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SWAC Nutrition
Basic energetics of meat, nuts, grains and beans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Grain-fire element, neutral, sl. cool, bitter, sweet, dries damp, alkaline | Amaranth |
| grain-water e., cooling, salty, tonifies K yin, drains damp, increases urination, goes to the lower jiao, soothes inflamed membranes | Barley |
| grain-water e., tonifies K yang, warming, salty, alkaline | Buckwheat |
| grain-fire e., neutral, bitter, H and SP | Corn |
| grain-earth e., cool, sweet, moistens dryness, highly alkaline | Millet |
| grain-neutral, sl. bitter, glossy, calms nervous sx, sl. acid | Oats |
| grain-warm, sour, tonifies yin, fairly alkalanizing | Quinoa |
| grain-metal e., neutral, sweet, L/LI, ST/SP, tonifies qi, drain damp | Rice |
| grain- warms yang, bitter | Rye |
| grain-wood e., sour, calms the mind, nourish LIV yin, mildly astringent, very cooling, acid forming | Wheat |
| meat-earth e., warm, sweet, ton.SP/ST/K, builds xue & muscle | Beef |
| meat-metal e., warm | Goat |
| meat-fire e., very warm, sweet, bitter, pungent, nourish H, K and xue | Lamb |
| meat-water e., neutral, salty, lubes dryness, ton. K | Pork |
| meat-wood e., warm, sour, sl. astringing, can create heat in the blood, HOT, drying | Chicken |
| meat-part of wood e. animal, nourish xue, ton. LIV & K yin | Chicken liver |
| meat-neutral, salty, sweet, moves water passages, nourish LIV & K | Duck |
| seafood-very warm, salty, ton. K yang | Mussels |
| seafood-cold, salty, softens hardness, detox, ton. LIV & K, cool ST heat | Clams |
| seafood-neutral, salty, sweet, ton. K & LIV yin, ton. blood | Oyster |
| seafood-cold, salty, moves blood stagnation, cools LIV & ST | Crab |
| seafood-warm, sweet, salty, ton. K yang | Shrimp |
| meat-neutral, sweet, ton. blood, lube dryness, jing | Eggs |
| meat-part of, cool, sweet, lubes the lungs, moistens/cools throat | Egg white |
| meat-part of, warm, sweet/salty, tonifies blood and jing | Egg yolk |
| meat-part of, cool, cools ST heat, high in ca+ and magnesium, gastric ulcers | Egg shell |
| bean-neutral, sweet, sour, drains damp from 3 jiaos via MJ | Aduki |
| bean-warm, sweet, ton. K & blood | Black |
| bean-neutral, cool, sl. sour, balanced yin&yang, | Black Eyed Pea |
| bean-sl. cool, sweet, sour, yin nourishing, heart | Garbanzo |
| bean-cool, sweet, nourish yin fluids, ton. K | Kidney |
| bean-neutral, mild diuretic, ton. K, easy to digest | Lentil |
| bean-cool, sweet, sour, ton. LIV and L, alkalizing | Lima |
| bean-neutral, sweet, sour, calms the LIV, harmonizes digestion | Split Pea |
| bean-cool, sweet, moisten dry intestines, clears toxins | Soy bean |
| bean-cool, detox, LIV, LIV heat | Mung |
| nuts/seeds-metal e., warm, sweet, L & LI, transforms phlegm, alleviates cough, lubes intestines, relieves qi stag in L | Almonds |
| nuts/seeds-warm, sweet, H, produces fluids liquid-cool, clears summer heat, quenches thrist | Coconut |
| nuts/seeds-warm, sweet, lubes L and intestines | Peanut |
| nuts/seeds-warm, sweet, lubes L and intestines, mild laxative | Pine nut |
| nuts/seeds-neutral, sweet, bitter, nourish SP/ST, high in zinc | Pumpkin seed |
| nuts/seeds-warm, sweet, bitter, ton. qi | Sunflower seed |
| nuts/seeds-warm, sweet, ton. K & L, nourish brain, enrich sperm, K yang | Walnut |
| nuts/seeds-nouirsh yin, soothe inflammation, omega 3s | Flax seed |
| nuts/seeds- white-cool, sweet, lubes dryness, relieves constipation black-warm, sweet, ton. K & LIV, yin and xue | Sesame seed |
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