In terms of health care, the winter solstice is an important solar term, mainly because "winter solstice is a yang birth". Generally speaking, after middle age, people should strengthen their health care. The first step in maintaining health in middle age is to take good mental care. The second step is to abstain from sex and preserve sperm. The third step is to strengthen physical exercise. The fourth step is to adapt to the four seasons and take good care of your diet. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine and health care, the winter solstice is a good time for "winter tonic".

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, nourishment can usually be divided into four categories: nourishing qi, nourishing blood, nourishing yin, and nourishing yang. Qi-tonifying foods refer to foods that have the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, and have a tonic effect on qi deficiency syndrome, such as rice, glutinous rice, peanuts, yams, carrots, soy milk, chicken, etc. Blood-enhancing foods refer to foods that have a tonic effect on people with blood deficiency syndrome, such as animal liver, animal blood products, longan meat, lychee meat, mulberry, black fungus, spinach, carrot, pork, sea cucumber, fish, etc. Blood replenishing effect. Yang-tonifying foods refer to foods that can replenish yang and fire, enhance sexual function, and have a tonic effect on yang deficiency syndrome, such as dog meat, mutton, shrimp, venison, etc. The effect is suitable for the elderly with insufficient kidney yang, fear of cold, lukewarm limbs, weak waist and knees, excessive urination at night, and sexual dysfunction. Walnut kernels, leeks, wolfberry, pigeon eggs, eel, mussels, etc. also have the effect of nourishing yang. Yin-tonifying foods refer to foods that can nourish yin fluid, promote body fluids and moisturize dryness, and have a tonic effect on yin deficiency syndrome, such as white fungus, fungus, pears, milk, eggs, grapes, cabbage, etc.

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