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China's theory of traditional Chinese medicine is profound, and he thinks that medicine is divided into three parts. In other words, eating too much of any tonic will harm your health.

Here, I want to introduce some advanced green health care concepts to you.

In recent years, there has been a slogan abroad called "turning pharmacies into kitchens", emphasizing the importance of dietotherapy. The concept of diet health preservation in TCM is worth carrying forward. Huangdi Neijing? The theory of dirty qi law says: "Poison attacks evil, grains supplement, five fruits help, five livestock benefit and five vegetables fill." What do you mean? It means that it is biased to treat diseases and attack evil with drugs. Whole grains are indispensable to ensure human nutrition, and fruits, meat and vegetables are all necessary supplements. With the improvement of modern people's living standards and the refinement of diet, the proportion of fish, fruits and vegetables in the diet structure has increased, leading to eating disorders and diseases. Many "God of Wealth Diseases" are caused by people eating too much. Why people don't like coarse grains? The main reason is that the taste at the entrance is not good. So feelings are not always right. Although dietary fiber in coarse grains can not be digested and utilized by human body, it can ventilate and moisten intestines, clean up waste and promote food residues to be excreted as soon as possible. Therefore, rebuilding a reasonable diet is of great significance to a healthy life.

There was no distinction between coarse grains and coarse grains in ancient times. Since 1950s, China has artificially divided grain into staple food and coarse grains, or flour and rice and coarse grains from the perspective of rations system management. Rice and wheat are called flour and rice, while others become coarse grains or miscellaneous grains. Traditionally, people refer to the rice and flour that urban residents eat daily as flour and rice, and corn (flour), millet, sorghum, buckwheat and potatoes as coarse grains. Coarse grains are especially rich in trace elements and vitamins, and coarse grains such as corn and potatoes contain more dietary fiber. Nutritionists believe that eating coarse grains at least three times a week is good for human health. However, it should be noted that eating coarse grains is not "the more the better". Some people are afraid of over-refined food, pursue coarse grains too much, and even eat only coarse grains and refuse to eat flour and rice. These practices are not desirable. In particular, the elderly with decreased digestive function, children with gastrointestinal dysfunction and young adults with gastrointestinal diseases should not eat too much coarse grains and coarse grains. "Five grains are the nourishment", coarse grains and flour and rice are rich in nutrition, so eating them together is beneficial to health.

So what are the benefits of eating whole grains often? We eat white flour, rice, delicacies, seafood, big meat, big fish and big meat every day. It's time to clean up our intestines and stomach! Eating coarse grains can make your stomach healthier and your appetite stronger. The nutritional value of whole grains is different. Let me give you a general introduction first. For example, millet is rich in tryptophan and carotene, which benefits the stomach and nourishes; Rice bran skin is the cheapest anti-cancer food; Oats are rich in protein, which is the best food to reduce blood fat. Sorghum is rich in fatty acids and iron; Potatoes contain carotene and vitamin C, and black rice is a good tonic for the four seasons. Grain bud is a good food to stimulate appetite and help digestion; Wheat is the best health care and anticancer food; Barley is a healthy food for regulating gastrointestinal function; Wheat germ is the essence of nutrition; Buckwheat is a healthy food for strengthening the heart and lowering blood pressure; Sorghum is a healthy food for strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea; Corn is a famous anti-cancer and anti-aging food; Peanut is a long-lived fruit; Black sesame is a healthy food for enriching blood and improving eyesight; Sesame is an anti-aging food; Black beans are the best food for nourishing kidney yin; Red beans are good food for swelling and blood. Mung bean is the best summer food, which tastes sweet and cold, and has the functions of diuresis, detumescence, neutralization and detoxification, cooling and quenching thirst. Broad bean is a healthy food for lowering cholesterol; Cowpea can treat spleen and stomach weakness; Peas have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and metabolic effects; Sweet potato is the best food to inhibit cancer cells; Potatoes are the best special food for treating indigestion; Taro is the best health food with bad stomach. Yam is recognized as a good tonic; Pumpkin is the best food to prevent colon cancer; Coix seed is a tonic for anti-cancer and health care; Lotus seed is the best food to eliminate palpitation and treat insomnia. Chestnut is a tonic for prolonging life and resisting aging. Jujube is a health food for resisting cancer and strengthening the body. Eleocharis tuberosa is an anti-cancer food that can clear away heat and toxic materials. Having said that, I'll choose a few representative ones to introduce them to you in detail.

Let's start with the millet that everyone often eats. Compared with rice, millet contains more protein, fat and vitamins, and is rich in nicotinic acid and carotene, which is suitable for pregnant women and children. Therefore, pregnant women in northern China drink millet porridge every meal every day. Chinese medicine believes that millet is sweet and salty, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency, invigorating spleen and kidney, clearing away deficiency and heat, promoting diuresis and benefiting spleen and stomach, and treating spleen and stomach weakness, dyspepsia, nausea and vomiting. Has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, and can be used for treating thirst, xerostomia, soreness of waist and knees, damp heat, diarrhea, dysuria, tiredness, dysuria or diarrhea. It can also be used externally to treat erysipelas, scald and burn.

Everyone is familiar with glutinous rice. Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus and iron; Vitamin B 1, B2 and nicotinic acid, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine says that glutinous rice is sweet and warm, which can warm the spleen and stomach and benefit the lungs and qi. It has the effects of tonifying middle warmer, treating spontaneous sweating, night sweats, diarrhea, benefiting lung, warming stomach, invigorating spleen, treating polydipsia, polyuria, detoxicating, and treating acne, rash, carbuncle and furuncle. This product is sticky and difficult to digest. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more, and patients should cook porridge or paste.

Speaking of sweet potatoes, people living in big cities may only eat baked sweet potatoes. It is estimated that there is not much to eat after cooking or steaming. Sweet potato is not only rich in starch and soluble sugar, but also contains protein, fatty acids, vitamins, amino acids and inorganic salts such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Except fat, its nutritional components are higher than rice and white flour, and its calorific value is higher than many food crops. You didn't expect this. In addition, sweet potato is a physiological alkaline food, which can neutralize the acidic substances produced by meat, eggs, rice and flour, so it can adjust the acid-base balance of human body, which you didn't expect. Chinese medicine believes that sweet potato is sweet and non-toxic, nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart, benefiting qi, promoting lactation, removing blood stasis and detoxifying. Japanese scientists have found that it has anti-cancer and health care functions and is known as the "king of anti-cancer". Sweet potato is rich in mucin, which can not only keep the lubrication in joint cavity, but also keep the elasticity of human cardiovascular wall, prevent atherosclerosis, reduce subcutaneous fat, prevent the atrophy of liver and kidney connective tissue and improve human immunity, which you didn't expect. Hehe, don't hurry to buy sweet potatoes and cook them!

After sweet potatoes, let's talk about corn. Corn contains starch, fat, vitamin B 1, B 12, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid and biotin; Although it is rich in protein, it lacks some essential amino acids and is not suitable for long-term consumption alone. Corn also contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids and lecithin, which is beneficial to lowering cholesterol; Chinese medicine believes that corn is sweet and flat, which can regulate appetite, reduce turbidity and benefit water; Can be used for treating hypertension, hyperlipidemia, urinary calculi, and cholecystolithiasis. Corn is recognized as the "golden crop" in the world, and its cellulose is 4- 10 times higher than that of polished rice and refined flour. Cellulose can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, eliminate the factors of colorectal cancer, reduce cholesterol absorption and prevent coronary heart disease.

Everyone only eats white flour on weekdays, so it is estimated that there are not many people who eat wheat directly. The starch and fat content of wheat is similar to that of rice, but the content of protein and calcium is much higher than that of rice. It also contains B vitamins and vitamin E, especially vitamin E, which contains choline, lecithin and arginine and can enhance memory. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and enzymes that help digestion; Chinese medicine believes that wheat is sweet, salty and cool, which can tonify deficiency, strengthen spleen and stomach, clear deficiency and heat, induce diuresis and nourish kidney. Deficiency of spleen and stomach and senile gonorrhea can be taken. It has the effect of nourishing heart and reducing fever, so that body fluids are not disturbed by fire, and can be used to treat irritability, insomnia and dirty dryness.

Buckwheat is now sold in all major supermarkets. Buckwheat contains carbohydrates, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, nicotinic acid and so on. Sweet and cool in nature, it has the effects of appetizing, relaxing bowels and resolving food stagnation. Can be used for constipation, damp-heat diarrhea, etc. External use can also treat burns and fire injuries. Because it is rich in minerals, especially phosphorus, iron and magnesium, it is of great significance to maintain the normal physiological function of human hematopoietic system. Buckwheat contains chlorophyll and rutin that other grains do not have. The vitamin B 1 and B2 in buckwheat are twice as high as those in wheat, and niacin is 3-4 times as high. Nicotinic acid and rutin contained in buckwheat are drugs for treating hypertension. Regular consumption of buckwheat also has a certain effect on diabetes.