"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" said: "Spring and March, this is called Chen, heaven and earth are born, all things are tolerated, lie down at night and get up early, walk in the court, and be given a suspended sentence, so that Zhisheng, born and not killed, given and not taken, rewarded and not punished, this spring should be, the way of health preservation." "Spring is the first of the four seasons and the beginning of the renewal of Vientiane. At this time, the snow and ice melt, the greenery returns to the earth, and everything is thriving. The yang energy in nature begins to rise, and "people correspond to the earth", so the yang energy in the human body should also conform to nature and express outward and upward.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is the season when the liver is prosperous, and if the liver qi is excessive, it will affect the spleen. Therefore, in terms of diet, "Su Wen Tibetan Qi Method Treatise" pointed out: "The liver is the main spring ,......And the liver is anxious, and the food is willing to relieve the ,......The liver wants to disperse, the urgent food is bitter to disperse, the bitterness is supplemented, and the acid is diarrhea. Therefore, in the spring diet, health preservation should be in line with the characteristics of the first birth of yang energy in spring. You can eat more foods that are sweet and spicy, such as garlic, leeks, green onions, etc., mainly to dispel yin and dissipate cold, and should not eat more sour taste. Because in the relationship between the five organs and the five elements, acid enters the liver, which has the function of astringency, which will block the growth of yang qi and the release of liver qi. In terms of diet and health in spring, we should choose more foods that can soften the liver and nourish the liver, soothe the liver and regulate qi.
The general principle of spring diet and health preservation is that it is advisable to eat more foods that warm and replenish yang qi, such as onions, garlic, leeks, knotweed, artemisia, mustard and other new and tender vegetables, as well as miscellaneous pasta, because now knotweed, artemisia and other wild vegetables have been eaten less, so onions, garlic, and leeks are also good vegetables for raising yang. In addition, in addition to eating more foods that warm and replenish yang qi, you should also pay attention to eating less sour and more sweet, which will help nourish the spleen and stomach qi.