Food has four properties and five flavors. The so-called four natures means that food has different properties such as cold, cool, warm and hot.
People with different constitutions should choose foods suitable for their constitutions in their daily diet, such as cool and cold foods, which are suitable for people with hot constitutions and febrile diseases, while people with cold constitutions and diseases should eat more warm food.
How to distinguish between cold and hot foods
In terms of taste, sweet and spicy foods, such as garlic and pomegranate, are hot because they are exposed to sunlight for more time. And those foods that taste bitter and sour are mostly cold, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetables, taro, plum, papaya and so on.
In terms of color, green plants are close to the ground and absorb the moisture from the ground, so they are cold, such as mung beans and green vegetables. Plants with a reddish color, such as peppers, peppers, dates, pomegranates, etc., grow close to the ground, but the fruits can absorb more sunlight, so they are hot.
From the perspective of growth environment, aquatic plants are cold, such as lotus root, kelp, seaweed, etc. Some foods that grow on land, such as peanuts, potatoes, yams, ginger, etc., are hot in nature because they are buried in the soil for a long time, and the plants are resistant to drying and contain less water.
Judging from the geographical location of growth, food that faces north in the shade absorbs more moisture and rarely sees sunlight, so it is cold in nature, such as mushrooms and fungus. Some foods that grow at high altitudes, or foods in the southeast, such as sunflowers, chestnuts, etc., are hotter because they receive sufficient light and heat.
Food cold and heat is also related to the growing season. Foods grown in winter, such as Chinese cabbage and white radish, are cold in nature due to the heavy cold. Foods grown in summer receive more rain, so they are cold in nature, such as watermelon and grapefruit.
Drinking tea is better for your health
Drink tea, talk about the tea ceremony, and talk about physical fitness
Everyone's body is different
Suitable teas are also different
Because tea has medicinal properties
Tea is also divided into cold and hot
Chinese tea is divided into six categories: green tea, yellow tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea, and dark tea.
Green tea is the most widely consumed tea in my country. Yellow tea contains yellow buds, white tea contains silver needles, green tea includes oolong tea, Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, and black tea contains Puer tea. These teas are based on the degree of fermentation of the tea leaves. Divided from low to high.
cooling tea
Tieguanyin in green tea and oolong tea [light fermentation process such as Qingqing and Qingqing], white tea and raw tea [unaged storage], and yellow tea, due to the relatively low degree of fermentation, are cooling teas.
neutral tea
Among the oolong teas, Dahongpao [Rock tea, if it is roasted with sufficient fire, the time is short and the fire is good], the traditional old craft Tieguanyin [including the semi-fermented fragrance type is fried Tieguanyin], Phoenix Dancong, is a neutral tea .
warm tea
Raw Pu-erh tea, old white tea and old iron that have been stored for a long time are warm teas.
hot tea
Black tea (specifically refers to black tea produced in China, such as Zhengshan Souchong, Dianhong Gongfu, Qimen black tea, etc.) is a fully fermented tea with little irritation and heat.
Dark teas (Fuzhuan, Liubao tea, Pu'er cooked tea (Woodui fermented Pu'er tea), etc.) are post-fermentation fully fermented teas with hot properties.
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