Dietary therapy in winter, nourishing Yang in spring and summer, nourishing Yin in autumn and winter, and the difference between tonics and nutritional supplements.
**26. How should one adjust their diet in winter?**
Winter weather is cold, so the dietary principle is to dispel cold and keep warm, and it is advisable to eat cooked or hot food.
An old saying goes: Winter
During the season when the kidneys are in charge, the body's yang energy is stored internally. Therefore, the diet should focus on preserving yin and nourishing yang, preventing the yang energy from leaking out.
It can cause bodily damage.
A well-balanced diet during winter can often improve the body's nutritional status and enhance its physical fitness.
It improves the quality of the body, enhances immune function, promotes the coordination of internal organs, and facilitates the recovery from chronic diseases.
As health enthusiasts point out:
"Do not eat on an empty stomach in winter mornings," as it is believed that it is advisable to eat hot mutton porridge in the morning during winter to warm and replenish yang energy.
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Increase the intake of poultry, eggs, and meat in meals appropriately. Those who can afford it may choose turtle, tortoise, white fungus, and bird's nest to nourish yin.
Qianyang; alternating combinations of mutton, dog meat, chicken, duck, fish, eggs, and quail eggs are all very effective.
It is beneficial to share.
Winter foods should contain a certain amount of fat to provide sufficient calories and
To enhance cold resistance, pay attention to consuming yellow-green vegetables, such as rapeseed, spinach, and mung bean sprouts.
Carrots and Chinese cabbage, and also pay attention to pairing them with lotus root, yam, black sesame seeds, walnuts, and soy products.
The combination not only coordinates the colors and varieties but also avoids the occurrence of vitamin A, vitamin B₂, and vitamin C imbalances.
The lack of.
In terms of seasoning, spicy ingredients such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, black pepper, ginger, scallions, and garlic can often be added.
To improve appetite, a bowl of hot soup can be included with each meal to moisten the lungs and dispel cold.
Fruit between meals in winter
You can choose different foods in rotation, but don't eat too much of any; at the same time, avoid excessive consumption of hot and dry foods, and avoid sticky foods.
Avoid hard, raw, or cold foods to prevent damage to the spleen's yang energy, which can lead to symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea.
In winter, the body's vital energy is stored away, making it easier to nourish the five internal organs through tonification.
There is a folk saying, "Nourish yourself during the coldest days of winter."
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Elderly people who are weak and prone to illness should take ginseng, deer antler, and royal jelly around the winter solstice, depending on their specific condition.
Natural tonics or medicinal foods such as syrup.
Lotus seeds, longan, red dates, white fungus, astragalus, shiitake mushrooms, dried fruit
These kinds of health-strengthening products can often help to support the body's vital energy, strengthen the body's constitution, and improve overall health.
**27. What is meant by "nourishing Yang in spring and summer" and "nourishing Yin in autumn and winter"?**
The saying "Nourish Yang in spring and summer, nourish Yin in autumn and winter" comes from the "Huangdi Neijing" (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic) and is an ancient Chinese health preservation method.
The family's philosophy is based on the waxing and waning of Yin and Yang, the rise and fall of Qi, the prosperity and decline of the five internal organs, and the speed of metabolism in nature and the human body.
Different health preservation principles are formulated for the four seasons.
The so-called "nourishing yang in spring and summer" means to follow the abundant yang energy of spring and summer, paying attention to nourishing life and growth, especially...
It is important to strengthen liver protection and heart nourishment to avoid depletion of Yang energy.
Because the yang energy rises in nature during spring and summer.
As nature awakens, all things flourish with vitality, and the body's yang energy also rises accordingly, leading to vigorous metabolism and a surge in blood and qi.
When the body's surface is exposed, the yang energy rises outwards, resulting in a physiological characteristic of yang being abundant on the outside but deficient on the inside.
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This health regimen should protect the body's Yang energy, and one should avoid excessive consumption of cold foods, especially during the hot summer months.
At the same time, one should also avoid eating too much ice cream, watermelon, and cold drinks.
Instead, we should take advantage of the rising Yang energy in spring and summer.
During the spring, one should eat more mutton, dog meat, sparrow meat, quail, or aconite, placenta, and shredded pork.
Foods like Rong (蓉) can help replenish the body's Yang deficiency and internal depletion; more of these foods are consumed in summer.
Use fish, shrimp, seafood, mussels, walnuts, and medicines such as cordyceps, angelica pills, and Jin Kui Shen Qi pills.
Diet can lead to the development of diseases that are more severe in winter and milder in summer, such as emphysema, bronchial asthma, and pulmonary heart disease, thus achieving the goal of treating winter ailments.
The purpose of summer treatment.
The concept of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter" means preserving the body's yin essence during the autumn and winter seasons when yin energy is abundant.
Pay attention to nourishing and storing energy in accordance with the autumn and winter seasons, and actively nourish the lungs and kidneys.
Because of the natural world in autumn and winter
As autumn approaches, the body's yang energy lies dormant while yin energy reaches its peak. Similarly, the body's yang energy also recedes and lies dormant within as autumn arrives.
This creates a physiological state where Yin resides externally while the body is weakened internally. Coupled with the cold winter, people often overexert themselves.
Excessive consumption of rich, oily, and heavy foods for warmth, and indulgence in heat-related sexual activity, can damage one's yin.
Therefore, health preservation at this time should take care of...
Preserve your internal Yin essence, allowing your vital energy to gather within, and avoid excessive leakage, so that your semen can nourish your five internal organs and resist disease.
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In autumn and winter, it is appropriate to include yin-nourishing foods in one's diet, such as duck meat, duck eggs, turtle, and tortoise.
Lotus root, lotus seeds, snow pear, water chestnut, wood ear fungus, bird's nest or goji berries, American ginseng, lily bulb, dendrobium, and six-ingredient herbal remedy.
Rehmannia pills and Angelica pills are among the medicinal and edible ingredients.
And by taking advantage of the yin energy's ability to conceal itself in nature, food and medicine...
Yin transforms into the Yin of the body, thus correcting Yin deficiency constitution.
It is not advisable to wait until summer when yin deficiency is very obvious.
It's best to replenish Yin only when Yang energy is excessive in summer, as Yin energy is weak, making it difficult to replenish Yin effectively. If done slowly...
Pyelonephritis and diabetes are prone to flare-ups and relapses in the summer. Proper treatment during the autumn and winter seasons can help prevent these conditions.
Choosing yin-nourishing foods can alleviate symptoms such as dry mouth and throat, irritability, and heat intolerance during the summer.
It is even less likely to cause illness; this is the method of "treating summer diseases in winter".
**28. Are tonics the same as nutritional supplements?**
As living standards improve, people hope that children will grow up healthily and young people will be physically fit.
Beauty, longevity in old age.
However, due to misunderstandings of the theory of food and medicine sharing the same origin, medicine has become...
The dining table has become a place for health food to be served as gifts during business negotiations, or for winter tonics.
Common food.
I also like to add American ginseng, astragalus, angelica, deer antler, and lingzhi to my dishes and soups.
Traditional Chinese medicinal diets do indeed have effects such as anti-cancer, anti-aging, beauty enhancement, and weight loss, but it is important to note that...
It emphasizes diagnosis and treatment, and the prescription and medication should be selected according to individual differences.
The concept of "medicine and food sharing the same origin" does not mean that medicine and food share the same properties.
It is not the same as medicine and food having the same effect; that is to say, the same tonic may not necessarily be suitable for men, women, children, or the elderly.
It is appropriate; indiscriminate use and consumption of "nutritional" drugs will definitely cause problems.
Food and medicine were differentiated and distinguished by humankind through long-term practice. Later, people learned from this...
From a pharmacological perspective, it has been found that certain foods have different effects on the internal organs and yin and yang, thus leading to the conclusion that...
Their medicinal value represents progress in traditional Chinese medicine and forms the philosophical foundation of TCM dietary therapy.
However, using the concept of "medicine and food sharing the same origin" to eat medicine lacks such a basis.
It should also be pointed out that the concept of nourishment and nutrition in traditional Chinese medicine is by no means the same as that of supplementation.
Nourish
It targets deficiencies in the functions of the five internal organs, six bowels, yin and yang, and qi and blood, employing antagonistic treatments.
A treatment method that uses drugs with therapeutic effects to achieve balance and coordination of the body's functions.
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With similar effects, traditional Chinese medicine tonics are categorized by their entry into the internal organs, viscera, meridians, and collaterals, and also by their ability to invigorate qi and replenish qi.
The differences between blood, body fluids, nourishing fluids, nourishing yin, and assisting yang.
Therefore, there is no cure-all Chinese medicine in the world.
There is no single tonic medicine that is suitable for all ages.
Therefore, the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine
At a health product seminar in January 1996, Director Li Zhizhong pointed out: "If we take tonics..."
Mistakenly believing it to be a nutritional supplement and adding it to food indiscriminately, regardless of age or gender, will inevitably lead to problems.