Eat Radish in Winter, Eat Ginger in Summer: Diet Should Follow the Seasons
Introduction: There is a saying, "Eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer, and you won't need a doctor to write prescriptions." This shows that diet should also follow the solar terms, seasons, and regions; moreover, the rhythm of nature is birth in spring, growth in summer, harvest in autumn, and storage in winter, and the body's vital energy (yang) is the same. For good health, attention should also be paid to the changes of the four seasons in your diet.
Many people ask: "Ginger is pungent and warm. The weather is so hot in summer, isn't eating ginger like adding fuel to the fire? Radish is cooling. The weather is so cold in winter, isn't eating radish like adding frost to snow?" But that's the way it is. People around me who insist on "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer" are just healthy, and I haven't seen them have any problems from it.
Eat Ginger in Summer
Eat Radish in Winter, Eat Ginger in Summer: Diet Should Follow the Seasons
About Eating Ginger in Summer
In summer, when the body's vital energy is on the surface of the body, the body's interior, especially the stomach and intestines, is deficient and cold. This is partly because there is less vital energy in the body, and partly because people are more likely to eat raw, cold, and cool foods in summer, such as watermelon, peaches, and pears, and they also prefer to drink cold water. Especially for modern people, using cold foods to deal with the hot summer can temporarily solve the problem, but it also sends cold into the body that is not already warm. The stomach and intestines are affected by cold, and the body loses its sense of security, which is also why more people have diarrhea in summer.
So what to do when the stomach and intestines are cold? It's time to warm them up. And ginger is a good choice. Ginger is pungent and warm, which is just right to warm the stomach and intestines, expel the cold from the stomach and intestines in time, and restore the vitality of the human digestive system.
The benefits of eating ginger in summer: Ginger is pungent, warm, and dispersing, and has the effect of inducing sweating. Sweating in summer is very necessary. If you eat some ginger, on the one hand, it warms the stomach and intestines, and on the other hand, it is pungent, warm, and dispersing, then the sweat you produce at this time comes from the deepest part of the human body, and it thoroughly removes dampness and toxins from the inside out.
Unfortunately, nowadays, many people are too greedy for coolness in summer. They use air conditioning in their rooms and cars, not letting their bodies sweat at all, fearing the heat and the discomfort of sticky clothes from sweat. At the same time, they consume a large amount of iced or cold food and drink, which is equivalent to blocking the dampness and toxins from the inside out, not allowing them to leave the body. How can the body not be harmed?