Five-color food nourishes five zang-organs
Chinese medicine pays attention to "five colors entering the five internal organs". Five colors refer to green, red, yellow, white and black, which can nourish the liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys. Chinese medicine pays attention to five colors and five flavors entering the five internal organs. Therefore, every time we eat, we should pay attention to the nutritional collocation of five colors and five flavors, and conform to the principle of "five flavors in one" in TCM diet recuperation. Food should not be partial or mixed, so as to achieve comprehensive nutrition.
The five elements refer to the movement and change of five basic substances in nature: gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The "Five Elements Theory" emphasizes that the growth, continuation and extinction of all things in the world are closely related to the five elements, and the movement and change of five basic substances will inevitably bring about changes in the surrounding environment. According to the physiological characteristics of human five internal organs, it can be divided into: lung belongs to gold, liver belongs to wood, kidney belongs to water, heart belongs to fire, and spleen belongs to earth. In other words, the growth and failure of our bodies are closely related to the five internal organs. If we ensure the basic operation of internal organs and adjust them to the best body function, our bodies will present a good situation, which will lead to diseases in stay away from obesity.
When seeing a doctor, white is mostly lung cold, cyan is mostly liver wind, black is mostly kidney deficiency, red is mostly heart fire, and yellow is mostly spleen dampness. In this way, the "Five Elements Theory" can be extended to five-color foods, which correspond to white, blue, black, red and yellow foods respectively, and it also corresponds to our five internal organs. In other words, as long as we balance the intake of five-color food, we can follow the principle of five elements to produce grams to a certain extent, so as to achieve the effect of regulating internal organs and even body functions.
Nourish the liver-eat more plums and drink less.
Liver has a potential relationship with green vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables. So the ancients came to a conclusion that cyan entered the liver. The leaves of plants contain vitamins, such as vitamin C, carotene and folic acid, as well as minerals and chlorophyll. They usually dye the leaves turquoise. Therefore, when we need to nurse the liver, it is the best choice to take nutrition from plants.
Green food is beneficial to liver-qi circulation and metabolism, and can also relieve fatigue and liver depression. Eating more dark or green foods can nourish and protect the liver, such as mung beans, cucumbers, cauliflower, edamame, celery, spinach, bamboo shoots, kelp, broccoli, spinach, green apples, etc., which are helpful to the liver, gallbladder and eyes of the human body.
If you can drink with a little green plum seeds, then cyan and sour taste can protect the liver of the drinker, thus reducing the harm of alcohol to the liver. Blue food, including green vegetables and fruits, is the main source of vitamins, and its main functions are to clean the stomach, promote growth and detoxify.
Noon and evening are the working hours of the liver system. If you eat some green food in these two prime times, you can adjust your body well and help you lose weight easily. Besides, meet at noon.