In the spring of March, this is called "Chen", "Heaven and Earth are born", "Everything is proud", "Lying at night and getting up early", striding in court, and putting on hair slowly, so as to make life, live without killing, give without taking, reward without punishment, which is the response of spring, and the way of keeping in good health.

-"Huangdi Neijing. Su Wen. Four Qi Tunes the Spirit"

The three months of spring are the season of hair growth, and everything is growing between heaven and earth. People can get up early and let their hair fall freely in the morning (the ancients wore it in a bundle), so that they can feel at ease and feel happy and relaxed physically and mentally. At this time, walking in the yard will make people feel the desire to do things from their hearts. Spring and March is a relaxing and open season, which should be pleasant and soft both physically and psychologically. In spring, you should let go, don't kill, give, don't rob, reward and don't punish. If people can do this, it is corresponding to the natural gas of spring. This is the way to keep fit. "

Spring is not the season for eating meat, let alone killing. Many animals give birth and feed in spring; Plants germinate and sprout in spring, and in order to conform to the vitality of heaven and earth, from ancient times to the present, China people's tradition has not executed the death penalty in spring, even if it is the most heinous crime, but waited until the autumn. Because autumn is corresponding to the "cold gas". If you violate the way of heaven and earth and kill in spring, you will "kill three thousand and lose eight hundred". When you kill animals, you will also kill your own vitality. Therefore, the spring diet should be more vegetarian and less meat.

Spring is coming. According to the five elements theory of Chinese medicine, spring is the season of growth and development, and the dead wood meets the spring, which is the time for the liver and gallbladder to grow. We should adapt to the weather and eat spicy food to inspire the liver and gallbladder, especially to eat more thriving green plants. Spring is especially suitable for eating bean sprouts, leeks, garlic sprouts, spinach, ginger, Toona sinensis, shepherd's purse, coriander and elm. The staple food can be pasta or cereal corresponding to spring, and the seasoning can be cinnamon, Amomum villosum and onion.

Healthy people should avoid eating and drinking sour and cold things in spring, because the taste of acid has inhibitory and astringent effects, which is not conducive to the venting of liver qi. In spring, you should drink some fragrant scented tea, or iron a pot of yellow wine and add some shredded ginger. However, if people who have a strong deficiency fire, people who are under too much pressure and often stay up late, their liver fire is already very strong. In spring, we should moderately control the growth of liver and gallbladder qi. Instead, we should occasionally drink some warm sour plum soup to slightly restrain the liver qi, so as not to go too far.