An Introduction to Nutrition: The Collision of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Nutrition

Then the general public, most of them will think that nutrition is a Western medical concept. In fact, nutrition is really a theory derived from traditional Chinese medicine. Then Chinese medicine inside the Wei Qi Ying blood this concept, Wei Qi belongs to the Yang, Ying blood belongs to the Yin, Ying blood it goes in the middle of our meridians, play a role in nourishing the internal organs, moistening the role of the muscles and bones. So in the Song Dynasty, there has been this concept of nutrition. Then Chinese medicine to this dietary nutrition of this role it, can be summarized into four words. Four words. Yes, to replenish the essence and benefit the vital energy. To replenish essence is equivalent to replenishing nutrients, and to benefit qi is equivalent to replenishing energy. So actually nutrition is not just a Western concept, but we in Chinese medicine have an understanding of nutrients themselves. Yes, but there is a difference. Chinese medicine will look at things from the perspective of yin and yang and the five elements, for example, we call this food the five flavors, so he will be concerned about the results of the interaction between the food and the body, that is, the function of nutrition. For example, he may not care that we have sugar, fat and so on, but what is the reaction after we eat it. Generally speaking, it can be divided into four categories: warming yang, nourishing yin, benefiting qi, and nourishing blood. Then more detailed, is each food and herb, it is divided into four qi, five flavors, elevation, floating and sinking, there are these effects. There are also attributed to the tendons, such as which meridians, which organs, each food is actually still different.

The understanding of qi supplementation is actually what is supplemented?

The only way to replenish qi is to make it up, and when qi is weak, people will feel more fatigued. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that. Doing things ah, walk ah, speak ah, may feel no energy, so the lack of gas in our people, can be felt, in fact, he sounds very mysterious, in fact, each of us can feel the gas of this more or less.

The idea of treating the future of the disease comes from the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, which says that the upper work to treat the future of the disease, then because the ancients believed that life in the world this old age, sickness and death are not escape, they have to face it openly. Speaking of the treatment of disease, we have to start from what is the disease, then each disease has its own process, has its own cause, has its own result, so we have to make the cause and effect relationship of the disease and its natural course clear, then we can do to prevent. The first thing I want to do is to make sure that we are prepared for the worst, and that we are prepared for the best.

In fact, the treatment of disease, talking about the health of the law, it is inseparable from the eight words, called dietary discipline, living and living. Diet is of course we talk about nutrition, but Chinese medicine inside more focus on rhythm and moderation, that we eat regularly, the structure of the diet you have to have control, can not eat too mixed right, and then he has to have moderation, can not eat too much. So this belongs to the words we speak now is that nutrition should be balanced, nutrition should be moderate. Then Chinese medicine is said to be called and five flavors, we have all the food it has sour, bitter, sweet, salty and salty five flavors, that you have this kind of five flavors should be a balance with each other, so this is with our modern nutritional science has a little bit different place, that is, we are not able to eat too much of a variety of food for each meal, like the five flavors of this is not good, so like this is what we say the dietary moderation. The living has always, may be easier to understand, called regular work and rest, such as sunrise and do sunset and rest, right, we work and rest every day that point in time is relatively fixed, in this case on the operation of our qi and blood is more favorable.

This belongs to the content of our Chinese medicine diagnosis.

The first thing we need to do is to look at how the person's spirit is, and the person, like the young kid, is very energetic and flexible, with his eyes going back and forth, and if that's the case, then he's got a lot more gas, and that's part of what we're talking about in terms of gas. Then the color is about the color, we have a lot of facial colors, although we are yellow, but because he has a different human constitution, then there is a green bar yellow red is red and white and black, then they will be relatively speaking into the different viscera, this is an aspect. But if we use the eight syllabus of this idea to words, then more black a little bit more green a little bit he may be partial cold, more red and yellow he may be partial heat, so through this to observe this qi is not good words, he is certainly with our normal that qi is not the same.

It's as if the white satin in the past to cover it in a red one on top of the vermilion, it is called white with red color this kind of color is the best. If he is too yellow shows that his blood is weak because he does not have this can not nourish his face, he is too red shows that he is this Yang hyper, right, so this will put a few things can be from his face color color this side, we can observe the ordinary people, he knows that you are not normal, but he may not be able to say out of some of the hall of fame. I can't tell you exactly where there is a problem.

Yes, this is one. The second is that if we say that the face is a reflection of some of the heart's condition, some of its qi and blood

words, then it is divided into two cases, one is not enough qi and blood, and one is qi stagnation and blood stagnation. If it is not enough qi and blood, like we just said these that have some tiredness and fatigue, upset and insomnia and so on these accompanying symptoms, then you see this person has no spirit he is very tired and he does not want to talk. In fact, this color is not only look at the color, you may look at his appearance of this person, so we say that this first impression is good, impression impression is that you first want to identify. The second to identify the state of the person's body, so is the color. Then the second situation on the qi stagnation and blood stasis, then this can look at what, not just look at the whole face can also be observed, for example, this after middle age, many people have spots on the face this is a manifestation of qi stagnation and blood stasis, and there is also a manifestation of bruises on the bottom of the tongue there is a bruise or the lips are darker, in fact, the lips are very dark, then actually very obvious a sign. Then you can ask him if you have any pain in your body, especially chest pain, dystocia, there are no such symptoms, then you can especially like this person with blood stasis, generally his pain is not the same as other pain, it is a stabbing pain, as if the needle's stabbing the same kind of pain, so it's more sharp. Because it has some real things in it that are stimulating, so it's a kind of stabbing pain.

So we look at the gas color you look after you basically have a general impression, a color dark pulse first to distinguish yin and yang, you only need to distinguish between the yin and yang of the real cold and heat probably, and then it is then four diagnostics together with the reference, that is, the collection of other information synthesized to get a conclusion.

That like in fact just Professor Tan you are also said because the child has God he is more dynamic, if it is not enough gas people it he is more no spirit is more tired, there is not enough blood people he may be on the face of the white yellow, that in fact, like this a lot of girls are often pale, and the lips are more white, the spirit may be more depressed, and then the mood will be relatively not high, that like this In fact, it can be deduced that he is a kind of qi and blood insufficiency, right?

Yes.

What should we do in this case?

That is certainly not enough to make up for it, that in Chinese medicine this is a basic principle, because you are not enough to make up for it, as if we are the nutrients in the Western medicine, you have to make up for this lack of nutrients. Inside our Chinese medicine is that your gas is not enough, I have to make up for the lack of blood and qi, we have to nourish the blood. That from the food side can be supplemented, for example, like we have this jujube both qi and blood, and then there is ginseng is to supplement the main qi, then like 枸杞 is to supplement the main blood, there are some distinctions. Then the other like this angelica four things soup, to the girl this is the standard collocation, because we Chinese medicine inside the gynecology inside the talk is the woman's blood more gas less, so if she was blood is enough results of her blood is not enough, then you can know that she is more than the normal situation of the blood deficiency of the great, so this time we must give her to replenish the blood. Only the relationship between qi and blood is qi for the blood of the handsome, and blood is dependent on who to be born, to rely on the qi to be born, so when supplementing the blood, we must not forget to supplement the qi, you can not say that I only supplement the qi, for example, you can not single ginseng to supplement the qi on the line, to be paired with the qi and blood to be supplemented with the same line. You may have heard of such a formula called ten full of tonic soup, ten full is 100 percent can make up, that is to say you come to ten I will give you to make up for ten, at the same time he is ten medicine ah, inside is including the four gentleman soup plus four soup plus astragalus and cinnamon, that way then it is very balanced, so he has a here we have an ingenious that we although Chinese medicine inside the division of qi and blood deficiencies, but very often you have to be Two medicine coordination, but also pay attention to a problem, complementary time can not be single supplement, some people say that the deficiency is not subject to complement, then why would the deficiency is not subject to complement it, is because you this complementary things are too stagnant he complementary, we have to have a kind of thing to pass it into, for example, rationalization of the blood of the blood of this component, for example, pericarpium Citrioderma, rose, peach kernel safflower, on all these things can be it passed to give him to push the The following are some of the things that can be passed on to give him a boost. Especially like you just mentioned this kind of qi stagnation and blood stasis, in fact, it is also very suitable for the back of these to promote it to activate blood and qi. The problem should be analyzed in detail.

Then this is today about our qi and blood supplementation, if you usually ah always be people say you are not very good qi and blood is not very good, to remember that we just talk about the Professor to share with you, take notes and then use it up to hurry up and take action. We also wish you easy to raise good blood, good color, we will see you next time.