Scribd
Upload
24 views2 pages

Yin and Yang Food Balance Guide

Chinese philosophy emphasizes the balance between Yin and Yang, with Qi facilitating growth and movement. Seasonal eating is recommended, with Yang foods preferred in winter and Yin foods in summer, while a balanced diet is crucial for health. The document categorizes various foods into Yin and Yang types and suggests cooking methods for optimal health benefits.

Translated by

ScribdTranslations
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
24 views2 pages

Yin and Yang Food Balance Guide

Chinese philosophy emphasizes the balance between Yin and Yang, with Qi facilitating growth and movement. Seasonal eating is recommended, with Yang foods preferred in winter and Yin foods in summer, while a balanced diet is crucial for health. The document categorizes various foods into Yin and Yang types and suggests cooking methods for optimal health benefits.

Translated by

ScribdTranslations
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

According to Chinese philosophy, balance is the result of constant movement.

between Yin and Yang. Qi allows living beings to grow and


multiplier, to move and to think.
It circulates in the human body along the meridians.

Winter is Yin and summer is Yang, it is better to eat a


Yang product (warming) in winter and eating a Yin product (cooling)
in summer.

A food with a spicy taste like garlic or ginger, a food with a taste
sweet as the carrot or the apple is a Yang food.

A salty food like shrimp or sauerkraut, a product


Bitter taste like tea, coffee, or celery is a Yin food.

It is important to eat seasonal products, preferably cooked.


steam) or lightly cooked (in the wok)

A balanced diet is important

! VEGETABLES/ HERBS YINYIN ! VEGETABLES/HERBS

! ["Seaweed","eggplant","Swiss chard","coffee","celery","mushroom"] ! Garlic, dill, asparagus, basil,


sauerkraut, cucumber, spinach, fennel, seeds, milk, lettuce whole wheat, cinnamon, carrot, watercress
legume, lentils mint, honey, oregano, sorrel, parsley cumin, shallot, fennel, cheese,
bamboo shoots, salad of raw vegetables, tea, tofu, valerian dried fruits, soybean sprouts, ginger
yogurts. cloves, beans, miso, mustard, nuts,
eggs, onions, barley, sweet potato
pepper, leek, pepper, quinoa
rhubarb rice, sesame.

! FRUITS:- Banana, citron, kaki, poire, pastèque, ! FRUITS:-Abricot, cerises,


mango, mandarin, melon, tomato. chestnuts, lychees, mandarin, orange
apple, peach

Foods should be neither too salty nor too sweet. Nevertheless, it is


The balance of foods Yang and Yin will bring you health.
EXTREMELY YANG YANG (MODERATE) YANG (SMALLS
YANG MANY QUANTITIES

Raw table salt, Poultry White fish like Prepared Grains


medications such as amphibians the flat, the bass, the in their form
tranquilizers mollusks and trout, the flour of complete: rice, barley,
barbiturates crustaceans cooked whole grains millet, wheat, oats,
steroids, sedatives, goldfish in bread or some rye, buckwheat
pork, beef, egg like the tuna, the fries, sea salt, quinoa, teff (plant)
paste cheeses salmon miso, soy sauce amaranth, azuki
hard. the swordfish. used in the carrots, parachutes
cuisine, tempeh white radish, burdock
(alga), wakame rutabaga, turnips.
(seaweed), arame
(seaweed), hijiki (seaweed)
nori (algue), dulse
(alga).

YIN (LITTLE) YIN (MODERATE) YIN (MUCH) EXTREMELY YIN


QUANTITIES)

Onions, radishes Beans such as White, breads White sugar, alcohol,


red, root of lentils, beans transformed, pasta ["marijuana","cocaine"]
lotus, cauliflower black, chickpeas, and pastries, heroin, amphetamines
broccoli, cabbage cucumbers, celery tomato, apple analgesics
Brussels, cabbage, sprouts, peas, earth, eggplant tranquilizers, nicotine
pumpkin, cabbage green beans grapefruit caffeine, sweeteners
curly, collards, summer squashes, banana, pineapple artificial
leaves of mushrooms, bell peppers, spinach conservatives
mustard, bok grain noodles spices, honey, syrup radiations
choy, nappa whole, tofu maple, walnut atomic and
leek. tempeh, parsley cashew, cheeses to electromagnetic,
green onions soft cheese, cream, microwave.
beetroot yogurt, butter
apples, pears electric bush.
peaches, plums
strawberries, cantaloupe

apricots, watermelon,
raisins, oranges,
mandarins.

You might also like