Organ Meridian: Liver

Celery

celery

Celery

celery

Chinese Name: 旱芹

Thermal Nature: Cooling

Flavor: Sweet, pungent, bitter (slight)

Organ Meridian: Liver, stomach, lung

Properties: Harmonizes the liver, cools the body, expels wind, promotes urination, stops bleeding, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Relieving dizziness (due to heaty liver), headache due to wind and heat, pain during urination

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g

Dietary Caution: People with loose stools (most of the time) should avoid consuming celery

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

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Shan Ci Mushroom

shan ci mushroom

Shan Ci Mushroom

shan ci mushroom

Chinese Name: 山慈菇

Thermal Nature: Cold (slight)

Flavor: Sweet, bitter (slight), pungent (slight)

Organ Meridian: Spleen, lung, liver, bladder

Properties: Promotes blood flow, disperses clots, helps with detoxification

Best Use For: Treating people with blood clots in the body, treating bites by poisonous snakes

Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g

Dietary Caution: Pregnant women should avoid consuming shan ci mushroom

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Blood stasis body constitution

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Lotus Root

lotus root

Lotus Root

lotus root

Chinese Name: 莲藕

Thermal Nature: Cold

Flavor: Sweet

Organ Meridian: Heart, liver, spleen, stomach

Properties: Cools the body and blood, disperses clots, stops bleeding

Best Use For: Treating heat-type illnesses, recommended for people with blood stasis body constitution

Dietary Caution: Do not cook lotus root using cast iron wok. As lotus root is cold in thermal nature, people with weak spleen should avoid consuming it. 

Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Blood stasis body constitution

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Carrot

carrot

Carrot

carrot

Chinese Name: 胡萝卜

Thermal Nature: Neutral

Flavor: Sweet, pungent

Organ Meridian: Spleen, liver, lung

Properties: Strengthens spleen, nourishes liver and brightens eyes, relieves cough by dissolving phlegm

Best Use For: Treating weak spleen and poor appetite accompanied with poor overall energy, treating poor vision and long term coughing

Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 120g

Dietary Caution: Some people may observe that their skin becomes more yellowish after consuming carrots for some time. If this persists, stop eating carrots for 2 to 3 months and the symptoms will go away.

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

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Tomato

tomato

Tomato

tomato

Chinese Name: 番茄

Thermal Nature: Cold (Slight)

Flavor: Sweet, sour

Organ Meridian: Liver, spleen, stomach

Properties: Quenches thirst, strengthens spleen, aids digestion

Best Use For: Improving appetite, relieving thirst

Dietary Caution: People with weak stomach and spleen should avoid consuming tomatoes

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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Mung Bean

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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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