The meaning of these four words is very profound. "Internal" is mainly to adjust the internal organs, meridians, etc. to strengthen the body; "Exterior" means trying to avoid the harm of external "external evil" to oneself, including not only things that are easy to make people sick, but also things that avoid danger such as fire prevention and disaster prevention; "Motion" refers to moderate and moderate exercise; "Quiet" is to adjust one's mentality. Although one can't handle things calmly, one should try to avoid exultation and great sorrow.
A good understanding of these four words is the basis of health care. There is one thing in the kitchen that gives consideration to both "inside" and "outside" health care tips. What many people can't think of is ginger, but Li Shizhen once suggested that ginger can "resist all evils", which can preserve health internally, warm the spleen and stomach and dispel cold, and can relieve all kinds of toxin emergencies externally, especially eating herbs or eating herbs by mistake.
Ginger has a long history of being used as medicine, and Shennong's materia medica is recorded. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, ginger can "resist all evils, relieve the poisoning of wild birds", "balance between raw and cooked", in which "balance between use" means regulating the spleen and stomach; Zhang, one of the four masters in Jin and Yuan Dynasties, put forward that ginger "benefits the spleen and stomach and dispels cold".
Needless to say, we all know the kinds of ginger. Here are a few issues that everyone is concerned about. Using ginger for health preservation is different from dried ginger, which seems to be the same thing but has different health preservation functions and cannot be confused; According to the orthodox textbook, it is better to make ginger "big and tender", and some people say it is better to make ginger. In fact, the difference lies in the stronger ability of ginger to disperse wind and cold, and each has its own best choice, depending on the needs.
In addition, some people say that ginger skin is cool and needs to be peeled when used. In fact, this sentence was said by Zhu Danxi, one of the four outstanding figures in Jin and Yuan Dynasties. The original words are "keeping skin is cool, peeling is hot", but the next sentence is the point. This sentence is "keeping skin is to remove heat from the surface, and peeling is to keep heat and store heat." It can be seen that health ginger is "sexually overheated" and peeling is easy to "accumulate excessive internal heat", so peeling is not recommended.
Ginger as medicine is called "emetic medicine". For people who suddenly vomit, ancient books record that "chewing two or three slices of ginger can stop." This can be said to be one of the medicinal values of ginger, which needs the guidance of professionals to "verify", and the health care functions of ginger can be divided into four categories.
1. Ginger helps to prevent colds.
As the saying goes, "ginger is indispensable for a hundred days." Ginger is a common medicinal material for dispelling cold, and it is also a common health-preserving thing for preventing colds. Li Shizhen said that it "dispels evil and prevents evil", that is, it has a preventive effect on dispelling cold. There are two ways to record in ancient books. One is to apply ginger, perilla and chrysanthemum around the nostrils or on both sides of the nose. The other one is more commonly used, that is, a few slices of ginger and a proper amount of brown sugar are soaked in water.
2. Ginger warms the spleen and stomach.
Ginger, known as the "holy medicine for vomiting", is most suitable for people who vomit because of stomach cold, especially with cardamom. If matched with Pogostemon, it can be used for vomiting in summer; Compatibility with Coptidis Rhizoma can be used for damp-heat vomiting. However, ginger is best at warming the spleen and stomach. The ancient book "Materia Medica Based on Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment" records that "ginger eliminates dampness, warming the middle energizes the spleen and stomach, and the temperature of the spleen and stomach is harmonious and healthy, and the moisture goes away".
For people with cold diet and heavy spleen and stomach chill, ginger and jujube can be used for health preservation; If the spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, ginger, ginseng and atractylodes macrocephala can be used for health preservation; If the yang is weak and the cold and dampness are strong, ginger, galangal and pepper can be used for health preservation; In ancient books, ginger, codonopsis pilosula and Paeonia lactiflora are collocated for those with deficiency of spleen and stomach.
3. Ginger is cold and warm.
Ginger health care can "warm the lungs and dissolve the drink", but many people only know that ginger warms the spleen and stomach but don't know its function of "warming the lungs, resolving phlegm and dispelling cold". Its main mechanism is that "spleen and stomach are the source of phlegm, and lung is the gas of storing phlegm", while warming spleen and stomach can curb the "source of phlegm" and ginger can also dispel cold, so health care is beneficial to lung.
Sun Simiao recorded in Qian Jin Fang that ginger juice and honey can regulate cough for many years; In addition, there are ginger, licorice, ginseng, jujube and other methods to moisten the lungs. It is worth noting that ginger and Pinellia ternata are good partners, which are recorded in ancient books, but Pinellia ternata is toxic and it is not recommended to keep in good health.
4. Ginger can be used for emergency detoxification.
In herbal books of past dynasties, ginger can detoxify pinellia tuber, rhizoma arisaematis and other medicinal materials, as well as wild birds and mushrooms. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "all kinds of drugs are poisonous and eat bamboo chicken partridge", which can be detoxified with ginger juice; Sun Simiao also recorded that eating fish and crabs, ginger, perilla leaves and licorice can all be poisoned.
However, when keeping healthy with ginger, one thing must be understood, that is, the disadvantages of ginger. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "eating ginger for a long time, accumulating heat and drinking too much, makes it grow very fast", which shows that ginger should not be eaten more, especially when drinking. In addition, ginger is pungent and helps fire, although it can dispel cold, but it also helps "fire evil" and "heat evil", so it is best not to eat it for those with excessive heat and yin deficiency.
Ginger is a common ingredient and a good thing for health. As the saying goes, "eat ginger in the morning and ginseng in the morning", but not everyone is suitable to eat more ginger, because everything has advantages and disadvantages. Only when you know about ginger can you use it reasonably to keep healthy. If you think this article is useful to you, please support it. The author will continue to work hard in the future.