Energetics Flashcards
Excess heat
Redness, burning sensations, inflammation, a Ute infection, discharge, lose stool,
competitiveness, fiery emotions, irritability and anger
Cystitis, sinitus (anything ending in ITIs) AI, menopause, arthritis, IND, skin disease;
stress, anger management problems
Balance heat
Increase salads, raw food, green smoothies, bitter veg and herbs, fresh air, fasting, detox and balance
Warmth balances heat in acute settings: warm teas, spices,m and wraps promote sweating and treat fever:
Reduce v hot foods, hot pungent foods, spices, red meat, oily food, chemical additives, stimulants, deep fried, smoked, bbq food
Excess cold
Pale, cold, weak digestion, muscle spasm, tiredness, low motivation, emotional withdrawal
Poor circulation, poor digestion, menstrual cramps, hypothyroidism, weight gain, stiffness, poor memory and concentration, exhaustion, depression.
Balancing excess cold
Warm foods and drinks, herbs and spices (ginger, cumin, rosemary) to increase circulation and digestion.
Vigorous exercise and sauna
Reduce refrigerated and frozen foods, iced drinks, too many cold raw and bitter leafy foods, cold smoothies, sushi, fasting
Excess Dryness
Weight loss, dry skin and mucous membrane, gas, bloating, hyperactivity, feelings of fear and anxiety
Osteoarthritis, dry flaking itchy skin conditions, dandruff, wrinkled skin, dry mouth, sinuses and throat, cough, gas, bloating, IBS with constipation, gall/kidney stones,
Anxiety, insomnia
Balancing excess dryness
Increase fluids, soups, broths, high water content fruit and veg, nut milks, live yoghurt, mucilagonois foods, sweet herbs eg liquorice
Aloe Vera and slippery elm
Reduce light dry foods, legumes that has, green tea, cinnamon and too many hot spices
Excess moisture
Weight gain, fluid retention, eatery discharge, mucus, lethargy, nausea, limos and cysts, feeling of over sentimentality and possessiveness
Obesity, Odesa, benign tumours, cysts, Candida, lymphoedema following surgery, hay fever, allergies, wet cough, weeping skin lesions, excess sweating
Balancing excess moisture
Increase defy, light crunchy foods, whole non gluten grains, astringent herbs like green tea, drying spices (cinnamon, ginger, horseradish)
Energetic imbalance conditions
Excess hot and wet
Wheeling lesions, bleeding, hot red oozing, skin, sweating, irritability,
Reduce both hot and moist foods, increase both cold and dry foods
Excess cold and dry
INS with weak digestion, spasms, gas, bloating, constipation and anxiety
Reduce both cold and dry foods, increase both hot and moist foods
Yin foods
Cooling, hydrating and nourishing.
Balances excess heat or dryness
Rebuild a system depleted by exhaustion or illness
For cooling: Bitter leafy greens, watery fruit and veg
Nourishing: Soup, stews, broths, braised meats, dark leafy veg, fruit, honey, sesame, oyster
Yang foods
Warming, drying or moving
Balances excess cold or dampness
Cooling: Soups, stews, porridge, beef, lamb, onion, garlic, ginger, cumin, mustard,
For dampness: non gluten grains, mushrooms, fennel; cinnamon, black radish, ginger seeds, sechuan pepper
4 principles of yin and Yang imbalance
- Excess Yang: strong signs of heat. Tongue, red with possible yellow coating. Eat cooling yin foods, avoid stress, gentle exercise
- Deficient Yin: moderate signs of heat like low grade fever or night sweats. Tongue: red, cracked and dry,
Eat nourishing yin foods, sleep more, avoids stressful situations - Excess Yin: moderate signs of cold such as blue tongue or skin, stabbing pains or cramps
Tongue blue with possible thick white coating
Eat warming foods, stay warm - Deficient Yang: moderate signs of cold eg diarrhoea, tiredness, lethargy
Tongue lake, swollen, wet
Eat nourishing foods, avoid cold exposure, stress, do moderate exercise
Life stages and energetic
Childhood- dominated by moisture
Teenager: excess heat
Mature: dryness
Old age: coldness
Seasons and energetic
Spring - moisture
Summer- heat
Autumn - dryness
Winter - cold
Food directions
Descending foods: direct energy and fluid downwards.
Cooling foods, root veg, butter foods
- headaches, migraines, eye or ear infections
Centering foods: keeps us centres and grounded for weak digestion.
Wet cooking methods, steamed whole grains, round shaped food
-weak digestion, feeling cold, exhaustion, under nourished
Exterior spreading: helps us expel mucus, induce sweat and support digestion of mucus forming foods, circulation
Hot spicy foods
- colds and flu; excess damp and mucus, cold limbs
Consolidating foods: affinity with kidney, adrenal function of preserving and supporting life
Roasting veg or meat, nuts and seeds, bone broth.
- chronic fatigue, deep cold, chronic illness, old age
