Understanding the nature of food

After finding out your body nature ,you still need to understand the medicinal properties of food and their nature to help boost your health .

1. Food which is cold in nature
Five grains cereal : buckwheat , barley (yi mi ),mung bean ,wheat
Seafood and meat : duck meat ,clam ,cockle ,winkle ,crabs ,squids
Vegetables : klep and seaweek ,spinach ,celery ,chinese cabbage ,
mushrooms ,bitter gourd ,cucumber ,towel gourd ,winter
melon ,bamboo shoot ,tomato ,brinjal ,lotus root
Fruits : watermelon ,banana ,grapefruit ,mangoesteen ,coconut ,kiwi
Others : fermented black beans ,tofu ,green tea ,black tea

2.Food which is neutral in nature
Five grains cereal : corn .soy bean ,black bean ,peanut ,rice ,oat ,red bean ,
,cashew nut ,sesame
Seafood and meat : pork ,chicken meat ,frog meat ,carp ,shark ,shark fin ,
scallop ,abalone
Vegetables : water spinach ,amaranth ,mustard cabbage ,cabbage ,
potato ,yam ,carrot ,spinach ,peas ,lotus seed ,baby bak choy
, cauliflower
Fruits : orange ,starfruit ,sugar cane ,apple ,grapes ,pineapple ,
dragon fruits ,papaya
Others : egg , cloud ear fungus ,bird nest ,honey ,cocoa ,cow milk ,
goat milk ,soy milk

3 .Food which is warm in nature
Five grains and cereal : glutinous rice ,chinese sorghum ,walnuts ,hyacinth
bean ,chestut
Seafood and meat : mutton ,prawns ,eel ,esa bass ,cod fish ,hair tail ,
pomfret ,sea cucumber
Vegetable : chinese chives ,choy sum ,onion ,ginger ,spring onion ,
chillies ,pumpkin ,onions ,mustard cabbage ,coriander
Fruits : papaya ,longan ,durian ,haw ,cherries ,guavas ,kumquat
, litchi
Others : vinegar ,pepper ,wine ,coffee ,chocolate ,peanut ,oil

Understanding the medicinal properties of medicine
Cuisine combined with medicine can nourish our body to prevent and cure different type of illness .There are 4 type of medicinal nature with 5 different tastes .
4 medicinal nature
They are cold ,cool ,nuetral and hot nature which are also known as the 4 chi .Illness can be classified under the weakness due to cold and weakness due to hot .Most medicine can be categorized under the cold in nature and cool in nature .The medicine to cure cold illness is hot in nature and vice versa .Warm and hot ,cool and cold do differ in their degrees .Neutral medicines are neutral in nature .
5 tastes
They are acrid ,sourness ,sweetness ,bitterness and saltiness .Different tastes have different function .
5 colours
This refer to the colour of food and their relationship with the internal organs of the body .Green coloured food - liver ,red coloured food - lung ; black coloured food - kidney .You can choose according to the needs of your body type of food required .