The so-called "eating buds in spring" means eating more bud vegetables in spring, such as mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, leek seedlings and Toona sinensis seedlings. Because everything recovers in spring, and the temperature turns from cold to warm, it is the time when sprouts are plump and vigorous. The ancients believed that seasonal diet was a healthy method. The ancients called bean sprouts "seeds" and thought that bean sprouts were most suitable for spring consumption, which could help the five internal organs to change from winter storage to spring production. Scientific research has proved that bean sprouts have the effect of clearing heat, which can help dredge liver qi, strengthen spleen and stomach, thus alleviating the "dryness and heat" caused by dry climate in spring.
The weather in summer is humid and sultry, which is easy to produce symptoms of summer heat and dampness. "Eating melons in summer" means that melons are rich in various minerals and vitamins, which can clear away heat and damp, effectively replenish a lot of water lost in summer due to high temperature exposure, prevent heatstroke and cool down, and help us spend the hot and humid summer. It is worth noting that melons are mostly cold, such as loofah and wax gourd. People with weak spleen and stomach and kidney deficiency should not eat more.
The ancients believed that the gathering of the spirit of the sun in autumn was also a fruitful harvest season in nature. The so-called "eating fruit in autumn" means that autumn is a good time to eat nuts such as chestnuts, peanuts and walnuts. Nut is a kind of food rich in protein, vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients. Eating more nuts is good for human health. Peanut is plain and sweet, and its protein content is as high as 26%, which is twice that of wheat. Eating more peanuts can invigorate the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm, nourish and regulate qi, clear the throat and relieve cough.
Winter is the season when a large number of root foods are on the market. The so-called "eating root tubers in winter" is to suggest eating more root tubers such as sweet potatoes, radishes, potatoes and lotus roots in winter. They are usually rich in carbohydrates and minerals. Carbohydrate can provide more heat for human body, and minerals are important substances for human body to keep out the cold. We can use root vegetables instead of staple food to help the body improve its cold resistance. It should be noted that rhizome foods often have high starch content and can directly replace staple food when eaten; If it is a dish, the intake of staple food should also be reduced accordingly.
Now that technology is advanced, we have more and more choices in food. We should pay more attention to our daily diet, which is directly related to our health.