Body Constitution: Yin Deficiency

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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Wolfberry Leaves

wolfberry leaves

Wolfberry Leaves

wolfberry leaves

Chinese Name: 枸杞叶

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet, bitter

Organ Meridian: Liver, spleen, kidney

Properties: Promotes vitality, improves eye health

Best Use For: Relieving general tiredness and heatiness, relieving swelling and pain in eye area

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 240g

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

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution

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Asparagus

asparagus

Asparagus

asparagus

Chinese Name: 芦笋

Thermal Nature: Cold

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Lung

Properties: Cools the body, promotes urination

Best Use For: Relieving thirst due to heat-type diseases, reliving difficulty in urination

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

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

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency 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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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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Lily Bulb

lily bulb

Lily Bulb

lily bulb

Chinese Name: 百合

Thermal Nature: Cold (slight)

Flavor: Sweet, bitter (slight)

Organ Meridian: Heart, lung

Properties: Nourishes the lungs, calms the mind, improves sleep quality

Best Use For: Treating coughing (due to Yin deficiency), treating blood in phlegm, improving sleep quality and reducing the frequency of dreaming

Serving Per Day For One Person: 6 to 12g

Dietary Caution: People who have cold-type cough and people with loose stools should avoid consuming lily bulb

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution

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Pea

peas

Pea

peas

Chinese Name: 豌豆

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach

Properties: Relieve vomiting, increase breast milk supply, help with detoxification  

Best Use For: Treating vomiting, increasing breast milk supply, treating water retention

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 125g

Dietary Caution: None

Suitable For: All types of body constitution

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Chinese Yam

chinese yam

Chinese Yam

chinese yam

Chinese Name: 山药, 淮山

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, lung, kidney

Properties: Strengthens spleen and lungs, protects kidneys

Best Use For: Treating weakening of spleen and loose stools, cough due to weakness in lungs, frequent urination due to weakness in kidneys

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: Do not consume chinese yam if you have flu or fever symptoms

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Qi deficiency body constitution,  Yin deficiency body constitution, Yang deficiency body constitution

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Millet

millet

Millet

millet

Chinese Name: 小米

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet, salty

Organ meridian: Spleen, stomach, kidney

Properties: Cools the body, strengthens kidney and helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving stomach upset and vomiting, relieving bloated stomach, replenishing fluids in stomach and spleen hence reducing heatiness in both organs

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: Avoid eating millet with almonds as it may cause vomiting and diarrhea for some people

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

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Wheat

wheat

Wheat

wheat

Chinese Name: 小麦

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Heart, spleen, kidney

Properties: Relieve thirst, cool the body and mind, moisturize organs

Best Use For: Treating heatiness in body and heart (mind), stopping external bleeding

Serving Per Day For One Person: 50 to 100g

Dietary Caution: Make sure to consume wheat in moderation as overconsumption will lead to obstruction in energy movement in our body

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution

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