Body Constitution: Tropical

Black Fungus

black fungus

Black Fungus

black fungus

Name: Black Fungus

Chinese Name: 黑木耳

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Lung, spleen, large intestine, liver

Properties: Improves energy, moisturizes lungs and stops cough, stops bleeding, reduces blood pressure, anti-cancer 

Best Use For: Treating weak vitality, treating lack of blood, treating lungs weakness and long term coughing, reducing high blood pressure, treating cervical cancer

Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 10g

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools should avoid consuming black fungus

Suitable For: All types of body constitution

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Lion’s Mane Mushroom

Lion's mane mushroom

Lion's Mane Mushroom

Lion's mane mushroom

Chinese Name: 猴头菇

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach

Properties: Strengthens spleen and stomach, calms the mind, anti-cancer

Best Use For: For treating weakness in body, indigestion and insomnia

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 100g

Suitable For: All types of body constitution

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Shiitake

shiitake

Shiitake

shiitake

Chinese Name: 香菇

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach

Properties: Improve vitality, strengthen spleen and improve appetite, expel wind, dissolve phlegm, anti-cancer

Best Use For: Improving one’s energy and vitality, aid digestion, treating lack of iron/blood, reducing blood pressure, reducing cholesterol levels as well as treating chronic liver diseases  

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: People with cold and dampness in spleen and stomach should avoid consuming shiitake

Suitable For: All types of body constitution

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Chinese Cedar

chinese-cedar

Chinese Cedar

chinese-cedar

Chinese Name: 香椿叶

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Pungent, bitter

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach

Properties: Reduces summer heat in body, relieves dampness, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving heat and dampness in body, improving appetite

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: People who have excessive sweating and people with Qi deficiency body constitution should avoid consuming chinese cedar

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution

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Long Yellow Daylily

long yellow daylily

Long Yellow Daylily

long yellow daylily

Chinese Name: 黄花菜

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Liver, kidney

Properties: Cools the body, promotes urination, relieves discomfort in chest area, cools the blood, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Improving sleep quality, treating short urination (strong yellowish color)

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: It is safer to consume dried long yellow daylily

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution

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Water Spinach

water spinach

Water Spinach

water spinach

Chinese Name: 空心菜

Thermal Nature: Cold

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Stomach, intestine

Properties: Cools the body, promotes urination, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Treating nose bleed, blood in stools and urine due to heat in blood

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 120g

Dietary Caution: People with weak stomach and spleen (loose stools) should avoid consuming water spinach

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution

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Cabbage

cabbage

Cabbage

cabbage

Chinese Name: 甘蓝， 包菜

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach

Properties: Cools heat and removes phlegm, dissolves clots and relieves pain

Best Use For: Treating jaundice (dampness and heat body constitution), relieving stiff joints

Serving Per Day For One Person: 200 to 300g

Dietary Caution: None

Suitable For: All types of body constitution

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Water Celery

water celery

Water Celery

water celery

Chinese Name: 水芹

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet, pungent

Organ Meridian: Lung, liver, bladder

Properties: Cools the body, helps with detoxification, promotes urination, stops bleeding

Best Use For: Treating heat-type flu, difficulty in urination, blood in urination

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: People who have weak stomach and spleen (loose stools) should avoid consuming raw water celery juice

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution

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Celery

celery

Celery

celery

Chinese Name: 旱芹

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet, pungent, bitter (slight)

Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach, lung

Properties: Harmonizes the liver, cools the body, expels wind, promotes urination, stops bleeding, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving dizziness (due to heaty liver), headache due to wind and heat, pain during urination

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools (most of the time) should avoid consuming celery

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution

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Carrot

carrot

Carrot

carrot

Chinese Name: 胡萝卜

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet, pungent

Organ Meridian: Spleen, liver, lung

Properties: Strengthens spleen, nourishes liver and brightens eyes, relieves cough by dissolving phlegm

Best Use For: Treating weak spleen and poor appetite accompanied with poor overall energy, treating poor vision and long term coughing

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 120g

Dietary Caution: Some people may observe that their skin becomes more yellowish after consuming carrots for some time. If this persists, stop eating carrots for 2 to 3 months and the symptoms will go away.

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution, Phlegm and dampness body constitution

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