How to distinguish cold and hot food

Supplement, experts often suggest that you choose some cool or hot food according to your own constitution But many people don't know how to distinguish the "cold and hot" nature of food For this reason, Professor Yang Li of the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine taught us some tips "Generally speaking, it can be seen from the color, taste, growth environment, geographical location and growth season of food." Professor Yang said that from the perspective of color, green plants are close to the ground, absorbing moisture from the ground, so they are cold, such as green beans, green vegetables, etc Red plants, such as pepper, pepper, jujube, pomegranate and so on, grow close to the ground, but the fruit can absorb more sunlight, so they tend to be hot From the taste point of view, sweet and spicy food, due to more time to receive sunlight, is hot, such as garlic, persimmon, pomegranate and so on And those bitter, sour food, mostly cold, such as balsam pear, bitter vegetables, taro, plum, papaya and so on From the perspective of growth environment, aquatic plants are cold, such as lotus root, kelp, laver, etc But some foods, such as peanut, potato, yam and ginger, which grow on the land, are hot because they are long-term buried in the soil and the plants are resistant to drying and contain less water From the point of view of the geographical location of growth, the food with its back to the North absorbs heavy moisture, rarely sees sunlight, so it is cold, such as mushrooms, agaric, etc And some foods growing in the high altitude, or southeast direction, such as sunflowers, chestnuts, etc., are hot because they receive enough light and heat The cold and hot food is also related to the growing season The food growing in winter, due to the heavy cold, is cold, such as cabbage, mushroom, white radish, winter melon, etc The food growing in summer receives more rain, so it is cold, such as watermelon, cucumber, pear, grapefruit, etc.