🌿 本草綱目聊天室。藥食同源

✅ 中英對照版本｜青菜 × 本草綱目 × 藥食同源 今天要跟大家介紹的是三種青菜。 Today, I’m going to introduce three kinds of leafy vegetables. 很多朋友一聽到《本草綱目》， Many people, when they hear Compendium of Materia Medica, 腦海裡浮現的都是那些乾乾的中藥材， immediately think of dried traditional herbs— 所以就會問我： so they often ask me: 「青菜這種日常食材，真的會出現在本草綱目裡嗎？」 “Do everyday vegetables like these really appear in the book?” 其實不要懷疑喔—— Actually, don’t be surprised— 《本草綱目》記載的植物種類非常多， The Compendium of Materia Medica records a huge variety of plants, 只要是植物、能入藥、有功效，就會被寫進去， and as long as a plant has medicinal value, it was included— 包括我們平常吃的青菜。 including the vegetables we eat every day. 只是我們對中藥有既定印象， But because we all have this fixed impression of Chinese medicine— 覺得中藥一定是黑黑苦苦、味道特別的那種， that it must be dark, bitter, and with a strong smell— 所以不會想到青菜也算是「藥」。 we don’t usually think of vegetables as medicine. 但在中醫的角度裡， But from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, 青菜本來就是「藥食同源」的代表。 leafy greens are the perfect example of “medicine and food sharing the same origin.” 所謂藥食同源，就是： The idea of medicine-food homology means: 👉 很多食物本來就具有藥性； 👉 many foods naturally carry medicinal properties; 👉 你平常吃的東西，就是在保養身體。 👉 and what you eat daily is already part of your self-care. 也有人跟我說： Some people even tell me: 「我不喜歡喝中藥，所以只想吃西藥。」 “I don’t like Chinese herbal medicine, so I just take Western medicine.” 但其實不管中藥或西藥，只要是藥， But whether it’s Eastern or Western medicine, as long as it’s a medicine, 都有可能有副作用。 there will always be potential side effects. 但青菜不一樣，它本來就是食物， Vegetables are different—they are food first, 是我們最天然、最溫和的保養。 and the gentlest, most natural form of nourishment. 醫生常說要「均衡飲食」， Doctors always remind us to “eat a balanced diet,” 其實背後的意思就是： and the meaning behind that is: 吃得對、吃得夠，你每天都在吃最天然的中藥。 if you eat right and eat enough variety, you’re already taking natural medicine every day. 所以這次的特輯， So in this special series, 我們會帶大家看看： we’ll show you: 原來你每天吃的青菜， that the vegetables you eat daily 在《本草綱目》裡是怎麼記載的？ are actually recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica, 對身體又有哪些好處？ and what benefits they bring to your health. 今天我們就從這三種青菜開始。 And today, we’ll start with these three leafy greens.