Choose food colors that nourish the five internal organs and kidneys in winter to improve health

"Five colors nourish the five internal organs", foods of different colors can maintain different internal organs. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe that eating a variety of colors will help the body become healthier.

Choose food coloring to nourish the five internal organs - Illustration photo

Food color affects health

Doctor Nguyen Van Thai, Military Institute of Radiation Medicine and Oncology said, Most other colorful foods provide nutritional value and support the treatment of many different diseases.

So understand what foods can affect health so that you can choose and use them properly to target and achieve different effects.

There are six organs in the body that support the natural detoxification process: the liver, kidneys, lungs, lymphatic system, rectum, and skin. Each organ must work tirelessly to eliminate excess waste from metabolism.

To maintain the organs in the five internal organs, eating more foods with corresponding colors will have a great effect. "Five colors nourish the five internal organs", foods with different colors can maintain different organs.

According to Dr. Thai, oriental medicine has long divided food colors into 6 different types with different functions, so you should choose food according to the detailed instructions below.

- Red nourishes the heart: The heart is fire, corresponding to the color red. The biggest advantage of red foods is that they are all rich in iron.

- Green color nourishes the liver: Green foods are good for the liver and gallbladder.

- Yellow is beneficial for the spleen and stomach: The nutrients in yellow foods correspond to the spleen and stomach. Some people may have spleen deficiency and stomach pain, so they need to pay more attention to their daily diet to nourish the spleen and stomach.

- White nourishes the lungs and moistens the lungs: White corresponds to the lungs. Eating a lot of white foods helps nourish healthy lungs, which is ten out of ten beneficial.

- Black foods nourish the kidneys: Nourish the kidney, black corresponds to the kidney, eat more black foods every day, good for kidney health.

Yellow is good for the stomach and spleen - Illustration photo

In winter, you should eat black foods to keep your kidneys healthy and good for your health.

MSc. Hoang Khanh Toan, former head of the Oriental Medicine Department, 108 Central Military Hospital, said that kidney care in winter is a traditional view of Oriental medicine in maintaining health, ensuring health and preventing some diseases. Therefore, in winter, it is necessary to pay attention to kidney care.

The kidney and winter have a very close relationship. The famous physician Truong Canh Nhac pointed out that: "Dĩ đông Hàn chi khí đi dưỡng thân", meaning that the kidney belongs to the water element in the five elements. When the weather turns cold, the human body often develops kidney diseases.

According to oriental medicine, the kidneys have two main functions. First, the kidneys promote the growth, development and reproduction of the body, also known as "the kidneys store essence".

Second, the kidneys regulate metabolic and physiological activities in the body.

According to Oriental medicine theory, black belongs to the water element, entering the kidney organ and corresponding to winter. The kidney is the root of the human body, containing true yin and true yang, only suitable for storage and not for release. Black foods enter the kidney, and have the effect of nourishing kidney yin and kidney yang.

MSc. Toan emphasized that the variety of black foods is very rich, such as black rice, black sticky rice, black beans, black sesame, black corn, black sorghum, black wood ear... The products made from these ingredients are also very diverse.

For example, black pearls made from black beans, black corn porridge, black sorghum wine, black rice vermicelli, black rice soft drink, black rice eight treasure rice...

These foods not only nourish the skin, improve beauty, nourish the marrow, nourish energy, stimulate appetite... but also uplift the spirit, improve health, promote blood circulation, brighten eyes, strengthen the spleen and liver, prevent aging... Including:

Black foods are good for the kidneys - Illustration photo

- Black rice is one of the precious foods, containing up to 17 amino acids and many minerals such as Fe, Ca, P, vitamins B1, B2, B6... Eating a lot of black rice has the effect of stimulating appetite, strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, brightening the eyes, activating blood circulation, activating color and nourishing essence, used to treat premature gray hair, nourishing the body for pregnant women and women after giving birth.

- Black bone chicken is a precious poultry breed, has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing blood, eliminating heat... Treats all types of damage such as back pain, weak knees, diabetes, chronic dysentery, dizziness, shortness of breath, fatigue...

The famous oriental medicine product "O Ke Bach Phuong Hoan" uses black bone chicken as the main ingredient, combined with other medicinal herbs used to treat gynecological diseases, chronic hepatitis, diabetes, arthritis, and bleeding due to thrombocytopenia.

Black bone chicken contains 17 types of amino acids, helping the body increase resistance to heat and cold, fight fatigue, enhance immunity and slow down the aging process.

- Black fungus has the effect of enriching blood, activating blood circulation, preventing platelet aggregation, preventing blood clots leading to arterial occlusion, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and arteriosclerosis. It also has the effect of moistening the lungs, cleansing the intestines and stomach, nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach, improving microcirculation, detoxifying, preventing cancer and lymphadenitis.

- Shiitake mushrooms have black outer shells because they contain a lot of acid, which helps dissolve cholesterol and reduce blood fat.

Because it contains a lot of vitamin D, eating a lot of shiitake mushrooms can prevent rickets in children and osteoporosis in the elderly. In addition, eating a lot of shiitake mushrooms also helps prevent cancer, flu and inflammatory diseases caused by bacteria.

- Agar and purple algae contain a lot of calcium, fiber and B vitamins, which are beneficial for regulating blood lipids, reducing cholesterol, softening blood vessels, preventing high blood pressure, myocardial infarction and thyroid diseases.

- Black sesame has the effect of beautifying the skin, blackening hair, nourishing the brain, nourishing the liver and kidneys, increasing milk production, preventing gray hair and prolonging life. Black beans are rich in vegetable albumin, mucus, unsaturated amino acids, vitamins A, B1, B2, E, PP and lots of calcium.

If you combine all 5 colors of food in a day, your body will be supplemented with a variety of necessary nutrients. Eating properly and with enough nutrients is the first condition for the body to become healthy.

However, in addition to using healthy foods, you also need to combine physical exercises and a healthy lifestyle to improve your health.

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