Green plants and more partial cold red hot vegetable side
Advent of summer, we will select some cold food. But for food "cold and heat" in nature, many people do not know how to distinguish. For this reason, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Professor Yang Li teach you some tips.
"Under normal circumstances, from the food color, flavor, growth environment, geographic location, several aspects of the growing season
Of view. "Professor Yang said that from the color, green plants and close to the ground close to absorb ground moisture, and therefore of the cold side, such as mung beans, green vegetables. Reddish color of plants, such as pepper, pepper, date, pomegranate, etc. Although close to the ground and growth, but the fruit can absorb more of the sun, and therefore partial heat.
From the taste point of view, Weitian, Weixin of food, due to receive more sunlight time, the heat, such as garlic, persimmons, pomegranates, and so on. Those Wei Ku, Weisuan of food, most of the cold side, such as bitter gourd, Kucai, taro, plums, papayas, and so on.
From the growth environment, partial cold water plants, such as lotus root, kelp, seaweed, and so on. Some of the land in foods such as peanuts, potatoes, yam, ginger, and so on, due to the long buried in the soil, plants resistant to stem and contain less water and therefore heat.
From the growth of location, Beiyin north of the moisture-absorbing food, few see the sun, and therefore the cold side, such as mushrooms, edible fungus, and so on. Growth in high-altitude and some of the food, or south-easterly direction of food, such as sunflower, chestnuts, due to receive sufficient light and heat, and therefore of the partial heat.
Food and cold and heat and also on the growing season. In winter, the growth of food, due to re-Han Qi, therefore side of the cold, such as Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, white radish, white gourd, and so on. In the summer of food, receive more rain, there was heat, such as watermelon, such as litchi.
