March 2, 2020
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【季節養生】你了解春天「省酸增甘」的飲食原則嗎？
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春季養生從吃開始
天氣回暖濕度上升，轉眼又來到春天了，根據中醫養生理論，春天是陽氣生發的季節，人體的陽氣也順應自然而向外抒發，所以應該充養及保護體內陽氣，適量進食辛溫發散食材，有助增進食慾，亦有助促進陽氣的升發，例如蔥、芫茜、韭菜、洋蔥、茼蒿、芹菜等。
春屬木，與肝相應，所以在春天要多注意肝臟的調養，肝喜疏泄而惡抑鬱，若然肝氣鬱結，加上飲食辛辣、煎炸油膩、過分溫補、或經常熬夜就容易肝火上升，出現心煩易怒、睡不安寧等症狀。養生學著作《攝生消息論》中提及：「當春之時，食味宜減酸增甘，以養脾氣。」酸味入肝，其性收斂，多吃不利於春天陽氣生發和肝氣疏泄，所以宜少吃酸性食品。而甘味入脾，有滋養、補脾、緩急、潤燥及補益脾胃功能，適宜在春天多吃甘味食物，例如大米、小米、淮山、紅棗、黃豆、扁豆、黑豆、紅蘿蔔、薯仔、番薯、芋頭、蓮藕、南瓜、粟米、桂圓等。
春天多雨潮濕，濕氣重會使人困倦及情緒不穩，可以適量食用健脾祛濕食材，例如淮山、薏米、白扁豆、赤小豆、黃豆等。同時多吃有理氣功效的食物，例如佛手、五指毛桃、白蘿蔔、陳皮等，有助肝氣暢通，調節情緒。
Healthy eating in the spring
You can tell spring is coming as it has been warm and humid. According to healthy living concepts based on Chinese medicine, spring is the season that yang qi is most active. Human yang qi is naturally expressed so you should nourish and protect yang qi in the body. Appropriately consume spicy and warm natured ingredients to stimulate appetite and promote yang qi, such as spring onion, cilantro, chives, onion, garland chrysanthemum, celery.
Spring belongs to the wood, which corresponds to the liver. So in the spring, pay more attention to the conditioning of the liver. The liver is responsible for detoxification and weak for those with depression. If liver qi is stagnated , eating spicy, fried and oily food, replenish too much, or often staying up late, can easily lead to an increase in liver fire, causing symptoms such as irritability, poor sleep. According to the ancient healthy living book, one should opt for sweet flavour but not sour in the spring. Sour flavour harms yang qi and liver qi is exposed, so eat less sour food in the spring. Sweet flavour can nourish the spleen and relieve dryness. It is suitable to eat more sweet food during spring, such as rice, millet, Chinese yam, red dates, soya bean, hyacinth bean, black soya bean, carrot, potato, sweet potato, taro, lotus root, pumpkin, corn, longan.
It is rainy and humid during spring, and dampness causes fatigue and bad mood. You can eat ingredients to strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as Chinese yam, coix seed, hyacinth bean, rice bean, soya bean. At the same time, eat more ingredients that can regulate qi, such as fingered citron, hairy fig root, white radish, dried citrus peel, to promote liver qi circulation and regulate mood.
