I can heal myself. eleven. Yellow foods Yellow corresponds to the earth’s energy among the five elements and is mild in nature, possessing both yin and yang energy and is an energy that coordinates and mediates. The season is located between the four seasons, the direction is the center, it is the youth stage of…
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White corresponds to the energy of gold among the five elements and refers to the energy that converges and unifies the divided yang energy. The season is autumn, the direction is west, it is the golden age of life, and it corresponds to the evening of the day. Among the five internal organs, it belongs…
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Black corresponds to the water energy of the five elements and refers to the energy of storing and organizing. The season is winter, the direction is north, it is the old age of life, and it corresponds to the middle of the day. It belongs to the kidneys and bladder among the five internal organs…
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In order to keep our five organs and six organs healthy, it is good to eat a variety of foods with five colors or five tastes. The biggest characteristic of Korean food is that it is based on the five colors. For example, kimchi has five colors: white cabbage, blue-green onion or cabbage leaves, red…
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In China, there is a saying that you should eat radishes in the winter and ginger in the summer. This is the same as eating hot food, samgyetang, in the summer heat, and eating cold noodles or dongchimi, cold food, in the cold winter. In the summer, yang energy comes out and the stomach becomes…
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Food also has yin and yang properties, so if you have a yang constitution, it is better to eat more foods with strong yin energy. Conversely, if you belong to a yin constitution, eating more foods with a strong yang energy is a food health method. In terms of form, the roots and stems of…
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In 1977, the United States invested a huge amount of money to establish the ‘Special Committee on Nutrition’ and announced the results of a two-year investigation, which became the famous McGovern Report. The preface begins with, “Humanity will perish if we do not change our current dietary culture,” and states that white flour should be…
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Poet Kim Sang-yong’s poem, “I Will Open a window for Others,” ended with “Why do you live? Laugh,” but for a long time, I have lived with the question, “Why do I live?” When I was an intern at a geriatric ward, I was deeply shocked as I encountered the corpses of people I had…
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In Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, Toegye’s book, The Three Ways of Life, states that you must control your mind well to avoid illness. It is said that when the mind moves here and there, the mind becomes busy, and when the mind is busy, the energy is scattered, and when the energy is scattered, illness occurs,…
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The reaction of the mind and body when a certain stimulus is applied is called “being stressed.” Depending on how you perceive that stimulus, it can be either good stress or bad stress. Perfectionists or sensitive people perceive the same stimulus negatively, causing negative stress. While there are people who look at a half-full glass…
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