From the perspective of Chinese medicine, bitter foods are all cold and cold, with heat, diarrhea, phlegm and dampness, and the effect of Shengjin appetizer, so it is especially suitable for eating in the hot summer. Appropriate eating of bitter foods can not only clear the heart, but also refresh the mind, and can increase appetite, spleen and stomach. Although bitter foods have many benefits, they are not suitable for all people. So, who should not eat bitter food?
Eat too much bitterness
In the summer, the yang is getting more and more enthusiasm, and the heat is hot and evil. It is easy to make the heart beat too much and the mind is scattered, the mind is dying, people are easily upset, tired and tired. Chinese medicine believes that in the five flavors, the bitterness and the heart correspond, the bitterness can be strong, and the heart is hot in the summer. If you eat too much bitter food in this season, your mind will be more prone to distraction.
Moreover, excessive bitterness or eating too much bitter food can cause stomach upset and side effects such as nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
Who can't eat "bitter"
Menstrual women
In women's menstrual period, it is recommended to eat less bitter food. The bitterness of the food is cold and cold. Eating too much may cause the meridians to condense and the blood is blocked, which may cause dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. Especially for women with cold dysmenorrhea, try not to touch the bitter food during menstruation.
Even if it is not in menstruation, girls should not eat too much bitter food. Like some girls superstitiously "eat hard to lose weight", eat bitter gourd meals all day, drink bitter gourd juice. Such a bitter taste every day, it is easy to damage the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are generally responsible for the water in the body, and the spleen and stomach can't clear the moisture. Accumulation in the body will also form fat, which is not worth the candle.
2. People with poor health
Chinese medicine believes that bitter taste is cold, can clear away heat and purify fire, and belongs to diarrhea food. Therefore, people with weak constitutions such as the elderly, children, and pregnant women are advised to eat less.
3. People with spleen and stomach deficiency
The spleen and stomach weakness mentioned by Chinese medicine includes spleen and stomach qi deficiency, spleen yang deficiency, and stomach yin deficiency. Spleen and stomach qi deficiency mainly manifests as shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, bloating, stomach pain, hiccups, food, constipation, diarrhea, sallow complexion, etc.; spleen yang deficiency mainly manifests as cold stomach pain, cold and greasy food, abdominal pain, diarrhea, stool Sparse sputum; stomach yin deficiency mainly manifests as dry mouth, easy to starve, stomach acid, pain and discomfort, mouth sores and so on.
If you eat something cool, you will have a stomachache, a stool that is not shaped, and a person who always has cold hands and feet. It is not suitable for suffering.
The benefits of bitter food
Change the five-flavor imbalance
People are basically balanced when they take five flavors of bitter, bitter, sour and salty. However, most people usually take too much salty and sweet taste, which causes symptoms. Should eat more bitter foods to change the five-flavor imbalance.
Promote appetite
In the summer, most people may have poor appetite. The bitter taste can stimulate the taste buds of the tongue, activate the taste nerves, and stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and bile. Thereby increasing appetite, promoting digestion, and improving immunity.
Clear heart and brain
The bitter-flavored food has a certain amount of cocaine and caffeine, and it is comfortable and easy to wake up after eating. People can also relax from the summer irritability, so that they can regain their energy and make the brain function better.
Detoxification and detoxification
Chinese medicine believes that bitterness is yin and has a function of relieving suffocation. It has the effect of relieving heat and sorrow for the irritability caused by excessive heat. Dispelling heat can not only reduce fever, but also toxins in the body can be excreted with the urine.
Promote hematopoiesis
Bitter foods maintain a normal balance of bacteria in the gut. This function of inhibiting harmful bacteria and helping beneficial bacteria contributes to the function of the intestine, especially the hematopoietic function of the intestines and bone marrow, and improves the anemia state.
Anticancer and anticancer
The study found that bitter foods contain a lot of vitamin B17, which has a strong ability to kill cancer cells.
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