Classification of Cold and Heat Properties of Common Foods

1, fruit

Cold and cool: watermelon, carambola, kiwi, cantaloupe, grapefruit, plum, pear, strawberry, grapefruit, tomato, cherry, pineapple, coconut and lemon.

Peace: loquat, plum, persimmon, banana, grape, apple, sugarcane, Sakyamuni, California plum, jackfruit, fig, papaya, jujube, pomegranate, orange and almond.

Warm: longan, peach, mango, olive, jujube, durian and mulberry.

Step 2: vegetables

Coolness: aloe, radish, lotus root, water bamboo, kelp, laver, bitter gourd, bamboo shoots, tofu, loofah, lettuce, spinach, Chinese cabbage, wax gourd, amaranth, eggplant, mustard, celery, Chinese kale, cucumber, water spinach, rape, cabbage and water chestnut.

Peace: sweet potatoes, broad beans, fungus, potatoes, mushrooms, water chestnuts, peanuts, corn, carrots, Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, potatoes, peas, black beans, soybeans, kidney beans, purple cabbage, gluten, wheat flour and day lily.

Warm: pumpkin, onion, leek, ginger, onion, glutinous rice, coriander, fennel, basil, garlic, pepper and mustard.

According to personal constitution and illness, it can be divided into six types: heat type, cold type, solid type, deficiency type, dry type and wet type. Let's simply check from the following contents. What kind of constitution are you?

Cold syndrome type: 1. Pale face 2. It is not easy to feel thirsty. Urine is polychromatic and light 4. The color of late menstruation is dark red, and leucorrhea is more than 5. Easy to have loose bowels 6. Like to drink hot drinks. I don't like blowing air conditioning. Weak pulse.

Should not eat more: cold food, such as ice, watermelon, grapefruit, citrus, pear, water chestnut, wax gourd, bitter gourd, eggplant, bamboo shoots, kelp and so on.

Syndrome: 1. A straight body. 2. Loud voice and abundant physical strength. 3. Don't sweat and have a strong pulse. 4. Red skin and shiny nails.

Dryness: 1 Frequent urination. 2. It is easy to be constipated. 3. Prephysiological pain, less menstrual blood. 4. Rough skin, easy to dry and itch.

5. The tongue is dry and dumb.

Humidity: 1. Body edema II. Abdominal sound 3. More phlegm and less urine. Excessive menstrual blood is easy to diarrhea 5. Excessive leucorrhea.

Insufficient: 1. Whispered 2. Physical fatigue, sweating, weak pulse is not obvious 3. Rough and pale skin, pale nails. Physically painful, menstrual blood is more or less 5. Stomach weakness, tongue coating 6. Frequent urination, easy diarrhea.

Type of fever: 1. Red face and red ears. 2. Feel thirsty easily. 3. Less urine and yellow color.

The division of food can be seen from the color, taste, growing environment, geographical location and growing season of food.

1. color: green plants are close to the ground and absorb the water on the ground, so they are cold, such as mung beans and vegetables. Reddish plants, such as pepper, pepper, jujube, pomegranate, etc. Although they are close to the ground, their fruits absorb a lot of sunlight, so they are very hot.

2. Taste: sweet and spicy, hot. Such as garlic, persimmon and pomegranate. And those foods that taste bitter and sour are mostly cold, such as bitter gourd and bitter vegetables.

3. Growing environment: aquatic plants are cold, such as lotus root, kelp and laver. Foods that grow on land, such as peanuts, potatoes, yam, etc. The heat is caused by being buried in the soil for a long time, the plants are drought-resistant and have less water content.

4. geographical location of growth: foods with shadows facing north absorb moisture, so they are cold, such as mushrooms and fungus. And the food that grows in the sky, or the food in the southeast, such as sunflower and chestnut, receives enough sunshine, so it is hot.

5. Growing season: Winter food gets cold because of the cold, such as Chinese cabbage, mushrooms and white radish. Food grown in summer receives more rain, so it is colder, such as watermelon, cucumber and pear.