Grains are the staple food that can support people, and the role of five fruits in the human body is auxiliary to grains. Eating a little meat is enough, just a little, vegetables can turn essence into qi, make qi smooth and defecate smooth. It is necessary to reconcile the smells of five grains, five fruits, five animals and five dishes, so that the grains can replenish essence and the five dishes can replenish qi (turn essence into qi).

This sentence comes from Huangdi Neijing, which is intended to teach people how to eat reasonably.

Huangdi Neijing is a comprehensive medical work, which establishes the theories of Yin and Yang, five elements, pulse condition, Tibetan image, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, health preservation and luck. ?

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1, five grains: rice, wheat, millet, yellow glutinous rice and various beans. Eating grains and beans together can greatly improve the nutritional value.

2, five fruits: plum, apricot, jujube, peach, chestnut. Fruit is rich in vitamins, cellulose, sugars, organic acids and other substances, which can be eaten raw and can avoid destroying its nutrients due to cooking.

3. Five livestock: cattle, dogs, sheep, pigs, chickens and other five kinds of livestock meat. Meat is beneficial to the human body, can supplement the nutritional deficiency of the staple food of whole grains, and is the main supplementary food of balanced diet.

4. Five dishes: sunflower, epimedium, onion and leek. All kinds of vegetables contain various trace elements, vitamins, cellulose and other nutrients, which can stimulate appetite, satisfy hunger, help digestion, supplement nutrition, prevent constipation, reduce blood lipid and blood sugar, and prevent intestinal cancer, so it is very beneficial to human health.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Huangdi Neijing