Organ Meridian: Large intestine

Malabar Spinach

malabar spinach

Malabar Spinach

malabar spinach

Chinese Name: 木耳菜

Thermal Nature: Cold

Flavor: Sweet, sour

Organ Meridian: Heart, liver, spleen, large intestine, small intestine

Properties: Relieves constipation, cools the body, clears dampness, cools the blood, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving constipation, improving blood circulation for bruises

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: Pregnant women and people with coldness in stomach and spleen should avoid consuming malabar spinach

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Blood stasis 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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Spinach

spinach

Spinach

spinach

Chinese Name: 菠菜

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach, large intestine, small intestine

Properties: Nourishes the blood, stops bleeding, balances liver, moisturizes the body

Best Use For: Relieving headache, giddiness, pain in eye area due to liver heat

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools should limit consumption of spinach. People with kidney stones or inflammation must avoid consuming spinach. 

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution

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Bok Choy

bok choy

Bok Choy

bok choy

Chinese Name: 小白菜, 小油菜, 小青菜

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Lung, stomach, large intestine

Properties: Cools the body and encourages production of fluids, clears lungs and dissolves phlegm

Best Use For: Treating heat-type cough, relieving constipation and overeating

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

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution

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Amaranth

Amaranth

Amaranth

Amaranth

Chinese Name: 苋菜

Thermal Nature: Cold (Slight)

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Large intestine, small intestine

Properties: Cools the body and helps with detoxification, relieves constipation and difficulty in urination

Best Use For: Relieving constipation, promoting urination

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

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

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution

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Radish (Daikon)

radish

Radish

radish

Also Known As: Daikon

Chinese Name: 萝卜

Thermal Nature: Cooling (when it’s raw), neutral (when it’s thoroughly cooked)

Flavor: Sweet, pungent

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach, lung, large intestine

Properties: Aids digestion, dissolves phlegm, stops bleeding, promotes urination

Best Use For: Relieving indigestion, overeating, constipation, cough with phlegm 

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 100g

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

Special Note: There are myths claiming that radish clashes with all chinese medicine, but this is not true. Radish is not compatible only with chinese herbs that have energy-boosting effects such as ginseng.

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

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Eggplant

eggplant

Eggplant

eggplant

Chinese Name: 茄子

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach, large intestine

Properties: Cools the body, promotes blood flow, reduces swelling

Best Use For: Treating blood in stools, relieving ulcers due to heatiness

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: People with Yang deficiency body constitution and Qi deficiency body constitution should avoid consuming eggplant

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution

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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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