In spring, everything grows upward and is in the process of recovery. The five zang-organs belong to the liver, so it should be raised to regulate and soften the liver and conform to the liver to raise vitality.
It's hot in summer, and people like cold. At this time, the five internal organs belong to the heart, which should be supplemented to nourish the heart, clear fire, help the dirty and eliminate evil.
In the long summer, the five internal organs belong to the spleen, which should be lightly supplemented. Medicinal diet, such as coix seed trotters, can be used.
In autumn, the climate is getting cooler, but sometimes it is dry and evil. At this time, the five internal organs belong to the lung, which is suitable for nourishing the lung and moistening dryness.
In winter, when the climate is cold, the human body will converge and hide. At this time, the five internal organs belong to the kidney, which should be warmed and replenished, nourishing the original flavor of the kidney, warm but not dry.
In spring, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, everything begins to recover, and the changes of human body are consistent with the natural climate changes. From the consolidation of winter to the rise of yang, people's activities are also increasing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "changing from static to yang" is an important physiological change of human body in spring and the result of "harmony between man and nature". If this change can be carried out normally, the human body will be healthy and disease-free. If it is not carried out normally, the balance in the body will be destroyed and the human body will easily get sick. Chinese medicine also believes that the Yang Qi rises in spring and trees germinate, which echoes the nature of "liver" in the five internal organs, and there is a saying that "liver is the liver of viscera", while "liver inhibits spleen", and the rise of liver qi in spring will affect the transportation of spleen to a certain extent, so many people have poor appetite and decreased appetite in spring. If this happens, they need to adjust their diet. No matter healthy people or patients with chronic diseases, spring diet conditioning must conform to the changes of nature and human body, and you can't eat too much heavy and warm food like when the weather is cold in winter, which will not only increase the burden on the stomach, but also disturb the balance of yin and yang in the human body. Even if you eat a thick and warm medicated diet, it may not be good. Many people will have gastrointestinal discomfort after eating it.
In summer, the weather is hot, and everything is in a vigorous growth stage. At this time, the metabolism of the human body is also the most vigorous period of the year. Chinese medicine believes that in summer, the heat and qi in nature are the greatest, and the "Yang" in human body is the strongest, which is easy to be sad and causes upset and insomnia. Therefore, attention should be paid to nourishing the heart and calming the nerves in summer.
In the long summer (June of the lunar calendar, July and August of the solar calendar), due to the hot weather or excessive damp and heat, it is easy to make the spleen wet and sleepy, leading to headache and dizziness and not wanting to eat. Excessive summer heat is easy to consume qi and damage yin, affecting the function of spleen and stomach transport and the balance of yin and yang. In terms of health care tonic, in principle, it is mainly based on clearing and nourishing, and the medicinal diet is cool or peaceful, and the fire is used to nourish yin and balance yin and yang. Sweet and cool, diuretic to relieve summer heat and less greasy are the main characteristics of commonly used medicated diets in summer. The human body naturally likes cold, and it is more willing to eat some light and less greasy food in diet. For some people who suffer from spleen and stomach injuries, diarrhea, fever and colds in summer, these medicated diets should not be taken too much during illness, because the yang of the human body has been injured by cold and is no longer vigorous, and it is not appropriate to take too much when nourishing.
In autumn, the weather slowly turns from hot to cool and dry, and the metabolism of the human body gradually becomes flat. Health care supplements should also be carried out in accordance with these laws. The weather turns dry and cool, of course, without the disadvantages of hot and humid summer, which makes people feel very comfortable. However, if the transformation is too fast and intense, the human body will be unable to adapt, and the balance of yin and yang in the body will be destroyed, which will be manifested as the evil of cool and dryness, which will hurt people. Therefore, when eating, we should say, "Autumn is dry, so we should eat hemp to moisten its dryness and prohibit cold diet." On the other hand, although it turns from hot to cold in autumn, the residual heat in summer is repeated from time to time. Some people still have summer afterfire in their bodies after autumn because of improper conditioning or summer heat. When the climate turns dry, it becomes a dry fire, with symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, cough and dry skin. In this case, it is necessary to adjust mainly by moistening, and it is not advisable to overeat and fry hot products. Chinese medicine also believes that the cold weather in autumn belongs to the lungs, and the lungs are delicate and dirty, and they like dampness and hate dryness. Whether it is warm and dry in early autumn or cold and dry in late autumn, it is easy to hurt the lungs and cause disease. Conditioning and tonic should be based on moistening dryness, and the corresponding cold, warm or flat medicinal diet should be selected according to the cold and warm weather and personal physical condition, so as to achieve the effects of moistening and benefiting the lungs, eliminating evil and strengthening the body. Even so, because the lung belongs to gold, it hates heat and likes cold, so the medicinal diet for health care and conditioning in autumn is mostly Pingliang, and the products for warming and nourishing are relatively rare.
In winter, the weather is cold, "cold is the main source of attraction". People correspond to nature, and the body is in the latent stage of convergence. The metabolic level is reduced, the consumption is reduced, and the absorption capacity is enhanced. Therefore, winter is the best traditional recuperation season.
Tonifying in winter has a long history in China, and its basic principle can be summarized as four words: strong flavor and warm tonic. Strong flavor not only means that the food eaten in winter is rich in flavor, but also means that the food is nutritious and sweet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "thick taste and essence" refers to a rich and sweet diet to supplement the essential nutrients needed by the human body. The meaning of warmth is easy to understand, because winter is cold and full of yin, and the human body needs to eat some warm meals to drive away the cold and warm yang. The combination of these two characteristics is the principle of health care tonic in winter and warm tonic with strong flavor. On the other hand, Chinese medicine believes that all life activities of the human body are driven by primordial qi, which is mainly produced by the kidney. In winter, "the viscera belong to the kidney" and "the kidney governs the storage of essence". Tonifying kidney essence in winter can promote the generation of vitality, so another principle feature of tonic in winter can be summarized as "tonifying kidney and replenishing lean vitality." "Thick taste and warm tonic" and "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" are the principles of health care and tonic in winter, in which "thick taste and warm tonic" is summarized from the nature and taste of people's medicated diet, while "tonifying kidney and replenishing essence and vitality" is summarized from the function of medicated diet, and the two are unified.