Women's Yin Nourishment: A Multi-faceted Approach
Moisturizing and nourishing the Yin in women is not as simple as drinking more water. Drinking too much water can lead to water poisoning, burden the kidneys, and cause swollen eyelids. That is not true vital energy. Let's take a look at the multi-faceted approach to nourishing the Yin in women.
Excessive Five Flavors Cause Excessive Yin Depletion
Compared to our bodies, many external factors can be considered as "fire." For example, excessive five flavors. Foods that are too salty, spicy, or bitter require us to use our energy to balance them, which creates "fire." Unfortunately, some people have a stronger preference for these flavors, or they may seek comfort in spicy dishes like Shaanxi cold noodles or spicy boiled fish when they are in a bad mood or under stress. Chinese cuisine categorizes foods into five flavors, but what matters most is the seasonings, especially the spices. China is famous for its spices. For example, five-spice powder, which is made up of cinnamon, star anise, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and Sichuan peppercorns, is often accompanied by ginger, scallion, garlic, chili, and dried tangerine peel, I can't even count them all... These heavily flavored foods deplete our water source! If their temperature is not moderate, but rather extremely cold or hot, the depletion is even greater.
Fried Snacks Deplete Body Fluids
Then there are snacks! Things that are fried or roasted are very crispy and delicious. Anyone who has fried food knows that frying is a dehydration process.
Although the taste is good, the dehydrated food that enters our body immediately absorbs the water inside, so when you eat too much, you feel dry mouth. Actually, it's not absorbing water, but rather the body's fluids. I understand it as a kind of mucus, which is different from water.
