1. List of Cooling Foods and Beverages1. Grains: Xigu (Job’s Tears), Yiyang (Coix Seed), Barley, Buckwheat, Wheat (Whole Wheat Flour)【Ping Liang】2. Legumes: Mung Beans, Horse Beans, Soybeans3. Soy Products: Soy Milk, Tofu Skin, Tofu Pudding, Dried Tofu, Tofu Residue, Tofu4. Vegetables: Celery, Water Bamboo, Amaranth, Cauliflower, Malan Head, Spinach, Asparagus, Lettuce, Gourd, Goji Head, Bamboo Shoots, Green Asparagus, Eggplant, Tomato, Lettuce, White Radish (Raw), Loofah, Cucumber, Zucchini, Winter Melon, Kelp, Watermelon Rind, Daylily, Burdock, Bean Yam, Dutch Parsley, Sweet Potato Leaves, Black Seaweed, Sweet Potato Vines, Honeywort, Broccoli, Rapeseed, Fragrant Tea Vegetable, Kudzu Flower, Mountain Mustard, Wind Flower, Thistle, Wild Amaranth, Thousand Cuisines, Reed Shoots, Ming Dong Shen, Buddha’s Hand Melon, Plantago, Sour Soup Vegetable, Pig Hair Vegetable, Enoki Mushroom, Partridge Vegetable5. Eggs: Duck Eggs6. Meats: Duck Meat, Frog Meat, Rabbit Meat, Cormorant Meat7. Fruits: Pear, Thorn Pear, Loquat, Orange, Wax Apple, Mangosteen, Strawberry, Mango, Apple, Tangerine, Pomelo, Dragon Fruit, Sour Jujube, Emblic, Mountain Pear, August Melon, Junqianzi8. Dried Fruits: Water Chestnut, Luo Han Guo9. Beverages: Coconut Milk, Mare’s Milk, Green Tea, Chrysanthemum Tea, Honeysuckle Tea, Cotton Flower, Sophora Tea, Hibiscus Tea, Lily Flower Tea, Rose Tea, Robusta Tea, Camellia Tea, Mountain Tea, Hops Tea, Marigold Tea, Honey Flower Tea10. Chinese Herbs: Pang Da Hai (Sterculia), Jue Ming Zi (Cassia Seed), Bo He (Mint), Ji Guo Hua (Cockscomb Flower), Jin Qian Cao (Lysimachia), Di Huang (Rehmannia), Bai Shao (White Peony), Sha Shen (Glehnia), Yi Mu Cao (Leonurus), Xi Yang Shen (American Ginseng), Dong Gua Zi (Winter Melon Seed)
2. List of Cold Foods1. Condiments: Table Salt, Wheat Paste, Soy Sauce, White Alum2. Vegetables: Lotus Root (Raw), Purslane, Water Shield, Fish Mint, Aloe Vera, Kelp, Vegetable Gourd, Nori, Straw Mushroom, Yellow Bean Sprouts, Mung Bean Sprouts, Bitter Melon (Raw), Cactus, Jiang Ling, Water Spinach, Vermicelli, Stone Flower, Fern, Fern Root Powder, Elm Money, Loofah, Yellow Cabbage, Sleeping Vegetable, Earth Ear, Pig’s Hair, Wild Cabbage, Vetch, Bitter Vegetable, Sunflower Vegetable, Bamboo Leaf Vegetable, Plantain, Wild Chives, Sorrel, Earth Skin Sprout, Fermented Tofu, Dandelion, Dried Seaweed, Water Chestnut, Sesame Leaf, Ramie Head, Pig Tooth Vegetable, Sheep’s Tongue Vegetable, Water Spinach, Hair Vegetable, Wood Ear Vegetable, Cigu3. Eggs: Century Egg4. Meats: Clams, Tortoise, Octopus, Crab, Sea Powder, Clam, Cockle, Field Snail, Razor Clam, Mud Snail, Oyster, Snail, Otter Meat, Snail, Duck Blood, Horse Meat5. Fruits: Banana, Persimmon, Hami Melon, Watermelon, Pomelo, Starfruit, Mulberry, Sweet Melon, Golden Silk Gourd, Pear, Kiwi, Sugarcane6. Dried Fruits: Dried Persimmon7. Beverages: Gold Lotus Flower Tea, Wood Butterfly Tea, Ginseng Leaf Tea, Trumpet Flower Tea, Senna Leaf Tea, Bitter Tea, Gynostemma Tea, Yellow Bud Tea, Bamboo Leaf Tea, Gardenia Flower Tea8. Chinese Herbs: Mai Men Dong (Ophiopogon), Pearl, Gardenia, Dendrobium, Bai Mao Gen (Imperata), Lu Gen (Reed), Xia Ku Cao (Selfheal), Tian Men Dong (Asparagus), Da Huang (Rhubarb), Chai Hu (Bupleurum), Ling Yang Jiao (Antelope Horn), Huang Bai (Phellodendron), Xi Niu Jiao (Rhinoceros Horn), Seaweed, Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seed), Xuan Huang Lian (Coptis), Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia), Mu Dan Pi (Moutan), Gan Cao (Licorice), Gan Ge (Pueraria)3. List of Neutral Foods and Beverages1. Grains: Rice, Corn, Oats, Qinhai (Barley), Rice Bran, Crispy Rice, Black Rice, White Sesame, Black Sesame2. Legumes: Peas, Red Beans, Cowpeas, Black Beans, Soybeans, Edamame, Lentils, Fava Beans, Fermented Soybean Condiments: White Sugar, Rock Sugar, MSG3. Vegetables: Green Vegetables, Chinese Cabbage, Cabbage, Tong Ho, Golden Flower Vegetable, Papaya, Turnip, Bean Pod, Bean Flower, Green Beans, Yuan Xiu Cai, Watercress, Potato, Carrot, Long Cowpea, Yam, Water Lily Vegetable, Gourd, Taro, Jerusalem Artichoke, Bitter Melon (Cooked), Stone Ear, Shiitake Mushroom, Tremella, Bamboo Fungus, Black Fungus, Pleurotus eryngii, Chicken Leg Mushroom, Sea Cabbage, Horse Mushroom, Lion’s Mane Mushroom, Lily, Fern, Qingming Vegetable, Wei Ling Cai, Fei Cai, Pine Mushroom, Button Mushroom, Hami Melon, Red Amaranth, Watercress, Mulberry, White Lotus, Chicken Eye Vegetable, Baijiao, Lang Ye Cai, Mao Mei4. Eggs: Chicken Eggs, Pigeon Eggs, Quail Eggs5. Meats: Pork, Donkey Meat, Black Bone Chicken, Chicken Blood, Wild Boar Meat, Quail Meat, Pigeon Meat, Goose Meat, Wild Goose Meat, Carp, Green Fish, Yellow Flower Fish, Bass, White Fish, Carp, Squid Fish, Shark Fish, Silver Fish, Shad Fish, Mullet, Sea Cucumber, Yellow Catfish, Abalone, Silver Carp, Sardine, Loach, Tuna, Salmon, Fish Maw, Dried Scallop6. Fruits: Coconut Meat, Fig, Flower Red, Plum, Pineapple, Jackfruit, Grape, Hovenia Dulcis, Passion Fruit, Olive, Sea Red, Yuli Ren, Hawthorn, Blueberry, Cherimoya, Kiwifruit, Kumquat, Peach7. Dried Fruits: Sunflower Seeds, Hazelnuts, Ginkgo, Pine Nuts, Euryale, Cashews, Lotus Seeds, Paulownia Seeds, Chestnuts, Cone Chestnuts, Nutmeg, Pumpkin Seeds, Peanuts, Watermelon Seeds, Jujube, Bodhi Seeds, Cypress Seeds, Almonds8. Beverages: Milk, Yogurt, Breast Milk, Cream, Honey, Royal Jelly, Red Clover Tea, Perilla Tea, Green Plum Tea, He Huan Flower Tea, Peach Blossom Tea, Lotus Stamen Tea, Soy Milk9. Chinese Herbs: Goji Berries, Tian Ma (Gastrodia), Lotus Leaf, Bai Fu Ling (Poria), Chi Fu Ling (Red Poria), Gan Cao (Licorice), Suan Zao Ren (Sour Jujube Seed), Bird’s Nest, Ling Zhi (Reishi), Bee Propolis, E Jiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Inner Gold), Yuli Ren (Yuan Zhi), Lian Qiao (Forsythia), Shi Nan Ye (Polygala), Tao Ren (Peach Kernel), Zao Jiao (Soapberry), Yin Chen (Virgate Wormwood)4. List of Warming Foods and Beverages1. Grains: Glutinous Rice, Purple Rice, Xigu (Job’s Tears), Sorghum, Grain Sprouts2. Condiments: Scallions, Ginger, Dried Ginger, Garlic, Mustard, Sichuan Pepper, Cumin, Dill, Sand Ginger, Fennel, Star Anise, Brown Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Vinegar, Fragrant Flower Vegetable, Grass Fruit, Green Onion, Small Garlic, Cooking Wine, Stone Salt3. Vegetables: White Radish (Cooked), Leeks, Lotus Root (Cooked), Garlic Sprouts, Green Garlic, Onion, Snow Red, Fennel Seedlings, Chinese Toon, Cilantro, Pumpkin, Basil, Fragrant Jinge Vegetable, Earth Bamboo, Sweet Potato, Fragrant Herb, Jinge, Konjac, Garlic Chives, Sword Bean4. Eggs: Goose Eggs, Sparrow Eggs5. Meats: Lamb, Lamb Bones, Lamb Marrow, Beef, Beef Marrow, Jinhua Ham, Camel Meat, Bear Paw, Sparrow Meat, Partridge Meat, Roe Deer Meat, Pheasant Meat, Eel, Hairtail, Carp, River Shrimp, Sea Shrimp, Silver Carp, Mullet, Catfish, Puffer Fish, Humpback Fish, Sea Cucumber, Trout, Sea Star, Catfish, Seahorse, Loach, Chicken, Dog Meat, Venison6. Fruits: Kumquat, Guava, Papaya, Pomegranate, Jujube, Yellow Skin Fruit, Soro Fruit, Lemon, Apricot, Lychee, Bergamot, Bayberry, Longan, Rambutan, Hawthorn, Blueberry, Cherimoya, Kumquat, Peach7. Dried Fruits: Orange Cake, Chestnuts, Pistachios, Sea Pine Nuts, Sea Dates, Betel Nut, Acorn, Walnuts8. Beverages: White Wine, Beer, Red Wine, Yellow Wine, Coffee, Goat Milk, Jasmine Tea, Rose Tea, Moonlight Tea, Osmanthus Tea, White Orchid Tea, Magnolia Flower Tea, Rhododendron Tea, Marigold Tea, Rosemary Tea, Thyme Tea, Magnolia Flower Tea, Lavender Tea, Lotus Flower Tea, Wisteria Flower Tea, Snow Lotus Flower Tea, Peppermint Tea, Black Tea9. Chinese Herbs: Zi He Che (Cordyceps), Pine Pollen, Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra), Rou Cong Rong (Cistanche), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum), Ju Zi He (Tangerine Seed), Hong Hua (Safflower), Zang Hong Hua (Safflower), Mu Xiang (Aucklandia), Dang Gui (Angelica), Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus), He Shou Wu (Fo-Ti), Zi Su (Perilla), Wu Zhu Yu (Evodia), Ju Pi (Tangerine Peel), Wu Jia Pi (Acanthopanax), Dou Kou (Cardamom), Ding Xiang (Clove), Huang Qi (Astragalus), Dong Chong Xia Cao (Cordyceps), Bai Zhu (Atractylodes), Jiang Huang (Turmeric), Hu Lu Ba (Trigonella), Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg), Gao Liang Jiang (Galanga), Zhu Ye (Bamboo Leaf), Shi Zhu Yu (Wild Pepper), Shan Nai (Mountain Ginger), Bai Zhi (Angelica Dahurica), Ren Shen (Ginseng), Zhu Ye Jiao (Bamboo Leaf Pepper), Hong Dou Kou (Red Cardamom), Du Huo (Angelica), Hong Qu (Red Yeast Rice), Ai Ye (Mugwort)5. List of Hot Foods1. Condiments: Chili, Pepper, Qin Pepper, Cinnamon, Curry Powder2. Fruits: Cherry, Durian3. Chinese Herbs: Bi Bo (Pepper), Ma Huang (Ephedra), Lu Rong (Deer Antler), Wu Zei Gu (Cuttlefish Bone), Chen Xiang (Agarwood)
The above lists the cold and hot properties of common foods. It is important to pay attention to these when planning your diet—If you have a cold constitution, such as spleen and stomach deficiency with cold, consuming raw and cold foods may lead to diarrhea, or if you have a cold uterus, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and cold hands and feet, then the aforementioned cold foods should be avoided. Cooling foods can be consumed in moderation, but not excessively; conversely, warming foods can be consumed more liberally.If you have a hot constitution, consuming hot foods may lead to heat symptoms such as mouth sores and swollen gums, then the aforementioned hot foods should be avoided. Warming foods can be consumed in moderation, but not excessively; while cold and cooling foods can be consumed more liberally.Neutral foods can generally be consumed regardless of whether one has a cold or hot constitution.The foods listed here reflect their original cold and hot properties, but cooking can alter these properties. For example, cold foods like pears and oranges may become less cold when steamed, potentially becoming neutral or even warming, allowing those with a cold constitution to consume them in moderation, but not excessively. Conversely, some neutral foods may become warming or hot when fried or grilled, especially when combined with warming spices, making it easy for those with a hot constitution to experience heat symptoms, so they should be consumed sparingly.