Chinese medicine experts say that people get sick because their internal organs are stimulated by the outside world, so Chinese medicine pays attention to the right medicine. If you want to keep healthy, you must regulate your internal organs.
According to the theory of five elements (gold, wood, water, fire and earth), five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty) and five colors (green, red, yellow, white and black) in nature are related to many things. People live between heaven and earth, and plants in nature are colorful, receiving sunshine and rain to nourish their growth and provide people with food sources. The five familiar colors (green, red, yellow, white and black) in our daily life have different health care functions.
Everyone should eat a lot of food every day to replenish nutrition for the body and avoid premature aging due to lack of nutrition. Chinese medicine believes that every food has its own characteristics. Choosing the right food can help you nourish your internal organs and make them less sick. Therefore, when people eat on weekdays, they must choose the right food.
Eating more food can nourish your internal organs.
Kidney likes black food and salty food.
Black enters the kidney, and black food has the function of nourishing kidney and tonifying kidney, such as black beans, black rice, black sesame seeds, black laver, black fungus, black mushrooms and black peanuts. Especially black beans and black sesame seeds, the effect of tonifying kidney is excellent. Also, when you have symptoms of kidney yang deficiency and essence and blood deficiency (such as cold hands and feet, weak waist and knees, constipation, etc. ), you should eat some salty food, such as stewed medicinal diet with sweet and slightly salty cistanche deserticola, to help nourish the kidneys. But one thing to remember is that eating salty food can nourish the kidney, and it is worthy of being salty, not salty. Eating too much salty food will destroy the tightness of the kidney, hurt the kidney, lead to kidney qi loss, and eventually lead to renal insufficiency. In addition, people with poor digestive function, dyspepsia and abdominal distension, as well as people with liver and kidney diseases, should eat less or no black food and salty food.
2. Lung likes white food and spicy food.
White enters the lungs, and white foods often have the function of clearing away and moistening the lungs, such as lily, tremella, Sydney, yam, white lotus meat, white lentils and white radish. Among them, lily, tremella and Sydney are commonly used ingredients for clearing away lung heat and moistening lung. Lily, in particular, is flat, slightly cold and enters the lung meridian. Clinically, it is often used to prevent and treat chronic bronchitis, emphysema, tuberculosis and chronic pharyngitis. It can effectively relieve symptoms such as cough and hemoptysis. You can also eat spicy food to nourish your lungs. People with lung qi deficiency and lung yang deficiency are suitable to eat some spicy foods, because these foods can promote qi and blood circulation, benefit lung qi, and have the effects of nourishing lung qi, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold after eating. Remind everyone that spicy food refers to those foods that have the function of promoting qi circulation and dispersing stagnation, such as leeks, onions, peppers, ginger and so on. Therefore, if you want to raise your lungs, you can eat some properly. Remember to eat in moderation, not in excess, because once overdosed, it may make the lungs feel dry and evil, thus causing discomfort such as sore throat and cough.
Heart likes red food and bitter food.
Red enters the heart, and red food has the function of benefiting qi and enriching blood, generally including tomatoes, red peppers, watermelons, hawthorn, strawberries, red apples, pomegranate, red dates, red beans, brown sugar, black tea, pork and beef. Chinese medicine believes that eating bitter food can also nourish the heart. Because bitterness enters the heart meridian, eating more bitter food on weekdays will help clear the heart and purge fire, promote appetite and enhance digestion. If you often have a strong heart fire, such as palpitations and aphtha. Then you need to eat some bitter food to help protect your heart.
Liver likes green food and sour food.
Green (including cyan or blue) enters the liver, and green food has the function of soothing the liver and strengthening the liver. Common green foods are mung beans, green beans, spinach, celery, green peppers, broccoli, bitter gourd, cucumbers, olives, kiwis and so on. Chinese medicine believes that sour food has astringent, appetizing, fluid production and astringent effects. If you eat sour food properly on weekdays, you can protect and nourish the liver, and then play the role of nourishing liver yin and liver blood. Of course, although sour food can nourish the liver, it can't be eaten all the time, because eating too much can not only nourish the liver, but will cause excess liver qi and affect the health of the liver.
5. The spleen likes yellow food and sweets.
Yellow enters the spleen, and yellow foods mainly include soybeans, pumpkins, corn, peanuts, potatoes and apricots. Chinese medicine believes that tonifying the spleen can eat sweets. Many people like sweets. Among them, it is suggested that people with spleen deficiency and spleen meridian weakness eat more sweets every day. Because sweets have the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, for example, you can buy some dates, sugar cane and yam every day. Of course, please remember to eat sweet in moderation, that is, to control the right amount. Eating too much will easily lead to phlegm-dampness problems, which will lead to spleen weakness and damage.