Which foods can damage the body's yang energy?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that health care should start with protecting the body's yang energy. As the saying goes, "Diseases come from the mouth." Improper diet is the number one factor that leads to damage to the body's yang energy. Yang energy is warm energy. Any food with cold nature will cause damage to the Yang energy in the human body.

Next, let’s see which foods are cold.

1. Stay away from cold drinks

First, the cold drink. Especially in summer, many people drink a lot of cold drinks to cool down and escape the heat. Men drink a lot of iced beer, girls are fond of ice cream and iced drinks, and most people have the habit of eating iced watermelon. After these cold air enters the human body, in order to fight against the damage caused by these cold air, the human body will consume a large amount of yang energy, so the yang energy of the human body will be continuously consumed.

2. Please eat seafood in moderation

In addition to cold drinks, which are low-temperature and cold foods that can be felt directly, there are many foods and drinks that do not feel low in temperature, but according to the classification of traditional Chinese medicine, most of them are cold in nature, such as seafood. Among seafood products, except for a few such as fish, shrimp, abalone, etc. which are warm in nature, most of them are cold in nature, such as crabs, clams, oysters, etc. Therefore, when eating seafood like crabs, firstly, you should not eat too much, and secondly, you must dip it in ginger juice when eating, so as to use the warmth of the ginger juice to restrain its coldness. Some people will experience stomach pain after eating crabs. The reason is that crabs are cold in nature and damage the stomach yang.

There was a gentleman who came to see the doctor because of stomach problems. He felt a strong blockage in his stomach. He kept burping after meals, food was regurgitated, and he had epigastric pain from time to time. He said that this problem has existed for more than 4 years. Another very important symptom is that every time his stomach feels uncomfortable, a tendon on the sole of his foot starts to hurt, and this happens in both feet. I looked at it carefully and found that it was exactly the course of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming, which indicated that he had typical symptoms of stomach yang deficiency. After further chatting, I learned that due to work reasons, he often has to accompany others for dinner, and often eats crabs and other seafood, and he also likes to drink cold beer. Over the years, these problems have arisen. So, I gave him medicine to warm and nourish the stomach yang, and at the same time asked him to avoid iced drinks and crabs. After 3 weeks, the stomach symptoms disappeared and the pain in the soles of his feet did not recur.

3. More fruit is not always better

Most fruits are cool in nature, such as watermelon, pear, navel orange, etc. Many girls who are losing weight often do not eat staple foods, and eat fruits and vegetables as their main food. Over time, they will also have many symptoms of yang deficiency and coldness, such as dysmenorrhea, scanty menstruation, late menstruation, and even amenorrhea. This is because they do not eat staple foods such as grains and meat, but eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Without grains and meat to replenish the Yang Qi, the body's Yang Qi cannot be replenished, and a large amount of fruits and vegetables will continue to damage the body's Yang Qi, and finally Yang deficiency and coldness will occur. This cold evil will remain in the uterus, forming "uterine cold" and a series of menstrual disorders. Therefore, the more fruit you eat, the healthier you will be. Fruit should be consumed in moderation. Do not eat it on an empty stomach. It is best to eat it after a meal.

4. Drink green tea in moderation

Although both are tea, black tea is warm in nature, while green tea is cold in nature. Green tea has the effect of clearing away heat and removing internal heat. Moderate drinking can make the throat, mouth, head, etc. refreshed and comfortable. But everything should be avoided in excess. Drinking too much green tea will deplete the body's yang energy and lead to yang deficiency. This way of drinking tea does more harm than good.

At the same time, it should be noted that tea cannot be consumed on an empty stomach. If you drink tea on an empty stomach, the cold nature of the tea will go straight to the lower part of the body and damage the body's true yang. Many people experience symptoms of palpitations and dizziness after drinking tea on an empty stomach, which is a manifestation of yang deficiency and water retention in the body. The correct way to drink tea is to drink it after meals. This not only helps digestion, but also can clear away heat and fire, and it does not harm the human body.

5 Misconceptions about drinking a glass of cold water in the morning

I have a patient, a 32-year-old man, who came to see me for allergic rhinitis. He sneezes and has clear runny nose every morning when he wakes up. At the age of 30, he had already suffered from severe hair loss and sexual dysfunction. These phenomena have been occurring for 2 years and are gradually getting worse. I gave him medication to warm and replenish his yang energy, and told him what to pay attention to in his diet, telling him not to drink cold drinks and not to eat too much fruit. After seeing the patient and walking to the door of the clinic, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Can I still drink that glass of cold boiled water when I get up in the morning? I've been drinking it for three years." Oh! I finally found the reason for his weak yang energy.

I don't know when this health care method started to spread: drinking a glass of boiled water in the morning is said to regulate the endocrine system and have a laxative effect. For a while, everyone followed suit. However, drinking cold boiled water directly on an empty stomach in the morning will greatly damage the yang energy in the lower part of the body. This health habit is not good for health. The correct way should be to drink warm water.