Post Date December, 03 2023
Modern nutrition shows that the relationship between the color and nutrition of food is extremely close. As the natural pigment of food changes from light to dark, its nutrient content becomes richer and its structure becomes more reasonable. Black food can be described as the peak.
Qiao Zhiqiang, Deputy Chief Physician of ICU at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pointed out that black alone enters the kidney meridian. Regular consumption of black food by the elderly can benefit the kidney, strengthen the immune function of the body, and delay aging. Moreover, consumption in winter has a more nourishing effect.
Instructing experts
Qiao Zhiqiang
Deputy Chief Physician of the ICU of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Five Colors Into Five Zangs Black Specially Tonifying Kidney
Qiao Zhiqiang said that traditional Chinese medicine believes that "five colors enter the five internal organs", namely, red, green, yellow, white, and black foods that are respectively beneficial to the five internal organs of the human body. Among them, red enters the heart, cyan enters the liver, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lungs, and black enters the kidneys.
The kidney corresponds to winter, and black enters the kidney. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney governs the storage of essence, and the essence and qi in the kidney are the source of life. They are the material basis for various functional activities of the human body. The growth, development, aging, immunity, and disease resistance of the human body are closely related to the rise and decline of the essence and qi in the kidney. Also because "the kidney governs stinging, and is the foundation of sealing up", it is most appropriate to nourish the kidney in winter. Elderly people who want to choose diet and kidney tonifying can eat more black food. Common black foods include black mulberry, black jujube, black fungus, black beans, black rice, black sesame, etc. They all have the effects of tonifying the kidney, nourishing the skin, and delaying aging.
However, for those with obvious symptoms of kidney deficiency, relying solely on dietary supplements is far from enough. Qiao Zhiqiang reminded that people with severe kidney deficiency need to use traditional Chinese medicine for symptomatic treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor.
