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45 Cards in this Set
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what are the 5 natures of food?
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energetic thermal
five flavors actions meriditan propensity seasonality |
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what are the functions of hot foods?
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increase yang
speed up qi warm organs disperse eliminate cold |
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what are 5 examples of hot foods?
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lamb
horseradish curry cinnamon bark garlic ginger |
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what are the functions of warm foods?
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strengthen yang and qi
warm the body |
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what are two warm foods?
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leek
cheese |
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what is the function of neutral fodos?
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build qi and body fluids
stabilize and harmonize the body |
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what are 4 neutral foods?
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raw eggs
carrots pork honey |
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what do cool foods do?
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slow down qi
clear heat |
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what are some cool foods?
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cucumber
wheat |
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what are the function of cold foods?
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create cold
cool internal heat calm shen |
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what are some cold foods?
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mint
shrimp |
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what are some cooling methods to cooking?
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blanching
steaming salting boiling |
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what are some warming methods?
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grilling
frying smoking roasting baking |
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what are the three yin flavors?
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sour
bitter salty |
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what are the two yang flavors?
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pungent/acrid
sweet |
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what is the action of sour foods?
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gather
contract absorb astringe |
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what can you use sour foods to treat?
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diarrhea
enuresis incontinence spermatorrhea |
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what is an example of a sour food?
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adzuki beans
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what are the functions of bitter foods?
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descend
clear heat dry fluids drain damp disperse |
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what can bitter foods treat?
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descend the bowels
dampness and edema |
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what can excessive bitter foods do?
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damage spleen qi
cause excess stomach qi dry skin/thinning hair |
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what are examples of bitter foods?
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rhubarb
beer plantains rosemary |
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what is the function of sweet foods?
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tonify
warm strengthen stablize middle jaio relax the body stop pain |
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what can excessive sweet foods do?
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disturb heart and kidney qi
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examples of sweet foods?
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green peas
pork |
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what do pungent/acrid foods do?
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release exogenous factors
open the pores move qi and circulate blood loose stagnation |
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what are pungent/acrid foods?
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cayenne
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what are the functions of salty foods?
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soften lumps
import herbs to KD and blood improves digestion detoxes the body |
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what are some salty foods?
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miso
caviar |
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what are three yin foods?
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watermelon (xi gua)
corn (promotes urine) rhubarb (da huang, moves stools and drains damp heat) |
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what are three yang foods?
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ginger (sheng jiang)
garlic pepper bo he ju hua (clears eyes) |
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what are 2 foods that quell fire?
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banana
tea |
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what are 3 foods that cool blood?
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celery
eggplant black mushroom |
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what are 3 foods that moisten?
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tomato
tofu watermelon |
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what are 2 foods for fire poison?
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cucumber
mung beans |
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what are SP/ST foods?
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shan za
radish ji nei jin mai ya |
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what are MJ foods?
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pumpkin
da zao chestnut shan yao sweet rice |
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what two foods tonify spleen and transform damp?
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green beans
yi yi ren |
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what are foods that tonify qi?
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potato
chicken rice bass goose sweet potato oats sunflower seeds |
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what are foods that regulate the blood?
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peach
crab |
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what are good foods for blood stasis?
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vinegar
alcohol |
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what are foods that stop bleeding?
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lotus root
lily flower celery |
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what are foods that tonify blood?
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carrot
beef peanuts grapes longan ru gou qi zi cherry |
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what are foods that tonify yin?
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bai mu er
chinese cabbage cows milk chicken egg egg whites duck eel turtle black sesame |
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what foods are good for building yang?
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walnut
leek mutton deer goats milk |
