Some examples are barley, seaweed, soy, miso and millet. In addition, salty foods moisten dryness, soften masses/tumors/nodules, break up phlegm, balance digestion and help detox the body. This flavor is associated with the kidneys and bladder organs and with the Winter. Salty is yin and cooling and has a descending, centering energetic in the body. Examples are sweet potatoes, cherries, grains and beets. This flavor has an affinity for the spleen and stomach organs and is connected to Late Summer. Sweet is yang in nature and has a harmonizing and relaxing effect which makes this flavor great for digestion, bloating, pain and heals burns and wounds. Apples, vinegar, pickles, kefir, sauerkraut and sour plum are a few examples. Next up, sour (acidic) is yin and cooling, has an astringent effect by preventing fluid leakage in body, enters the liver and gall bladder organs, is associated with the Spring and can address diarrhea, excess sweating and irritability. Some examples are dandelion greens, citrus peel, celery and asparagus. The bitter flavor is yin and cooling, enters the heart and small intestine organs, season of Summer, drains heat, breaks up phlegm/mucus and can lower blood pressure. There are Five Flavors in Chinese medicine that have a specific affinity for internal organs and corresponding season. Thermal nature is more well defined when we discuss the Five Flavors that create balance and seasonal harmony. Warm foods direct energy and blood flow upward, towards the surface of the body. Cool foods direct energy inward, moving blood flow down to our lower extremities. Physiology, or how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical and physical functions in a living system, plays a significant role in the thermal nature of our food. Where the food is from the climate where it was grown how it was cultivated and harvested and how it is then prepared for human consumption. This depends on a couple of different factors. All animals and plants express a thermal nature. What comes to mind: hot/cold and warm/cool. Or when we get over-heated or too much sun and we get the chills.Īlong with yin and yang theory, let’s take a look at the thermal nature of food. We can see this when we catch a cold and are running a fever. Here’s another way to think about these opposites with respect to temperature and the environment and how yin and yang manifests in us: heat produces cold and cold produces heat.
In every corner of the universe! Some examples of yin and yang are:Īs mentioned above, yin and yang are opposite pairs that mutually transform into each other. The theory of yin and yang can be observed in everything, in everyone, in nature, in the seasons, in plants, in animals. In a nutshell, yin and yang are limitless pairs of opposites that are both interchangeable, as well as transforming into each other. We can’t talk about food as medicine, or in this case Chinese medicine, without discussing the yin and yang theory, thermal nature of food and the Five Flavors.
Easy to make, light and so satisfying, this soup’s 3 essential ingredients complement each other and have a synergistic balance as the foundation for a curry that can be used independent of this dish. I did my first FB Live in the Kitchen with my husband Kevin today-we had such a blast together! I shared the ingredients for a nourishing, warming, restorative soup with 3 key ingredients: turmeric, ginger and garlic. Part 2 is the recipe for turmeric, ginger, garlic and noodle soup. This is Part 1 of 2 laying the groundwork for food as medicine.
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