(1) Heat-clearing and detoxifying products: chrysanthemum, cucumber, isatis root, tomato, bamboo shoots, mung beans, tofu, celery, water chestnuts, water chestnut, purslane, daylily, etc. It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and is suitable for various symptoms of excessive fire.
(2) Bitter cold fire-preparing types: bitter melon, bitter cabbage, cabbage, luffa, snail, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit meat, frog, etc. It can transform cold and cool nature into heat and reduce fire, and is mostly used for excess fire syndrome.
(3) Categories that relieve dampness and purge fire: winter melon, watermelon, coix, lentils, barley, amaranth, melon, adzuki bean, black fish, duck meat, carp, crucian carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken Kim et al. Suitable for various real fire symptoms.
(4) Capture the real fire types: rhubarb, anemarrhena, coptis, skullcap, banana, celery, potato, sesame, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc. It is suitable for symptoms such as short yellow urine, dry stool, dry mouth and bitter mouth, abdominal distension and poor appetite.
(5) Blood-cooling and astringent products: lotus root, pear, water chestnut, rehmannia root, fungus, eel, glutinous rice, lotus root starch, shepherd's purse, corn silk, mango, eel, bamboo leaf, Imperata root, purslane wait. It can be used for epistaxis, blood in the stool, blood in the urine, bleeding gums and other conditions where blood heat is indiscriminate.
(6) Sweet, warm and heat-removing categories: Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, cabbage, lychee, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, bee jelly, sorghum, fennel, sword bean, mustard , cherry, pomegranate, ebony, etc. It is suitable for the condition of Qi deficiency and fire exuberance.
(7) Nourishing yin and reducing fire: soft-shell turtle, kelp, seaweed, sea cucumber, spinach, pig blood, pork liver, red pond, black-bone chicken, pumpkin, clam, white fungus, etc. It is mostly used for symptoms such as yin deficiency and excessive fire, five upsets and heat, flushing and night sweats, and insomnia at night.
(8) Tonifying internal organs and calming fire: black beans, yam, peanuts, milk, barley, white fungus, pigeon eggs, quail, sparrow meat, eel, mutton, dog meat, leeks, mulberries, etc. It is suitable for all kinds of deficiency-fire symptoms caused by weak internal organs and insufficient Yang Qi.
When performing dietary therapy for internal heat, the following principles should be followed:
(1) The diet should be mainly soft and crispy, easy to digest and absorb, and non-staple dishes should be steamed. Mainly stew and cook, and eat less greasy food that is difficult to digest, such as fried, fried, and fried foods.
(2) Take in more water to replenish the water lost when the body is overheated, promote metabolism, produce fluid and diuresis, accelerate the excretion of toxins and the dissipation of heat.
(3) Do not eat spicy and hot foods, such as peppers, dried ginger, raw garlic, strong tea, tobacco, spirits, coffee, green onions, etc., to avoid generating heat and fueling fire, burning body fluids, and aggravating the condition. .
(4) People with excessive fire should eat more cold and heat-clearing foods, such as mung beans, eggplants, winter melon, loofah, bitter gourd, etc. Foods that can help yang and heat are taboo, such as leeks, mutton, dog meat, and sparrow meat. , sorghum, longan, cherry, apricot, etc.
(5) People with a deficiency of fire should pay attention to supplementing yin-tonifying foods such as white fungus, lily, mulberry, clam meat, turtle meat, etc. It is not advisable to eat more raw and cold fruits and various cold foods.