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: 枇杷
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet, sour
Organ Meridian: Lung, spleen
Properties: Dissolves phlegm, stops vomiting
Best Use For: Treating heat-type cough, strengthening stomach, relieving dry mouth due to heaty stomach
Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g
Dietary Caution: Avoid overconsumption of loquat
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 杏子
Thermal Nature: Warm
Flavor: Sweet, sour
Organ Meridian: Lung, heart
Properties: Moisturizes lungs, quenches thirst
Best Use For: Treating dry-type cough and lack of body fluids
Serving Per Day For One Person: 6 to 12g
Dietary Caution: Avoid overconsumption of apricot
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
Chinese Name: 梨
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet, sour (slight)
Organ Meridian: Lung, stomach, heart
Properties: Cools the body, moisturizes lungs and dissolves phlegm
Best Use For: Recovery after heat-related illness, relieving indigestion and constipation
Serving Per Day For One Person: 100 to 200g
Dietary Caution: People with weak stomach and spleen (loose stools) should avoid consuming pear
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution
Chinese Name: 银耳
Thermal Nature: Neutral
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Lung, stomach
Properties: Moisturize lungs and stomach, nourish the body and promote Yin
Best Use For: Treating dry/heat type cough, cough with blood, lack of Yin (gets thirsty easily)
Serving Per Day For One Person: 3 to 10g
Dietary Caution: People with cold-type cough should avoid consuming white fungus
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency 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: 芦笋
Thermal Nature: Cold
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Lung
Properties: Cools the body, promotes urination
Best Use For: Relieving thirst due to heat-type diseases, reliving difficulty in urination
Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g
Dietary Caution: People with weak stomach and spleen (loose stools) should avoid consuming asparagus
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution