Xin is derived from the five flavors of Chinese medicine: pungent, sweet, bitter, salty, and sour. Spicy is the common spicy, spicy food refers to the spicy flavor of the stimulating food. Diseases that need to avoid spicy food 1, fever and yin deficiency: Chinese medicine said fever mainly refers to fever, constipation, urinary short red, sore throat, nosebleed, tongue red and dry and other symptoms of the disease, that is, we often say that the “real fire syndrome” or “on fire”. At this time too much spicy food will aggravate the internal fire, which is equal to the heat of the disease on the fire. 2, skin sores and hemorrhoids: skin sores are mostly infectious lesions, spicy food is very easy to cause inflammation proliferation, boils away string, the condition worsens. Long acne people eat spicy food will aggravate the condition. Spicy food can also cause anal burning pain, increase anal fissure, hemorrhoids patients pain. Spicy food can increase intestinal fire, so that the feces is too dry and hard, causing constipation, and promote hemorrhoidal bleeding. 3, gastrointestinal ulcers and esophagitis: too much spicy food will intensely stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa, so that it produces congestion, edema, and even erosion, ulceration, thus inducing or aggravating the disease. Spicy food stimulates the esophageal mucosa, will aggravate esophagitis, esophageal ulcer. 4, summer heatstroke: summer heatstroke has been injured yin, and then eat spicy food will further injure yin exhaustion, is not conducive to the recovery of heatstroke. Spicy food will guide the blood flow to the stomach and intestines, so that the brain blood flow is relatively insufficient, will aggravate the heatstroke caused by dizziness, headache, limb weakness and other symptoms. People who need to avoid spicy 1, Yin deficiency: from the physical point of view, people with deficiency evidence in general should be supplemented. Yin deficiency, it is advisable to nourish and nourish the yin, produce fluids and clear heat, avoid eating warm and dry foods that hurt the yin, such as onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers and other spicy and stimulating foods. However, the deficiency should not be overly complementary, especially not to eat more fatty, oily, fried, dry and hard food that is difficult to digest, but to have a sparse in the complementary to light and nutritious for the appropriate. 2, women: women during pregnancy, should pay attention to balanced nutrition, diversified food varieties, moderate meals. Do not want too salty, too sweet food, avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy, greasy, stimulating food, reduce food stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. During the breastfeeding period, in addition to replenishing qi and nourishing blood, more minerals and trace elements should be supplemented to ensure the nutrition in breast milk. Women during menstruation, if the body is usually healthy, as long as the diet can be regular, but should be cautious of cold food, so as not to excessive vascular contraction caused by dysmenorrhea. If you are usually weak, you should pay attention to take some warm foods that replenish qi and nourish blood, such as jujubes, brown sugar, eggs, longan, etc. You should avoid taking cold foods and hot and pungent foods. Need to avoid spicy geographical factors Geographical factors also have an important impact on the human body. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine (Su Wen) – Different Methods and Formulas (异法方宜論) has pointed out that people in different regions have different environments and dietary habits, which may induce related diseases. Inland areas, especially arid areas, are particularly prone to depletion of the body’s fluids due to the dry climate, which may lead to symptoms such as qi deficiency and yin deficiency if a large amount of spicy food is consumed. Need to avoid spicy seasons Seasonal changes will bring different degrees of impact on the human body. The theory of “unity of man and heaven” in Chinese medicine suggests that we should adjust our diet according to our body’s response to the external climate. Dryness is in season, dryness is easy to injure the lungs, and therefore prone to coughing, should nourish Yin and moisturize the lungs, eat more pears, sesame seeds, honey, sugarcane and dairy products and other soft food, less spicy, should not over-eat warm tonic products. What does the Chinese medicine avoid spicy mean? Traditional Chinese medicine has always believed that “medicine and food have the same origin”, pointing out that food and herbs, as well as affecting the efficacy of herbs. Common spicy products in life, including: green and red chili peppers, fresh and dried chili peppers, mustard, raw onions, onions, raw garlic, leeks, peppercorns, pepper, cinnamon, star anise, cumin, cardamom, raw and dried ginger, white wine and so on. Onions, garlic and other cooked, pungent flavor is greatly reduced, food taboos can be appropriately relaxed.