Oriental people conceive of food sources that are closely
related to human health was formed very
The East, considering people and the environment as a unity,
even people are images of heaven and earth shrinking. Natural as well as human,
influenced by the interplay, the interdependence of yin and yang.
From the metamorphic extremes, there are doubts of yin
and yang, then yin and yang combine to produce the five elements (metal, wood,
water, fire, earth), then the five elements according to the movement, combine
together create three talents: heaven (heaven), earth (earth) and human (human)
covering all.
Even within each human being, as a small paradise, is
also divided into yin and yang, the five elements and mobilizing according to
the laws of analogy and common mutuality.
So, people want to exist normally, be healthy, live long,
then they must create a balance with heaven and earth.
Eating, as a source of nutrition for the body to maintain
and develop life, must also contribute and show that balance.
The harsh reality, along with the above-mentioned concept of
food, has made people aware that eating and drinking in addition to survival,
some foods also help the body to prevent some common diseases.
It is not only herbs but also animals. Over time, the
cuisine in the health of the Orient has the following basic forms:
* The yin and yang harmony of food:
From the beginning of the Orient people knew how to classify
food and food according to each of their characteristics: heat (hot), welding
(cold), vase (cool), warm (moderate - ie between heat and vase).
Sometimes, they are attributed to the above
characteristics such as hot, sour and bitter in the medium or warm, warm and
salty.
Then the food and the food depending on the nature,
especially the impact on each body condition that is considered healthy or poisonous.
The properties according to the above classifications are
attributed to the yin and the five elements. Like any kind of food, which has
heat, temperate is positive, and the type is welding and sound-proof.
The tastes used in food are also attributed to yin and yang
and the five elements such as spicy, sweet, light are yang and sour, bitter and
salty. Shining on the five elements, sour belongs to wood, bitter to fire,
sweet to earth, spicy under metal and salty water.
Thus, the combination of substances in food ingredients is
actually a combination, balance between yin and yang and five elements.
For example, in the summer, it is hot, people often eat food
with cooling properties such as bitter melon soup, cheek vegetable soup, eat
bitter vegetables, drink water with cheeks, coconut water ... Or, when eating
fish porridge (negative ) people add ginger (positive) to balance the yin and
yang.
In terms of spices, ginger is at the forefront of heat, has
a welding effect, detoxification, and sympathy, so it is used as a spice for
welding (cold) foods, like some fish, some vegetables such as squash,
vegetables ... or the smell of chicken and duck ...
Peppers are classified as heat, mild, detoxifying effect,
used in most foods and sauces, especially seafoods: fish, shrimp, crabs, salads
... both welding, the bottle smells fishy, especially marine fish.
* The balance of yin and yang in the body:
Whenever the body loses the yin and yang balance, it causes
illness, people use food to balance.
For example: When colds (negative), people eat hot ginger
porridge (positive), get cold (positive), then eat onion porridge (negative).
In the hot season, sweating is much, the body is easily dehydrated, eating
porridge will add more water and nutrition to the body, and can support and
protect the stomach.
Or lotus leaf porridge has the function of cooling, warming
against cold, digestive aid, reducing blood pressure; Peppermint porridge is
resistant to the sun, headache, dizziness, sore throat; Green pumpkin porridge
has diuretic effect, clear heat, relieve headache, eliminate cold, chest pain
...
Hot food porridge with eggs and spices vegetables onions,
perilla ... provide protein, tonic, also has antibiotic treatment for many
diseases, making people sweating lightly.
In addition, people also have a lot of experience using the
flowers and fruits available to prevent or treat some diseases as follows:
Eat cotton compared with chopsticks to treat colds and
headaches because of the content of vitamins C and B in flowers. These kinds of
vegetables, amaranth, amaranth, pomelo and cucumber are also a medicine to cool
down and detoxify.
The green onions, lemongrass, ginger, turmeric, galangal ...
make delicious food, and are also very effective conventional medicine.
Eat onions make sputum; lemongrass makes urination,
sweating; ginger warms the stomach, prevents vomiting and diarrhea; technology
helps detoxify, cure stomach ulcers, weak liver ...
People take the lotus heart to make tea as a tranquilizer,
to treat insomnia; looking at lotus helps to cool down, eat cool and nutritious
lotus seed tea.
During the meal, the plate of herbs including basil, laksa
leaves, perilla, basil, lettuce, etc. are also effective drugs to treat flu,
ulcers, detox ...
Thick leafy vegetables to cook sour soup, is also a medicine
to treat sore throats and cough due to weather changes.
And the dish of soil spinach, the dish seems trivial, but
actually very rich in protein, iron, can help the human body to fight the
disease.
In case of high blood pressure, people also drink coconut
water, green tea, orange juice, green bean tea ...
* The balance of yin and yang between people and the natural
environment:
According to Oriental medicine, human health is perfect when
balancing the environment and the environment (heaven and earth).
When this balance is destroyed, the body will be sick.
Oriental medicine divided food into 5 groups (Five
Elements). Hot food (fire) or warm (wood) stimulates the body system.
Cold food (water) or cool (needle) calms the organ.
Neutral food (earth) does not cause harm.
Oriental medicine also conceives that food works effectively
such as: promotion, christmas, export and import. Food with essential oils
tends to "export", sweat, detoxify, reduce fever, relieve aches and
pains.
Food for tubers and fruits tends to "break",
making it easier to digest. Food with alcohol tends to "raise" heat.
Consciousness tends to "enter" is the way that the
body is easily absorbed, fortified ... These principles can be considered a
method of treatment.
In summary, with the cultural belongings from the source,
plus the experience from real life, the Oriental people have applied these
principles to eating to preserve and enhance health.
They have made the most of the appropriate plants, flowers,
animals that generous nature bestowed as a "dish of medicine" in a
reasonable and very effective way.
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