WEEK 2 - Energetics of Food Flashcards
(30 cards)
Five temperatures of food?
Hot Warm Neutral Cool Cold
True or False. The single most important category in oriental medicine is the energetic temperature of food?
TRUE
What are some general guidelines to determine whether a food will be warming or cooling?
Grow cycles
Fresh vs. Dried
Colour
Lamb, Pepper, Ginger, Garlic are examples of what temperature of food?
Hot Foods
Chicken, Beef, Rice, Fennel are examples of what temperatures of food?
Warm Foods
Honey, Almond, Potato are examples of what temperatures of food?
Neutral Foods
Yogurt, Tofu, Wheat are all examples of what temperatures of food?
Cool Foods
Watermelon, Dandelion, Banana, Salt are all examples of what temperatures of food?
Cold Foods
What effect do hot foods have on the body?
Increases Yang
Speeds up Qi
Eliminates internal and external cold
Mobilizes Wei Qi
What happens if you eat too many hot foods?
Injures Yin, dries out Body Fluids, causes excess heat
What effect do warm foods have on the body?
Warms the body, bowels, and viscera, strengthens Yang and Qi, and warms and strengthens the middle Jiao.
What happens if you eat too many warm foods?
Creates Excess Heat
What condition do neutral foods treat?
What effect do neutral foods have on the body?
Treats Qi Deficiency.
Builds Qi and BF stabilizes and harmonizes the body.
What happens if you eat too many neutral foods?
Nothing
What effect do cool foods have on the body?
Supplements BL and BF
Slows Qi
Clears Heat
What effect do cold foods have on the body?
Cools internal heat, calms Shen.
What happens if you eat too many Cold foods?
Damages Yang and Qi, and thoroughly cools down the body.
Blanching, steaming, salting (pickling), boiling in lots of water. Using refreshing ingredients such as fruit and sprouts are examples of what type of cooking method?
Cooling Cooking Method
Grilling, frying, roasting, smoking, searing, baking, long-simmering, cooking with alcohol or warming spices are examples of what type of cooking method?
Warming Cooking Method
People, who mostly microwave their food usually show signs of?
Blood Deficiency. Because using a microwave causes severe molecular damage to the food which depletes the foods ability to build blood.
What are the 5 Flavours of food?
Bitter Sweet Acrid/Pungent Salty Sour
What are the movements of the 5 Flavours? Bitter Sweet Acrid/Pungent Salty Sour
Bitter - Downward Sweet - Centre Acrid/Pungent - Up and Outward Salty - Inward and Down Sour - Inward
Pros and Cons of SWEET foods?
Beef, rice, starchy veggies, pumpkin
PROS - Most common flavour, harmonizes all flavours, treats deficiency (tonify), moves Qi and BL, moistens
CONS - Too much causes Phlegm + Heat
Pros and Cons of ACRID/PUNGENT foods?
Ginger-Garlic-Peppermint
PROS - Disperses stagnation, moves Qi and Blood, stimulates digestion, opens pores, and produces sweating
CONS - Overstimulation, exhaust Qi and Blood
