The theory of huangdi neijing concept of a healthy diet

Time: 2015-10-26

Source: China's traditional Chinese medicine

Author: Zhang Dengben Cui-juan li XinBao

, the pursuit of health is the human eternal theme, among the many factors that affect human health, and dietary factors is on top and is the most important person.

The survival of humans, "grain" is a staple food, is the main ingredient, so its effectiveness in maintaining the life of the role as "a" is. Five livestock "and" five fruit ", "" five dishes" and other auxiliary ingredients, respectively to the main ingredients (" grain ") have a "help" "yi" "charge", can never replace main ingredients.

, people in order to survive and health, according to qi, the characteristics of the age of charge for medicine and food, will only when health needs no omission. Such as faint at the age of the nether world, prepare acid, little Yin and Yang si, less for bitter taste. In this way, he gets essence of heaven and earth, and gas to hong.

• "sick from using" is pathogenesis in neijing, learn the important thoughts. "With" diet, such as: hunger, cold temperature disorder, partial addicted to five will damage your health.

What is the concept of "health" of traditional Chinese medicine? In recent years, some people never have cure disease cure not ill, coordination and balance of Yin and Yang, unity of unity, harmony of zang-fu organs and meridians, and many other aspects discusses the TCM concept of health. Also someone from time, space, social, physical, psychological, five aspects of the connotation of traditional Chinese medicine health ideas. And health status of traditional Chinese medicine is defined as coordinated with nature, society, and the results of the dynamic balance of Yin and Yang of themselves, "nature and humanity" is "Yin and Yang" and "state of the function of" form and spirit ", and so forth, to name but a few.

The pursuit of health is the eternal theme of human, among the many factors that affect human health, and dietary factors is in the first place is the most important, because of huangdi neijing that understands, so from the choice of ingredients, food mixed two-way effect to human body, and how to keep good eating habits, etc., have deep understanding and discussed.

"Reasonable diet is tie-in"

"When asked, dirty air method theory" : "poison attack, grain for raising, five fruit for help, five livestock for profit, the five dishes for the filling, the smell and clothing, to make up for the lean gas. The five, have bitterness bitter salty, varies greatly, or loose or closed, or slow or quick, or strong or Ruan, four of five, disease over five appropriate". Put forward four of the five zang-organs mixed medicine cultivate, food five zang-organs accordingly with four, five, five. Drugs and the grain, five fruits, five livestock, five vegetables and other food is mixed, but drug mixed mainly used to eliminate pathogenic heal, mixed diet is the important source of human nutrition. It was the original "poison attack, grain for raising, five fruit for help, five livestock for profit, five vegetables for filling" say, for example, japonica rice, soybean, adzuki bean, wheat and yellow millet grain and food, is the main source of human nutrition. Peach, plum, apricot, chestnut, jujube, such as five fruit, only as a auxiliary; Cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens and so on five livestock meat, flesh of sentient beings, is often used to benefit the human body; Kwai (malva, kwai vegetables. The ancient one of the important vegetables, can be preserved), herb (DouYe, edible when young; and in the case of ageratum), scallions, Onions, vegetables such as leek five tastes just as a nutritional supplement.

Here the original highlighted the mixed diet content can help the human body, filling only maintain "grain" is indispensable to the human health is the most basic nutrients, the survival of humans is a staple food, is the main ingredient, so its effectiveness in maintaining the life of the role as "a" is. Five livestock "and" five fruit ", "" five dishes" and other auxiliary ingredients, respectively to the main ingredients (" grain ") have a "help" "yi" "charge", can never replace main ingredients.

Emphasize "grain to keep here, five fruit for help, five livestock for profit, five vegetables for filling" another layer of meaning is the requirement of the people's choice of main ingredients to diversification, cannot too single. Once the ingredients of a single, can cause human body absorb nutrients from diet sexual flavour, over time, will lead to estrangement between Yin and Yang of the human body, internal imbalances and the influence is healthy. Because of plant food and animal food, not only each with cold, hot, warm, cool four sex, there will be sour, bitter, sweet, bitter, salty, five. Not gay flavor ingredients in the human body respectively play a "powder, acid, sweet, bitter nut, salty soft" different efficiency. And different sexual flavour ingredients after enters the body, with different zang-fu organs have a particular affinity with, such as the "five tastes each walk the xi, valley, flavour acid, go first liver; valley of bitter taste, go first; valley of gan, go first spleen; valley of flavour, go first; lung valley taste salty, go first kidney" (" pivot, the five "). Visible, only make food is five reconcile, bias of disadvantages, to make the essence of five zang-organs filling, to ensure the health, so the original thought "smell and clothing, to make up for the lean gas". Neijing here also highlighted the "mixed diet, were each made for a" concept of a healthy diet.

【 timely choose ingredients 】

The element theory of four gas god asked, "what" Yang chun xia qiu dong Yin, from its root "principle of preserve one's health, also applies to in the principle of health first concept of a healthy diet - that is, to four climate law choice of ingredients.

In terms of health preservation methods, in the spring and summer to make the body sun be the spirit to vent, to adapt to the law of the growing season, is the "spring Yang". Specific methods is more activity, less rest, more sweat. Sweating is a sign of the sun be the spirit strong, so called "Yang". When the autumn and winter to make the body Yin fine enough, sun be the spirit inside collect, to adapt to the climate characteristics of convergence season, is the "ying Yin. Specific means is more rest, less activity, less sweating. Because of the sweat by fluid, fluid is part of the shade essence. Sweat less, not damage the sun be the spirit, Yin essence can be preserved, so called "Yin".

Tang dynasty doctor Wang Bingze to diet aftercare of interpretation of the choice of ingredients. Think "spring food cool, summer cold food, to raise Yang; autumn feed temperature, winter food hot, to keep Yin". This is from the original conform to the spirit shall be stated in the law of nature. Spring, summer, warm climate, if again to eat hot food, can make the sun be the spirit out too, reach the purpose of the "Yang". Conversely, "Yin" is through the sun be the spirit to realize the preservation, the autumn and winter sun be the spirit fails, in order to "Yin", to prevent leakage of sun be the spirit, but if too cold food will hurt Yang, it also conforms to the original "cold temperature" "don't drain your skin healthy. So "hot autumn feed temperature, winter" is also natural to Yin. By Yang and Yin's rest Wang Bingzhi theory, achieve a system of mutual balance of Yin and Yang, the application medicine fever temperature of cold sex food, with 4 restricted nature of Yin and Yang sheng, through the system, to raise, makes no bias of Yin and Yang, in order to protect healthy. So wang bing said: "the sun be the spirit root in Yin, Yin qi root in Yang. Born without Yin, Yang, Yang, Yin without. Yin sun be the spirit is very completely, the Yang, Yin qi." Apparently Wang Bingzhi theory is mutual system as the starting point of Yin and Yang. Also accord with the theory of element, asked six yuan ji is old, "repeated the" using cold cold, cold is cold, with WenYuan temperature, with far more hot, food should be with the method of "medicine food selection principles.

"Age of department for content"

The so-called "for" age, means and the ultimate fate of choosing ingredients. This is another view of a healthy diet in neijing academic position.

", ask to be really big theory ":" the emperor yue: its main disease? Gaps "yue: department, prepare, is clear. The emperor yue: first, content also? Gaps" yue: heaven and earth specialization also... the emperor yue: non si age thing what is also? Gaps "yue: also, so the quality varies with etc. Also smell have alternated, sex with mania, static security, how much force with shallow depth, this is called also."

Case, the age of the so-called "division" Lord ", is for people to survive and health, in line with the characteristics of old gas, for food and drugs, will be at the time of the health needs no omission. Specialization "because of" heaven and earth, according to the old gas taken for food and drugs, the thick smell of pure and efficiency of the designed hong. "Security" refers to the rehabilitation effect of the drug and food. "Force" refers to the drugs produced by the force of (food) in the body.

Due to the changes of weather all things im is corresponding with the ground, so, for food and drugs also should according to the different situation of each year of luck, do old for content "division". Such as faint at the age of the nether world, prepare acid, little Yin and Yang si, less for bitter taste, so at the age of the nether world, prepare gan, Yang Ming si age is prepared flavour sheen, division, the sun is for salty taste. In this way, he gets essence of heaven and earth, and gas to hong.

"Old things", refers to the division and not according to the age of gas mining for drugs, and the ingredients of the "gas" and efficiency is not focused, quality, and the same and different, etc. Gas as Zhang Jiebin said "heaven and earth becomes less often, though the constitution of GuWu born with, while in the thickness of different".

The ingredients of different regions in choosing 】

"Element, ask different France, appropriate theory" thinks that people living in different geographic environment and different ingredients of appropriate choice and eating habits. Article discussed owing to the different living area, people affected by the natural environment, living conditions, and the influence of different eating habits, formed the physical differences, making disease have certain difference, in the treatment of diseases must take different approaches to adjust measures to local conditions. Argued that "the Oriental MinShi and heavy salty fish, all in their place, its food"; China western "its people eat fat fat, so the evil can't hurt the body". "The people of the south acidophilus and scavenger"; "The folk songs are in the north milk"; The central "the MinShi complex".

The article emphasized the five parties both regional geographical environment and climate characteristics, residents living habits, different regions and different due to different regional people's health status. This thought can also be applied to different areas people's choice of ingredients, which is why people in different areas, with the dietary habits of the difference is very big, highlights the human and the nature is closely related to the whole idea. Also demonstrates the people living in different geographic environment, how to combine their own living environment characteristics and suitable health ingredients, is also the content of the concept of "healthy diet" in neijing,.

"Eat less" with ""

"Element asked, meridians BieLun" : "the spring and autumn winter and summer, Yin and Yang, sick in use, this is often also". "Sick from using" is pathogenesis in neijing, learn the important thoughts. Any more than the human body to adapt to the limit of all factors, harms human health and disease. Although here say "with" includes seven emotions too, climate anomalies, overfatigue deviating, bedroom too, all is because of disease. "With" here is only food, such as: hunger, cold temperature imbalance, must eat fatness, partial addicted to five, damages health factors such as poor eating habits to be parsed.

Eat without hunger "hungry" refers to the dietary intake is insufficient, the source of qi and blood biochemical spent exhaust, qi deficiency is dirty failure. Because "not into the valley, half day, gas, gas is less a day" (" pivot, the five "). "Gas" less "gas" is susceptible to illness. So, through the diet, in order to keep a nice figure method is not worth recommending.

Feed without full "full", refers to overeating, harming the function of all ills. As a result of "food from times, intestines and stomach is hurt" (" element asked BiLun "). "Feed, transverse ribs that solution, intestinal Pi hemorrhoid" (" element asked, angry tongtian theory "). Two original although the starting point is different, but don't think diet section, overeating, gastrointestinal injury, injury and the vital qi become a harm to health, an important factor of causing disease's position is consistent.

Taste without partial "element asked, angry tongtian theory" : "Yin", this in five tastes, Yin five palace, injury in five. Is it taste too acid, move to tianjin, temper is unique. Taste too salty, the big character, short muscle, a better mousetrap. Taste too sweet, heart filled with asthma, color black, kidney does not scale. Taste is too bitter, temper is not speech &drama, stomach gas is thick. Taste too sheen, falling, the spirit is the epicenter. Is reason and five, bone is reinforced soft, qi and blood to flow, cou justified to close, so the backbone to extract. We would like to, such as law, with destiny." Here demonstrates the mixed diet can or original, but also hurt the dialectic relationship. Yin essence of im think the human body, is the result of eating five tastes; And overeating or mixed partial addicted to, and will become the cause of damage, Yin and Yang are five zang-organs. The body's Yin jing, five tastes is derived from the diet. "Yin" five palace, injury in five ", this is because from the Yin and Yang attribute, due to the diet of the five "XinGan divergence for Yang, acid bitter flood discharge for cloudy, salty flood discharge for Yin" (" the element theory of ask to be really big "), under normal circumstances, mixed diet is the foundation of the survival of life, is to produce viscera essence of raw material, but if too much or long-term in a partial addicted to five taste, both may break the balance of Yin and Yang of vital energy, will also destroy the balance between the zang-fu organs and cause disease.

In multiple theory in neijing, demonstrates the mixed partial heavy damage to human body, such as "eating salty, condensate tears and discoloration of arteries and veins; eating bitter, from bark and Mao Ba; eating sheen, reinforcement urgent and claw withered; eating acid, meat Zhi and jie; eating gan, bone pain and fall. The wounds of the five" (" element asked five zang-organs, generating "). Also demonstrates the food mixed distribution state run after entering the human body, and how to avoid the harm of mixed partial addicted, points out that the "five tastes in the mouth, also were each made for a walk, were each made for a disease. Acid reinforced, more food, a Long; salted away blood, more food, a thirsty; go gas, food, a hole (as' Yun yun ', embalm); bitter bone, more food, a variable ou; go meat, eat more, 悗 heart. More than learning, also don't know what the by, to hear about it" (" pivot, the five theory ").

Because of this, so the element theory of q, angry borne YuanWenCai explicitly put forward "and five" concept of a healthy diet.

Without fertilizer, too Mind without fertilizer GanHou flavour, otherwise, can make the brew wet hot, born ShengTan turbidity "excessive" conditions, time will lead to blood, indicates lag, send for the carbuncle sore. "Change of sorghum, foot big ding, by as a virtual" (" element asked, angry tongtian theory ") is here. If combined with the element theory of q, disease, more can understand the will of the original text. The text said: "the emperor yue: sick sweet mouth, disease? How must? Gaps" yue: this five gas overflow, also called despair an illusion of the spleen. Five entrance, hidden in the stomach, spleen to trip to its essence, fluid in the spleen, so the population also, this beautiful place also, who will feed a few sweet and more fat, fat person is internal heat, sweet is in full, so the gas overflow, to diabetes. Conquer with LAN, in addition to Chen qi."

Neijing clearly recognize that fat food can help damp and hot, hot long Yin, collateral, and ulcers malignant boil. This is announcing to the world from the perspective of disease occurrence, light diet is beneficial to human body health diet concept.

Without drinking Wine is ripe grain fluid, its sex "Piao welding" (" element asked, jue "), and if drinking too much, can damage health is "so big drink is reversed flow of qi" (" element asked, angry tongtian theory "). The "reversed flow of qi", refers to drinking too much, "Piao Katherine" wine of qi activity inverse chaos in the human body, have a common mind is reversed flow of qi, the confused heart palpitations, even nonsense (i.e., "wine hong"); Lung inverse gas, is short of breath palpitations; Stomach on inverse gas, nausea and vomiting; On the diseases with inverse, light dizziness, headache, and even syncope, emergency. Obviously, drink little or no alcohol in neijing "diet health perspectives.

Feed without excessive heat, cold the pivot, the architect biography, warned: "drinkers, the hot spring, cold without cang cang. Comfortable in the cold temperature, so the gas will hold, is not no vile." Food drink is one of the important factors to ensure the health, both shoulds not be too cold, nor too hot hot, only "the optimum cold-temperate" meet health needs. So vital qi can not vigilant (fatigue), not by pathogenic factors.

Above all, scientific and reasonable diet concept, namely "reasonable diet is tie-in" "timely ingredients choice" "according to change destiny rule choice ingredients" "ingredients of different regions in choice" and "feed without with" diet concept, neijing is the main content of the concept of "healthy diet".