As the saying goes, eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. The whole sentence is "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, so you don't have to prescribe it all the time." Most people interpret this proverb as eating radish in winter and ginger in summer. In fact, this proverb adopts an ancient rhetorical device-intertextuality. Winter and summer generally refer to the four seasons of the year. The correct understanding is that radish and ginger are often eaten all the year round without a doctor's prescription.

It is common knowledge that ginger is hot and radish is cold. Proverbs mainly remind people to eat ginger in summer and radish in winter. In fact, this is a health care experience that is integrated with Chinese medicine.

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Taboos related to eating radish in winter and ginger in summer: In addition to considering some people's physical problems, it is also necessary to know that ginger is not suitable for certain seasons and certain periods. Before and after beginning of autumn, he ate little or no ginger.

Because the vitality of nature begins to converge in autumn, the yang of human body also gradually converges, and the nature of ginger is to encourage the outflow of qi and blood, which is just the opposite of the trend of nature. Eating ginger at this time runs counter to our purpose of health preservation.

After beginning of autumn, we should not eat wool, we should conform to nature and emphasize convergence. He can eat some sour foods that nourish the liver and astringe the lung, such as oranges, hawthorn, pomegranate and grapes. Secondly, in a day, Yang is a process from prosperity to decline from morning till night. Eating ginger in the morning helps the yang to rise, and it is necessary to harvest and combine at night, so it is not advisable to eat ginger at night.

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