Four natures and five flavors of vegetables 1. Four natures of vegetables-cold, cool, warm and hot, and the one between them is flat. Traditional Chinese medicine divides food into four types, which refers to the body's reaction after eating food. If the body feels warm after eating, it is warm, and if it feels cool after eating, it is cold. Knowing the properties of food and then eating it for your own health is of great benefit to your health. Four sexual effects adapt to the constitution. The main vegetables are cold, clear heat, reduce fire, relieve summer heat and remove dryness, which can eliminate or alleviate heat syndrome. Warm, such as thirsty, afraid of heat, like cold drinks or cold diseases. Celery, Chinese cabbage, water spinach, cold melon, white radish and lettuce can resist cold, tonify deficiency in the middle, and eliminate or alleviate cold syndrome. Cold, such as people who are afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, people who like hot drinks or people with thermal diseases. Ginger, leek, garlic, coriander, and onion hot peppers are appetizing and spleen-strengthening, and are easy to digest. All kinds of physique can be eaten. Day lily, tremella, carrot 2. Five flavors of vegetables-the five flavors of vegetables refer to sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty, which correspond to the five internal organs of the human body: liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney. Whether it is the taste of food itself or seasoning, it will have different effects on the five internal organs. Although the five flavors of food have their own advantages, they also have negative effects if they are eaten too much or improperly, so they should be eaten according to different constitutions. If you eat too much spicy food, and your body is hot and dry, you will have sore throat and acne. The five effects correspond to organ taboos. The main vegetables are bitter, fire-reducing, annoyance-removing, heat-clearing and detoxification. People with heart and stomach diseases should eat less and not digest bitter gourd and kale, strengthen the spleen and promote granulation, and strengthen the deficiency. Patients with spleen diabetes eat less or no corn, and sweet potato can invigorate qi and promote blood circulation, which can promote metabolism. Excessive consumption of lung hurts body fluid, which leads to fire. Ginger, onion and pepper are sour, nourishing yin and astringing, such as insufficient stomach acid and dry skin. Eating too much in the liver is easy to damage the bones and muscles. Beans and seeds are salty to relax the bowels and tonify the kidney. Kidney overeating will cause blood pressure to rise. Kelp and laver will cause diuresis, and those who have no symptoms of edema and dampness should use wax gourd and coix seed with caution. 3. The five colors of vegetables-the five colors of vegetables are blue, red, yellow, white and black, and the five colors have different effects on the five internal organs. The viscera and lungs are interrelated, and they are related to each other. For example, too much liver hurts the spleen, too much spleen hurts the kidney, too much kidney hurts, too much heart hurts the lung, and too much lung hurts the liver, so we can't be partial to a certain color in our daily diet. It is necessary to have a balanced intake, that is, eat more green and white for lunch and more red, yellow and black for dinner, so that the king's viscera can be cultivated in foreign countries. 1.Nutrition and five colors From the perspective of nutrition, five-color foods are generally rich in carotene in blue vegetables, flavonoids in white vegetables, and iron in black vegetables. 2. The role of five colors Red vegetables: can improve the qi of the heart, enrich blood, generate blood and promote blood circulation. Green vegetables such as peppers: can improve the qi of the liver, detoxify and detoxify. Such as spinach, green pepper and other yellow vegetables: can improve spleen qi, enhance dirty liver function and promote metabolism. Such as leek, carrots and other white vegetables: can improve the qi of the lungs, clear away heat and toxic materials, moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm. Such as Chinese cabbage, white radish, tremella and other black vegetables: can improve the kidney qi, can moisturize, beautify and blacken hair. Such as fungus, mushrooms, kelp, etc. 4. What kind of food do you eat1.Cold constitution A. Cold characteristics: fear of wind, cold, cold hands and feet, easy to catch a cold; Like hot food and hot drinks; Do not like drinking tea; Pale face and lips; The tongue is reddish; Listless, weak in speech and action; Women's menstruation comes late, and the number of days increases, with more blood clots. B. Health warning: Eat more warm vegetables and foods, because warm vegetables and foods can warm the body and activate the physiological functions of the body. C. Corresponding vegetables: leeks, ginger, garlic, peppers, onions, etc. 2. Thermal constitution A. Thermal characteristics: frequent dry mouth, bad breath and broken mouth; Like to drink cold drinks or iced food; Fear of heat, excessive sweating and high body temperature for a long time; Easy to grow acne rash, blush and bloodshot eyes; Often constipation, less urine and yellow; Easy to be agitated, easy to lose sleep and have a bad temper; Women's menstrual period is early, and their secretions are thick and smelly. B. Health warning: Eat more cold vegetables and food, because cold vegetables and food can cool and regulate. C. Corresponding vegetables: bitter gourd, radish, wax gourd, cabbage, cucumber, bamboo shoots, etc. 3. Solid constitution A. Solid characteristics: strong body, loud voice, full of energy and full of gas; Sometimes dry mouth, bad breath, constipation and yellow urine; Breathing is thick and prone to abdominal distension; Strong resistance, often feel sultry; Stubborn personality, do not like sudden changes. B. Health warning: Eat more cold vegetables and foods. Cold vegetables and foods can cool down and help metabolize toxins in the body. C. Corresponding vegetables: asparagus, celery, etc. 4. deficiency constitution a. qi deficiency characteristics: loss of appetite, pallor, shortness of breath, dizziness. B. Characteristics of blood deficiency: pale and sallow face, pale lips and nails; Often dizziness, insomnia and forgetfulness; Women have less menstrual flow. C. Corresponding vegetables: spinach, carrots, etc. D. Yin deficiency characteristics: easy to be thirsty and like to drink cold drinks; Physical emaciation, insomnia and forgetfulness; Frequent night sweats, feverish hands and feet, sweating; Constipation is common, and the urine is yellow and the tongue is red. E. Corresponding vegetables: white fungus, eggplant, cucumber, etc. F. yang deficiency characteristics: like hot food, do not like drinking water; Fear of cold, cold, fatigue, lethargy; Decreased libido, impotence and premature ejaculation; Urine is prone to diarrhea. G. corresponding vegetables: peppers, leeks, etc. Vegetables and Dietary Taboos Thank you for reading my answer carefully. If my answer is helpful to you, please adopt and evaluate the originality and solvability.