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
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
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
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
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
Chinese Name: 黄瓜
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet
Organ Meridian: Spleen, stomach, lung
Properties: Cools the body, promotes urination, helps with detoxification
Best Use For: Treating heat-related illness, easing thirst, relieving water retention, treating low frequency of urination
Dietary Caution: People who have just recovered from illness should avoid consuming cucumber
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution
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,
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
Chinese Name: 小米
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet, salty
Organ meridian: Spleen, stomach, kidney
Properties: Cools the body, strengthens kidney and helps with detoxification
Best Use For: Relieving stomach upset and vomiting, relieving bloated stomach, replenishing fluids in stomach and spleen hence reducing heatiness in both organs
Serving Per Day For One Person: 15 to 30g
Dietary Caution: Avoid eating millet with almonds as it may cause vomiting and diarrhea for some people
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution
Chinese Name: 大麦
Thermal Nature: Cooling
Flavor: Sweet, salty
Organ Meridian: Spleen, kidney
Properties: Strengthen spleen and promote urination
Best Use For: Treating bloated stomach and difficulty in urination
Serving Per Day For One Person: 30 to 60g
Dietary Caution: People with cooling body constitution should avoid consuming barley. People who have loose stools should avoid it as well.
Special Note: Barley is different from chinese barley. Chinese barley has an additional effect that is beneficial for phlegm and dampness body constitution.
Suitable For: Balanced body constitution, Yin deficiency body constitution, Dampness and heat body constitution