Nourishing Yin

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Avoid foods that stimulate energy use
Consume cooling foods and dairy products
More sweet, sour and salty foods
Less pungent and bitter foods

Nuts and Seeds

Grains
Coconut milk
Barley
Pine kernel
Spelt
Sesame (black)
Vegetables
Sesame (white)
Alfalfa Sprouts
Walnut
Artichoke
Fish
Asparagus
Abalone
Kelp
Clam (freshwater)
Mungbean Sprout
Clam (saltwater)
Nori
Crab
Plantain
Cuttlefish
Potato
Octopus
Seaweed
Oyster
String Bean
Shark
Sweet Potato
Meat
Tomato
Beef
Water chestnut
Duck
Yam
Goose
Fruit
Kidney (pork)
Apple
Pigeon
Apricot
Pork
Avocado
Rabbit
Banana
Dairy
Lemon/Lime
Cheese
Mango
Egg (chicken)
Mulberry
Egg yolk (chicken)
Pear
Egg (duck)
Persimmon
Milk (cow)
Pineapple
Herbs and Spices
Pomegranate
Marjoram
Watermelon
Nettle
Beans
Oil & Condiments
Aduki
Nil
Black bean
Beverages
Kidney bean
Nil
Lima bean
Common Supplements:
Mung bean
Ginseng (American)
Soybean (black)
Royal Jelly
Tofu

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Warming Yang
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Need lots of fresh air and relaxation
Avoid microwave cooking, cold foods, and liquids,
and processed foods
Use foods that release energy slowly
Eat fresh organic foods
Avoid extreme cold or hot foods Herbs and Spices
Basil
Grains Cayenne
Quinoa Chive seed
Cinnamon bark
Vegetables
Clove
Nil
Fennel seed
Fenugreek seed
Fruit
Garlic
Cassio Fruit
Ginger (dry)
Raspberry
Horseradish
Nutmeg
Beans
Rosemary
Nil
Savory
Nuts and Seeds Jasmine
Chestnut Star Anise
Pistachio
Oils & Condiments
Walnut
Nil
Fish
Anchovy
Lobster
Mussel
Shrimp/ prawn

Meat:
Kidney (beef)
Kidney (sheep)
Lamb

Dairy
Nil

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Nourishing Blood
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Rest, particularly in afternoon
Avoid fatty, sweet or salty foods
Diet rich in fresh vegetables, green leafy
vegetables, grains, beans, meats and seafood Fish
Use red meats and seafood especially with the shell
Cuttlefish
More pungent foods
Less sour, sweet and bitter foods Octopus
Oyster
Grains
Barley Meat
Corn Beef
Jobs Tears Liver (beef)
Oats Liver (sheep)
Rice Pork
Sweet Rice
Wheat Bran Dairy
Egg (chicken)
Vegetables Egg yolk (chicken)
Alfalfa Sprouts
Artichoke Herbs and Spices
Beetroot Nettle
Dandelion Leaf
Kelp Oils & Condiments
Spinach Amasake
Watercress Molasses

Fruit Beverages
Apricot Soya milk
Avocado
Date Common Supplements
Fig Algae
Grape Dongui
Longan Pollen
Mulberry

Beans
Aduki
Black bean
Kidney Bean

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Supplementing Qi
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Need lots of fresh air and relaxation
Avoid microwave cooking, cold foods, and liquids,
and processed foods
Use foods that release energy slowly
Eat fresh organic foods
Avoid extreme cold or hot foods

Meat
Grains Beef
Corn Chicken
Jobs tears Goose
Oats Ham
Rice Liver (chicken)
Sweet rice Mutton
Wheat bran Pheasant
Pigeon
Vegetables Quail
Potatoes Rabbit
Shiitake Mushroom
Squash Dairy
Sweet Potatoes Nil
Yam

Herbs and Spices

Fruit Bay
Cherry Liquorice
Coconut
Fig
Oils & Condiments
Grape
Molasses
Logan

Beverages
Beans
Nil
Tofu

Nuts and Seeds

Walnut
Fish
Eel
Frog
Herring
Mackerel
Mussel
Octopus
Oyster
Sturgeon
Trout

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Counteracts Damp
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Avoid raw and cold foods
Avoid sweet, dairy and rich foods
Use diuretic foods, grains and beans
Include seafoods especially shell fish
Eat more well cooked and spicy foods
Eat less sweet, sour and bitter foods
Fish
Anchovy
Grains Eel
Amaranth Mackerel
Buckwheat
Corn
Jobs Tears Meat
Rye Quail
Sorghum
Dairy
Vegetables Nil
Alfalfa Sprout
Asparagus Herbs & spices
Bamboo Shoot Aniseed
Caper Cinnamon Bark
Chinese cabbage Horseradish
Celery Nettle
Daikon (Mooli) Pepper (black)
Kohirabi Pepper (white)
Lettuce Tamarind
Onion
Pumpkin Oils & Condiments
Radish Nil
Scallion
Turnip Beverages
White fungus Raspberry leaf

Fruit Common Supplements

Blue/bilberry Nil
Cranberry
Papaya

Beans
Aduki
Kidney bean
Lentil

Nuts & Seeds

Nil

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Counteracts Heat
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Avoid hot and spicy foods
Eat more raw and cooling foods

Grains
Barley
Buckwheat Beans
Jobs Tears Kidney bean
Millet Mung bean
Wheat Soybean (yellow)
Wheat Bran Tofu
Wheat Germ Nuts & Seeds
Vegetables Nil
Asparagus Fish
Aubergine Abalone
Bamboo shoot Clam (freshwater)
Cabbage Clam (saltwater)
Celery Crab
Chinese cabbage Frog
Cucumber Octopus
Dandelion leaf Meat
Lettuce Quail
Mungbean sprout Dairy
Nori Egg white (chicken)
Plantain Herbs & Spices
Potato Licorice
Seaweed Purslane
Swiss chard Tamarind
Turnip
Oils & Condiments
Water chestnut
Sesame oil
Fruit Agar
Apple Kuzu
Banana Salt
Blue/bilberry
Beverages
Cranberry
Chrysanthemum
Fig
Dandelion root
Grapefruit
Elderflower
Lemon/lime
Lime flower
Mango
Pear Common Supplements
Persimmon Kelp
Pineapple
Plum
Rhubarb
Watermelon

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Counteracts Cold
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Avoid cold and raw foods
Use more warm, spicy, pungent foods
Avoid sour, salty and bitter foods

Grains
Sorghum

Vegetables Dairy
Caper
Kohlrabi Butter
Leek
Mustard Leaf Herbs & Spices
Onion Basil
Scallion Bay
Squash Cayenne
Sweet potatoes Chili
Turnip Chive seed
Cinnamon bark
Fruit Clove
Coriander seed
Cherry
Dill seed
Longan
Fennel seed
Lychee
Ginger (dry)
Papaya
Ginger (fresh)
Juniper
Beans Nutmeg
Nil Pepper (black)
Rosemary
Nuts & Seeds Savory
Coconut milk
Pine kernel Oils & Condiments
Walnut Soya oil
Amasake
Fish Malt sugar
Anchovy Vinegar
Mussel
Shrimp/prawn Beverages
Trout Jasmine
Wine
Meat
Chicken Common Supplements
Kidney (sheep) Nil
Mutton

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Resolves Phlegm
Avoid cold and raw foods
Avoid dairy products
Use warm, spicy and pungent foods
Eat less sweet, sour and bitter foods

Grains
Nil
Herbs & Spices
Vegetables Basil
Daikon (Mooli) Caraway
Mushroom (button) Cardamom
Mustard leaf Fennel seed
Nori Garlic
Plantain Ginger (fresh)
Radish Horseradish
Seaweed Juniper
Shiitake mushroom Licorice
Water chestnut Mustard
Watercress Pepper (black)
Pepper (white)
Fruit Rosemary
Savory
Grapefruit
Thyme
Pear

Oil & Condiments

Beans
Nil Salt

Nuts & Seeds Beverages

Elderflower
Almond
Jasmine
Walnut
Peppermint
Soya milk
Fish Tea
Clam (saltwater)
Crab
Common Supplements
Lobster
Shrimp/prawn Kelp

Meat
Nil

Dairy
Nil

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Promotes Qi Circulation
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Dont overeat
Avoid heavy foods, sugar and stimulates
Chew your foods thoroughly
Use more pungent foods

Grains
Oats Herbs & Spices
Aniseed
Vegetables Basil
Artichoke Caraway
Carrot Cardamom
Mushroom (button) Cayenne
Radish Chive leaf
Squash Cinnamon bark
Watercress Clove
Dill seed
Fruit Fennel seed
Grapefruit Hawthorn
Lemon/lime Horseradish
Peach Juniper
Tangerine Marjoram
Mustard
Beans Nutmeg
Nil Pepper (black)
Saffron
Nuts & Seeds Savory
Nil Thyme
Turmeric
Fish
Nil Oils & Condiments
Nil
Meat
Kidney (sheep) Beverages
Chamomile
Dairy Jasmine
Nil Lime flower
Peppermint
Star anise
Wine

Common supplements
Nil

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Promotes Blood Circulation
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Avoid fatty, sweet and salty foods
Diet rich in vegetables, meats and seafoods

Grains
Wheat germ

Vegetables Herbs & Spices

Aubergine Bay
Caper Cayenne
Coriander leaf Chili
Kohlrabi Chive leaf
Leek Ginger (dry)
Mustard leaf Hawthorn
Onion Nutmeg
Pepper Purslane
Scallion Turmeric
Turnip
Oils & Condiments
Fruit Soya oil
Cherry Amasake
Lemon/lime Malt sugar
Longan Vinegar
Lychee
Peach Beverages
Rhubarb Wine

Beans Common supplements

Nil Nil

Nuts & Seeds

Chestnut
Pine kernel

Fish
Crab
Mussel
Shrimp/prawn

Meat
Chicken
Kidney (sheep)
Liver (chicken)

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Drains Water
Grains
Barley
Corn
Jobs Tears
Rye

Vegetables Herbs & Spices

Alfalfa sprout Fenugreek seed
Artichoke Horseradish
Bamboo shoot Juniper
Celery Nettle
Chicory
Chinese cabbage
Dandelion leaf Oil & Condiments
Kelp Nil
Lettuce
Seaweed
Beverages
Watercress
Dandelion root
Elderflower
Fruit Tea
Grape
Watermelon Common supplements
Kelp
Beans
Aduki
Black bean
Lentil
Pea
Soybean (black)

Nuts & Seeds

Nil

Fish
Anchovy
Carp
Frog
Mackerel
Sardine

Meat
Nil

Dairy
Nil

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Removes Toxins
Grains
Millet

Vegetables
Alfalfa sprouts
Artichoke
Cucumber Herbs & Spices
Kelp
Licorice
Mungbean sprout
Nettle
Mushroom (button)
Parsley
Olive
Pepper (black)
Onion
Purslane
Radish
Seaweed
Swiss chard Oils & Condiments
Turnip Sesame oil
Watercress Agar
Honey
Fruit Salt
Banana Vinegar
Blue/bilberry
Fig Beverages
Lemon/lime Chrysanthemum
Rhubarb Tea

Beans Common Supplements

Aduki Algae
Tofu

Nuts & Seeds

Nil

Fish
Frog
Herring

Meat
Nil

Dairy
Nil

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