Friday, April 30, 2010

Nature of Food

For the food cold in nature, you can mix it with warm or hot food or spices to make it balanced.

COLD


COOL

WARM

HOT

VEGETABLES:
Asparagus
Bean Sprouts
Bok Choy
Califlower
Celery
Chinese Cabbage
Chrysanthemum flower
Cucumber
Dandelion leaf
Eggplant
Seaweed
Turnip
Water chestnuts
White mushroom
White peony root
Zucchini
FRUITS:
Banana
Blueberry
Cantaloupe
Cranberry
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Lemon
Mango
Mulberry
Persimmon
Plum
Pineapple
Rhubarb
Tangerine
Tomato
Watermelon
SPICES
Salt
White pepper.
MISC:
Soy sauce
Sugar cane
Tofu

VEGETABLES:
Alfalfa sprouts Artichoke
Bamboo shoots
Bitter Gourd
Button mushroom
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cooked Lettuce
Cooked Onion
Corn
Daikon radish
Endive lettuce
Lotus root
Mushrooms
Potato
Romaine
Snow Pea
Soybean Sprouts
Spinach
Swiss chard
Tomato
FRUITS:
Apple
Avocado
Black currant
Cherries
Fig
Lemon
Oranges
Pear
Prunes
Strawberries
Tangerine
GRAINS
Amaranth
Barley
Buckwheat
Millet
Wheat
Wild rice
SEEDS
Lima beans
Mung bean
Soybean

VEGETABLES
Bell pepper
Chive
Cooked Tomato
Fennel
Green bean
Green Pepper
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leek
Mustard green
Onion
Oyster mushroom.
Parsley
Parsnip
Pumpkin
Scallions
Squash
Sweet potato
Watercress
FRUITS
Blackberry
Coconut
Dates
Grapes
Hawthorn fruit
Kumquat
Litchi
Longan
Nectarines
Pomegranates
Quince
Raspberry
GRAINS
Oats
Quinoa
Safflower
Sweet/glutinous rice
SEEDS
Black bean
Chestnut
Lotus seed
Pine nut
Walnut
SPICES
Anise
Basil
Bay leaf
Caraway
Carob
Clove
Coriander (also known as Chinese parsley or Pak Chee, in Thai.)
Cumin
Dill seed
Fennel
Fenugreek
Fresh ginger
Jasmine

Nutmeg
Oregano
Rosemary
Sage
Spearmint
Thyme
SWEETENERS
Brown sugar
Malt sugar
Molasses
Sorghum
MISC
Black tea
Coffee
Plum vinegar
Rice vinegar
Wine
Vinegar

VEGETABLES
Garlic
Green onion
Raw onions
Red pepper
SPICES
Black pepper
Cayenne pepper
Chili pepper
Horseradish/wasabi
Mustard
MISC
Chocolate
Cocoa





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