When consuming cooling foods, if you feel too cold and your body cannot tolerate it, you can pair them with some warming foods. For example, our health expert, Sun Li, when eating longan (桂圆, gui yuan), often pairs it with pears (梨, li) or lily bulbs (百合, bai he) to balance the heat, otherwise, it … Read more
Food Divided Into Four Natures Some people have a cold constitution, some have a hot constitution, and some have a damp constitution… Just like human “constitution”, in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), food has four different properties: cold, hot, warm, and cool, known as the “Four Qi” or “Four Natures”. Different constitutions require different types of … Read more
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 … Read more