A Book That Addresses Women's Health Issues

Chapter 66 White food is the first choice in autumn

The lung governs the skin and hair, that is to say, the lung distributes water and grain essence to the skin and hair to nourish the skin and muscles of the whole body.According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the lungs and white are both gold, white enters the lungs, and the lungs correspond to white, so eating white food has the effect of nourishing the lungs.In daily life, we often describe a person's mental outlook as having a good complexion, so what does this "complexion" refer to in Chinese medicine?Let's take the word "qi" apart and look at it: "Qi" refers to the innate vitality and the Qi of the viscera and meridians. Everywhere in the body; and "color" refers to the appearance of a person.The so-called interior must be shaped on the outside, and the inner qi and the outer form are related.Just as Zeng Guofan said in "Bingjian": "A person's energy is the main thing, the spirit is inside, and the complexion is outside." A person's body is good or bad, and the energy in the body is sufficient or insufficient, which can be seen from the appearance of the face. Knowing; and the most fundamental thing for a person to have a ruddy and beautiful complexion is to replenish qi.How to replenish Qi?A very important point is to invigorate the lungs.

I have emphasized more than once that "the lungs govern the skin". For women, if they want to look beautiful from the inside out, they must have good lungs.The lung governs the skin and hair, that is to say, the lung distributes water and grain essence to the skin and hair to nourish the skin and muscles of the whole body.If you don’t believe me, look at some female friends around you. They are pale, or haggard, without luster; or pigmentation, and wrinkles at a young age.This is mostly due to the lack of Qi and blood in their bodies, and the inability of body fluid to nourish and nourish the skin.Those with sufficient lung qi are different, their skin is moist, shiny and elastic; while those women with insufficient lung qi have dull and dry skin and dry hair.White food is a master at nourishing lung qi. After talking for a long time, how can people with insufficient lung qi replenish that day?According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, the lungs and white are both gold, white enters the lungs, and the lungs correspond to white, so eating white food has the effect of nourishing the lungs.Such as garlic, pear, white radish, almond, lily, white fungus.They have a flat and cool temperament, can strengthen the lungs and refresh the voice, can also promote gastrointestinal motility, strengthen metabolism, and make the skin full of elasticity and luster.Different methods of white food have different effects.

For example, raw white pear has the effect of clearing lung heat and removing excess fire, while cooked food can nourish lung yin and clear deficiency fire; raw lotus root can clear heat and moisten lung, and cooked food can nourish yin and nourish lung; To relieve cough, cooked food can moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm.Of course, the use of white food to nourish the lungs should be done in an appropriate way according to one's own situation.Because white food is cold in nature, eating it raw can easily hurt the spleen and stomach. For people with spleen and stomach deficiency (distension, diarrhea, like to eat hot food, fear of cold, etc.), eating it after cooking can relieve the pain. The nature of cold and cool, not only nourishes the lungs but also does not hurt the spleen and stomach.In addition, since each white food has a different function of nourishing the lungs, if several foods are eaten together, a better effect of nourishing the lungs can be received. ?Warm reminder to benefit for a lifetime: If you are a fat girl, eat more milky white and white foods, such as tofu, fish, etc., which can have a certain inhibitory effect on appetite.If you adjust the color of food in a planned way seven days a week, for example, eat some white food on Monday, such as fish fillet, tofu, wild rice stem, etc., and then cooperate with the weight loss exercise mentioned in this book, you can achieve certain weight loss Effect.Of course, these white foods themselves have a light taste. If you are a heavy taster, you can put more effort into the condiments of the dishes. You can adjust the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy as long as you don’t overdo it.

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