In the evolution of social culture, the five States of the five elements are gradually simplified into five attributes: gold, wood, water, fire and earth.
Everything in the world has five elements, so the five elements are closely related to people's lives. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine comes from Yin-Yang and Five Elements, aiming at harmony, balancing the attributes of the five elements in the human body, achieving the effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan, thus saving lives.
Disaster comes from the mouth, and disease comes from the mouth. Similarly, if you want to stay healthy and keep fit, you must start with eating.
There is a saying that five colors enter the five internal organs in the theory of TCM health preservation. In other words, different colors of food have different health care functions.
Huangdi Neijing says: white moistens the lungs, yellow benefits the spleen and stomach, red nourishes the heart, green nourishes the liver and black nourishes the kidney.
In the four seasons, spring belongs to wood, and the corresponding parts in the human body are liver, gallbladder and muscle, which can promote growth and eliminate toxins in the body. Green food belongs to wood in the five elements. Green vegetables contain a lot of chlorophyll, vitamins and cellulose, which can accelerate the discharge of excess waste in the body. All kinds of leafy vegetables commonly seen in diet belong to green food, such as cauliflower, Qingjiang vegetable, sweet potato, basil (nine-story tower), amaranth, spinach, green leek and green tea.
Summer is a fire, and the human body corresponds to the heart, small intestine and tongue. Usually red gives people a warm feeling, so people with bad complexion and cold limbs can eat more red food for nourishment. Common red foods are red beans, red dates, carrots, red peppers, tomatoes, carrots and peppers.
Autumn is golden, and the human body corresponds to the lungs, large intestine, nose and skin. White food, belonging to the golden five elements, has the function of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, strengthen metabolism and make skin full of elasticity and luster. Common foods are white radish, yam, almond, lily, bean sprouts, protein, tremella and so on.
Winter belongs to water, including kidney, bladder and bone, and black belongs to water in the five elements, so black food generally has the function of strengthening kidney and bone. Because the kidney is responsible for the water circulation of the human body, regular intake contributes to the normal renal function, so that excess water will not accumulate in the body and cause edema. Commonly used ingredients are black beans, fragrant shavings, black sesame seeds, black dates, longan, dark plum, fungus, mushrooms and so on.
Some people may wonder that the four seasons of the year represent wood, fire and gold respectively, and there is no soil.
Soil is not a single season, it is hidden in the third month of each season, so it is also called four-season soil, which is determined by the location of the earthly branches and sunshine, and will not be explained here for the time being.
Soil is the spleen, stomach and mouth in the human body, and yellow food belongs to soil in the five elements. Just as the earth is the mother of life, the spleen and stomach play the role of nutrition providers in the human body. As long as the spleen and stomach are harmonious, metabolism can be normal.
Often eat yellow food are corn, pumpkin, sweet potato, wheat, rice and so on. These foods are rich in sugar. On a higher level, animals and human bodies belong to the earth. So people who eat too much of these foods will gain weight quickly, and they will lose weight. Eat less local food and more fruits and vegetables.
Keeping in good health is not difficult, and you don't need to practice any health-keeping exercises. A rhythmic life, a good diet and a peaceful mind can achieve the effect. Many long-lived people have no concept of health-keeping exercise at all, and they will live much longer than the average person only by relying on their own diet and work and rest.
Many people don't keep in good health before they get sick, but they stay in hospital after they get sick. Health preservation is responsible for your own life. Whether you want fame or money or change your destiny, you need a good body.