This is how you should start to supplement your health and nourish your body with calcium from now on

　　Health nourishment starts from now on, and calcium supplementation should be like this. In winter, the weather is cold and dry, and many people's bodies have some problems due to the weather. At this time, we need to supplement our bodies more. While we use diet to increase calories to resist the cold, we should not neglect the conditioning and maintenance of our bodies just to satisfy our appetites. The editor has specially collected various dietary and health information suitable for severe winter for you, so that you and your family can be healthy and happy every day!

　　“To “replenish bones,” we must first nourish the kidneys

　　If you want to know what to supplement, you must first understand what the bones are missing. From the perspective of Western medicine, osteoporosis is caused by the loss of calcium, so "bone repair" means supplementing calcium and vitamin D, vitamin C, estrogen, etc. that promote calcium absorption. But in traditional Chinese medicine, the situation is much more complicated. Bone health is often closely related to the health of various organs. The classic Chinese medicine book "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Medicine" written more than 2,000 years ago said, "If the kidney qi is hot, the waist and spine will not lift, the bones will become dry, the marrow will decrease, and bone atrophy will occur." The "bone dryness" mentioned here is basically similar to the clinical manifestations of osteoporosis in modern medicine, such as back pain, shortened stature, hunchback, and fractures. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the root cause of osteoporosis is kidney essence deficiency. The kidneys "maintain the bones and produce marrow." If the kidneys are deficient, they will not be able to nourish the bones, which will lead to weak and fragile bones. In other words, bone health and "kidneys" are closely related. To "replenish bones", we must first nourish the kidneys.

　　Spleen deficiency affects calcium absorption

　　In addition, spleen deficiency will affect the gastrointestinal absorption of nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, trace elements, protein and amino acids. Qi stagnation and blood stasis are the precipitating factors. Blood stasis blocks the meridians, and qi, blood, and body fluids cannot nourish the muscles and bones. This tells us that if the blood is not flowing smoothly, nutrients will not be transported to the bones in time. There is an old Chinese saying, "Running water does not rot, and door hinges do not become beetles." This also means the same thing in terms of bone health. Therefore, nourishing blood and strengthening the spleen are also the prerequisites for "bone repair".

　　Therefore, the treatment of osteoporosis should focus on "replenishing its deficiencies". Among them, yang-tonifying drugs are mainly those that nourish the kidneys, blood-tonifying drugs are mainly those that nourish the blood and spleen, and qi-tonifying drugs are mainly those that strengthen the spleen and qi. From this, it can be deduced that the current medication rules of traditional Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis are based on the prescriptions of tonifying the kidney, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi as the basic drug composition. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Rehmannia glutinosa, Angelica sinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, Lycium barbarum, Antler gum, Turtle shell, Codonopsis root, White peony root, Cuscuta seed, Chinese yam, Eucommia ulmoides, Ligustrum lucidum, etc. The second is to use blood-activating and stasis-removing drugs as the main compatible drugs. Drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicines besides tonic drugs. Commonly used medicines include Achyranthes bidentata, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Corydalis Corydalis, peach kernel, pangolin, Millet Spatholobus, etc.

　　Winter is the season when many diseases occur. For the sake of our own bodies, we must develop good living habits, pay more attention to our eating habits, and nourish our bodies.