The dietary principle of traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that people should choose a reasonable diet according to different seasons, regions and constitutions. What is suitable for eating in spring and what is taboo?

Now that spring has come, according to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, spring is the season of growth and development, and the dead wood meets spring, which is the time for the growth of courage and courage. We should eat more foods with the characteristics of rising hair and spicy taste, so as to stimulate the qi of the liver and gallbladder, dissolve the energy stored in winter and spread it to the body surface, and provide abundant energy for the physical and mental activities of the human body.

In Beijing, beginning of spring has the custom of eating spring cakes on this day. The so-called spring cake is a kind of hot flour cake-two small pieces of water, oiled in the middle, rolled into a cake, which can be peeled off and divided into two pieces after cooking. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables. The protagonist of the dish is bean sprouts, including mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts or black bean sprouts. Other dishes include green spinach, yellow leeks and white vermicelli. This is actually a signal to the body-spring is coming, and it's time to sprout and wake up, so keep up with the pace of biting spring. This is the elegant and correct way to eat. However, some people add spices at will and insist on putting meat in spring cakes. Actually, this is not right. Spring is not the season to eat meat. After nourishing for a winter, I ate a lot of oil and water just after the end of the year, and the accumulation of meat will begin to be eliminated in the spring.

Eat less meat in spring, avoid sour and cold food, and put more spicy, fragrant and divergent seasonings.

Another reason for not eating meat in spring is that spring is not the season for killing. Many animals give birth and eat in spring. In order to conform to the spirit of heaven and earth, the tradition of China people from ancient times to the present is that spring gives birth without killing, peace without taking away, and reward without punishment. Even if the most heinous criminals are executed, they will not be executed in spring, but in autumn. Killing 3000 people costs 800 yuan. While killing animals, they are also killing their own vitality. Therefore, the diet in spring should be vegetarian and eat less meat.

Besides eating less meat in spring, what food should we avoid? What is the best food to eat in spring?

Healthy people should avoid eating and drinking sour and cold things in spring, because the taste of acid has inhibitory and astringent effects, which is not conducive to the venting of liver qi. Many people are used to asking for a glass of juice when they eat and drink in spring. If they order juice in autumn, it will be perfect, but it will be out of date in spring, especially for people with cold hands and feet. In spring, you should drink some fragrant scented tea, strong coffee, or an iron pot of yellow wine. It is best not to add plum to yellow rice wine, add some shredded ginger and even drink less white wine, which is conducive to encouraging hair growth.

In addition, among the five grains, wheat corresponds to the liver and gallbladder. In spring, we should eat more pasta, eat less noodles and eat more garlic. As the weather gets warmer, people will eat Toona sinensis buds, garlic sprouts, bean sprouts, elms, willow leaves and so on. When cooking, you should consciously put more spicy, fragrant and divergent seasonings.

Everyone knows that beans tonify the kidney. We eat more tofu and drink soybean milk in winter, but we will eat bean sprouts instead in spring. Today I will introduce you to the method of raw bean sprouts:

The water boiled with bean sprouts tastes delicious, and vegetarians use it for seasoning. It's a vegetarian soup, much better than just putting monosodium glutamate and chicken essence.

First, prepare a leaking container, whether it is a pot or a pan. Pick out the beans and remove those that are dry, cracked and cracked. Put the beans in a bowl, wash them in cold water and dry them, then quickly blanch them in boiling water and soak them in cold water. Then put the treated beans in a jar, cover them with a wet cloth and pour cold water 1 ~ 2 times a day. 1 week, when the bean sprouts grow to 2 ~ 3 cm, they can be eaten after peeling.