Grains in ancient times refers to japonica rice, hemp, soybean, wheat and millet, and in modern times refers to all kinds of grains. Grains are nutrition, that is, grains are the healthiest and have the function of adjuvant treatment of diseases. Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Exogenous Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases emphasizes that "taking Guizhi Decoction for a while, sipping a liter of hot porridge to help medicine, and warming up for a while seem to be sweating all over." In other words, drinking a bowl of hot porridge after taking the medicine can make the whole body sweat slightly, which is helpful to the development of Chinese medicine.
Five fruits means supporting five fruits, and also refers to all kinds of fruits. "Help" here means help and assistance. Modern research shows that fruit is the main source of vitamins A and C in residents' diet, and it also contains many nutrients such as water, sugar, pectin, amino acids and minerals. /kloc-in the 0/8th century, sailors who sailed far away from the land, lacked fresh fruits and vegetables, and were seriously short of vitamin C, thus resulting in scurvy with high mortality at that time. It can be seen from this that although fruit looks unremarkable in life, if it is seriously insufficient, it will bring bad consequences.
Five animals are beneficial. Five animals generally refer to all kinds of meat, and "benefit" means tonic. For people with weak constitution, it can be supplemented appropriately, but for ordinary people, it is not advisable to take too much. Meat is rich in protein, fat and calories. Excessive intake will cause hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity and hyperglycemia, and increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. This phenomenon is widespread in the current society, especially in some "Hamburg food culture" in Europe and America.
Five dishes refer to all kinds of vegetables, and "supplement" means supplement, enrichment and filling. Vegetables are the main source of dietary fiber, rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins, which can enrich the dirty qi, supplement the body's nutrition and make various nutrients in the body more perfect.
"Smells are mixed together to make up for poverty." This sentence means that drugs, grains, fruits, livestock and vegetables have their own functions and play different roles in human health. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the proportion of food in daily life, not partial eclipse, so as to achieve the role of nourishing human essence.