visiting expert:
chief expert Jiang Liangduo of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, chair / > director of Department of traditional Chinese medicine, Beijing Geriatric Hospital Li Fangling
drinking hot water has been in China for thousands of years. In the fifth Century B.C., the Huangdi Neijing had the record of "the decoction of disease to cure". In Meng Zi, there was also the expression of "the soup of winter". "Soup, hot fire", and the "soup" here said hot water. Later, hot water evolved many patterns, of which tea was widely known. There are many words of "cooking tea" in the Han Dynasty classics. Besides drinking hot water, the Chinese are also good at bathing with hot water, feet and hot compress. Jin Dynasty "elbow reserve emergency" has the earliest record of the feet, the longest life of emperor Qian Longdi in history, the foot health method is summed up as "three hundred steps in the morning, the evening a pot soup", this "soup" refers to the feet.
from tea drinking tea, decocting medicine drinking water, bathing feet, hot compress sauna, everywhere can see the shadow of hot water. It is part of the habits of the Chinese people, and it is also a magic weapon for Chinese health culture.
is different from Chinese hot water. Westerners do not seem to be very keen on hot water. Nicole Lou, a Chinese American, wrote in the Losangeles times that water from Europe and America is usually consumed directly, and some people even like to add ice to water. When dining abroad, the waiter will bring a glass of ice water instead of serving a cup of hot tea. Jiang Liangduo, the chief expert at the Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, told the life times reporter that most of the hotels in foreign countries had no drinking water or provided relevant equipment, so he prepared an electric kettle each time when he went abroad.
why is there such a big difference in the attitude towards hot water at home and abroad? Li Fangling, the director of the Department of traditional Chinese medicine, Beijing Geriatric Hospital, analyzed the life times reporter. On the one hand, China has been farming mainly from ancient times. Because of the insufficient heat provided by the grain, we have the ability to accumulate heat in our body compared to the Westerners based on meat. On the other hand, on the other hand, for the safe and healthy consideration of drinking water, after the founding of the new China, the government vigorously encouraged, popularized drinking water, and almost all people have the consciousness of "drinking water and not pulling the stomach". The relevant literature also pointed out that China's pottery is much earlier than the west, and our ancestors knew how to use pottery cooking utensils to burn water, so there would be a good habit of drinking water and brewing feet.