“You can’t eat chicken if you have a cold”, “People with allergies should be careful with seafood”, “People with poor spleen and stomach should eat less glutinous rice”…. …Lingnan people pay attention to health, pay attention to abstain from eating, and avoid the “hairy things” in Chinese medicine. Many people have heard of the word “hairy food”, but what is it? But only a vague impression. Chinese medicine experts say that hair products are not a clear concept and vary from person to person and body type to body type. For some people, hair products may affect the health, but the same hair products, for some people have the effect of health, to identify the treatment. What is hairy food? There is no clear definition of hair products in Chinese medicine. The so-called “hair” means to stimulate and induce, and hair products can induce certain diseases or symptoms. Specifically, the consumption of a certain food, which may not be diseased to cause disease; the original disease, causing the recurrence of old diseases; in the process of illness, aggravate the disease, can be called hairy substances. For example, it is not recommended for people in the middle of a cold to eat food such as chicken and eggs, which are hairy substances for people with a cold. However, this does not mean that chicken and eggs are necessarily hairy. For people who do not have colds, chicken and eggs have their rich nutrients and are daily nourishment, not necessarily hairy substances. “Hairy food is a relative concept related to food taste, disease and personal constitution.” Cao Yang said, to determine whether a food is hairy, the first thing to look at the taste of the food, whether it is easy to induce disease or symptoms. For example, if lamb is eaten in the summer, it is a hairy food for most people, as it is more Yang energy and can easily cause fire. Secondly, hairy food is also related to disease, for example, some people eat shrimp and crab easily cause allergy symptoms, for these people, shrimp and crab is a hairy food. Further, hair is also related to personal constitution, for example, Sydney for many people are nourishing fire fruit, but for people with cold constitution, Sydney taste cold, is a cold accumulation of hair. As mentioned above, whether a food will be classified as “hairy” is not only related to the qualities of the food itself, but also related to the disease, constitution and other factors. This means that we can’t beat hairy food to death, but the right way to maintain health is to eat hairy food correctly and avoid the adverse effects of hairy food. Cao Yang said that the right place to use hair is a treasure, the wrong place to use is garbage. For example, people with high uric acid, gout patients, to eat less soy products, seafood and other hair products; inflammation, tumor patients to eat less heat, blood hair products; people recovering from a serious illness to eat less greasy, gas, damp heat hair products, to avoid affecting the spleen and stomach digestion; cold patients weak, it is best to eat a light diet, avoid all kinds of hair products. For people with weak spleen and stomach, glutinous rice is a kind of damp-heat hair, so it is not suitable to eat more. However, for people who have a deficiency of middle energy and weakness of qi and blood, proper consumption of glutinous rice can make up for the role of middle energy. Beef and mutton for the dry and hot body of the people, easy to trigger the fire, but for the cold body of the people, there is a certain warming effect, especially in winter to supplement the Yang. Common 6 types of hair 1, hot hair typical food: ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, mutton, beef, etc. [Avoid]: hyperactive yang, yin deficiency internal heat, the general population summer consumption hot hair itself yang more vigorous, easy on fire. In the summer of Yang Qi, the general population is not recommended to eat, hyper Yang Qi, Yin deficiency, especially those with internal heat. [advisable]: the spleen and stomach cold people, the general population of winter consumption Raw hot hair is sometimes an excellent warm food, especially in winter, the role of Yang, can be properly supplemented. 2, cold hair typical food: pears, watermelon, persimmons and other cold fruits [avoid]: the spleen and stomach cold, cold body Cold hair tastes cold, for those with a cold physique, easy to aggravate the cold symptoms, causing spleen and stomach discomfort, should eat less. The cold hair is an excellent remedy to reduce fire for those with internal heat, especially in the summer. 3, damp and hot hair typical food: glutinous rice, taro, etc. Avoid]: weak spleen and stomach, phlegm and dampness Wet and hot hair for most people, are not suitable to eat more. This food is difficult to digest, and eating more of it can easily cause dampness and stagnation, leading to spleen and stomach discomfort and other symptoms. For example, glutinous rice is a hot and damp food for people with a bad spleen and stomach, but it has a certain role in tonifying Qi for weak people with a lack of Qi. Taro also has a certain role in the regulation of the qi. 4, the gas stagnant hair typical food: taro, potatoes, lotus seeds, etc. [avoid]: weak spleen and stomach gas stagnant hair easily triggered by the gas is not smooth, especially for the weak spleen and stomach, easy to cause indigestion, bloating, no appetite and other symptoms. The lotus seeds are suitable for nourishing the deficient, although they are qi stagnant hair, and are a good tonic for both young and old, especially for those who have been sick for a long time, postpartum, and the weak in old age. 5, blood hair typical food: chili peppers, dog meat, rooster [avoid]: Yin deficiency real heat, sores, tumor patients Blood hair eat more than easy to produce wind and blood, fire, Yin deficiency real heat, tumor patients need to abstain from mouth. In addition, those who have sores and inflammation on the body, eating hairy things that move blood also tend to aggravate the symptoms. 6, moving wind hair typical food: shrimp and other seafood, eggplant, fungus, etc. [Avoid]: allergic people, gout patients Allergic to shrimp are many people, eating easily lead to body rashes, causing allergic symptoms. Seafood is also a hair product for gout patients, which can easily trigger the disease. It’s a good idea to eat shrimp and other seafood for people who are not allergic to it, because it is rich in high quality protein and is a good nutrient. Although abalone and fish gelatin are seafood, they are rarely allergic and have the effect of nourishing Yin and nourishing blood.