Eat the right food for each meal on Xiaohan

Edited and translated by Du Mingming, People's Daily Online

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.

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