What should the elderly take as a supplement in winter?

　　Winter is a cold season, and the elderly need supplements due to reduced body function and low resistance. The appetite of the elderly is poor, but most people have an increased appetite after winter, and their absorption of nutrients is strengthened. The ingested nutrients are easy to digest and absorb, and are not easily excreted and lost through urine and sweat. Therefore, it is necessary elderly Tonic in winter, it is easy to store after tonic so that it can exert its effect.

　　The most important thing for the elderly to take supplements in winter is to follow nature, pay attention to nourishing Yang, and focus on nourishing. According to the principle of traditional Chinese medicine, if you are deficient, you will make up for it, and if you are cold, you will catch it. In the diet, you should eat more warm and hot things, especially those that warm and nourish kidney yang, to improve the body's cold resistance. Dog meat and mutton have the effect of warming the kidneys and strengthening yang.

　　Wine is a hot drink. The elderly take a small cup of ginseng wine or astragalus wine every morning, which has the effect of preventing wind and cold and activating blood circulation. Elderly people with weak constitution can eat stewed hens, lean meat, tendons, etc. in winter. You can also drink milk and soy milk to enhance your physical fitness.

　　After the beef is stewed with rice wine, onions and ginger in a casserole, eating the meat and drinking the soup can benefit qi and quench thirst, strengthen bones and nourish the spleen and stomach. Elderly people with insufficient yang energy can also add 15g of Cistanche deserticola and 15g of Morinda citrifolia meat. Boil 15g of wolfberries together. The above are just the general principles for winter supplementation for the elderly. In fact, there are many drugs suitable for winter supplementation.

　　Generally speaking, these items can be divided into four broad categories:

　　First, plant-based tonics include red ginseng, ginseng, eucommia, yam, American ginseng, walnut, longan, tremella, angelica, fleece-flower root, wolfberry, astragalus, dangshen, atractylodes, dodder, etc. Among them, walnut kernels, longan meat, and white fungus are both tonic foods and medicines.

　　The second is animal tonics； Soft-shell turtle, deer antler, sea cucumber, donkey hide gelatin, eel, etc.:

　　The third is Chinese patent medicine supplements； Deer antler slices, ginseng deer antler paste, Quanlu pills, kidney pills, Fuhe, Bawei pills, ginseng antler supplement pills, ginseng deer antler pills, Guilingji, Erdong paste, Dongtian Changchun paste. Shiquan Dabu Cream, Bazhen Pills, Qiongyu Cream, American Ginseng Oral Liquid, etc. ；

　　Fourth, winter food supplements: mainly foods containing protein, vitamins, and easy to digest. Commonly used foods include japonica rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, peas, leeks, coriander, garlic, radish, day lily, mutton, dog meat, chicken, carp, silver carp, hairtail, and shrimp.

　　Although there are many types of supplements suitable for the elderly in winter, the use of supplements should be based on the individual's own situation to diagnose the deficiency and disease, and to diagnose and treat the disease. Nourishing in a targeted manner ； If you are already sick, you must take appropriate supplements. It is best to follow the doctor's instructions and do not take supplements blindly.

　　For example, people with diabetes can use raw sun-dried ginseng, ginseng, etc. as tonics, and avoid using licorice and drugs containing more sugar. And there are high blood lipids, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease , cholecystitis, etc. disease For those who are pregnant, drugs and foods high in protein, fat, and polysaccharides must not be used.