Why winter eat turnip eat ginger summer

ZhaoGuiZhi Shandong university of Chinese medicine

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        "Winter eat turnip eat ginger, need not the doctor summer a prescription" is folk spread already a long time of disease prevention care little saying. In this paper WangJinCheng doctors think "winter eat turnip eat ginger, need not the doctor summer a prescription" for the deficiency of Yin or Yang is the people, the right amount the food Yang summer ginger, can repair virtual helped Yang, understanding of the sun be the spirit; The deficiency of the winter right amount the food radish, can fill help Yin deficiency. The author thinks that poorly with: one is the saying is not only for the deficiency of Yin or Yang, but for all health is not ill prevention of health care; 2 it is carrot with only the gas in the wide, suppressing product guide sluggish, and work to reduce phlegm, seem to and doesn't help matters either Yin effect.

        The first summer why to want to eat to ginger. The climate is hot summer, the human body in order to heat dissipation, skin cou justified open diarrhoea, so the body sun be the spirit is not too quickly, if the food cold drinks melon and fruit, but will damage the sun be the spirit of spleen and stomach, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cause the disease. This could also is "classic" why want to advocate "chun xia keep Yang" one of the reasons. So, the hot summer if can eat right amount ginger, help temperature stomach scattered cold, prevent health care. According to modern research, ginger extract can stimulate the gastric mucosa, cause blood vessels central motor and sympathetic vasomotor reflection of the excitement, promote the blood circulation, boost gastric function, to fighting, pain, sweating, antipyretic role. Ginger naphtha can increase the secretion of gastric juice and the gut lining peristalsis, to help digestion; Separated from the ginger ginger ene, a mixture of zingerone marked only the role of vomiting. Ginger is how to eat a lot of, can drink ginger soup, eat ginger porridge, cooking hot oil to put some ginger, stew, fry the fish and ginger, do some ginger powder filling dumplings when, not only make the taste delicious, still can XingPi appetizer, help digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract.

        Again the winter why want to eat carrots. Cold weather in winter, but interior doors and Windows closed because, in addition to the general all have central heating, air conditioning, if all winter closed doors and Windows, indoor not only hot and oil and gas too much, likely to get sick. So, even in the cold winter, also want to open a window right amount ground every day, the a ventilation, beneficial to health. Our body also is such. Cold winter, the human body skin cou justified was contracting. So, in body, sun be the spirit KangCheng relative. At the same time, because people outdoor activities to reduce, sweating the chance to reduce the heat, and also tend to eat a lot for cold and hot sex food such as mutton, instead so easy to let a person produce line, appear indigestion, angry machine YuZhi phenomenon. At this time, if we eat some of the cool and refreshing right amount ground turnip, not only can lift line, and the gas in the wide, the action such as sluggish away product.

        Turnip variety, such as bai luobo, carrots, green turnip, etc, but folk commonly known as the carrots (carrots) would not be included. Modern research, turnip contains abundant lignin, with this kind of lignin in mice fed found, can obviously reduce tumor growth, and can make the macrophage increased activity. Turnip contains the mustard oil and a large crude fiber, can promote peristalsis, prevent constipation, reduce colon in ur own toxins, to prevent large intestine cancer. Vitamin A and C in the radish is abundant, and contains saccharifying enzyme, be helpful for carcinogen nitrosamines decomposition.

        To sum up, "winter eat turnip summer eat ginger" proverbs, reflected the ancients use food to regulate the function of wisdom, also reflected in traditional Chinese medicine "cure is not ill" spirit.

        It is worth noting that, "winter eat turnip summer eat ginger", should be moderate, can't eat every day, to eat, eat.