to the body to blindly supplement.This kind of principle is not unique to TCM. There are different methods of nourishing and nourishing in traditional Chinese medicine, such as flat tonic, damp tonic, clear tonic, astringent tonic, and this is the reason.However, traditional Chinese medicine has always had the habit of being unwilling to go deep into it, and it is just habitual and unrecognizable.

Although there are many types of Chinese medicine supplements, they can be roughly divided into two categories. The first category is purely forged with medicinal materials, and the second category is various animal meat and scales.Some tonics are mainly based on the first type, supplemented by the second type, and some are based on the second type and supplemented by the first type. This kind of medical theory that hardness and softness complement each other, water and fire are in harmony, and monarch and minister are compatible has been handed down for thousands of years. , the method is based on ancient times, and the selection and careful review are not for the analysis of the medicinal properties and medical principles, it is impossible to say why.

When the autumn wind blows, there are three snake fats, and most Lingnan tonics are snake soup.At the beginning of winter, all major restaurants and restaurants call for the Three Snakes Meeting, the All Snakes Meeting, and the Dragon and Tiger Fight. In fact, besides the delicious taste, the snake soup can be eaten several times in winter. It is true that the severe winter is not too cold. As for The real function is in the snake gallbladder.The function of snake gallbladder is to improve eyesight, dispel wind, dispel dampness, activate collaterals, eliminate phlegm, and lower qi. When you come to Taiwan for sightseeing, you always buy some snake powder and snake gall pills to take back as treasures to give away!

Mutton is also a gift for winter tonic.However, there are no big-tailed sheep in the south of the Yellow River. They are all goats. The meat tastes stinky and slightly embarrassing. In addition, southerners like to eat them with their skins, and they are not very well cooked, so they are not very popular.If mutton is used as a tonic, it must be stewed with yam and medlar; if you are afraid of the smell of mutton, you can put a few dried longans with shells on it, which has a significant effect on cold hands and feet, weakness, and anemia in winter; Cooking, the effect is more obvious for people with blurred vision.However, people who have a cold should not eat it. Only when the cold is cured can they be tonic.

The benefits of soft-shelled turtles are many, the main function is to nourish yin, and it is very suitable for lack of sleep, excessive smoking and alcohol.Eat soft-shelled turtles that are not too big or small, with the size of a horseshoe as the degree, simmer in a slow fire, add some longan meat at most, and avoid other medicinal materials.If other warming and tonic herbs are added, the effect of nourishing yin will be reduced instead. For those with yin deficiency and weak lungs, eat soft-shelled turtles a few times, and the right amount at the right time may turn the weak into strong.

Wild ducks, pigeons, fish heads, and pig brains are all tonics for nourishing the original and nourishing yin. Stewed mutton, stewed bullwhip, and stewed three snakes are foods that nourish blood and strengthen the kidneys.The two are different in nature and have different functions. When used properly, salty can meet the needs of different natures and degrees. The combination of medicine, food and supplement makes people feel like taking medicine. This can be regarded as a traditional Chinese medicine. The biggest plus of the supplement. The most valuable supplements in traditional Chinese medicine are naturally ginseng and deer antler.Ginseng and velvet are special products in Northeast China, and velvet is divided into pairs of velvet, velvet slices, and velvet powder.In the Northeast, wild velvet antlers are of the highest value (in the early years of the Republic of China, Meng Siyuan, the governor of Heilongjiang, tributed a pair of top-quality velvet velvet to Emperor Hongxian Yuan Xiangcheng, stretched in a glass brocade box, and it is said that a pair cost tens of thousands of silver dollars at that time). Huang Ningyu, with a faint scent of flowers, is used to stew chicken, which is an excellent recipe for nourishing blood.Now Taiwan's wild sika deer are becoming scarce due to overfishing. Most of the velvet used in winter supplements are raised by others.The deer antlers have just grown, and the horns are covered with soft and redundant hairs. After sawing, because they have not yet turned into bone, and the blood fat is semi-congealed, Taiwanese traditional Chinese medicine stores call them blood antlers, which are said to be the best blood-enriching products.In terms of medicinal efficacy, it is naturally inferior to the clear yellow and transparent velvet antler. However, Taiwan is a subtropical region, and the weather is March 9. Compared with Kanto and Saibei, it is hardly colder. It is enough to use blood antler as a medicine in winter! Among ginseng, of course, the wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province has the best medicinal effect. It can be said to be the king of tonics. A divine product that cannot be sought after.In recent years, European and American medical circles are researching the efficacy of ginseng. There are no conclusions about the effects of ginseng. However, three hours after the death of a person, the body becomes stiff and cold. For six hours, it was still as warm and soft as life, it was not fake at all.The reason why ginseng is so valuable is that it always grows in the dense and dense mountains, and its nature is delicate and delicate. Although it grows in the extremely cold area of ​​ice and snow, it needs to be warm in the cold, sheltered from the wind and exposed to the sun.Experienced ginseng households said: Surrounded by overlapping peaks, thin sun and clouds, steep corners and flat center, only after ten or twenty years of gestation can Liao ginseng become a climate. sold at high prices. Korea's artificially cultivated Korean ginseng, although it also has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing energy, is much worse than our Northeast wild ginseng.As for the imported American ginseng, which is a cooling and warming agent, its effect is quite different from that of ginseng. Angelica is the main tonic for gynecology, and Beiqi, Codonopsis pilosula, Chinese yam, and wolfberry are the main tonics for men. Although the medicines are common, winter tonics are the main medicinal materials.In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has imitated Western methods to extract velvet antler essence, velvet antler essence tablets, ginseng essence, ginseng essence tablets, angelica essence, angelica ointment, royal bee essence, and Ziheche tablets, which are cheap and easy to take. Deficiency, timely and appropriate consumption is also quite effective. Lighter supplements include lotus seeds, longan, white fungus, and bird’s nest; delicacy supplements include sea cucumber, shark’s fin, scallops, abalone, fish maw, bullwhip, tendons… the ingredients contained in them are nothing more than sugar, protein, Calcium and iron.Generally speaking, everyone thinks that the most expensive shark's fin contains more than 60% protein, but it is extremely limited compared to the ingredients that the human body most needs protein. In fact, those ingredients that are beneficial to the human body are found in eggs, fish, soybeans, milk It can be obtained anywhere, and it is equally nutritious, but the price is much cheaper. Therefore, in order to supplement nutrition, rich people can of course supplement according to their own pleasure, and pay attention to delicious food to satisfy their appetite.If you plan carefully, you don't have to eat noble tonics, delicacies from mountains and seas, as long as you can provide what you need, it is what we urgently need!The rice, noodles, miscellaneous grains, fish, shrimp, milk, eggs, vegetables, and fruits that we eat in our daily life are all tonic delicacies.As for some people's body tissues, organs, functions, congenital deficiency, and metabolic disorders, then you should consult Gaoming Chinese and Western doctors and take supplements as appropriate.