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Eat the right food for each meal on Xiaohan

Updated: 2013-01-05 10:36
Source:peopledaily.com.cn
Xiaohan is the 23rd solar term, literally means "Slight Cold". It falls on Jan. 5 this year and indicates the weather starts to enter the coldest days. Experts stress that people should take a kidney nourishing and cold preventing diet to nourish blood, Qi, Yin and Yang. Following are tips recommended for each meal during this time period.
 

Breakfast: pumpkin congee, cornmeal congee, and millet congee

TCM believes that taking congee for breakfast helps nourish body and resist coldness in winter.

 

Lunch: hotpot, stir-fried dishes

You can take food materials like beef, mutton, jack bean, Chinese chives, fennel, parsley, shepherd's purse, and asparagus. Staple foods include rice and cooked wheaten food help keep a water-based internal balance of your body.

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