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Deciphering Yin and Yang Foods
Yin-Yang Theory
If something is hot, cool it. If something is cold, warm it. Supplementing the opposite restores balance.
Yin Foods = Cold/Cool
Temperature and Nature: Yin foods have physical and energetic qualities such as cooling, moistening, downbearing, soothing/calming. Cold foods cool internal heat conditions while cool foods supplement body fluids and slow down the movement of qi.
Common Yin Foods
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Beverages: Dairy Products: Herbs and Spices: Grains and Legumes: |
Fruits and Veggies: Meats and Fish: |
Yang Foods = Hot/Warm
Temperature and Nature: Yang foods have characteristics opposite of yin foods—yang foods are hot or warm. Hot foods are activating (speed up qi), moving and dispersing energy upwards and outwards. Warm foods are energetically less activating than hot foods and strengthen and tonify the body and the digestive system
Common Yang Foods
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Beverages: Dairy Products: Herbs and Spices: Seeds and Nuts: Grains and Legumes: |
Fruits and Veggies: Meats and Fish: |
Energetically Neutral Foods = Neutral Temperature
Neutral Foods build up qi and body fluids and stabilize and harmonize the body.
Neutral Foods Include: Honey, cow’s milk, cheese, carp, duck, chicken egg, goose, pork, carrot, cauliflower, grape, fig, plum, potato, corn, lentil, millet, peas, rice spelt and hazelnut.