1, liver-cyan (green)-acid (to protect the liver, you should eat more cyan foods such as:
Vegetables, broccoli and so on. Eat less sour food)
2, heart-red-bitter (eat more red food to replenish the heart: tomatoes,
Carrots and so on. If the heart is too strong, you can also eat bitter gourd to reduce fire)
3, spleen-yellow-sweet (to protect the spleen and stomach, you should eat more yellow food.
Such as soybean and sweet potato. , avoid eating too sweet things)
4, lungs-white-spicy (lungs should eat white food such as onions, yam,
Lily, wait. Eat more spicy food and hang onion rings on your chest if your lungs are not good.
5, kidney-black-salty (kidney should eat more black food such as: black fungus, black sesame,
Grape, eggplant, purple cabbage, etc. And don't eat too salty food)
Three meals a day is very good for your health as long as you ensure that these five colors and flavors are all available.
Chinese medicine pays attention to the theory of five elements, which refer to gold, wood, water, fire and earth. In the theory of five elements, the human body is also divided into "five internal organs", and the so-called five internal organs refer to the liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney. The concept of five internal organs mentioned here is not exactly the same as that of western medicine, and it also contains people's spiritual functions. Food is also divided into five categories according to taste and color, which correspond to the "five internal organs" of human body and nourish each other.
liver
Liver belongs to wood. Chinese medicine believes that liver is a detoxification organ, which is in charge of the muscles and joints of the whole body. Eyes are also closely related to liver.
Sour: It is found that sour taste has the greatest correlation with liver and gallbladder in the five elements. It can act on the liver and gallbladder and control the tendons and veins. Sour taste can shrink the body and make it less greasy.
Green: Green food can help the liver and gallbladder to relieve stress and regulate the function of the liver and gallbladder, especially in clearing away heat and calming the fire of the liver and gallbladder.
Litchi: Benefiting the liver and enriching the blood is of great help to women with physical deficiency and blood deficiency.
Plum: clearing liver and clearing heat is suitable for those with liver deficiency and heat excess.
Celery: clearing away heat and calming the liver, mostly used for dizziness, dizziness and blushing caused by liver fire.
Hairtail: nourishing liver and blood, used for spleen and stomach weakness, loss of appetite and vomiting caused by liver blood deficiency.
Water spinach: clearing heat and cooling blood, used for nosebleeds and hematochezia caused by blood heat.
heart
The heart belongs to fire in the five elements, the flame rises upwards, and the heart is enlightened physically by the tongue. At the onset, if the tip of the tongue is red and the face is red, it is considered that the heart is inflamed by fire, so the fire in the five elements is used to represent the heart in the five internal organs.
Bitterness: Bitter food has the greatest relationship with the heart and small intestine, and bitterness can eliminate dryness and heat, so eat more bitter food in summer.
Red: Red food can act on the heart, which helps to relieve fatigue and make people refreshed.
Watermelon: diuretic to relieve annoyance, which may remove irritability, red tongue and short urine caused by heart fire.
Pepper: warming the middle to dispel cold.
Oyster: nourishing yin and blood, used for deficiency of heart blood, insomnia and night sweats.
spleen
Spleen belongs to soil in the five elements. Without the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, people can't survive without nutrition. At the same time, the digestion and absorption of food, three meals a day and daily excretion have certain rules, which is a stable phenomenon, so the soil in the five elements is used instead of the spleen in the five internal organs.
Sweetness: sweets act on the spleen and stomach and muscles. Eating sweetness can make people lazy, and has the functions of eliminating tension, restoring fatigue and supplementing blood sugar.
Huang: Yellow food helps to cultivate a happy mood and make people concentrate.
Jujube: Into the spleen and stomach, it is used to supplement spleen and stomach weakness, fatigue and fatigue, and also nourish blood and soothe the nerves.
Pineapple: digestion, diarrhea, food injury, diarrhea.
Bamboo shoots: clearing away heat and promoting digestion, used for stomach heat, dry mouth constipation, cough with excessive phlegm and food retention.
Sweet potato: tonify the spleen and stomach, used for spleen and stomach weakness, qi deficiency and fatigue.
lung
Lung belongs to gold in the five elements, all metals have sounds, and people's voice is inspired by lung qi. At the same time, the lung is a delicate organ, which is afraid of internal heat fumigation. Therefore, in the five internal organs, the gold in the five elements is used to represent the lung, which controls breathing and skin excretion.
Spicy: Spicy food acts on the lungs and large intestine. Eating spicy food will make pores diverge, promote perspiration, warm the body and help blood circulation.
White: White food is related to sadness.
Whitebait: moistening lung and relieving cough, used for patients with lung yin deficiency, physical weakness, dry cough and less phlegm.
Peanut: moistening lung and relieving cough, especially suitable for lung dryness and cough.
Yam: It can tonify lung qi, especially for cough due to lung deficiency.
Glutinous rice: benefiting qi and consolidating exterior, used for qi deficiency and unconsolidation.
Tofu: clearing lung and strengthening skin.
kidney
Kidney belongs to water in the five elements, and the characteristics of water are downward, while the water that the human body drinks every day passes through the body and is finally discharged from the bladder. The function of excreting water is dominated by the kidney, but if the kidney is sick, the urine will be abnormal. The kidney stores essence, and water is related to the development of bones and hair.
Salty: Salty food is metabolized by kidney and bladder. Salty food also has the function of softening hard objects and promoting excretion.
Black: Most black foods are good for tonifying kidney.
Grape: tonify kidney, strengthen bones and muscles, deal with soreness of waist and knees, and induce diuresis, which is suitable for red pain in urine.
Perch: Tonifying kidney and preventing miscarriage, used for kidney deficiency, restless fetal movement or pregnancy edema.
Porphyra: clearing away heat and diuresis, used for edema and unfavorable urination.
Sesame: it can tonify liver and kidney, and is used for deficiency of liver and kidney and physical weakness after illness.