Red belongs to the "fire" in the five elements, giving people a flame-like sensory stimulation, which corresponds to summer in season. Entering the heart corresponding to the five internal organs can enhance the qi of the heart and improve the activity of human tissues and cells. Eating more red food can prevent colds, and it has the effects of nourishing blood, generating blood and strengthening yang, so it is more suitable for "deficiency syndrome" and "excess syndrome", such as emaciation, dull complexion, anemia, palpitation, cold limbs, weakness of hands and feet, etc. Red food health generally common red or reddish food, or warm medicinal materials, such as safflower, hawthorn, mulberry and so on. Red beans, watermelons and purslane are cool, and almost all of them are rich in iron, which can supplement iron, enrich blood and be beneficial to health.

Luoshenhua

Luoshen flower, produced in the tropics, is a cool drink in summer. Chinese medicine uses Luoshenhua to clear away heat, quench thirst, relieve cough and lower blood pressure, and can treat heatstroke, cough, drunkenness and hypertension. Studies have shown that Luoshenhua has strong antioxidant, anti-tumor, cardiovascular protection, liver protection and blood pressure lowering functions. Studies show that after taking Luoshen scented tea for 265,438+0 days, the blood pressure will drop by 5% ~ 65,438+065,438+0%, which really helps to control blood pressure. However, at present, most of Luoshen flowers are made into candied fruit, with high salt content and heavy sweetness, which is a burden to the cardiovascular system and kidneys. If you want to protect your heart, you'd better choose unprocessed Luoshen flower.

red date

Jujube, also known as jujube, supplements the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Modern pharmacology has found that jujube is rich in vitamins C and A, protein, fat, sugar and other nutrients, which can protect the liver and enhance physical strength, and is helpful for all deficiency diseases such as stomach weakness, loss of appetite, poor spleen function and arrhythmia.

Hongse flowers

Carthamus tinctorius is pungent and warm, entering the liver meridian and heart meridian, and is a compositae plant. The main effects are promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, promoting blood circulation to dredge menstruation, breaking blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration, relieving swelling and pain, sweating and reducing fever. It is good for female menstrual abdominal pain, traumatic injury, blood stasis pain and other symptoms.

White nourishing lung

The synopsis of the Golden Chamber in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic Su Wen records: "The western color is white in the lungs, bright in the nose, and pungent in the fur ..." In other words, eating more white food has the function of nourishing the lungs. People with bad stomach and easy to get fat, people with bad skin color should eat more white food, such as white radish, cabbage, cabbage, cauliflower, mushrooms, tremella, sugar cane and so on. Chinese herbal medicines include almond, yam, poria cocos, white sesame, lily and white peony root, but people with allergies don't.

apricot kernel

Almond tastes bitter and warm, enters the lungs and intestines, and has the effects of relieving asthma, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and moistening intestines. Proper consumption can prevent sore throat, cough, intestinal dryness and constipation.

lily

Lily is flat and sweet, enters the heart and lungs, and has the functions of clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, relieving cough, calming the heart and calming the nerves. It is most suitable for people with insomnia, dreaminess, neurasthenia and trance. Moreover, lily contains special ingredients such as colchicine and colchicine, which can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and is also a natural tonic for preventing cancer.

Small carrot

Radish is cool, pungent, enters the lungs and stomach, and has the effects of diuresis, digestion, phlegm and heat. In addition, radish is rich in vitamins A and C, which can promote the synthesis of heme and increase blood concentration. Modern medical research has confirmed that radish contains special lignin, which can activate macrophages in vivo and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. It is also a good anti-cancer food.

pear

Pear has been known as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times, which has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and reducing fire. In autumn, if the climate is too dry, there will be thirst, constipation and dry cough. Or symptoms such as polydipsia, cough and asthma, and jaundice caused by excessive internal heat, you can eat more pears. Before you want to use pears for health, you should consider whether it is suitable for your own physique. People with cold and cough due to deficiency should not eat pears raw. Must be steamed, boiled or stewed with medicinal materials. If you have diarrhea for a long time, you should not eat more pears, because pears are cold and eating more diarrhea is aggravated.