Flavor: Sweet

Luffa

Luffa

Luffa

Luffa

Chinese Name: 丝瓜

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Lung, liver, stomach, large intestine

Properties: Cools the body, clears phlegm, cools the blood, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Removing heatiness in the body, clearing of phlegm, treating heat-type cough, relieving water retention

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 120g

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools and weak kidney should avoid consuming luffa

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

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Winter Melon

winter melon

Winter Melon

winter melon

Chinese Name: 冬瓜

Thermal Nature: Cold (slight)

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Lung, large intestine, small intestine, bladder

Properties: Promotes urination, cools body, dissolves phlegm, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving water retention, dissolving phlegm, excellent for cooling summer heat in the body, removing poison caused by consumption of fish or wine

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 120g

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools should limit consumption of winter melon

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

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Beancurd

bean curd

Beancurd

bean curd

Also Known As: Tofu

Chinese Name: 豆腐

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach, large intestine

Properties: Cools the body and helps with detoxification, increases fluid production in body and promotes energy

Best Use For: Relieving swollen eye area and cough (heaty-type)

Dietary Caution: People with gout should avoid eating beancurd as it contains purine

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

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Cowpea

cowpea

Cowpea

cowpea

Chinese Name: 豇 豆 (jiang dou)

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet, salty

Organ Meridian: Spleen, kidney

Properties: Strengthen spleen, remove excessive liquids from spleen, strengthen kidney

Best Use For: Weakness in spleen and kidney, recommended for people who experience frequent urination and lower back pain

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: People who have hard stools should avoid consuming cowpea

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

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Broad Bean

broad beans

Broad Bean

broad beans

Chinese Name: 蚕豆

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet, pungent (slight)

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach

Properties: Strengthen spleen, encourage urination, detoxify and relieve swelling

Best Use For: Relieving water retention and detoxification purposes

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: As some people may have allergy to broad beans, start with a smaller quantity when consuming it for the first time. Overconsumption can lead to bloated stomach. 

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Phlegm and dampness 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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White Lentils

white lentils

White Lentils

white lentils

Chinese Name: 白扁豆，眉豆

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach

Properties: Strengthen spleen, remove excess liquids in body, reduce heatiness

Best Use For: Removing excess liquids in spleen, recommended for people with loose stools 

Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 15g

Dietary Caution: Avoid overconsumption of white lentils as it will hurt the spleen. For spleen strengthening, white lentils should be pan fried before consumption.

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

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Mung Bean

mung beans

Mung Bean

mung beans

Chinese Name: 绿豆

Thermal Nature: Cold

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Heart, liver, stomach

Properties: Cools the body, encourage urination and helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving heatiness in body, highly suitable for treating heat-type flu and headaches or eye swollen/pain

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g (Up to 120g for heavier dosage)

Special Note: The outer skin of mung beans is the part that contains all the detoxing properties; do not remove the skin if you are consuming mung beans for detox purposes.

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

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Red Bean

red bean

Red Bean

red bean

Chinese Name: 赤小豆

Thermal Nature: Cold (Slight)

Flavor: Sweet, sour

Organ Meridian: Heart, small intestine, spleen

Properties: Encourages urination, relieves water retention, cools the body and helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Treating water retention (especially lower part of the body)

Serving Per Day For One Person: 10 to 30g

Dietary Caution: People with Yin deficiency should avoid consuming red beans 

Special Note: There are two sizes of red beans in the market. The one that is mentioned here is the smaller, rounder type.

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

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Black Bean

black beans

Black Bean

black beans

Chinese Name: 黑豆

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, kidney

Properties: Promote blood flow and urination, expel wind and detoxify the body, strengthen spleen and kidney

Best Use For: Relieving difficulty in urination, relieving back pain and weak kidneys, recommended for people with blood clots

Serving Per Day For One Person: 9 to 30g

Dietary Caution: Children and people with weak spleen and bloated stomach should limit consumption of black beans

Special Note: In traditional chinese medicine, black beans (together with licorice) are used to treat poisoning caused by the wrong consumption of herbs.

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Phlegm and dampness body constitution, Blood stasis body constitution, Yang deficiency body constitution

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