Is the folk saying what to eat and what to make up correct?

Arbitrary application of "form to complement form" is likely to affect physical health. The core idea of "form to complement form" is to use animal internal organs to ** diseases of the corresponding organs of the human body. This method of using animal organs to regulate the body is dietary therapy in traditional Chinese medicine.

Shang Dynasty food** is recorded in the "Tang Shen Treatise", and its efficacy and application are described in more detail in the "Shennong's Materia Medica".

Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao found that animal viscera and human viscera are very similar in organization, morphology and function. Sun Simiao in long-term clinical practice, he proposed:"Cure the dirt with the dirt" and "make up the dirt with the dirt".This is a very important conclusion in the TCM diet"Complement form with form", commonly known as "what you eat to make up for what".

From a clinical point of view, "form complements form" can achieve quite good results in some diseases**. For example, Chinese medicine advocates the purpose of opening the mind, so eating liver can improve vision.

However, TCM focuses on "qi" and bodily functions, which should not simply be understood as a certain receptor. At the same time, TCM pays attention to the differentiation of virtual and real syndromes, and the false syndromes need to be supplemented, but the empirical evidence cannot be supplemented. Therefore, it is impossible to simply use "form to complement form" as a means.

In addition to this, the organs mentioned in TCM are also different from organs in the anatomical sense. For example, they all say it's heart disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart is the main deity, the nervous system is related to the mind, the heart is the innervation of blood vessels, and in modern anatomy, blood vessels are related to the circulatory system.

There is a conceptual difference between the internal organs mentioned in Chinese medicine and the internal organs as we know them now. Therefore, "form to complement form" also needs to be treated differentially, and whether it is suitable for this dietary therapy method is to be judged according to different symptoms.

If we don't prescribe the right medicine"Form complements form".Not only will we not get the effect of "tonic", but it will also aggravate the symptoms and affect our health. “What to eat and what to supplementThe statement should be divided into two parts, one part is in line with the laws of nutrition, and the other part is unscientific. Therefore, the folk proverb is broad and profound, so it should not be underestimated.

Incorrect. What to eat to make up for what to eat, and form to make up for form, these are all self-righteous ideas of the common people, without any scientific basis.

There are rights and wrongs in this statement, and some of them can indeed be eaten and supplemented, but this is only used as a dietary therapy, not as the main means.

Not really. For example, eating pig brains cannot replenish the brain, but eating walnuts can effectively replenish the brain.

This is wrong, although some things are made up for the corresponding places, but it cannot be said that they are all eaten**just supplement**.

Modern medicine has shown that the theory of supplementing the viscera with the viscera does have a certain basis. "After all, the internal organs of animals and the internal organs of the corresponding human are similar in function, and the structure and composition are also very similar, and it is easier to digest and absorb than drugs after eating, so as to repair human organs. ”

Cheng Zhenqian, deputy chief nutritionist of the Nutrition Department of Shandong Qianfoshan Hospital, explained that for example, the sodium cholate and dehydrocholic acid contained in the bile in the gallbladder of many animals have obvious choleretic effects; Animal bones contain bone marrow, bone cell calcium and other substances, which are conducive to promoting the healing of human fractures.

The tonic effects of food should not be exaggerated

For obese people, doctors do not recommend eating animal offal to supplement nutrition. The blood lipid and cholesterol content in animal offal are very high, which can easily make people fat and increase the risk of various diseases.

Experts say that the practice of tonic through animal offal should be carried out under the advice and guidance of a doctor. The method of tonic varies greatly depending on the constitution and symptoms, and it is not a big problem to do it on your own occasionally, but in the long run, if you do not use it properly, it will have a great negative impact on the body. “

After all, dietary therapy cannot replace medicine, if you feel unwell, you should first go to a regular hospital for treatment, let the doctor provide ** advice, and then cooperate with a certain dietary therapy plan. Cheng Zhenqian said that supplementing the viscera with the viscera and supplementing the form with the form is a part of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine about dietary therapy, which has a certain reference significance, and must not be directly copied, nor can it exaggerate the tonic effect of a certain food.

No one kind of food can provide all the nutrients that the body needs, and a diversified diet and a balance of meat and vegetables are the foundation of human health.

The above content reference: People's Daily Online - What to eat and what to make up.