When one's "fires" are high, one should eat "cool" foods, when the body is "cold," one must "balance" with the "hot." This makes Chinese ask only of food: "will it 'balance'?
強烈希望自己身體冷熱、陰陽協調的慾望，使中國人對食物只問補不補，就無所謂「慣食不慣食」了。