In recent years, a wave of purple food has arisen in Europe and America, and purple food has become the focus of health care because of its super antioxidant capacity, but their excellent characteristics have been recorded as early as in the classic Huangdi Neijing. Ever heard of Five Elements? The five elements were originally philosophical thoughts, which evolved over time and became a part of ancestors' life. In traditional Chinese medicine, they not only represent color, but also represent viscera, and everything in life can be classified according to the characteristics of the five elements (wood, fire, earth, gold and water). Among them, the five internal organs (liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney), five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, heart and salty) and five colors (salty) are the most direct guidance for dietotherapy. According to the records in Huangdi Neijing, Chinese medicine believes that blue enters the liver, red (red) enters the heart, yellow enters the spleen and black enters the kidney ... With this concept, we can make a preliminary judgment by reading many ancient dietotherapy books and even choosing ingredients. Maybe you will ask, "Is there purple in the five colors?" ! In fact, the black referred to by Chinese medicine is not limited to black, but also includes purple black, and even red purple and red black can be classified as "black". For example, we often eat purple rice (black glutinous rice), mulberry and Luoshen flower, which are all ingredients for entering the kidney and have the effect of nourishing kidney essence. Tonifying kidney and replenishing essence to delay aging. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney essence is the foundation of life and is inherited from parents, while western medicine calls it heredity. It can generate qi and blood, nourish viscera, and is the main driving force for human growth and development. For example, the growth of children, the maturity of secondary sexual characteristics, menarche and so on. It is the result of kidney essence filling. At the same time, it will gradually decrease with the increase of age, and then die of old age. Therefore, keeping kidney essence full can not only preserve health, but also delay aging. ▲ Mulberry becomes vinegar when it is abundant, and you can enjoy vinegar drinks rich in purple power all year round. Photography/Wang Ruize Food and Medicine Market (News and Market Website) In recent years, purple food has become a common practice in Europe and America, and purple food has also become the focus of health care because of its super antioxidant capacity, but their excellent characteristics have been recorded as early as the classic of Chinese medicine Huangdi Neijing. Ever heard of Five Elements? The five elements were originally philosophical thoughts, which evolved over time and became a part of ancestors' life. In traditional Chinese medicine, they not only represent color, but also represent viscera, and everything in life can be classified according to the characteristics of the five elements (wood, fire, earth, gold and water). Among them, the five internal organs (liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney), five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, heart and salty) and five colors (salty) are the most direct guidance for dietotherapy. According to the records in Huangdi Neijing, Chinese medicine believes that blue enters the liver, red (red) enters the heart, yellow enters the spleen and black enters the kidney ... With this concept, we can make a preliminary judgment by reading many ancient dietotherapy books and even choosing ingredients. Maybe you will ask, "Is there purple in the five colors?" ! In fact, the black referred to by Chinese medicine is not limited to black, but also includes purple black, and even red purple and red black can be classified as "black". For example, we often eat purple rice (black glutinous rice), mulberry and Luoshen flower, which are all ingredients for entering the kidney and have the effect of nourishing kidney essence. Tonifying kidney and replenishing essence to delay aging. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney essence is the foundation of life and is inherited from parents, while western medicine calls it heredity. It can generate qi and blood, nourish viscera, and is the main driving force for human growth and development. For example, the growth of children, the maturity of secondary sexual characteristics, menarche and so on. It is the result of kidney essence filling. At the same time, it will gradually decrease with the increase of age, and then die of old age. Therefore, keeping kidney essence full can not only preserve health, but also delay aging. ▲ Mulberry becomes vinegar when it is abundant, and you can enjoy vinegar drinks rich in purple power all year round. Photography/Wang Ruize eats purple food to nourish kidney essence. Besides parental inheritance, kidney essence can also be nourished by food. As for how to "eat", the following two methods are provided: First, choose the purple-black ingredients that enter the kidney and supplement the kidney essence. Just like in the season when mulberries are abundant, the harvested mulberries are turned into vinegar, so that you can enjoy the delicious mulberries vinegar all year round. Or cook purple-black glutinous rice (commonly known as purple rice) with longan and medlar into sweet soup and enjoy it at home, just like tasting dessert in a restaurant. Second, regulate the spleen and stomach (digestive system) The spleen and stomach are places to absorb nutrients. If the spleen and stomach are healthy, the nutrition of ingredients can fully nourish viscera and kidney essence; But the spleen and stomach are not good, not only the viscera are not nourished, but also the kidney essence is consumed to maintain the function of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, if you want to tonify the kidney, start with the spleen and stomach! 1. Choose ingredients that nourish the spleen and stomach. You can choose ingredients that nourish the spleen and stomach, such as sweet potato, pumpkin, yam, and barley. , make the spleen and stomach strong, so as to smoothly transform the nutrients of ingredients, recuperate the viscera and tonify the kidney. Not only depends on the ingredients to adjust, but also pays special attention to daily eating habits, so as to take care of your spleen and stomach. You can pay attention to the following aspects: a. Time: three meals are fixed, and dinner (or the last meal) is best eaten before 8 o'clock. B. appetite: three meals are quantitative, and each meal is eight points full. C. Dining time: the average person has three meals a day. If you have special needs, you must eat more meals in small quantities, and please avoid midnight snack. D. Dietary choice: Chinese medicine believes that cold, fat and sweet foods are easy to damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, when choosing meals, try to avoid raw and cold foods such as sashimi, salad or high-calorie foods such as frying, barbecue and dessert, which will damage the spleen and stomach and lead to decreased digestion. After mastering these principles, I hope that when you buy food next time, it is easier to judge the characteristics of ingredients, and at the same time, you can use diet to regulate your body and maintain your health! 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