Once the weather turns cold, your hands and feet feel like "popsicles" and it's hard to keep warm. Even if you put on thick cotton socks or cover yourself with a large quilt to keep warm, your feet may still be cold when you wake up in the middle of the night.

If you rule out basic diseases such as anemia and hypothyroidism, then this fear of cold is mostly caused by the body's "little sun" not being strong enough, which in turn causes the blood to not flow smoothly.

Don’t worry, instead of wrapping yourself up like a rice dumpling, it’s better to step into the kitchen and use a few simple and delicious home-cooked medicinal meals to get warmth from the inside out through food.

So next, we have prepared four recipes for you that will not fail and bring you a heart-warming feeling based on the four common physical conditions of "cold hands and feet".

The first course: Afraid of cold and prone to diarrhea - Angelica Ginger Mutton Soup

It is suitable for people who are usually extremely afraid of wind and cold, wear thicker clothes than anyone else, often feel their stomachs are cold, and are prone to diarrhea.

In traditional Chinese medicine, this is usually due to spleen and kidney yang deficiency, and the body lacks energy to warm the limbs.

【Ingredients preparation】

Mutton: 500 grams (it is best to use mutton leg or mutton belly, alternate between fat and lean)

Angelica sinensis: 20 grams (generally available in Chinese medicine stores)

Ginger: 30 grams (about the size of an egg, you can add more if you like the ginger flavor)

Seasoning: cooking wine, salt, a little white pepper

【Detailed method】

1. Process the mutton: Wash the mutton and cut into 2-3 cm cubes.

Let the water cool down and then put it in the pot. Add a few slices of ginger and a small spoonful of cooking wine into the pot. Turn the heat to high and let the water boil. Then skim off the foam on the surface and cook for another two to three minutes. Remove the mutton, rinse it with water of moderate temperature and set it aside.

This step can effectively remove the mutton smell.

2. Prepare the medicinal materials: Rinse the angelica root with water slightly, clean the ginger, and flatten it with a knife without removing the skin (because the ginger flavor is easier to release after flattening).

3. Start the stewing operation:

Light the fire to bring it to a boil quickly, then reduce the fire to a low heat and continue to simmer for between 1.5 hours and two hours until the mutton is tender.

Step 5: Perform final seasoning. Before serving, add an appropriate amount of salt and a little white pepper to enhance the freshness. Stir evenly and you are done.

The key to making a soup lies in the kitchen. Add more ginger to this soup. The color of the soup is milky white. Drinking this soup can make your whole body feel warm. It is extremely suitable for a family to enjoy together during the extremely cold twelfth lunar month.

The second course: feeling tired, having cold hands and feet - Astragalus, Codonopsis, and Black-bone Chicken Soup

Suitable people include those who not only have cold hands and feet, but also always feel short of breath and are too lazy to talk. At the same time, their faces look pale, they will sweat when they move even a little bit, and they have poor sleep at night.

This is usually caused by a deficiency of Qi and blood, and a lack of "fuel" in the body.

【Ingredients preparation】

Silky chicken: half

Astragalus: 15 grams

Codonopsis pilosula: 15 grams

Red dates: 5-6 (pitted, less likely to cause internal heat)

Wolfberry: a small handful

Ginger: 2-3 slices

【Detailed method】

Blanch the black-bone chicken, cut it into pieces, put the pieces into cold water and prepare to blanch them. When the water has boiled, skim off the foam on the water surface, then take out the black-bone chicken and rinse it with warm water until it is clean.

First, take out the blanched black-bone chicken, then add the astragalus, then add the Codonopsis pilosula, then add the red dates, then add the ginger slices, and finally, put them all into the stew pot (or rice cooker).

3. Add water to start the stew mode: add enough water to it, and after it boils over high heat, turn the heat to low and continue to simmer for about 1.5 hours.

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4. Finally, perform the finishing operation: open the lid of the pot, put the washed wolfberry in, then simmer for another 10 minutes, and finally add salt to season according to taste.

Black-bone chicken itself has more nourishing effects than ordinary chicken. When paired with astragalus and codonopsis, the qi-tonifying effect is extremely outstanding.

Such a soup is golden in color and tastes sweet. Drink it once or twice a week and your hands and feet will feel warm.

The third way: both afraid of cold and dysmenorrhea - ginger and red date tea

It is suitable for women with such characteristics: women who often have cold hands and feet accompanied by dysmenorrhea, have low and dark menstrual flow, or always feel cold pain in the lower abdomen.

This is often caused by blood deficiency and coldness, just like a river freezing in winter.

【Ingredients preparation】

Ginger: 15 grams (about three or four slices)

Red dates: 5-6 pcs

Brown sugar: appropriate amount (adjust according to personal taste)

【Detailed method】

1. Preparation of ingredients: Clean the ginger and cut it into shreds or thin slices; clean the red dates and tear them open or make a few slits with your hands, so that the date flavor is easier to cook.

First, it is the cooking stage. Put the shredded ginger into the pot, then put the red dates into the pot, then add two bowls of water, then bring it to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium-low heat and continue to cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

3. Add sugar: When you notice that the color of the tea soup becomes darker and the smell of ginger comes out, add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, stir until it melts, then cook for another two to three minutes and then turn off the heat.

4. Drinking: Strain out the residue and drink it while it is hot.

It is best to drink it between morning and noon every day to follow the Yang Qi for hair growth.

Kitchen Tip: This tea drink can be said to be the simplest "baby warmer".

If you feel particularly cold at ordinary times, you can also add a small piece of cinnamon bark and cook it together, so that the effect of repelling the cold will be more obvious.

The fourth course: If you are in a bad mood, your hands and feet will get cold - tangerine peel malt porridge

It is suitable for people who have cold hands and feet, but feel swelling and pain on both sides of the chest, and like to sigh. The mood is easy to fall into depression or irritability, especially after being angry, the cold hands and feet will be aggravated.

This is stagnation of liver qi, blocked qi flow, and heat cannot be delivered to the hands and feet.

【Ingredients preparation】

Raw malt: 50g

Tangerine peel: 10 grams (broken into pieces)

Rice: 100g

【Detailed method】

Put the raw malt into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water (about 3 bowls), bring the water to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the tangerine peel to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Then filter out the medicinal residue and leave the concoction for later use.

First, sift and wash the rice to make it clean, then place the rice in the pot, and then pour the just-cooked concoction into the pot where the rice is placed.

If the concoction is not enough, you can add some water. The amount of water is based on the amount you usually use for cooking porridge.

3. Boil: First bring it to a boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and cook slowly. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking to the pot. Cook until the rice grains bloom and the porridge becomes thick enough.

A little tip about the kitchen is that this porridge has a light orange flavor and malt aroma, which can help us clear up the stagnant "qi".

Raw malt has a very good soothing effect on the liver, and when paired with tangerine peel, the effect of regulating qi is even better.

Warm reminder: dietary conditioning is a gentle process, so it is recommended to consume it two to three times a week.

If you have cold hands and feet, your fingers and toes are white or purple, and the pain is severe, you need to go to the doctor immediately for examination.

I hope everyone can eat warmly, live warmly, and no longer have cold hands and feet this winter.