General
Warming and Cooling Foods
February 15, 2024
In Chinese medicine, foods have qualities or temperatures that create responses in the body. Foods that are cold or cool bring energy down and in, while foods that are warm or hot bring our energy up and out. We need both for optimal digestion and absorption of nutrients. The chart here shows the fundamental way that we categorize foods.
Cold Foods
- Banana
- Bean Sprouts
- Bok Choy
- Cucumber
- Crab
- Grape Fruit
- Lotus Root
- Tofu
- Tomato
- Watermelon
Cool Foods
- Apples
- Avocado
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Celery
- Eggplant
- Green Tea
- Mint
- Oranges (inside)
- Pear
- Snow Pea
- Strawberries
Warm Foods
- Bell Pepper
- Cherries
- Chicken
- Miso
- Onion
- Orange Peel
- Parsnips
- Peach
- Salmon
- Scallion
- Turkey
- Walnut
Hot Foods
- Black Peppercorn
- Cayenne
- Cinnamon Bark
- Galangal
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Horse Radish
- Lamb
- Mustard
- Trout
