Throughout the ages, scholars have attached great importance to diet health care and formed a set of health care methods in practice. Lu You, 86, is one of the oldest poets in ancient China. The literati's diet and health preservation can be seen in his poems.

Eat bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots are regarded as "treasures in vegetables" because of their white color, tender quality and fresh taste. When they first entered the market, they were scarce and expensive. Li Shangyin praised: "The tender and fragrant buds just came out of the forest, and the price of the five tombs is as heavy as gold." Bai Juyi's "Eating Bamboo Shoots" also said: "... the purple basket depreciates the brocade, and the vegetarian muscle breaks the new jade. Add a meal every day, and if you want to eat meat, you can enjoy it. I have been a guest in Luo Jing for a long time, and this smell is often not enough. And don't eat, the south wind blows bamboo. " Su Dongpo, who served as a local official in Hangzhou twice, "would rather eat without meat than live without bamboo" and praised bamboo shoots in the poem "Arriving in Huangzhou for the first time". "It's ok to scatter chrysanthemums for a long time, but it's hard to say whether the bitter bamboo shoots and finless porpoises?" Lu You praised the "cat-headed bamboo shoots" in Jiangxi as "the color of the jade version of the cat's head bamboo shoots, and the taste is like the scarlet of the hump oxtail". Zheng Banqiao's poem "Fresh bamboo shoots in the south of the Yangtze River are cheaper than shad, and the spring breeze is rotten in early March", and the praise for burning shad with fresh bamboo shoots is even more vivid on the paper. This can really be described as common, consistent and amazing.

Eating pine flowers

Pine flower has the function of health care and beauty, and was listed as a tribute in ancient times. Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty liked Songhua very much. She often likes to eat a kind of "small refined cake" made of pine flowers. Su Dongpo also likes to eat food made from pine flowers. He steamed pine flowers, Sophora japonica flowers and apricot flowers in rice, sealed them for a few days and got wine. He sang, "A catty of pine flowers is indispensable. Don't fry eight or two catties of pollen, five dollars each for Sophora japonica and apricot flowers, and two catties of white honey are mashed together. After eating or taking a bath, the red and white faces will never change. "

Eat cabbage

Chinese cabbage is also called "fermented grains" because it is "elegant, green and white, does not fade in winter, and has loose exercises every four hours." There is a poem in Fan Chengda that says, "It tastes like honey lotus root. Zhumen meat has no taste and is only an ordinary dish. " Su Dongpo, who likes to eat Dongpo meat, also praised it with "boiled mutton and dolphins" and "cabbage is better than cake sausage" He often uses shepherd's purse, radish, shepherd's purse and so on. Dongpo soup was made with rice flour and a small amount of ginger, and a poem was written: "I like to warm my stomach and drink in winter, but I know Dongpo cooks by hand." Eating chestnuts chestnuts is also called chestnuts, hairy chestnuts, phoenix chestnuts and chestnut fruits. Regular consumption can achieve the purpose of anti-aging and prolonging life. Sun Simiao, the drug king, called it "the fruit of kidney, which is suitable for kidney disease." Su Zhe wrote a poem praising: "Shan Weng served Laos when he was sick with waist and foot." According to Li Shizhen, "Bagging chestnuts, hanging and drying them, eating more than a dozen grains every morning, and then eating pig kidney porridge to help them, will be strong for a long time."

Eat plum blossoms

Plum blossom is not only a famous ornamental flower, but also a good medicine. Bai Mei is the main medicine, which has the functions of "calming the heart to quench thirst, soothing the liver to relieve depression, regulating qi and regulating stomach". Yang Wanli likes to dip fresh plum blossoms in honey and leave immortal poems. Among them, "Evergreen Zhao Shuyin" has a cloud: "When fruits are cooked in the south, they gather in the north like boiling water. Only rattan cream can't be separated, so I have to chew plum blossoms. "

Lily eater

Lily, named after "dozens of pieces are tired, like Bai Lianhua, and hundreds of pieces are synthesized", has been regarded as an auspicious thing and loved by people since ancient times. It is a kind of food with rich nutrition, spleen and lungs. Lu You likes to eat lilies, and once wrote a famous sentence, "Two clusters of fragrant lilies are more angry, and the old man is still childlike at seventy."

Eat shepherd's purse

Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is also called wild vegetables, ground vegetables, wild shepherd's purse, grass protection and so on. There are many tender leaves and roots, which have a unique and attractive fragrance and delicious taste. Scholars admire it, and Su Dongpo has a poem "Around the wheat field, you can cook mountain soup for the monk's house." Lu You is addicted to being a slut. He praised his delicious fragrance by chanting poems: "The wall is cooked by hand and beautiful as a dolphin"; "Residual snow disappears at the beginning of the garden, and the beauty of soup is better than that of sheep and dolphins"; Even "I miss my fern tree every day, don't forget to go home in spring."

Artemisia selengensis

Chrysanthemum morifolium has the function of appetizing and strengthening the spleen, and can be used for cooking, making soup or cold salad. Lu You regards Artemisia selengensis as one of the godsend dishes, and his poem "Chugui Zafu" says: "When you cut Artemisia selengensis in a small garden for five acres, you don't feel deserted." Picking Artemisia selengensis is like being in a fairyland far away from the world.

Hot porridge

Lu You regards eating porridge as a "simple way" to keep fit. His poem "Eating Porridge" said: "Everyone in the world is a senior, but he didn't realize that it was now for many years. I want to learn from the people and only eat porridge for the gods. " Su Dongpo is also interested in eating porridge. When he was known in Xuzhou, he was drunk with joy. The farmer loves xian to cook porridge for him. After dinner, he felt very comfortable, so he gave the poem "Hot Porridge Poetry" the cloud of "body and mind are upside down without knowing it, but knowing that there is a true taste in the world". Not only praised the delicious porridge, but also praised the kindness of farmers. Ruan Kuisheng also wrote a poem about porridge in Qing Dynasty: "Incense is more greasy than buttermilk than tea, and teeth are moistened blindly"; "In fact, the entrance didn't choke, and I couldn't touch my lips and couldn't lick my mouth." It can be said that eating porridge is three flavors.

Eat chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemum is known as "longevity extension guest" in China, and many places have the habit of eating chrysanthemum. The poem "sitting under the hedge and enjoying flowers, a piece of cream is fresh in your mouth" is about the pleasure of eating chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums are very popular with poets. Li Qiao's poem "Happy Words Should be Written in Nine Days" said: "Celebrate Sanqiu in the evening, and celebrate the ninth day of Chongyang. The fairy cup is also full of chrysanthemums, precious blue. " Wang Wei's poem said: "All corners of the country are full of wonders, and Sanqiu has a long history. There is no such day in a hundred lives, and long life is willing to stay in the sky. Peony, Jinding and Cornus officinalis all have feasts. Infinite chrysanthemum festival, Changbai beam. " Zheng Suonan: "Taoist four flowers feed, bones are aura, and they are fragrant." Smell the chrysanthemum, clap your hands, laugh wildly and sing wildly, and write the prosperity of eating chrysanthemum in Song Dynasty. As the saying goes, "If you drink chrysanthemum tea often, you will be blind when you get old." Scholars often use chrysanthemums instead of tea and recite poems as fu. Lu You has a poem "When I am full, I will fry jasmine and float chamomile". Zheng Banqiao's poem: "There are many old chrysanthemum water in Nanyang, which is a kind of flower to prolong life. At the age of 80, if you sip frequently, the frost nunnery will turn into a crow ",which describes the ancient Lixian drinking chrysanthemum to prolong life and rejuvenate."