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Spring Dietary Guidelines

🔑 Keywords: Health Food Recipes · "Food comes first for people." Proper diet is like having a personal health guardian, constantly helping to improve physical fitness and resist diseases. Similarly, dietary preferences and taboos have long been valued by the public. What are the dietary guidelines for spring?<br>As stated by Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao: "In the 72 days of spring, reduce sour tastes and increase sweet ones to nourish the spleen." Ming Dynasty’s Gao Lian in *Zunsheng Ba Jian* also recorded: "In spring, taste should be reduced in sourness and increased in sweetness to nourish the spleen." This means that during spring, when liver function is strong, sour foods should be limited, otherwise liver fire will intensify and damage the spleen and stomach. At this time, it is better to consume foods with mild sweet and neutral properties. Thus, suitable spring foods include:<br>1. Yam: "Gentle and nourishing without sudden effects, slightly fragrant without drying," it strengthens the spleen and stomach and benefits weakness.<br>2. Spring Bamboo Shoots: Besides rich protein content, they are abundant in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various vitamins. Fresh consumption is best.<br>3. Pea Shoots: A seasonal vegetable, ideal for hypertensive and diabetic patients to drink fresh juice.<br>4. Leeks: Warm in nature, promoting qi circulation and warming the kidneys. Effective for symptoms like sore waist and knees, erectile dysfunction, and spermatorrhea. Leeks are warming and beneficial; early spring leeks and those just before being taken off sale are best.<br>5. Fragrant Chinese Toon Leaves: Possess functions of dispelling wind, detoxifying, and improving digestion. As a seasonal delicacy, young leaves are delicious when used in dishes such as cold tofu salad or stir-fried eggs. However, since Chinese toon leaves are considered "promoting" foods, those with chronic conditions should avoid them.<br>Other suitable spring foods include broad beans, spinach, cauliflower, coriander, red dates, honey, legumes, dairy products, poultry, eggs, lean meats, and fruits.<br>According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, certain foods should be avoided in spring. For example, in the first three months of spring, avoid lamb, dog meat, quail, buckwheat, roasted peanuts, roasted melon seeds, sea fish, shrimp, and spicy foods.

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