DURING MY ADOLESCENT DAYS ONE OF MY PHILOSOPICAL RELATIVE GAVE ME A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FIVE ELEMENTS.SINCE THEN MY MIND ASKS SEVERAL QUESTION REGARDING OUR HUMANS BODY TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE SCIENTIFIC SKEPTIC VIEW ALONG WITH ENERGY POINT OF VIEW REGARDED BY ANCIENT SCRIPTURES.VEDIC SCRIPTURES TALK ABOUT OUR BODY BEING A COMPACT COMBINATION OF FIRE,EARTH,WOOD,WATER AND METAL WHICH BUILDS US AND AT THE END GOES BACK TO NATURE MAKING A PERFECT CYCLE.WHENEVER WE HEAR ABOUT OUR RELATIVES GETTING SICK,THE FIRST THING COMES IN MIND IS FOOD.WAS IT THE EATING HABITS?WAS IT THE FOOD THAT HE HAD EATEN THAT DAY THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS?THE NEXT SOLUTION IS TO CURE IT BY FIXING THE EATING HABIT.THEREFORE I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN CHINESE THOUGHT OF CONSUMING FOOD BALANCING YING AND YANG.TODAY THE MAXIMUM NEPALESE SUFFER FROM PRESSURE,URIC ACID AND OTHER DANGEROUS DISEASE .THIS IS ONE FACT;OTHER IS OUR FOOD NOT BEING ACCEPTED IN ARENA OF WORLD CUISINE LIKE THAI,CHINESE,MEXICAN,FRENCH OR ITALIAN.THE PROBLEM IS NOT SEEKING THE UNQUE SELLING POINT OF IT AND MAKING A MAXIMUM UTILIZATION.TODAY WE CAN EVEN BREAK OUR FOOD AS PER TANTRIC PRACTICES,VEDIC THOUGHT AND SURELY THERE IS LOT MORE TO TALK WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH RICH HISTORY OF FOOD CULTURE THAT DOMINATES THE DAILY LIFE.HOWEVER THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WOUKD BE MOMO BEING LOVED BY ALL AND EVEN THE FIRST TIMER FOREIGNER LOVES IT.YET IT IS ADOPTED DISH FROM NEIBOURING COUNTRIES OUR STYLE OF PREPARING AND RICH IN SPICES MAKE IT SPECIAL.
FEW YEARS BACK I MADE A DEEP STUDY ON ELEMENTS OF FOOD AND FOUND THAT IT ACTUALLY HOLDS LOT OF SECRET.IT MAKES ONE PONDER OVER BALANCING ALL THE ELEMENTS WITHIN OUR BODY BY CONSUMING RIGHT FOOD.LET’S SAY,WHEN WHEN YOUR FIRE ELEMENTS IN BODY IS HIGH THAT MEANS YOU ARE ANGRY OR SUFFERING FROM ACIDITY.IT PROVIDES THE SOLUTION BY CONSUMING RIGHT FOOD WHICH WILL BRING IT DOWN AND BALANCING YOUR BODY.THE SIMPLEST ARTICLE OF MINE SO FAR MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT IT WILL MAKE EVERYONE’S HEALTH BETTER AND LIVE GOOD LIFE.
TO UNDERSTAND THIS,WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR FIVE VITAL ORGANS THAT PLAY A BIG ROLE TO KEEP OUR MACHINES FUNCTIONING ARE LIVER,HEART,KIDNEY,LUNGS, AND SPLEEN.TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT EACH ONES WITH CONNECTION TO ELEEMENTS WILL PROVIDE A MEANING TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
LIVER AS WOOD
LIVER IS GOVERNED BY WOOD WHICH HAS A CHARACTER TO GROW AND SHRINK.THE HIGH CONSUMPTION OF PROTEIN MAY NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO YOUR LIVER.LIVER,ACTUALLY BY SHRINKING AND GROWING ALLOWS YOUR BODY TO ADJUST TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION.LIVER REPRESENTS SPRING,A SEASON,WIND A CLIMATE AND SOUR TASTE.
WHEAT,GERRNS,CITRUS FRUITS,PINEAPPLE,OLIVE,YOGHURT,CHICKEN AND LIVER.THESE FOODS ACTUALLY HELP TO CLEAN TOXINS OF THE BODY BUT KEEP IN MIND;THE TASTE THAT REPRESENTS WOOD IS SALTY.HOWEVER HIGH CONSUMPTION WILL AFFECT KIDNEY AND CREATE STONES.IF YOU DON’T BALANCE THE SALT,IT IS GOING TO HAMPER YOUR SPLEEN THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIGESTION AND CREATION OF BLOOD
HEART GOVERNS THE FIRE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WARMING UP AND COOLING THE BODY.LIKE IT IS SAID”THIS COLD IS HEART SHIVERING”.WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT HEART IS FIRE AND PROMOTES THE LIVER AS WOODS.IF WE HAVE PROBLEM WITH HEART IT IS AFFECTING THE LIVER THAT FILTERS TOXICS.THE HEART WILL FAIL TO PUMP BLOOD PROPERLY.
ASPARAGUS,LEMON,PEEL,CELERY,PEPPERS,CORN AND LAMB.IT ACTUALLY HELPS TO REDUCE THE HEAT WITHIN US ACTUALLY REDUCING OVERWEIGHT AND CONTROLLING AGGRESSIVE.
SPLEEN GOVERNS THE EARTH WHICH IS VITAL FOR WOOD AND ITS GROWTH.SPLEEN IS RESPONSIBLE IN BODY TO CREATE RED BLOOD CELLS AND HEAL BODY BY REPLACING WHITE BLOOD CELLS.THIS HELPS TO REMOVE THE TOXINS AND CIRCULATE VITAL MINERALS WITHIN THE BODY.
VEGETABLE,MILLET,BARLEY,RYE,SUGAR,APPLE,DATES,GRAPES,CARROTS,CABBAGE,SQUASH,COCONUT,AND BEEF.
THESE FOODS KEEP BODY CALM AND CONTROL NERVOUS SYSTEM.THE MOST VITAL IS SLOWING DOWN THE ACUTE SYNDROMES.
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LUNGS GOVERNS THE METAL WHICH IS VITAL TO PURIFY AIR OR OXYGEN AND PASS THEM TO OTHER ORGANS.LUNGS REPRESENT AUTUMN AS SEASON,DRYNESS AS CLIMATE AND PUNGENT AS TASTE.HEART IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING SPLEEN AND HEART DIRECTLY CONTROLS THE LUNGS THAT ARE CONTROLED BY KIDNEY.
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TOFU,RICE,ONIONS,GARLIC,TURNIP,RADISH,CINNAMON,MINT, ROSEMARY,CLOVES AND SPRING MUSTARDS.
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KIDNEY AS WATER
KIDNEY REPRESENTING WATER IS CONTROLLED DIRECTLY BY THE HEART AS FIRE BUT ITSELF GETS CONTROLLED BY SPLEEN.KIDNEY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FILTERING TOXINS FROM THE BODY NOURISHING OUR HEALTH AND KEEPING OUR BODY BALANCED.IMAGES IF CARBONATOR OF MOTORBIKE IS FULL OF DIRT IT AFFECTS THE SMOOTHNESS OF ACCELERATION.
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LOBSTER,CRAB,CRAWFISH,PORK,SEAWEED,SOY SAUCE AND FISH.
AFTER READING THIS,YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSED ON WHAT TO EAT.
PLEASE TAKE IT SIMPLE AND FOLLOW FEW RULES TO MAKE SURE YOU MAINTAINS THE BALANCE OF FIVE ELEMENTS IN YOUR DAILY FOOD.
1.IF YOU CONSUME BAKED FOOD THEN ADD SIMPLE FRUITS TO IT FOR BALANCING.
2.WHEN YOU ARE HAVING SIMPLE FOOD,MAKE SURE TO CONSUME DIFFERENT TASTE LIKE SWEET AND SALT OR BITTER WITH SWEET.
3.IF YOU ARE HAVING MEATS THEN ADD STEAMED VEGETABLES.IN OTHER HAND IF YOU ARE HAVING HAM,LUNCHEON MEAT OR PARMA HAM,LUNCHEON MEAT OR PARMA HAM THEN ADD BAKED VEGETABLES .
4.MAKE SURE NOT TO CUT OFF COMPLETE FATTY FOOD.AT LEAST CONSUME SOME LOW FAT FOOD TO BALANCE ENERGY.
5.CHINESE FOOD HAS ONE OF THE MOST BALANCED ELEMENTS IN THE WORLD.
