In Western diet, foods are appraised for their vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, calories, and other nutritions. Whereas in Chinese diet, people pay attention to not only vitamins and minerals, but also the attributes of food.
Basically there are three kinds of attributes in foods, namely Cold/Cool, Hot/Warm, and Neutral, which refer to the feelings that a particular food produces in the body, or its effect on our body.
Therefore, it’s valuable for us to understand more about the attributes of food because different attributes act upon our body in different ways and influence our health condition. For example, if someone is suffering from cold arthritis and the illness is especially severe on chilly winder day, the symptoms will be able being relieved noticeably by eating foods with hot/warm attribute.
Below are some examples of Foods and their Efficacies with Hot/Warm Nature. They generally have the energy of dispersing cold and replenishing the body.
* Garlic
Efficacy: Regulate “Qi” (essential energy) flowing for activating stagnancy / Warm spleen and stomach / Remove toxic substance
Usage: To mitigate respiratory tract and intestinal infectious disease, heat stroke, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc.
* Stemonaceae
Efficacy: Soothe lungs and relieve cough / Eliminate bacteria
Usage: To ease pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, pinworm infection (external use), etc.
* Pomegranate
Efficacy: Relieve Diarrhea / Stop bleeding / Eliminate bacteria
Usage: To mitigate gums bleeding, bacterial dysentery, etc.
* Ginger
Efficacy: Dispel cold / Stop vomiting / Disperse phlegm
Usage: To treat coughing and gasping, hiccup, etc.
* Dark Plum
Efficacy: Relieve cough and diarrhea / Regenerate body fluid / Inhibit roundworm
Usage: To treat fauces/throat inflammation, loss of voice, sulfur poisoning, biliary ascariasis, etc
Give this recipe of Dark Plum Sweet Osmanthus Soup a try. It’s easy, healthy, and yummy!
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