Taoist dietary therapy
Sun Simiao put forward the concept of "those who do not know the appropriate food, not enough to survive", emphasizing the "know the appropriate food". The so-called "know food is appropriate" is to comply with the seasonal changes, different environments, differences in physical fitness and disease attributes, and the implementation of the "food" or "food rule" of the law, in order to comply with nature, "the unity of man and nature".
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"Know the food appropriate" of the climate - "four seasons, five complementary"
"Regeneration", "the news theory" on the four seasons of diet and health. Message" on the four seasons of diet and health has a pithy exposition, that "when the spring time, the food taste folk health network should reduce the acid benefit sweet, in order to nourish the spleen qi ...... rice and wine can not be too much, rice and flour dough cake, can not be eaten, resulting in injuries to the spleen and stomach, it is difficult to digest.... ...When the summer dietary flavor, it is appropriate to reduce bitter and increase the Xin, in order to nourish the lungs and heart qi. When the fall, the taste of food, it is appropriate to reduce the acid to increase the acid, in order to nourish the liver ... ... winter kidney water taste salty, fear of water and fire, the heart suffers from the disease, it is appropriate to nourish the heart ... ...".
Taoist medical changes in the seasons and the human body corresponding to the five organs of the concept of health, in line with the theory of Chinese medicine "four seasons, five organs, yin and yang" of the "Tibetan elephant theory". Later generations summarized the treatment principle of "four seasons and five tonic" on this basis. That is, the principle of spring tonic, summer clear tonic, long summer light tonic, autumn flat tonic, winter warm tonic.
Modern Chinese medicine therapeutics believe that the diet of five flavors is one of the closest links between man and nature, people take the natural world of food and drink to nourish their bodies to maintain life. Nature by the animal and plant food composed of five flavors of diet, its changes are countless, the human body's five viscera and six bowels of the five flavors of diet also have a different affinity for the four seasons of the change of the five viscera strongly affect the intake of five flavors. Therefore, different seasons into different foods, the body will produce different physiopathological responses, or nutritional muscle, enhance health; or change its physiological characteristics; or cause special lesions.
Special reminder: from the Taoist point of view of "know food", the modern agricultural technology to create anti-seasonal fruits, anti-seasonal vegetables and "four seasons, five complementary" principle of health, should not be eaten regularly.
"Knowing the food" of the environment - the local diet
The Taoist doctor believes that different living areas, dietary regimen is correspondingly different. Such as mountain people lack of iodine, easy to suffer from neck disease, should eat more iodine-containing seafood; dry climate of the northwest plains, should eat more soft food; climate humid southeast mountain, should eat more spicy food. Only according to the local diet, in order to get rid of the disease to prolong life.
This point of view in the theory of Chinese medicine has long been documented, such as the "Su Wen different method of prescription," said: "So the East of the domain, the world's first born. Fish and salt land, seaside waterfront, its people eat fish and salty ...... fish make people hot, salt, winning blood. Therefore, its people are all black sparingly, and their diseases are all carbuncles and ulcers." Ancient people through practice and observation and obtained a true record of the nature through the diet of the five flavors of human influence and change.
Modern Chinese medicine dietetics on endemic diseases caused by environmental factors, dietary treatment methods Chinese medicine health network also varies, which is consistent with the early Taoist medical understanding. For example, Keshan disease, a specific endemic heart disease with myocardial necrosis. It has been found that it is due to the lack of selenium in the soil of the region where it develops, and the selenium content of food crops and vegetables is also very small, thus leading to a long-term lack of selenium in the human body, so in the process of preventing and controlling Keshan's disease, supplementing selenium from the diet is an extremely effective method of dietary therapy. Simple goiter and macrosomia are endemic diseases with distinctive regional characteristics, closely related to the local water quality, mineral salts, and the content of trace elements, so different dietary supplements and dietary adjustments are crucial.
Special working environment and the relationship between food therapy:
"Knowing the food appropriate" of the environment also includes special 'working environment. For example, mining, tunneling, quartz powder plant, glass, ceramics and refractory materials mixing, machinery manufacturing in the casting, powder spraying, etc., workers do not pay attention to protection, long-term exposure to free silica-containing dust, very suitable to lead to "silicosis". Research has found that eating more radish can make the lung fibrosis reversal, remove the silica dust so that it is discharged with the sputum; eating more seaweed will help soften the silica nodules, excretion and dispersal; eating more spinach, winter melon can improve the blood circulation in the lungs, exclude silica dust to prevent the formation of silicosis; and there are black fungus, celery, water chestnuts, mushrooms and so on have a health care effect. It can eliminate dust poison, prevent phagocyte degeneration and necrosis, prevent lymphangitis and fibrous changes and silicosis nodule formation. Because of the special working environment and easy to produce a lot of diseases, such as radiation sickness, high-frequency microwave damage, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, arsenic poisoning, benzene poisoning, etc., in the process of dietary therapy have targeted food, identification of the evidence, food, food are to achieve good results.
"Know the food" of the body - because people choose to eat
Taoist doctors believe that different bodies have different requirements for the regulation of food, such as fat far from fat and greasy, more light; The thin people far from the dry, more nourishing Yin Jin Jin. Yang Sheng real hot people, it is desirable to clear heat and fire of the diet, Yang deficiency cold people, it is desirable to warm and nourish the diet of Yang. For those who suffer from diseases, according to the disease of cold and heat, Yin and Yang bias, combined with the five flavors of food, four air, lift and sink and the properties of the meridian to determine.
Modern therapeutic food science believes that the adaptability of food and individuals, is a complex issue that includes the interaction of physical, chemical, biochemical, immune and other factors. Food in general does not cause discomfort to most people, but due to individual differences, a few people may experience discomfort, the most common of which is food allergy. In the United Kingdom, it was reported that a survey of 33 migraineurs found that 23 of them had food allergic reactions and their migraines disappeared after stopping the intake of the allergenic food. Thereafter, in a two-year long research study, the effects of a large number of foods such as milk, eggs, chocolate, coffee, fruits, fish, wheat, aquatic shellfish, meat, etc. were tested and it was found that each of the 23 migraineurs had an allergic reaction to an average of three of the foods mentioned above. Infants often have allergic reactions to cow's milk, and studies have shown that this is due to the fact that the larger protein particles in cow's milk can penetrate the mucous membranes and cause allergic reactions. There is also the more common, food-induced solar dermatitis. Spinach allergy and so on. Therefore, the clinical "food cure" is appropriate for each person, will have a good effect.
Taoist dietary regimen is based on the seasons, the environment, physical dietary regimen principles, reflecting the Taoist dietary "unity of man and nature", "in accordance with nature" concept, so far the modern science of therapeutic dietary research and development is still of practical significance.