1. Beginning of Spring: Foods that are pungent, sweet, warm, and spicy are suitable, and the taste should be light and delicious. Recommended staple foods include glutinous rice, rice and corn. Recommended vegetables are white radish, leek, coriander, rape, onion, pepper, alfalfa, cabbage, fennel, cabbage, celery, spinach, lettuce, bamboo shoots, winter melon, pumpkin, loofah, eggplant, etc.
2. Rainwater: The staple food is millet, etc. Vegetables include carrots, yams, leeks, spinach, rape, bean sprouts, toon, artemisia, spring bamboo shoots, lotus root, water chestnuts, radish, etc. Fruits include citrus, apple, banana, pear, pineapple, etc. Aquatic products include crucian carp. Others include red dates, honey, lotus seeds, etc.
3. Waking of Insects: It is advisable to eat more fresh vegetables and light foods rich in protein and vitamins. Vegetables include spinach, radish, bitter gourd, celery, rapeseed, yams, spring bamboo shoots, bell peppers, and onions. Fruits include pears and seafood include crabs. Others include lotus seeds, white fungus, sesame, honey, chicken, eggs, milk, etc. Pears are cold in nature, so it is not advisable to eat too much at one time, otherwise it will damage the spleen and stomach. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat raw pears.
4. Spring Equinox: It is advisable to eat pungent, sweet and warm foods. Choose staple foods that are high in calories and consume more protein, which should be light and delicious. Recommended foods include fresh vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, bok choy, rapeseed, bell peppers, tomatoes, and leeks; fruits such as citrus, lemons, and apples; dried fruits such as tripe, sesame seeds, walnuts, and lotus seeds; and drinks such as soy milk.
5. Qingming: It is advisable to eat cool and cold foods, and reduce the intake of sweets and high-calorie foods. Eat foods that soften the liver and nourish the lungs, such as shepherd's purse, spinach, yams and other vegetables. Leeks can warm you up in spring. Others include white fungus, shiitake mushrooms, burdock, grass carp, etc. You should also eat some fruits with cool nature and flavor such as bananas and oranges.
6. Grain Rain: It is advisable to eat foods rich in vitamin B, alkaline, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, warming the stomach, strengthening the spleen and regulating human emotions. Beans include soybeans and soybeans. Vegetables include white radish, carrots, soybean sprouts, tomatoes, spinach, etc. Fruits include grapes, bananas, oranges, strawberries, lemons, etc. Others include kelp, natural green algae and lean meat. It is advisable to eat toona sinensis, but not in excess.
7. Beginning of Summer: It should be light, with foods that are easy to digest and rich in vitamins. Eat more sour foods. You should also eat some foods that are light and mild, clear away heat and dampness, and supplement protein in an appropriate amount. Vegetables include onions, potatoes, winter melon, celery, tomatoes, cucumbers, loofah, yams, etc. Fruits include hawthorn, banana, apple, peach, strawberry, watermelon, etc. Dried fruits include sesame seeds, walnuts, peanuts, etc. Aquatic products include sea cucumbers, loaches, crucian carp, etc. Others include black fungus, lean meat, eggs, milk, etc.
8. Xiaoman: It is advisable to eat fresh and light vegetarian food, often eat foods that can clear away dampness and heat and nourish yin, and eat some cool foods, but not too cold. Recommended vegetables include cucumbers, carrots, winter melon, loofah, water chestnuts, lotus roots, tomatoes, yams, etc. Meats include duck and so on. Aquatic products include crucian carp, grass carp, etc. Fruits include watermelon, pears, bananas, etc.
9. Eargrass: The principle of clearing and nourishing should be used. At this time, you should eat more vegetables, beans, and fruits, and properly supplement potassium. Buckwheat, corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, etc. are the main foods with high potassium content. Fruits include bananas. Vegetables include spinach, coriander, rape, cabbage, and celery. , green onions, green garlic, lettuce, potatoes, yams, etc.
10. Summer Solstice: It is advisable to be light and eat more whole grains to cool the body. It is advisable to eat more sour food and often salty food to replenish the heart. Suitable foods include tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, winter melon, lotus roots, mung beans, strawberries, almonds, lilies, lotus seeds, etc.
11. Slight Heat: It is advisable to eat light and fragrant foods, and pay more attention to hygiene and moderation in diet. Eat more vegetables and fruits. Recommended foods include tomatoes, yams, cucumbers, watermelons, apples, broad beans, mung beans, milk, soy milk, etc.
12. Severe summer heat: It is advisable to eat more foods that can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and nourish yin, and replenish water and protein in a timely manner. Suitable foods at this time include yams, lotus roots, potatoes, watermelons, bananas, dates, lotus seeds, mung beans, peas, sea cucumbers, soft-shell turtles, chicken, duck meat, lean meat, eggs, milk, honey, soy milk, green tea, etc.
13. Beginning of Autumn: It is advisable to eat more foods that nourish yin, moisten the lungs, nourish the stomach and promote fluid production. Sour fruits and vegetables should also be eaten regularly, including radish, tomatoes, yams, lentils, lotus root, wild rice, pumpkin, and tofu. , lotus seeds, longan, glutinous rice, japonica rice, loquat, pineapple, dairy products, red dates, walnuts, honey, sesame, etc.
14. During the summer heat: it is advisable to eat warm and tonic foods, the diet should be light, and eat more alkaline and protein-rich foods. Suitable foods include celery, spinach, cucumber, bitter melon, winter melon, pumpkin, yellow croaker, scallops, kelp, jellyfish, white fungus, lily, lotus seeds, honey, sesame, beans and milk.
15. Bailu: It is advisable to eat more foods that have the effects of eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma, moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. Foods that are light, easy to digest and rich in vitamins should be the main ones. Including bamboo shoots, radish, carrot, fresh lotus root, pear, apple, sweet potato, millet, duck meat, walnut, fungus, honey, etc.
16. Autumn Equinox: It is advisable to eat more sour and sweet fruits and vegetables to moisten the lungs, promote body fluids, nourish yin and clear dryness. The diet should be warm, light and fresh, such as lotus root, duck meat, autumn pears, persimmons, sugar cane, black fungus, lily, tremella, sesame, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, etc.
17. Cold dew: It is advisable to eat more sweet, light and moist food, which can strengthen the stomach, nourish the lungs and moisten the intestines. At the same time, pay attention to replenishing water. Such foods include radish, tomatoes, lotus root, carrots, winter melon, yams, pears, bananas, cantaloupe, apples, persimmons, raisins, duck meat, beef, beans, kelp, seaweed, sesame seeds, walnuts, white fungus, milk, and fish. , shrimp, etc.
18. Frost: It is advisable to take the principle of leveling up. Suitable foods include onions, mustard greens, yams, radish, seaweed, white fungus, pork, beef, pears, apples, olives, ginkgo, chestnuts, peanuts, etc.
19. Beginning of Winter: It is advisable to eat some foods with higher calories, especially in the north. You should also eat more fresh vegetables and foods rich in vitamins, calcium and iron. Suitable foods include Chinese cabbage, cabbage, white radish, carrots, mung bean sprouts, rape, onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, dates, pears, citrus, tofu, fungus, mushrooms, sheep, beef, chicken, fish, Shrimp, kelp, milk, soy milk, eggs, walnuts, almonds, etc.
20. Xiaoxue: Eat more hot porridge. Hot porridge should not be too hot, and cold porridge should not be eaten. Kunshi is suitable for warming and nourishing foods, such as mutton, beef, chicken, etc.; at the same time, it also nourishes the kidneys. Such foods include cashew nuts, yams, cabbage, chestnuts, ginkgo, walnuts, etc. The first choice of fruit is banana.
21. Heavy snow: It should be warm to supplement yang, nourish kidneys and bones, nourish yin and replenish essence. In winter, you should eat more foods rich in protein, vitamins and easy to digest. It is advisable to eat high-calorie, high-protein, and high-fat foods. Warming foods include radish, carrot, eggplant, yam, pork, mutton, beef, chicken, crucian carp, sea cucumber, walnuts, longan, wolfberry, lotus seeds, etc.
22. Winter Solstice: The types of food should be diversified, with a reasonable mix of grains, fruits, meats, and vegetables, and appropriate selection of high-calcium foods. Food should be warm, cooked, soft, and light. It is advisable to eat carrots, tomatoes, pears, kiwis, sugar cane, grapefruit, etc. (same as "heavy snow").
23. Xiaohan: It is advisable to eat more warm foods to prevent the cold from invading the human body. These foods include leeks, peppers, fennel, coriander, shepherd's purse, pumpkin, mutton, pork, dog meat, chicken, eel, silver carp, papaya, cherries, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, dates, longan, etc. This is a better time to eat spicy hot pot and braised mutton.
24. Severe Cold: It is advisable to eat more foods that can warm and dispel wind and cold to prevent the invasion of wind and cold evil spirits. In terms of diet, the principle of preserving Yin and Qian Yang should be followed. The diet should be less salty and more bitter, and should be eaten hot, but hot food should not be eaten excessively; the taste of the food can be appropriately strong, but it must have a certain amount of lipids to maintain a certain amount of calories.