These fruits are in peak season right now and were listed among the Five Fruits by the ancients; it would be a shame not to eat them

In ancient China, there was already a concept of health preservation, and many ancient medical texts recorded the ways of nourishing life. The most famous of these is the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), which not only records many prescriptions for curing diseases and saving lives, but also records some basic health-preserving methods. It states that "the five grains nourish" and "the five fruits assist," which is very similar to today's dietary health-preserving concepts. So which five fruits exactly were the "Five Fruits" mentioned by the ancients?

Although ancient times were dominated by farming, they did not have the advanced agricultural technology of modern society, so the varieties of fruit in ancient times were far less abundant than they are now. Therefore, the "Five Fruits" spoken of by the ancients are, in today's society, the most common fruits of all. They are jujube, plum, apricot, chestnut, and peach; most people have eaten them, right? These fruits also fit the four seasons quite well: apricot, plum, and peach are spring and summer fruits, while jujube and chestnut are autumn and winter fruits, so they can meet people's fruit needs throughout the four seasons.

These five fruits are believed to correspond respectively to the five zang organs among the "five zang and six fu organs" of the human body. Jujube tastes sweet and corresponds to the spleen, plum tastes sour and corresponds to the liver, apricot kernel is bitter and corresponds to the heart, chestnut is salty and corresponds to the kidney, and peach is pungent and warming and corresponds to the lung. Therefore, the ancients listing these five fruits as the "Five Fruits" still had some basis. Now that people's living standards have improved, they can eat all kinds of different fruits, and these fruits no longer receive the attention they did in ancient times, which is actually quite a pity.

Especially these 3 fruits of spring and summer, which are in peak season right now and are abundant in rural areas. Many farmers have planted plum trees, peach trees, and apricot trees; they are relatively easy to grow and have high yields, and any that cannot be eaten can also be sold for money. However, when eating them, note that "the five fruits assist," which means they are supplementary; they cannot be treated as a meal, and eating a small amount of fruit is better for the body.

Of course, in this season, besides plums, apricots, and peaches, fruits such as watermelon and melon are also on the market. Eating some appropriately after a meal can both relieve the summer heat and nourish life. Do you like to eat them?