According to traditional Chinese medicine, mutton tastes sweet and warm. It can replenish qi and deficiency, warm the body in the middle and warm it down. Indications: Deficiency in labor, weakness in the waist and knees, postpartum deficiency in cold, abdominal pain, cold hernia, nausea due to weakness in the stomach, frequent urination, impotence, and other symptoms. Here are some mutton Tonic Diet prescriptions for selection.
Mutton and Milk Medicinal Soup
500 grams of lamb and 25 grams of ginger are cooked under low heat for 8 hours. Take a bowl of mutton soup, add 120g peeled fresh yam slices, boil to pieces, add half a bowl of milk, a little salt, and boil to serve.
This Tonic Diet uses mutton to nourish qi and deficiency, warm the middle and warm the lower body, yam to invigorate the spleen and remove dampness, benefit essence and replenish qi, and milk to nourish the deficiency and damage, benefit the lung and stomach. It can be used together with warm ginger to warm the middle and replenish deficiency, benefit essence and replenish qi. It is suitable for symptoms such as frequent cold limbs, cold sweats, fatigue, shortness of breath, dry mouth, irritability, insomnia, etc. after illness and postpartum.
Braised Carrot with Mutton
1000 grams of mutton, wash and cut into pieces, stir fry in a hot oil pan with 5 slices of ginger for 5 minutes, add 3 spoons of yellow wine, fine salt, soy sauce, and a little cold water, simmer for 15 minutes, place in a casserole, pour 500 grams of carrots (washed and cut into pieces), add an appropriate amount of orange peel, and add 3 large bowls of cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, and slowly simmer for 2 hours, until the meat is crispy and off the heat. Can be used to accompany meals.
This Tonic Diet focuses on mutton, reuses carrots that can strengthen the spleen and remove stagnation, and puts less cinnamon and ginger seasonings that can regulate qi in the stomach at the same time. It has the effects of warming the stomach and tonifying deficiency, expelling wind and cold, tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, and strengthening yang and blood. "It is suitable for people with gastrointestinal ulcers, diarrhea, fatigue, and chills due to deficiency in cold. It is also suitable for people with rheumatoid arthritis and cold arthralgia.". The best effect is to eat it in winter.
Congee with Cistanche
15 grams of cistanche, washed and finely chopped. Pan fry twice, remove the dregs and combine the juice, add 100g of mutton and japonica rice, and boil until boiling, then add some fine salt, ginger and scallion white, and cook them into Congee.
Cistanche deserticola is sweet and warm in nature. It can tonify the kidney and essence, strengthen the muscles and bones, and moisten the intestines and relieve constipation. This Tonic Diet is suitable for patients with constipation, lukewarm limbs, cold pain in the abdomen, and cold soreness in the waist and knees.
(Intern Editor: Cai Junyi)