| SUBSTANCE |
TEMPERATURE |
TASTE |
BENEFIT |
|
| ALOE VERA |
COLD |
BITTER |
PROMOTES HEALTHY BOWELS |
|
| ANGELICA ROOT |
WARM |
SWEET, PUNGENT, BITTER |
FORTIFY AND REGULATE BLOOD CIRCULATION, NOURISH DRYNESS, REGULATE
MENSTRUATION AND PAIN, ACTIVATE BOWELS |
|
| APPLE |
COOL |
SWEET |
NOURISH THE LUNG, PROMOTE PRODUCTION
OF BODY FLUID, RELIEVE RESTLESSNESS AND SUMMER HEAT, DISPEL EFFECT OF
ALCOHOL, STIMULATE APPETITE |
| ARTEMISIA ANNUA HERB |
COLD |
BITTER, PUNGENT |
CLEAR HEAT, DISPEL YIN DEFICIENCY FEVER, CUT OFF MALARIA |
|
| ASPARAGUS |
COLD |
SWEET |
EXPEL HEAT, NOURISH BODILY FLUIDS, REMOVE WATER RETENTION, IMPROVE
URETHRA INFECTION |
|
| ASPARAGUS LETTUCE |
COOL |
BITTER, SWEET |
INDUCE URINE, INCREASE BREAST MILK, REMOVE HEAT, DETOXIFY |
|
| ASTRAGALUS ROOT |
WARM |
SWEET |
TONIFY QI, LIFT YANG, ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM, INDUCE DIURESIS TO REMOVE
EDEMA, ARREST SWEATING |
|
| AZUKI BEAN |
COLD |
SWEET, SOUR |
DETOXIFY, REDUCE BOILS, INDUCE DIURESIS TO REMOVE EDEMA, ELIMINATE
JAUNDICE, CLEAR HEAT |
|
| BAMBOO LEAF |
COLD |
SWEET, BLAND |
PROMOTO DIURESIS, CLEAR HEAT TO REMOVE RESTLESSNESS, CLEAR HEART FIRE |
|
| BARLEY |
COOL |
SWEET |
DISPERSE LIVER ENERGY STAGNATION, TREAT DEPRESSION AND POOR APPETITE,
CHEST AND ABDOMINAL BLOATING |
|
| BARLEY SPROUT |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, RETURN BREAST MILK |
|
| BLACK BEAN |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
REGULATE BLOOD CIRCULATION, REMOVE WATER RETENTION, EASE SPASMS,
STRENGTHEN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND KIDNEY |
|
| BLACK FUNGUS |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
NOURISH BLOOD, INVIGORATE QI, MOISTEN LUNG, STOP COUGH AND BLEEDING |
|
| BLACK SESAME |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
TONIFY BLOOD AND YIN |
|
| BOAT FRUITED STERCULIA SEED |
COOL |
SWEET, BLAND |
CLEAR AWAY HEAT, MOISTEN LUNG AND CLEAR THROAT, REGULATE BOWELS |
|
| CABBAGE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, PUNGENT |
EXPEL HEAT |
|
| CARROT |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, STRENGTHEN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM |
|
| CASSIA SEED |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER |
MOISTEN INTESTINES TO RELAX BOWELS, CLEAR LIVER FIRE TO IMPROVE EYESIGHT |
|
| CELERY |
COOL |
SWEET, BITTER |
REMOVE DAMPNESS AND WATER, COOL HEAT |
|
| CHAE-NOMELES LAGENARIA KOIDZ |
WARM |
SOUR |
ACTIVATE QI AND BLOOD IN THE MERIDIANS, RELAX MUSCLES AND TENDONS, EASE
STOMACH, REMOVE DAMPNESS |
|
| CHAMOMILE |
COOL |
BITTER, SWEET |
PROMOTE QI MOVEMENT IN LIVER, SPLEEN, LUNG AND PERICARDIUM |
|
| CHICKEN |
WARM |
SWEET |
WARM MIDSECTION, STRENGTHEN QI, NOURISH ESSENCE AND MARROW |
|
| CHINESE CABBAGE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
OPEN UP AND SMOOTH STOMACH AND INTESTINES, NOURISH STOMACH, INDUCE URINE |
|
| CHINESE HAWTHORN BERRY |
WARM |
SWEET, SOUR |
PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION, RESOLVE PHLEGM |
|
| CHINESE MILLET |
COOL |
COOL |
CLAM MIND, STRENGTHEN SPLEEN, TREAT POOR APPETITE AND INSOMNIA |
|
| CHINESE RASPBERRY |
WARM |
SWEET, SOUR |
STRENGTHEN LIVER AND KIDNEY, SECURE ESSENCE, REDUCE FREQUENT URINATION,
SHINE EYES |
|
| CHINESE ROSE FLOWER |
WARM |
SWEET, BITTER |
PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION, REGULATE MENSTRUATION, RELIEVE SWELLING,
DETOXIFY |
|
| CHINESE YAM |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
TONIFY QI AND YIN OF LUNG, SPLEEN AND KIDNEY, TREAT DIARRHEA, SEMINAL
EMISSION AND FATIGUE |
|
| CHIVE SEED |
WARM |
PUNGENT, SWEET |
STRENGTHEN AND SECURE THE ESSENCE, FORTIFY LIVER AND KIDNEY |
|
| CHRYSANTHEMUM |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER, PUNGENT |
REMOVE TOXINS, COUNTERACT HEAT |
|
| CINNAMON AND TWIG |
HOT |
PUNGENT, SWEET |
FORTIFY YANG, SUPPLEMENT FIRE, EXPEL
COLD, ALLEVIATE PAIN, CLEAR CHANNELS TO PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION, EXPEL COLD
IN EXTERIOR |
| CITRUS FRUITS |
COOL WARM |
SWEET, SOUR |
REMOVE HEAT, PROMOTE PRODUCTION OF BODY FLUID, INDUCE URINE, DISPEL
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL |
|
| CLOVE |
NEUTRAL |
PUNGENT |
COUNTERACT COLD, PROMOTE QI CIRCULATION |
|
| CORN AND SILK |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, BLAND |
INDUCE URINE, EXPEL LIVER HEAT, PROMOTE APPETITE |
|
| CORTEX ALBZIAE BARK AND FLOWER |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
CALM MIND AND DISPERSE STAGNANT QI, RELIEVE SWELLING, ACTIVATE BLOOD
CIRCULATION |
|
| DOLICHOS SEED |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, BLAND |
STOP DIARRHEA, FORTIFY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, EXPEL SUMMER HEAT, DISPEL
DAMPNESS |
|
| EDIBLE PINE NUT OR KERNEL |
WARM |
SWEET |
MOISTEN LUNG, LUBRICATE INTESTINE, PROMOTE PRODUCTION OF BODY FLUID, STOP
CONVULSION |
|
| EVERGREEN TREE |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER |
IMPROVE EYESIGHT, EXPEL LIVER HEAT |
|
| FENNEL |
WARM |
PUNGENT |
REGULATE STOMACH QI, EXPEL COLD, ALLEVIATE PAIN |
|
| FRESH GINGER ROOT |
WARM |
PUNGENT |
COUNTERACT COLD |
|
| GANODERMA |
NEUTRAL, WARM |
SWEET, BLAND |
TONIFY QI AND BLOOD, STABILIZE WILL, NOURISH AND CALM SPIRIT, RELIEVE
COUGH |
|
| GARLIC |
WARM |
PUNGENT |
DETOXIFY, REMOVE IMPURITIES |
|
| GINGKO NUT |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, BITTER |
SOOTHE ASTHMA, REDUCE URINATION, RESTRAIN LUNG QI, REDUCE LEUCORRHEA |
|
| GLUTINOUS RICE |
WARM |
SWEET |
WARM STOMACH, HIDROSCHESIS, TONIFY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND LUNG |
|
| GRAPE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, SOUR |
INVIGORATE QI AND ENRICH BLOOD, INDUCE URINE, STRENGTHEN BONES AND
TENDONS |
|
| GREEN BEAN |
COLD |
SWEET |
REMOVE TOXICITY, RELIEVE
RESTLESSNESS AND THIRST CAUSED BY SUMMER HEAT, CURE DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY,
CARBUNCLE AND SWELLING |
| GREEN TEA |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER |
DRAIN WATER RETENTION, CLEAR PHLEGM |
|
| HONEY |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
DETOXIFY, INVIGORATE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, STOP COUGH, MOISTEN |
|
| JASMINE FLOWER |
WARM |
PUNGENT, SLIGHTLY SWEET |
REGULATE QI, OPEN STAGNATION, HARMONIZE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, REMOVE DAMPNESS |
|
| JOB'S TEAR |
COLD |
SWEET, BLAND |
CALM SPASMS, PROMOTE DIURESIS, INVIGORATE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, CLEAR HEAT TO
REMOVE PUS |
|
| JUJUBE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
CLAM MIND, TONIFY BLOOD AND QI |
|
| LICORICE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
TONIFY QI |
|
| LILY BULB |
COLD |
SWEET |
IMPROVE DEPRESSION, STRESS, NOURISH LUNG YIN, GOOD FOR WOMEN WITH MENOPAUSE |
|
| LONGAN FRUIT |
WARM |
SWEET |
PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION, REDUCE COLD, TONIFY BLOOD AND COLD |
|
| LOTUS SEED, LEAF AND PLUMULE |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, ASTRINGENT |
INVIGORATE SPLEEN, PRESERVE KIDNEY ESSENCE, RELIEVE DIARRHEA, TRANQUILIZE
MIND AND NOURISH HEART |
|
| MOMORDICA CHARANTIA |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER |
TREAT AGITATION AND IRRITABILITY, CLEAR HEART AND LIVER FIRE, |
|
| MOMORDICA FRUIT |
COOL |
SWEET |
CLEAR PHLEGM, STOP COUGH, MOISTEN BOWELS, CLEAR LUNG HEAT |
|
| MUTTON |
HOT |
SWEET |
STRENGTHEN QI, WARM MIDSECTION AND KIDNEY |
|
| OPHIOPOGON TUBER |
COLD |
SWEET, BITTER |
EXPEL HEART FIRE, NOURISH LUNG YIN, ELIMINATE VEXATION |
|
| ORANGE |
COOL |
SOUR |
DISPEL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, REGULATE QI, REMOVE DISTENTION |
|
| OYSTER |
COLD |
SWEET, SALTY |
RELIEVE INSOMNIA AND IRRITABILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH HOT CONSTITUTION,
NOURISH BLOOD AND YIN |
|
| PAPAYA |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
OPEN CHANNELS, EXPEL DAMPNESS, REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION |
|
| PEACH KERNEL |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, BITTER |
MOISTEN INTESTINE, RELAX BOWELS, PROMOTE BLOOD CIRCULATION, REMOVE BLOOD
STASIS |
|
| PEANUT AND LEAF |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
TREAT DRY COUGH, REGURGITATION,
TREAT BLEEDING DISEASES OF INTERNAL ORGANS AND HEMOPHILIA ,MOISTEN LUNG,
REGULATE STOMACH |
| PEARL POWDER |
COLD |
SWEET, SALTY |
CALM SPIRIT, RELIEVE FEAR, EXPEL LIVER HEAT, BRIGHTEN EYES, DETOXIFY,
ENGENDER MUSCLES |
|
| PEONY ROOT |
COLD |
BITTER, SOUR |
SUPPRESS HYPERACTIVE LIVER, NOURISH BLOOD, RELIEVE SPASMS, STOP PAIN |
|
| PEPPER |
HOT |
PUNGENT |
DIRECT QI DOWNWARD, REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, WARM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, EXPEL
COLD |
|
| POLYGONUM |
WARM |
BITTER, SWEET, ASTRINGENT |
PROMOTE BOWEL, NOURISH BLOOD AND YIN, DETOXIFY, REMOVE SKIN IRRITABILITY,
DETOXIFY |
|
| PUMPKIN AND SEED |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
INVIGORATE SPLEEN AND STOMACH,
RELIEVE INFLAMMATION AND PAIN, REMOVE TOXINS, DESTROY INTESTINAL PARASITES,
REPLENISH QI |
| RADISH |
COOL |
PUNGENT, SWEET |
EXPEL PHLEGM, REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, DETOXIFY, DIRECT QI DOWNWARDS,
SMOOTH DIGESTIVE SYSTEM |
|
| RADISH SEED |
NEUTRAL |
PUNGENT, SWEET |
DIRECT QI DOWNWARD, REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, EXPEL PHLEGM |
|
| RADIX POLYGALAE |
WARM |
PUNGENT, BITTER |
CALM MIND, ELIMINATE PHLEGM FOR RESUSCITATION, DISSIPATE CARBUNCLES |
|
| SCHISANDRA BERRY |
WARM |
SOUR, ASTRINGENT |
TRANQUILIZE MIND, RELIEVE COUGH,
CLEAR EMPTY TOXIC HEAT, STRENGTHEN QI AND KIDNEY, ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO
PROTECT EXTERIOR BODY |
| SEMEN ARMENIACAE AMARUM ALMOND |
WARM |
BITTER |
MOISTEN INTESTINE, RELAX BOWELS, RELIEVE COUGH AND DYSPNEA |
|
| SEMEN BIOTA SEED |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
NOURISH HEART AND CALM MIND, MOISTEN INTESTINES, RELAX BOWELS |
|
| SEMEN EURYALES |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, ASTRINGENT |
STRENGTHEN SPLEEN, STOP DIARRHEA, STABILIZE WILL AND CALM SPIRIT MIND,
SOLIDIFY KIDNEY AND ASTRINGENT ESSENCE |
|
| SEMEN ZIZIPHUS SPINOSA |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, SOUR |
TONIFY LIVER, NOURISH HEART, STOPS EXCESSIVE SWEATING, CALM MIND |
|
| SOY BEAN |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
REMOVE WATER STAGNATION, REMOVE FOOD STAGNATION, FORTIFY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM |
|
| STRAW MUSHROOM |
COLD |
SWEET |
INCREASE LIFE EXPECTANCY, EXPEL SUMMER HEAT, RESIST CANCER |
|
| TANGERINE PEEL |
WARM |
PUNGENT, BITTER |
HARMONIZE SPLEEN AND STOMACH, CLEAR PHLEGM, ELIMINATE DAMPNESS, REGULATE
QI |
|
| TIGER LILY BUDS |
COLD |
SWEET |
IMPROVE DEPRESSION AND PERTURBED EMOTIONS, COOL LIVER |
|
| TURMERIC RHIZOME |
WARM |
BITTER, PUNGENT |
INDUCE MENSTRUATION, STOP PAIN, REMOVE BLOOD STASIS, REGULATE QI |
|
| WALNUT |
WARM |
SWEET |
WARM LUNG TO EASE ASTHMA, MOISTEN INTESTINES TO RELAX BOWELS, TONIFY
KIDNEY TO ARREST SPONTANEOUS EMISSION |
|
| WHEAT |
COLD |
SWEET |
REMOVE HEAT AND AGITATION, TONIFY HEART AND SPLEEN |
|
| WHITE FUNGUS |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET, BLAND |
MOISTEN LUNG AND STOMACH, NOURISH YIN, ENGENDER FLUIDS |
|
| WOLF BERRY |
NEUTRAL |
SWEET |
BRIGHTEN EYES, NOURISH YIN, INCREASE BLOOD AND ESSENCE |
|