FOODS TO AVOID IN CASES OF SPLEEN QI DEFICIENCY:
Too many sweets, seaweed, milk, chilled, iced or frozen foods or liquids, citrus fruits and citrus juices, tofu, cheese, salads, too much salt, millet, too many liquids with meals, raw foods, hard to digest food, undercooked grains, buckwheat, agar.
YANG DEFICIENCY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF YANG DEFICIENCY:
Includes those of Qi deficiency ( pale face, a weak voice, slight sweating in daytime, slight breathlessness, tiredness, lack of appetite and an empty pulse) plus chilliness, a bright pale face, cold limbs, no thirst, a desire for hot drinks, loose stools, frequent-pale urination, a weak pulse and a pale wet tongue.
USEFUL FOODS FOR YANG DEFICIENCY:
Rice, sweet brown rice, oats, spelt, quinoa, corn, buckwheat and rye.
Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, fennel, dill, anise, caraway, carob pod, cumin, peanuts, chestnuts, cinnamon bark and pine nuts.
Yellow onions, Chinese yam, Chinese cabbage, parsnip, winter squash, sweet potato, kale, leek, scallion, mustard greens and carrots.
Chives, garlic, ginger, cloves, basil, rosemary, angelica root and parsley.
Lychee, pumpkin, cherry, citrus peel, dates and raisins.
Hot peppers and cayenne (caution: use hot peppers and cayenne in small pinches or they can have a strong cooling effect).
Walnuts (start eating one walnut a day, then add one more each day, not to exceed 20 per day).
Coffee and cocoa (caution: coffee and cocoa damage the yin in Yin deficient persons, and they are contraindicated in insomnia).
Chicken, goat’s milk, beef, lamb, shrimp, mussels, fish (e.g., anchovy and trout).
In general, use warming foods and methods of preparation.
