传统医学认为粮食食物同药物一样,都有四性五味之特性。四性,即温、热、寒、凉四种属性;五味,则指酸、苦、甘、辛、咸五种味道。四性中、寒与凉、热与温有其共性,只是程度上的不同,温次于热,凉次于寒;而介于寒热之间者则为平性。寒、热、温、凉四性,是与疾病寒、热相对。常见食物中,平性食物居多,温热性食物次之,而寒凉性食物则较少。温热食物多有温经、散寒、助阳、补虚、活血、通络等食疗作用,适合寒证、平素 Traditional medicine that food with the same drugs, there are four characteristics of the four flavors. Four attributes, namely, warm, hot, cold and cold four attributes; flavors, refers to the acid, bitter, sweet, Xin, salty five kinds of flavor. Four sexes, cold and cold, heat and temperature have their commonalities, but the degree is different, the temperature in the heat, the cold in the cold; while those between cold and heat are flat. Cold, heat, warm, cold four-character, is cold and heat disease relative. Common foods, flat foods, followed by warm foods, and less cold foods. Warm food and more Warmer, cold, yang, tonic, promoting blood circulation, meridian and other therapeutic effect, suitable for cold syndrome, usually