In traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, “five colors to nourish the five organs” is an important concept, through the color of food and the five organs of the human body corresponding, to achieve the purpose of conditioning the body and preventing diseases.
The following are the correspondence between the five colors of food and the five organs and their recommended foods:
Cyan into the liver
- Efficacy: Green food has the effect of soothing the liver and relieving depression, nourishing the liver and protecting the liver, and helps the detoxification and metabolic functions of the liver.
- Recommended foods: spinach, celery, green beans, green peppers, broccoli, cucumbers, olives, kiwi, mung beans, leeks.
Red into the heart
- Efficacy: Red food has the effect of nourishing qi and blood, nourishing the heart and soothing the nerves, and has a certain protective effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels.
- Recommended foods: tomatoes, hawthorn, strawberries, dates, red apples, carrots, watermelon, pomegranates, red beans, brown sugar.
Yellow into the spleen
- Efficacy: Yellow food can strengthen the spleen and stomach, help digestion and absorption, and enhance the function of the spleen and stomach.
- Recommended foods: soybeans, pumpkin, corn, millet, potatoes, bananas, lemons, rice, daylily.
White into the lungs
- Efficacy: White food has the effect of clearing the lungs and moisturizing the lungs, dissolving phlegm and relieving cough, and helps the health of the lungs.
- Recommended food: lily, white fungus, pear, white radish, yam, white lotus meat, white lentils, ginkgo seeds, winter melon, pear.
Black into the kidneys
- Efficacy: Black food has the effect of nourishing the kidney, nourishing the yin and nourishing the kidney, and helps the health and function of the kidney.
- Recommended food: black beans, black sesame seeds, black rice, black fungus, black mushrooms, black dates, seaweed, kelp.
By combining five-color foods reasonably, you can not only nourish the five internal organs, but also enhance the overall health of the body.
In the daily diet, according to the season and personal physique, choose suitable color foods for conditioning to achieve the effect of health care.
