We all know that cold and spicy food is spicy food, which can easily hurt our stomachs, so Bian Xiao always advises everyone to eat as little as possible. But I can't help eating popsicles in spring and summer, and I can't help eating hot pot in autumn. Is this completely contrary to what Chinese medicine says: "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter"? Of course not! In fact, these two movements can also keep healthy! Don't believe me? Let today's article prove my statement!
Since the sun should be raised in spring and summer, why do people in summer like to eat sorbet and feel comfortable after eating it? Is eating these cold foods against the way of keeping in good health?
The heart is like the sun, and the lungs are like the atmosphere on the surface of the earth. The lungs are in the sky, and the weather is hot in summer, which makes the heart fire, lung fire and upper-jiao fire of the human body vigorous. People will feel irritable and thirsty, and eating sorbet to warm up will feel comfortable. Is this contrary to raising yang in spring and summer?
Compared with human body, cave dwelling in summer is cold in yin, which is spleen and kidney yang deficiency, cold and dampness in lower energizer, and yang rising in summer, which is spleen and kidney yang, not heart and lung yang. Eating a small amount of cold drinks can clear the heat of the upper jiao, but excessive aversion to cold can easily lead to aggravation of cold and dampness in the middle jiao, which is also the cause of many gastrointestinal diseases in summer. To treat gastrointestinal diseases in summer, I usually let patients take Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and Fuzi Lizhong Pill. Because spleen yang deficiency and weakness, abdominal pain and diarrhea are all caused by cold evil. As long as the spleen and yang are warmed, it can be cured.
Since autumn and winter nourish yin, why do people like to eat hot pot in winter? There are many spicy and warm things in the hot pot. Why do people feel warm and comfortable after eating? Is this contrary to nourishing yin in autumn and winter?
In autumn and winter, the distance between the sun and the earth is farther than that in summer, and the temperature on the earth is lower than that in summer, so there is less water evaporation and low air humidity, so it is relatively dry. Therefore, we often feel dry lips and dry skin, so we need to apply skin care products to moisturize the skin, otherwise the water in the skin will be lost, making people feel as if it is dry.
"Nourishing Yin in autumn and winter" means properly supplementing the yin in the body, so that people will not feel too dry. But can nourishing yin be effective? This is not necessarily the case! For example, in winter, the air is dry, there are several rains and snows. Will the air be wet? It depends on the sun. If it snows and the sun is fine, the humidity in the air will increase; If it only snows and the temperature doesn't rise, the air will still be dry. At the end of the last chapter, it was said that "those who are good at nourishing yin will seek yin in the yang, and yin will lead to yang, and the spring will be inexhaustible." In other words, when nourishing yin in autumn and winter, don't forget to supplement the yang properly, so that the yin of the human body can be transpiration by the yang, which can nourish the whole body and make the spring endless.
Only by understanding the relationship between Yin and Yu can we have depth. Understand the relationship between yin and yang, and then look at why people who eat hot pot in winter have warm bodies and moist skin. Because when eating hot pot and drinking hot soup, it not only supplements the yin of the human body, but also supplements the yang of the human body. Under the warm action of yang, the vaginal fluid can transform qi and nourish the whole body. This is the truth that "Yin gets Yang and spring is inexhaustible".
But how about eating hot pot with strong spicy taste every day?
That's absolutely impossible. Eating hot pot can strengthen yang, but the purpose of eating hot pot is to nourish yin. If you eat hot pot every day, it will hurt your yin, and the result will definitely be counterproductive, which will lead to an increase in human yin deficiency.
Similarly, in autumn and winter, should we eat more nourishing and cool food every day? That's not right either!
Some people read Huangdi Neijing and know that nourishing yin in autumn and winter means eating a few Sydney, drinking cold drinks and eating cold yogurt every day. After a long time, they will become cold and wet. Because yin can't be promoted by yang, it becomes a stagnant pool, which is bound to harm people in turn.
The above reasons may be boring and not easy to understand. Let's give an example that everyone knows.
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However, due to the cold in winter, it is necessary to prevent colds while nourishing yin; It is very hot in summer. While basking in the sun, we should also prevent heatstroke. Only by dialectically understanding the relationship between nourishing Yin and Yang Can can we not blindly nourish Yin and Yang.
In addition, everyone's physique is different, some people have yang deficiency and some people have yin deficiency. In summer, they often feel sore, heavy and weak in their limbs, so it is very important to raise yang. But in winter, even if the air is dry, these people's body yin points will not be deficient, and there is no need to over-nourish yin, which will aggravate the moisture in the body.
Some people are weak, and the evil fire is heavier. That is, they need to nourish yin to prevent heatstroke in summer, so it is not very important to raise yang. In autumn and winter, nourishing yin is particularly important, otherwise such people will feel particularly dry.
The climatic conditions of different regional environments are also different. The four seasons in the south are warm, so we should pay attention to nourishing yin. In the north, when the seasons are cold, it is necessary to nourish the yang to resist the cold evil.
Yang in spring and summer and Yin in autumn and winter are the overall laws of nature. While conforming to this law, we should also be biased according to our actual situation. In other words, "health and longevity should vary from time to time, from place to place and from person to person." Only when we really understand these things, and then talk about health care and treatment, can we learn and use them flexibly and have a clear aim.