smooth

Features: mild taste, no coldness.

Efficacy: Buzhong Yiqi.

Food source: yam, fungus, mushrooms and sweet potatoes.

Features: Sweet and warm in nature.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, benefiting fire and supporting yang.

Food source: pigeon, abalone, carp, pumpkin, glutinous rice and red dates.

Prohibition: those with yin deficiency and excessive fire are suitable for yang deficiency constitution.

Food taste judgment

thermal properties

Characteristics: pungent, hot, pungent and warm.

Efficacy: It has the effects of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, benefiting fire and supporting yang.

Food source: onion, ginger, garlic, dog meat, pepper, star anise, cinnamon,

Forbidden: those with yin deficiency and excessive fire, and those with internal heat are suitable for those with yin cold and internal heat.

calm

Features: Sweet and cool.

Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and nourishing yin.

Food source: soft-shelled turtle, crab and shellfish.

Suitable for people with yin deficiency and internal heat.

Cold nature

Characteristics: sweet and cold in nature, bitter and cold in nature.

Efficacy: It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and toxic materials and purging fire.

Food sources: bitter gourd, towel gourd, wax gourd, cucumber, pear, mung bean, NaHo, gourd and white radish.

Taboo: People with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient Yang Qi should eat less cold food to avoid damaging Yang Qi.