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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Chinese Medicine- Hot Foods/Cold Foods

COLD

VEGETABLES:

Asparagus *
Bean Sprouts *
Bok Choy *
Cauliflower #
Celery *
ChineseCabbage
Chrysanthemum
Cucumber *
DANDELION leaf
Eggplant
SEAWEED
Snow peas#
Turnip
Water chestnuts
Whitemushroom*
White peony root
Zucchini
FRUITS:
Banana *
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Cranberry
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Lemon *
Mango
Mulberry
Persimmon
Plum#
PINEAPPLE*
Rhubarb
Tangerine
Tomato*
Watermelon
GRAINS:
Wheat germ
MEAT:
Clam *
Crab *
Octopus
SPICES:
Salt*
White pepper.
MISC:
Soy sauce*
Sugar cane
Tofu*

COOL

VEGETABLES:
Alfalfa sprouts Artichoke
Bamboo *
Bitter Gourd
Broccoli *
Cabbage *
Carrot#
Cook. Lettuce
Cooked Onion
Corn *
Daikon radish
Endive lettuce
Lotus root
Mushrooms*
Potato+
Romaine
Snow Pea#
Soybean* Sprouts
Spinach*

Swiss chard
Tomato*
FRUITS:
APPLE *
Avocado
Black currant
Cherries#
Fig
LEMON
Oranges*
Pear
Prunes
Strawberries*
Tangerine

BUCKWHEAT
GRAINS
Amaranth
Barley *
Buckwheat
MILLET
Wheat
Wild rice#
SEEDS
Lima beans
Mung bean
Soybean
MEAT
Duck egg +
Duck *

Goose+
Eggs+
Fresh water snail.
Pork
Rabbit+
SPICES
Cilantro leaf
Marjoram
MINT
Peppermint*
Tamarind
MISC
Cheese+
GREEN TEA
Milk#
Miso soup
Oolong Tea
PEPPERMINT*
Sesame oil
Yogurt

WARM

VEGETABLES
Bell pepper
Chive
Cooked Tomato*
FENNEL
Green bean
Green Pepper+
KALE
Kohlrabi
Leek+
Mustard green
Onion+
Oyster mushroom *
Parsley
Parsnip
PUMPKIN
Scallions
Squash
Sweet potato
Watercress
FRUITS
Blackberry
COCONUT
Dates#
Grapes *
Hawthorn fruit
Kumquat
Litchi
LONGAN
Nectarines
Pomegranates
Quince
Raspberry
GRAINS
Oats
Quinoa
Safflower
Sweet/glutinous rice#
SEEDS
Black bean
Chestnut
Lotus seed
Pine nut
Walnut+

Peanut+
MEAT
Anchovy
Beef+
Butter+
Capers
Chicken+
Eel *
Fresh water fish *
Ham+
Lobster
Mussels *
Pig tripe
Sheep+ & goat
Sheep's milk
Shrimp
Turkey+
Venison
SPICES
Anise
Basil
Bay leaf
Caraway
Carob
Clove
Coriander (also known as Chinese parsley or Pak Chee, in Thai.)
Cumin
Dill seed
Fennel
Fenugreek
Fresh ginger
Jasmine
Nutmeg
Oregano
Rosemary
Sage
Spearmint
Thyme
SWEETENERS
Amasake
Brown sugar+
Malt sugar
Molasses
Sorghum
MISC
Black tea
Coffee+
Goats milk
Plum vinegar
Rice vinegar
Wine+
Vinegar

HOT

VEGETABLES
GARLIC+
Green onion
Raw onions
Red pepper
MEAT
Deep-fried or grilled meat.
Grass fish. *

Smoked Fish +
SPICES
Black pepper+
Cayenne pepper+
Chili pepper+
Horseradish/wasabi
Mustard

MISC
Chocolate+
Cocoa+


Now for a more in depth look at the energetic and medicinal properties of food in TCM:

Nightshades= Blue (Inflammatory, can cause heat and allergies)

Do not feed to dogs = orange

Hormone or Inflammation adjuster = Green

Lectin Binder/ Low Lectin = Purple

FOOD WITH EXTRA MEDICINAL PROPERTIES – ALL CAPS

Yin Foods: *

(Manifestation, magnetism, down, IN, COLD, WET, dark, earth, metal, female, passive and resting, dull)

Yang Foods: +

(Potential, electricity, UP, OUT, HOT, DRY, light, sun, wood, fire, male, activity)

Neutral Foods: #

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