人的口味千差萬別，酸、苦、甘、辛、鹹，各不相同。中醫養生認為，為了健康，各種味道的食物都應該均衡進食。

甘：甘入脾，又甜。食甘味可補養氣血，補充熱量，解除疲勞，調胃解毒。但糖尿病、肥胖病、心血管等患者宜少食。

酸： “酸生肝”。酸味食物有增強消化功能和保護肝臟的作用，常吃不僅可以助消化，殺滅胃腸道內的病菌，還有防感冒、降血壓、軟化血管之功效。以酸味為主的番茄、山楂、橙，均含豐富維他命C，可防癌、抗衰老，防治動脈硬化。

苦：古有良藥苦口之說。 “苦生心”，“苦味入心”。苦味具有除濕和利尿的作用。如苦瓜，常吃能治療水腫病。

辛：辛入肺。有發汗、理氣之功效。人們常吃的蔥、蒜、薑、辣椒、胡椒，均是以辛辣為主的食物，這些食物中所含的“辣素”既能保護血管、又可調理氣血、疏通經絡。經常食用，可預防風寒感冒。辛屬陽，所以熱證患者慎食。如患有痔瘡便秘、神經衰弱者不宜食用。

鹹：為五味之冠，百吃不厭。 “咸入腎”，有調節人體細胞和血液滲透、保持正常代謝的功效。嘔吐、腹瀉、大汗之後宜喝適量淡鹽水，以保持正常代謝。

不論酸、甜、苦、辣，氣厚、氣薄，都有一定的入藥法則，中醫就是利用草、木、金、石其所具有的偏盛氣味來治病。中庸之道是中醫的哲理，不偏不頗才可致中和。平常飲食依循此法則，不偏食、不著重某一口味，健康便隨吃而來。

中醫用藥之道也如出一轍，苦入心，所以心火大用苦藥，如黃連等，讓它入心經消心火，人就清爽了，也不會口苦舌燥；甘傷脾，甜的東西吃太多，難免胃口不開，尤其是以白糖精製的糕點等；辛入肺，辛傷皮毛，嗜辣者，大都皮膚無光澤，是養顏的大忌，鵝掌風、咳嗽者也都應該禁吃辛辣；酸入肝而肝主筋，所以過酸會傷筋，令人小便癃閉，故跌打損傷者忌酸；高血壓病患要減少鹽份的攝取，因為鹹傷血，鹹入腎，而腎是調節血壓的重要器官。

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Taste including sour, bitter, sweet, acrid, pungent and salty may be varied among different people. According to Traditional Chinese medicine, people have to eat different food to maintain healthy.

Acrid
It tastes a bit pungent whilst also tastes a bit sweet. Having food with the taste of acrid can help hematopoiesis, energy replenishment, relief tiredness, stomach circulating and detoxification. For those who have diabetes mellitus, obesity, cardiovascular disease and etc are recommended to eat less food that contains acrid.




Sour
Food that contains sour can strengthen the digesting system and protect the liver. Hence, by consuming more food that contains sour can help digestion, kill the bacteria within the gastrointestinal tract, prevent us from getting cold, lowering the blood pressure and increase the elasticity of the blood vessels. Tomato, hawthorn and orange are examples of containing sour. All of them involve rich Vitamin C that can prevent cancers, anti-aging and arteriosclerosis.

Bitter
Bitter pills may have blessed effects. Bitter can help assist dehumidification and diuretic effect. For example: bitter gourd, it can help to relief the Edema Disease.

Pungent
People who always use spring onion, ginger, chilli and pepper as seasoning, are mostly like having spicy food. These food involve spicy ingredients that can help protecting the blood vessels, regulating the blood circulation and dredging the meridian.

The food pertains to ‘yang’ contains high calories, it’s also called ‘hot’ food; while the food pertains to ‘yin’ contains low calories and is called ‘cool’ food. Thus food that contains pungent is treated as ‘yang’ and ‘hot’ food. It can help to confront against cold weather and preventing us from getting cold. However, people with the symptoms of hemorrhoids, constipation and neurasthenia are recommended to consume less food with this seasoning.

Salty
Salt can help to regulating human cell and maintain normal metabolism. It is recommended to drink water with some salt after vomiting, diarrhea and sweating to regulate the blood circulation and maintain normal metabolism.

There should be rules to choose suitable medicine to the illness. Under the concept of Traditional Chinese medicine, the excessive odour of herbal, wood, gold and stones are used for medical application.

Golden mean is the philosophy in Traditional Chinese medicine. Having a balance diet and consume wide range of food will lead to a healthy life.

Traditional Chinese medicine claims that having bitter food can alleviate a person’s impulsive while having too much food in acrid flavour can lead to loss of appetite. Having food in pungent flavour will harm the liver. Therefore, for those who love having food in this flavour may look pale. For those who get cough or have pompholyx are suggested not to have food with pungent flavour. Consuming large portion of food in sour flavour will harm to muscles and having too much salty food will harm to the stomach and stomach is a vital organ for circulating the blood pressure.

People have high concern on having good food in Hong Kong. Therefore, more people who have excess nutrition are far more than those who are under-nutrition. Hence, it is highly recommended to have a habit of breatharianism one week per season.



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