There is a saying in Neijing that "five animals are beneficial", that is, within the framework of the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, five animals have corresponding relations with five flavors and five internal organs, and five animals also have their dirty things to supplement, which guides the dietary and nutritional principles of traditional Chinese medicine. With the improvement of living standards and the diversification of material supply, the intake of grain is decreasing, and animal meat food is obviously increasing. Therefore, while paying attention to "five grains are nutrition", we can't ignore the truth that "five animals are beneficial".
Huangdi Neijing makes an in-depth analysis of physical fitness, and studies different physical fitness from many aspects, such as fat and thin figure, courageous temperament, size of yin and yang, and attributes of five elements. It is considered that it is an important way to improve the clinical curative effect to formulate diagnosis and treatment methods on the basis of identifying physique, and only by mastering the characteristics of physique can the accuracy of health care be improved.
Interpretation of five kinds of animals
Su Wen Wu Wei: "Five livestock: sweet cow, sour dog, salty pig, bitter sheep and spicy chicken." Taking the five flavors as the intermediary, the five animals are divided into five elements, and the five elements of five animals' meat are obtained, namely, beef belongs to soil, dog meat belongs to wood, pork belongs to water, mutton belongs to fire, and chicken belongs to gold, which lays a theoretical foundation for the clinical application of five animals' meat and other flesh-and-blood products to replenish essence and qi in traditional Chinese medicine.
The four characteristics of five poultry meat are classified according to the attributes of yin and yang and five elements and the efficacy of five flavors. We can know that beef is warm, chicken is slightly warm, dog meat is warm, mutton is hot and pork is slightly cold. .