Shepherd’s Purse

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

Purslane

Purslane

purslane

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 

Coriander

Coriander

coriander

Also Known As: Parsley

Chinese Name: 芫荽

Thermal Nature: Warm

Flavor: Pungent

Organ Meridian: Lung, spleen, liver

Properties: Expels coldness in body, relieves pain, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving cold-type flu, overeating and stomach bloating 

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: People who have heat-type flu should avoid consuming coriander

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution

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

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

Chives

Chives

chives

Chinese Name: 韭菜

Thermal Nature: Warm

Flavor: Pungent

Organ Meridian: Kidney, stomach, lung, liver

Properties: Strengthens kidneys, warms the body, encourages Qi flow, disperses clots

Best Use For: Strengthening kidneys, relieving stomach pain (due to coldness in stomach)

Serving Per Day For One Person: 60 to 120g

Dietary Caution: People with Yin deficiency body constitution and people with eye diseases should avoid consuming chives

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

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

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

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