Food and medicine come from the same source: the way to warm yang in Chinese dietary health wisdom
Chinese food civilization has a long history. Its essence lies not only in satisfying the desires of the mouth and stomach, but also in containing the profound philosophy of food culture and the wisdom of food health.
Since ancient times, the concept of "food and medicine come from the same origin" has penetrated into the daily life of the Chinese nation, and it has become an indispensable part of traditional eating habits.
People in ancient times observed all kinds of things in the world and distinguished the characteristics of plants and trees. From this, they understood the way of nourishing the body with food and using diet to balance it, and then elevated diet to a profound knowledge closely connected with life and health.
Yang Qi is regarded as the driving force of human life activities, just like the sun in nature.
In the classic dietary prescriptions, there is a compatibility situation. Among them is Cynomorium cynomorium, which is combined with mutton and rice. This combination is an example of warming yang and nourishing kidneys.
1. Cynomorium cynomorium grows in desert lands. 2. It is endowed with the characteristics of pure Yang of the earth. 3. After decoction, cook it into porridge together with mutton with warming effect and japonica rice with nourishing effect. 4. This porridge is moist with oil, the rice is fragrant and the meat is rotten. 5. It can gently arouse the warmth of the body. 6. It is specially designed for people with weak waist and knees and cold limbs.
The philosophical connotation of food ingredients is most vividly reflected in Chinese cooking.
Take black fungus, which is black and water-like in color, as an example. It has nourishing properties due to the moisture it retains. When stewed with red dates and lean meat, it can not only nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, but also achieve the effect of consolidating essence and reducing urine. This shows the ingenious application of the Five Elements theory in the field of diet.
Another example is the sour and astringent properties of golden cherry blossoms , which are stewed together with pig belly (also known as pig bladder). With the saying that the shape complements the shape, the effect of tonifying the kidneys and stopping the belt becomes more and more obvious. This is a vivid display of the thinking of "taking images to compare with analogies" in traditional food customs .
The diversity of regional food culture also enriches the path of dietary therapy.
In the Lingnan area, the climate is hot and humid, so people make good use of soup to recuperate.
If you use Nostoc with a strong color of #A52A2A and make soup with oysters, you can get the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing blood, calming the liver and calming wind; if you combine daylilies, which are day lilies, with tofu and lean meat, you can form a recipe that can nourish the spleen, stomach, and achieve lactation, so as to meet the needs of insufficient qi and blood after childbirth.
These soup recipes are not only ordinary delicacies, but also carry the etiquette of festival food customs and humanistic care. At specific seasons and stages of life, they convey the warmth from the family and the wisdom of health preservation.
Food etiquette culture also runs through the process of food maintenance.
The ancients emphasized eating in moderation and eating in an orderly manner.
for example,石斛的选择使用炖老鸭来讲，挑选的是具有阴之滋补神圣作用特性的石斛，以及拥有针对补虚有着很好效果的佳品特征的老鸭呢，则采用隔着水的方式通过小火慢慢地炖煮的做法，当汤做好呈现出清水般清晰透亮的状态时，其味道滋味具备鲜美浓烈醇厚的特点，最适合在夏季与秋季这两个季节用来进行滋补身体，以此来顺应四季之中阴阳相互消长的规律。
然而，有一道名为玉竹兔肉汤的汤品，它所具备的功效是取其能够养阴柔筋，此汤适合那些存在阴亏内热情况的人来饮用，这充分体现了一种叫作辨证施膳的中医思想。
不管是用于催乳的鲶鱼所制成的汤，采用急火慢炖的方式，还是具有清新雅致特点的文蛤所做的蒸菜，却都依照炮制如法的准则，把食材的性味淋漓尽致地发挥出来。
Fruits rich in vitamin C, such as grapefruit and kiwi, can help to clear the mind and relieve troubles; apple juice contains antioxidants, which are very beneficial to heart health and help delay the blocking effect of "bad" cholesterol; orange juice, with its rich nutrition, is particularly friendly to patients with high blood pressure.
Among the common fish, there are those that are rich in magnesium. If you eat more of them on a daily basis, they can even achieve the effect of moistening and replenishing the lungs, which is of positive significance for alleviating the symptoms of asthma. This situation can also be corroborated with the theories of "the lungs and the large intestine are related to each other" and "the kidneys are responsible for receiving qi" upheld by traditional Chinese medicine, which highlights the intersection and connection between ancient and modern food cultures, Chinese and Western.
Chinese food and health culture is a long and living humanistic history .
It uses heat as a pen and ingredients as ink. In the symphony of pots and pans, it writes the reverence and love for life. It perfectly integrates knowledge, culture and popular science, nourishing the bodies and minds of generations of Chinese people, and becoming a bright pearl in the treasure house of world civilization.
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