The selection of food on the human organs and meridians is commonly referred to as "meridian return". Because different foods have different attributions, it is necessary to choose foods that are suitable for them in order to maximize their nutritional effects on the human body. Diet is essential for the normal life activities of the human body, but because each person's physique is different, it is necessary to choose different foods to achieve the purpose of health preservation.
People with yin deficiency should eat more foods that replenish yin, such as sesame seeds, honey, glutinous rice, dairy products, vegetables, sugarcane, tofu, fruits, fish and other light foods. It is forbidden to eat spicy foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, etc.
People with yang deficiency are suitable to eat more warm and yang foods, such as mutton, dog meat, venison, etc. In summer, eat mutton aconite soup or aconite porridge every volt to strengthen the yang of the human body with the help of the yang of heaven and earth.
People with blood deficiency can eat more mulberries, pine nuts, lychees, black fungus, sheep liver, sea cucumbers, soft-shelled turtles, etc.
People with qi deficiency constitution should eat more japonica rice, millet, glutinous rice, yellow rice, yam, barley, jujube and other qi-replenishing foods.
People with a strong physique should eat more fruits, vegetables, bitter gourd and other foods. For spicy and dry foods, such as chili, green onions, ginger, garlic, etc., beef, chicken, dog meat, venison, etc., should be eaten sparingly. Because wine is a hot and spicy thing, you should also abstain from alcohol.
People with blood stasis can eat more foods that have the effect of invigorating blood and expelling phlegm, such as peach kernels, black soybeans, rape, etc. Wine and vinegar both have the effect of invigorating blood, so you can often drink alcohol and eat vinegar.
People with depressed constitution are suitable for eating bergamot, oranges, orange peels, fennel, buckwheat, ham, etc. Drink a small amount of alcohol, move your blood frequently, and raise your mood.
People with phlegm and dampness constitution can eat more foods that have the effects of strengthening the spleen and dampness, dissolving phlegm and removing phlegm, such as white radish, jellyfish, seaweed, onion, ginkgo seed, lentils, red adzuki beans, etc. Eat less or no fatty and sweet-tasting foods.
Trivia. Green onion returns to the lung meridian; Bitter gourd returns to the Heart Sutra; Figs return to the lungs, stomach, and large intestine meridians; Tea returns to the liver meridian; purslane returns to the heart, large intestine meridian; mulberry returns to the liver and kidney meridians; wolfberry returns to the liver and kidney meridians; Lotus seeds return to the spleen meridian and so on.