Lecture 4 food energy

Question 1

What pillar in chinese medicine is food?

Answer 1

5th pillar

Question 2

Name 3 things that influence the energetics of food

Answer 2

Temperature, directionality, cooking methods

Question 3

What would food be needed to do for blood, fluids, Yang or yin?

Answer 3

Build resources

Question 4

What would food be needed to do for damp, heat or Qi?

Answer 4

Clear excess

Question 5

What direction do warming food have?

Answer 5

Outwards and upwards

Question 6

Examples of warming food

Answer 6

Ginger, cinnamon, cumin

Question 7

Directionality of cooling food?

Answer 7

Inward and lower

Question 8

Examples of cooling food?

Answer 8

Raw foods, salads, smoothies

Question 9

Plants that are grown slowly (and rooted) are more …..

Answer 9

Warming

Question 10

Examples of hot foods

Answer 10

Alcohol, chocolate, red meat, curries

Question 11

Examples of warming food

Answer 11

Ginger, black pepper, rosemary, cumin

Question 12

Examples of neutral

Answer 12

Boiled and steamed , chicken

Question 13

Examples of cool

Answer 13

Fish fermented foods, bitter greens, veg juice, peppermint

Question 14

Examples of cold

Answer 14

Raw foods, smoothies, sushi

Question 15

Name hot foods that ascend -when should they be avoided?

Answer 15

Hot spices, alcohol, chocolate, garlic, coffee , sugar

Question 16

Foods that ascend , doctrine of signature, examples and effect on yin organ?

Answer 16

Stalky vegetables that grow upwards, celery, asparagus, parsley.
Spleen

Question 17

Cooling foods that descend, doctrine of signature and examples

Answer 17

Cucumber, peppermint, watermelon, strawberry,

Downwards pointing veg

Question 18

What flavour as well as cool is decending?

Answer 18

Bitters such as rocket and spinach

Question 19

Foods that centre? How are they cooked? Examples. When to use?

Answer 19

Boiled or streamed . Veg, porridges, stews , congees. Used when digestion is weak.

Question 20

Name some whole grains that are cantering

Answer 20

Rice, quinoa, sweet potatoe, squash , herbal drinks

Question 21

Foods that spread to the exterior are similar to what? What is the purpose of them?

Answer 21

Similar to stimulants. Linked to the liver and promote Qi and bloods to skin and muscles.

Question 22

In what pathologies is spreading to the exterior needed?

Answer 22

Cases of chronic stagnation

Question 23

What negative can effects can these spreading to the exterior herbs have? How can you support this?

Answer 23

They can be heating and dehydrating so choose foods to work alongside that nourish Yin for example ginger, honey water.

Question 24

What yin organ links to the consolidating food?

Answer 24

Kidneys and supporting essence.

Question 25

What do consolidating foods do? What two tastes are linked to consolidation? Any particular cooking way?

Answer 25

Support root and support life. Sour and salty. Roasting supports people who are particularly fragile.

Question 26

What other foods support consolidating?

Answer 26

Nuts, seeds, and bone broth.

Question 27

When should you use ascending foods?

Answer 27

Diarrhoea , depression, lethargy

Question 28

When should you use descedning foods?

Answer 28

Headaches, high blood pressure, rage, eye infections

Question 29

When should you use centering foods?

Answer 29

Weak digestion , exhaustion , feeling cold

Question 30

When should you use spreading out to the exterior foods?

Answer 30

Cold, mucous, damp

Question 31

When should you use consolidating foods?

Answer 31

Chronic fatigue, old age chronic illness.

Question 32

What organ has an affinity with salty food? Examples

Answer 32

Kidneys - seaweed, soy sauce, miso

Question 33

What organ has an affinity with sour food? Examples

Answer 33

Liver, due to astringents actions that bank blood. Saurkaut, apple, fermented foods

Question 33

What organ has an affinity with sour food? Examples

Answer 33

Heart , drains dampness away. Kale, rocket,

Question 34

What organ has an affinity with sweet food? Examples

Answer 34

Spleen including soups, stews, raw honey

Question 35

Why will someone crave sugar?

Answer 35

Craving nourishment but can cause candida and damp

Question 36

What organ has an affinity with pungent food? Examples

Answer 36

Lungs - ginger, black pepper, cumin

Question 37

Foods to support spleen?

Answer 37

Naturally sweet foods, whole grains, roasted veg, squash, sweet potatoe

Question 38

Foods to support spleen?

Answer 38

Pungent and honey and yoghurt

Question 38

Foods to support liver?

Answer 38

Sour and dark and leafy

Question 39

Foods to support emotional heart?

Answer 39

Pistachio, vanilla, rose