Traditional Chinese Medicine Food Therapy

I'm back! After taking a long break, I finally set some time aside for posting health related tips and pointers for all the natural healing fans!


Throughout my practice, I got questions from my patients from time to time. The most popular questions are all about food, especially TCM Food Therapy. Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners categorize all food in 5 main characters.

NEUTRAL
Black Bean
Soya Bean
Green Bean
Carrot
Cauliflower
Spinach
Cherry
Chicken
Egg
Peach
Plum
Apple
Orange
Pumpkin
Tomato
Sweet Potato
Raisin
Rice
Milk
Cheese


COLD
Banana
Pear
Cabbage
Kelp
Hawthorn
Peppermint
Cucumber
Tofu
Shrimp


COOL
Barley
Coconut
Grapes
Watermelon
Corn
Eggplant
Duck
Eel
Oyster


HOT
Chilli
Chocolate
Clove
Coffee
Curry
Mustard
Onion
Black Pepper
Roasted Peanut
Lichee
Mango
Passion Fruit
Liquor


WARM
Aniseed
Leek
Garlic
Ginger
Chive
Coriander
Shallot
Tangerine
Potato
Chestnut
Walnut
Wine
Turkey
Beef