Harmony of the season for them

“The life that flows through the feed rate with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat happiness, anger and the harmonization of a quiet house, balancing the yin and yang, and what is hard and soft. “The Neijing

The more the practice of qigong / Taiji, more experientially understand that we are energy beings connected to the mains universal. In terms of food, all food is energy. The energy of each food has a “message” to our body. Each entity has its own food value Qi, which can be understood through the theory of Five Elements. (In terms naturopathic Western message of any food can be found through an understanding of the doctrine of signatures.) According to traditional Chinese medicine, foods that are natural in a particular season Qi carry messages of balance and strong tonic for the season.

 

Food energy is supportive and complementary to our energy, especially at certain times in certain ways. This last is where it becomes a more detailed study. This can be approached in a variety of styles. One way is to study tables for food stations, meridians, organs and systems, the yin / yang, hot / cold, etc. Learning and the mechanical application of this information may be very valuable. Another is to listen carefully to the messages of our body and what they say. Then these messages relate to traditional Chinese medicine with the five elements theory and learn what our body is to ask at what time. After that we solve, give us food or food combination. In this way, develop our intuition of food and our deepest intuitions in general. And, in a natural learning process, we see which foods work for ourselves what conditions and under what circumstances. With time it becomes natural and only know what we need. Usually this leads to a more intuitive style of the first style, who want to study more about the theory of five elements. At least that was my experience of observing people in the last 15 years.

Basics of learning each year, basic food and have uses for every season of the foundations that we can easily integrate additional information and when we return to simple questions. For example, last week an old friend of mine got a cold and could not get warm. When I got home with my “kit ginger tea,” her fingers were like ice cubes. I made the tea made from ginger (recipe below) and before finishing his first cup was hot and traffic was back to his fingers. Ginger is a food that helps digestion and yang balance the global forces of his body.

Base ginger tea

1 “of fresh ginger – sliced, chopped

4-5 green onions – for whites only

Dried bark of a Mandarin

4 cups water

Rock / brown sugar / honey to taste

Add all ingredients and bring to boil Simmer for no longer than 5 minutes and you get bitter. Eliminate foods. Hot drink.

I would also point out that every culture has treated foods and food combinations to improve health. Often, the effects of these foods have been forgotten, although the custom has been maintained. For example, a friend of mine’s parents are Polish and his mother not marrow soup bone in the winter just Because “it is good to eat in winter.” When we consulted with the theory of five elements, we can see the soup bone Bone That is a winter soup of energy that supports excellent renal function (see recipe below).

Based soup bone marrow

Ingredients

1 pound of bone marrow

1-1/2 liters of water

2 “ginger, sliced

6 white shallot

1 bay leaf

Part 2

1 carrot, diced

1 stalk celery, chopped

1 plum tomato, quartered

Salt and pepper to taste

¼ cup cilantro /; parsley

Instructions

Put the marrow bones, bay leaf, ginger and onions in water and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours

Cool – the marrow of the bones stick out and discard everything except water. You should have about 3 cups of broth.

Add the vegetables, cover and simmer until the vegetables are done. add salt and pepper to taste. . . serving and sprinkle with coriander

 

To this basic recipe you can add other vegetables like turnips, or vegetables like kale. Set to taste. bone marrow soup is considered a soup to strengthen what is good for preventing and even if someone was hurt.

‘S also useful to have guildelines season. Things that are particularly good at doing or paying attention in a season. I often remember the things my mom said when I was little. Simple things like, eating a good hot breakfast, especially in winter.

Winter cereals energy

1 / 2 cup of rice

6 cups water

½ cup toasted black sesame seeds

½ cup chopped toasted walnuts TB

3 TB honey

½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cover the rice in 2 cups water and soak for 2 hours.

Toast the nuts and crush them. A simple method is to put crushed walnuts in a plastic bag and roll with a roller.

Toast sesame seeds black.

Drain excess water from rice.

Place all ingredients in a saucepan and mix.

Add 4 cups water and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until rice is well cooked and all water has been absorbed. Mix cereals, often cooking. The consistency of corn at this stage is like a thick porridge or polenta. The rice is creamy and sesame seeds are still a bit ‘crunchy.

To turn it into a breakfast cereal: add ½ cup boiling water ½ cup of cereal – Optional: a touch of cinnamon Yield: 4 cups

Serving size ½ cup

Basic congee

1 cup white rice (or ½ cup short grain rice ½ cup long grain rice)

8-10 glasses of water

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer gently for 3 hours.

This is a basic rice soup that is easy to digest and can be eaten all year. For him, you can add grated ginger, chopped scallions, white, lightly steamed vegetables, pieces of fish, canned vegetables, etc.

Some guidelines on the snow are consistent with the traditional theory of Chinese medicine to five elements are: raw foods are refrigerated and must be avoided in winter when food is the best heat stressed, like eating warming, soups, cooked grains * , root vegetables and roasted nuts. This type of hot food from the center of the body and the warmth stays with you longer. Since winter is the energy storage and so on is good to go to bed early and sleeping very peaceful, easing a task list, if possible, and spend more time in contemplation and meditation.

* Kidney beans, tomatoes and winter squash soup

 

Ingredients:

2 TB walnut oil

1 red onion

4 cloves garlic – sliced

½ cup chopped celery

½ cup parsnip

½ cup sweet potatoes

14 oz can tomatoes

½ teaspoon rosemary

3 slices of ginger Half Dollar

2 small dried red chili (or to taste)

January 15 oz beans

5 cups water

3 cups walnut Kombachu or Hubbard squash, cut into 1 inch cubes

Salt, pepper

Chopped cilantro/parsley garnish

 

Instructions

Heat oil in a frying pan / wok / Dutch oven and add onion. . . cook until soft. Add the garlic, parsnips, potatoes and cook for about 3 minutes on medium heat.

Add the tomatoes, rosemary, ginger, chili, beans and water

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for half an hour – stirring occasionally

Add squash and cook for 1 hour or until pumpkin is tender. Control the level of liquid, add water if necessary and do not forget to stir occasionally.

Add salt and pepper, adjust seasonings to taste.

Garnish each plate with a sprig of cilantro or parsley

 

 

Looking at the chart above, we can easily identify some of the most important relationships that are part of the winter season. Winter / fall season has changed the kidney (see table last season) and continue to change until Spring / liver. Fall, come on, it’s time to harvest, take advantage of our work this year. Then, changing gradually for the winter, when we save / store the energy of this deep sleep, give the best of spring opportunity to abundant health.

Some foods that harmonize with the winter

Black beans, black mushrooms, blackberry, black sesame seeds and oil, black soybean, Blueberry, bone marrow, cabbage, celery, beets, blueberries, ginger, Job’s tears, Kale, beans, cabbage, longan, seeds lotus, miso, Mora, Ram, ocean perch, parsley, pine nuts, raspberries, rutabagas, seaweed, shrimp, soy sauce, beans, turnips, nuts, wood ear mushrooms.

 

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