A mouthful of fried rice at a sky-high price, Old Tang apprenticed on the spot

Chapter 666: Five Elements Classification of Ingredients
After getting up early in the morning, Li Yi and his party came to the restaurant.

After a few days of busy work outside, everyone was in a good mood after returning to a familiar restaurant.

In the live broadcast room, the audience was also posting comments saying "Go home".

However, when they saw the food and medicinal materials in the storeroom and kitchen, everyone realized that another fierce battle was about to begin.

After Li Yi arrived at the restaurant, he went to the storage room to check.

After seeing that Xiao Lu had purchased all the ingredients and herbs he wanted, he returned to the kitchen with satisfaction.

"One good news, one bad news."

He asked the people in the kitchen: "Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Why is there bad news just after you come back?"

Zhao Jinmai stood behind Liu Yifei, put his chin on Liu Yifei's shoulder, put his arms around Liu Yifei's waist, and muttered: "Let's hear the good news first!"

"Let's hear the bad news first."

Wu Lei suggested: "If you hear the good news later, you can be happy."

"Don't talk nonsense, that's not what it means to be happy."

Li Yi reminded him, and then said: "The bad news is that we are going to make a medicinal diet this time, and all the ingredients must be fresh, and frozen products cannot be used, so we have to come two hours in advance tomorrow to be busy. .”

"what?"

Zhao Jinmai made a sad face: "I thought I could have a good sleep when I came back, but I didn't expect that I still had to get up early."

"What about the good news?"

Wu Lei asked.

"The good news is that most of the medicinal materials to be used this time are prepared. Our workload has been reduced by more than half, so we should be able to go back early today."

Li Yi smiled and said: "And you don't have many ingredients to handle, so I will do most of the work today. Your main job is to help me and try the medicinal food I made."

"Wow, that's great!"

Zhao Jinmai and Wu Lei both jumped up with joy, but Liu Yifei didn't smile. She just looked at Li Yi, feeling a little distressed.

In the past few days, Li Yi has been busy in Gaoyou. After returning to the capital, he still has to shoulder the heaviest burden.

Realizing her gaze, Li Yi smiled and gave her a comforting look before saying, "Okay, come here and help me share the ingredients!"

With that said, he took everyone to the storage room.

In the storage room, the ingredients Xiao Lu bought were piled up, all piled together.

Vegetables, dry goods, mushrooms, and dried fruits are all available.

There are dozens of soft-shelled turtles in the glass tank by the wall, as well as some oysters, abalone, and crucian carp.

In the cage below, there are native chickens nesting inside. When they see people coming in, they all cluck.

A few were frightened and flapped their wings, stirring up dust on the ground. The smell was a bit "charming".

Xiao Lu knew that Li Yi would definitely have to tidy up when he came back, so he just filled in the ingredients one after another, so it looked a bit messy.

The camera was also following behind, and the audience was amazed when they saw the storage room full of ingredients.

"I bought a lot of ingredients this time! The variety seems to be more than every time before."

"There are so many vegetables. I have cooked chicken, duck and fish for so many times. This time I can finally eat some green leafy vegetables." Seeing so many different ingredients, Huang Xiaoming had a headache: "How to divide them?"

Hearing this, Li Yi stepped forward and picked up a few ingredients and gestured: "It's still the same as before, put the ones that can withstand pressure at the bottom and the ones that can't withstand pressure on top.

But this time, we need to classify according to the five colors of green, red, white, yellow, and black, and adjust the position. "

When Wu Lei heard this, he was a little confused: "Why are they divided by color? Is there any difference?"

"Classified according to the five elements."

Li Yi explained: “Medicine and food have the same origin, and the ingredients can also be divided according to the five elements, five flavors and five colors.

Green food belongs to the wood in the five elements, which corresponds to the liver in the five internal organs. Therefore, according to the principle of food supplementation, green food is more beneficial to the liver. It has the effects of replenishing qi, strengthening the body and dispelling evil, clearing away heat and relieving the surface.

For example, if you eat a variety of green leafy vegetables regularly, the hotness in your intestines and stomach will be eliminated a lot, and your bowel movements will be smoother. This principle is also true for drinking mung bean soup in summer.

Red food belongs to fire and corresponds to the heart. Red food has the effect of nourishing blood, nourishing yin, and promoting blood production. The most common one is red dates. You should all know this.

White food belongs to gold and corresponds to the lungs, such as white radish and cabbage. Regular consumption can clear the lungs, nourish qi and relieve constipation.

Yellow food belongs to earth and corresponds to the spleen. It can protect the spleen and enhance immunity. The most typical one is carrots, and the carotene in them is an antioxidant that enhances immunity.

The black material belongs to water, which corresponds to the kidney. The kidney fits into the bone in the body and opens into the ear and the two yin.

The kidneys are in charge of body fluids in the human body, and their appearance is human hair.

People with strong kidney qi in young adults tend to have thicker and shiny hair.

People who are old, frail, and have weak kidney qi often have hair that dries and falls off easily.

Black foods are good for the kidneys, such as black fungus and black sesame seeds. Therefore, according to folklore, eating black sesame seeds is good for your hair. This is the reason. "

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Wu Lei couldn't help but marvel: "So that's the case! I've always heard you say that medicine and food come from the same source, and that's what you meant!
When I was a child, my mother would buy me black sesame paste and let me drink it, saying it was good for my health. I still didn’t believe it, but it turned out that it was actually true! "

In the live broadcast room, the audience also praised in the barrage.

"It seems to be true! When I was coughing when I was a child, my grandma would make me carrot soup to drink. After drinking it, I stopped coughing."

"My family grows wolfberry here. Eating too much wolfberry will really cause nosebleeds!"

"If I eat too much meat, my stomach will feel very uncomfortable. I will feel hot and dry, and I will also get acne on my face. Then I will take a vegetarian diet for a few days to recover, and my bowel movements will become much smoother."

"So, eating black food can aphrodisiac? Place an order for black fungus now! One hundred pounds!"

Looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room, Huang Xiaoming asked curiously: "So, do you really need to understand the theory of traditional Chinese medicine to make medicinal diet?"

"You need to know something."

Li Yi explained: “In fact, in ancient times, diet and medicine worked together to regulate and treat diseases, so it is called medicine and food coming from the same source.

There is a record in the "Book of Rites of Zhou" that at that time, there was a position of food doctor in the palace of Emperor Zhou, who was responsible for the emperor's daily diet and used five flavors, five grains and five medicines to treat his illnesses.

The goal of ancient food medicine is to use healthy diet to prevent people from getting sick, instead of trying to cure the disease after getting it. This is already a bad idea. "

Huang Xiaoming nodded repeatedly as he listened: "I heard that there used to be a drug store with a sign like this hanging at the door, saying that I would rather have dust on the medicine and hope that no one will get sick."

"I hope that people in the world are free from disease, so why not put medicine on the shelf to make dust."

Li Yi smiled and said: "Actually, this is the best medicine. Keeping people healthy simply is more precious than the most exquisite surgery."

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