Oldal 429 [429]
OCR
FEATURES OF MONGOLIAN Monks’ DIETARY energy especially digestive jaundice for further digestion. The liquid flows in liquid transfer artery from the stomach to liver, where it transforms to blood. Food and drink means food items that develop 3 elements and 7 body strengths containing the nutrition necessary for human body. In the Four Roots of Medicine, food is classified in 5 categories such as “seeds, meat, oil vegetables, and cooked food” while drinks are classified as “milk, water and alcohol.” In the Real Book of Food and Drink, food is classified into 7 categories of grains, flesh of wild animals and birds, fish, fruits, and oil, while drink is referred to in 4 categories of milk, water, alcohol and tea. Tastes, power and benefits of food and drink. Meals and drinks are considered as a type of medicine. In other words, there are no margin between medicine and food or drinks as they have 6 tastes, 8 powers and 17 benefits like medicine. With this regard, the Four Roots of Medicine taught that if one knows the tastes and quality of any substance, one can use them as medicine with proper ingredients because all the substances in the world originate from 5 elements and have 6 tastes. Though, tastes, power and benefits of food or drinks and medicine are similar, they cannot substitute each other because people should not desert foods and drinks as they support and develop human body every day. If anyone wishes to be healthy without overeating, undereating and avoiding wrong diet, he or she should learn the tastes, power and benefits of foods and drinks in order to balance the three elements. It is very significant for a human being to use proper taste, quality and amount of foods and tastes. The food and drink must support and balance the 3 elements of the human body. The 7 strengths depend on the 3 elements in order to balance them. If one consumes equal proportion of diet, it will keep the functions of the 5 vital organs, 6 vessel organs without activating 3 harms. Adopting amount of diet. It is taught that one third of the stomach will be filled with food, another portion is filled with drink while the remaining one shall be empty. Moreover, overeating without satisfaction would cause stomach weakness and digestive disorders. It is said that non-vegetarian food and heavy food shall be consumed in half of stomach while allowing vegetarian foods in full scale of stomach. Adopting time of diet. It is recommended to take meal in fixed hours. Eating three times a day will develop the body. Drinking tea and having light meal every morning is good for suppressing gas and nourishing nerve system. Taking khyaram, boiled milk diluted with water, milk tea, watery rice broth boiled in water, water with honey, boiled water, and water in silver cup for hours for your body features in the morning hours will eliminate stomach cancer mucous and brighten appearance. It is ideal to have food difficult to digest and majority of meal for lunch. It is recommended to eat light meal for dinner and not consume heavy diet after 6 o’clock in the evening. Making 1 or 2-day diet menu weekly balances stomach functions and improves body strengths. Food shall be well chewed in a peaceful manner and only consume next meal after well digestion. Overeating and frequent use of nutritious meal difficult to digest exhaust stomach strength and cause stomach problem. Consuming meal with poor nutrition in small amount causes weight loss and exhausts strength for sickness. 427
