Choose food according to the properties of cold, heat, deficiency, excess, exterior, interior, yin and Yang Can, adjust yin and yang, make them relatively balanced, and restore health. The principle is: cold warms it, heat cools it, deficiency supplements it, and stagnation eliminates it. The commonly used methods are warming method, clearing method, eliminating method and supplementing method. Warm tonic method: ginger, wine, mutton, dog meat, etc.
Clear method: water chestnut, raw pear, raw lotus root, banana, celery, watermelon and so on. Exclusion: malt, hawthorn, endothelium corneum Gigeriae Galli, dried tangerine peel, etc. Tonic methods: angelica, ginseng, etc.
Dietotherapy around yin and yang
It is not difficult to see that the core of traditional nutrition theory is to master the changing law of Yin and Yang, carry out dietotherapy activities around regulating Yin and Yang, and keep the body "secret of Yin and Yang". Just like "Su Wen". "On Truth" said: "I want to investigate Yang Ming's geographical position and spend a period of peace." According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the causes of diseases in human body are all due to the imbalance of yin and yang. Therefore, dietotherapy, health care, treatment and rehabilitation, like medication, acupuncture, qigong, massage and guidance, are all based on the principle of regulating yin and yang. Su Wen's theory of ancient space says: "Adjust its yin and yang, if it is insufficient, it will be supplemented, and if it is excessive, it will be diarrhea." Traditional Chinese medicine is also based on the balance of yin and yang, which is conducive to the secret of yin and yang, and vice versa. For example, people with phlegm-dampness constitution should not eat greasy food; People with wood fire constitution don't eat spicy food; Elderly people with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang should not eat products with big heat supplements; Patients with skin diseases and asthma should avoid eating seafood such as shrimp and fish; Patients with stomach cold should not eat cold food. In addition, in the preparation of food collocation and diet adjustment, Chinese medicine also pays attention to reconciling yin and yang, so that the diet used does not have defects such as rising and falling of cold and heat. For example, when cooking cold foods such as fish, shrimp and crab, warm seasonings such as ginger, onion, wine and vinegar should be often used to prevent cold damage to the spleen and stomach after eating. For example, eating vegetables that help yang is often accompanied by eggs to nourish yin, which is also to achieve the goal of complementary yin and yang.
Dietotherapy of different viscera
Harmonize the five flavors and nourish the five internal organs. Diversified diet can have various flavors; Only five flavors can nourish the five internal organs; Only when the functions of zang-fu organs are balanced can you be healthy.
Dietary nutrition should adapt to the environment, which varies from time to time, from place to place and from person to person. The Naive Theory of Su Wengu in Neijing mentioned: "Those who have extremes will be virtuous and complete, harmonious with Yin and Yang, and adjust to four o'clock." "Neijing Su Wen's Four Qi Tunes the Spirit" says: "Man's four seasons of Yin and Yang are the foundation of all things. "All the year round, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the climate is constantly changing, which has a certain impact on the human body. We must choose food flexibly. It shows that diet nutrition should conform to the natural law of climate change in four seasons.
Spring: The climate is warm, everything is budding, people are full of energy, and they should eat some loose food, such as vegetables, beans and bean products.
Summer: the climate is hot and rainy, the spleen and stomach are trapped, and the human body likes to be cold. It is advisable to eat cool and oily foods, such as watermelon, wax gourd, mung bean soup and lotus leaf porridge.
Autumn: The climate turns cool, the sky is crisp, and first frost drops sharply. It is advisable to eat foods that are sweet and cold, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, such as radish, lotus root porridge and barley porridge.
Winter: it's freezing, everything is sealed, and the invasion of cold pathogens is easy to hurt the stomach. Should eat longan, jujube, beef and mutton and other nourishing foods.