Warming and cooling foods
Warming and cooling foods
If a Westler hears the term "cheerfulness" or "cheerfulness", he/she would probably ask what that is. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this is a common concept in connection with the balance of 'Yin' and 'Yang'. Most people, especially the Chinese in Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, are familiar with this term of Heaty (Yang) (in contrast to Cooling or Yin), since it is a Chinese form to express certain symptoms or sensations that are often associated with emotional or physical reactions, such as:
o feelings of irritability;
o short temperament;
o fever;
o constipation;
o Reduced face or cheeks;
o dark yellow urine;
o sore throat;
o nosebleed;
o outbreak of pimples and acne;
o rashes;
o ulcers in the mouth;
o digestive disorders.
Excessive "cold" energy in the body, on the other hand, means that we feel weak, lethargic, tired and restless.
The constitution of every person is influenced by congenital factors and the acquired lifestyle (e.g. nutrition, stress levels, movement and sleep intensity, living environment) and varies from person to person. In other words, different foods act on the human body in different ways and influence our health. The metabolism of the body, the function of the organs and the organ structure determine our susceptibility to this heat and cooling effect of food.
Examples of cooling and hot foods:
cool (yin) food:
Bambussprossen, banana, bitter pumpkin, venus mussel, crab, grapefruit, salad, kaki, salt, seatang, star fruit, sugar cane, water chestnut, watermelon, lotus root, cucumber, barley, tofu, chicken egg white, majoran, oyster, peppermint, rettish, Strawberry, mandarins and yogurt, broccoli, cauliflower, zuccini, corn, tomatoes, pineapple, turmeric.
neutral (balanced yin and yang) food:
corn, abalone, apricot, beef, beef, beetroot, black mushroom, carp, carp, celery, hen egg yellow, inkfish, duck, cowardly, honey, kidney bean, lotus fruit and seeds, milk, olive, oyster, papaya, pork, potato, pumpkin, radish leaf, red bean, plum Sunflower seeds, sweet rice, sweet potato, white mushroom, yellow soybean, Brussels sprouts, sugar pods, sweet potato, taro, dates, figs, raspberries, raisins, sage, rosemary, thyme, brown rice, apple.
hot (yang) food:
pepper, cinnamon bark, ginger, soybean oil, red and green pepper, chicken, apricot seed, brown sugar, cherry, chestnut, chill, cinnamon branch, spice clove, coconut, coffee, coriander (Chinese parsley), dattel, dill, eel, garlic, grapefruits, spring onions,, Guave, ham, leaf, leek, longan, mutton, nutmeg, peach, raspberry, rosemary, shrimp, frizzy, basil, tobacco, vinegar, walnut, jackfruit, durian, leek, shallot, spring onions, apricot, blackberries, black, mangoes, cherry, cherry, Mandarins, grape.
It is also important how a food is prepared. For example, beef is considered neutral, but if you have fried or grilled it, it is considered sharp. In addition, there are some interesting general guidelines to determine whether a certain food is hot or cooling:
hot/yang food:
o grow under the hot sun;
o are cute;
o have many fats;
o rich in sodium;
o are hard, dry or sharp.
cold/yin food:
o grow in little sunshine;
o are salty;
o are slim;
o rich in potassium;
o soft and wet;
The warmth and the cooling effect of food relate to their ability to create sensations - either hot or cold in our body. They do not refer to the condition of the food, but on their effect on our body. For example, tea is a cooling food. This means that it creates cold energy in our body. In order to achieve a balanced diet, we can mainly classify foods in Yin or Yang. So if you mostly eat yin food, your body can only produce cold energy, while consuming predominantly Yang food produces hot energy. If a person suffers from cold rheumatism, it would be helpful to eat foods with warm or hot energy. If a person suffers from fried food due to the consumption of fried foods, it is an advantage to consume cooling foods to counteract the heat and relieve the symptoms.
The concept of heat is not sensible or relevant in the paradigm of Western medicine. However, it is assumed that there are some parallels to the acidic (hot) and alkaline (cool) balance, or to protons and positive loads (hot) and cooling (electrons and negative loads). Medicine develops. Conventional doctors in the West have long since started to integrate alternative treatment methods or medication, learn and integrate them into their practice. Today they believe that these new medical approaches are useful and effective in many ways.