Chinese Name: 香蕉
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach, large intestine
Properties: Cools the body, helps with detoxification, moisturizes the lungs and intestines
Best Use For: Relieving constipation and heat-dry cough
Serving Per Day For One Person: 1 to 4 pieces
Dietary Caution: People with water retention and kidney related illnesses should avoid consuming bananas
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 青梅
Thermal Nature: Neutral
Flavor: Sour
Organ Meridian: Lung, stomach, large intestine
Properties: Promotes production of body fluids, smoothens the throat, relieves diarrhea
Best Use For: Relieving sore throat, quenching thirst
Serving Per Day For One Person: 6 to 9g
Dietary Caution: People with gastric pain and acid reflux should avoid consuming greengages
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 无花果
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Lung, stomach, large intestine
Properties: Strengthens spleen, clears intestine, helps with detoxification, relieves swelling
Best Use For: Treating swollen throat and dry-type cough, improving appetite, relieving constipation due to intestine heatiness
Serving Per Day For One Person: 9 to 15g
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 柿子
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Heart, lung, large intestine
Properties: Cools the body, moisturizes the lungs, quenches thirst
Best Use For: Treating cough (heat-type coughs or coughs with blood)
Serving Per Day For One Person: 100 to 200g
Dietary Caution: People with weak spleen and stomach should avoid consuming persimmon
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Special Note: Persimmon is also available in dried fruit form (as shown in the picture below). Dried persimmon has spleen-strengthening properties and helps to stop bleeding (internal and external).
Chinese Name: 桃
Thermal Nature: Warm
Flavor: Sweet, sour
Organ Meridian: Lung, large intestine
Properties: Moisturizes intestines, promotes blood flow and strengthens blood and energy
Best Use For: Relieving constipation (due to insufficient fluids in intestines), good for people who are Qi-deficient and have excessive sweating
Dietary Caution: Not suitable to be consumed in the long term as it will create inner heat in the body
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Qi deficiency body constitution, Blood stasis body constitution
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
Chinese Name: 蘑菇
Thermal Nature: Neutral
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Intestine, stomach, lung
Properties: Strengthen spleen and improve appetite, balance liver and improve alertness
Best Use For: Relieving indigestion, boosting breast milk supply, relieving insomnia
Serving Per Day For One Person: 150 to 180g
Dietary Caution: People with low energy should avoid consuming button mushroom
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 蕨菜
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach, large intestine
Properties: Cools the body, relieves dampness, dissolves phlegm, stops bleeding
Best Use For: Treating heat-type flu, relieving cough with blood
Serving Per Day For One Person: 9 to 15g
Dietary Caution: Not recommended for long term consumption. Do not consume raw.
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 马齿苋
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sour
Organ Meridian: Large intestine, liver
Properties: Cools body heat and blood
Best Use For: Detoxing and reducing heatiness in the body, promoting urination
Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g
Dietary Caution: Pregnant women and people with weak stomach and spleen should avoid consuming purslane
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 竹笋
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Stomach, large intestine
Properties: Dissolves phlegm, relieves bloating
Best Use For: Relieving stomach bloating due to overeating
Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g
Dietary Caution: People with weak stomach and spleen should avoid consuming bamboo shoots
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Phlegm and dampness body constitution