Week 12

Question 1

Food and Prep in Summer

Answer 1

Cook lightly and regularly add a little spicy, pungent and fiery flavour

Use little salt and more water

When sautéing use a high heat for short periods of time and steam or simmer foods as quickly as possible

On the hottest days serve more cooling fresh foods such as salads, sprouts, fruit, cucumbers, tofu and flower/leaf teas like mint and chamomile

Question 2

Fruits for Summer Heat

Answer 2

Watermelon
Lemon
Lime

Mung bean soup or tea is really good to

Question 3

What dispersing hot flavoured spices are good for warm weather?

Answer 3

Red and green hot peppers
Cayenne red pepper
Fresh Ginger (Not Dried)
Horseradish
Black pepper

Question 4

Bitter and the Lung

Answer 4

Superb for removing mucus and heat in the lung!

Question 5

What is a food thats the best fro clearing heat from the heart?

Answer 5

Celery

Also cleans the arteries of damp deposits of fat and cholesterol

Lowers Blood pressure

Question 6

Whats a good flavour for symptoms of inflammation/infection during any season?

Answer 6

Bitter

Question 7

Largest health problem in N America?

Answer 7

Heart Disease

Question 8

The heart not only regulates blood circulation but also…

Answer 8

Controls Consciousness
Sleep
Memory
Houses the Mind

Question 9

The heart and nervous system problems are related to calcium metabolism. What affects proper calcium absorption?

Answer 9

Coffee, alcohol, tobacco, refined salt, sugar, refined flour, aluminum, pesticides, marijuana all interfere with calcium absorption

Also excess consumption of protein in the diet

Question 10

What are good foods for Heart pain/Heart disease that has symptoms of blood stagnation?

Answer 10

Aduki Beans
Peach Seed Tea
Chives
Cayenne
Red Peppers
Ginger

Question 11

Dietary Suggestions for Calming and Focusing the Mind

Answer 11

1. Simple Diet
2. Occasional light fasting
3. Avoid scattered food habits
4. Too many ingredients in meals
5. Avoid refined sugar, alcohol, coffee
6. No late night eating or large evening meals

Question 12

Foods to treat nervousness, insomnia and improve mental focus by quieting the spirit

Answer 12

Oyster Shell: Builds Heart Yin

Grain: Calm the mind

Mushrooms: Cerebral Effects

Silicon Foods: Calcium Metabolism

Fruit (Mulberries/Lemon): Calm the Mind

Seeds: Calm the mind

Spices (Dill/Basil): Calming

Question 13

What herb is great for insomnia and to aid memory recall and concentration?

Answer 13

Wu Wei Zi

Question 14

Animal Products for the Heart

Answer 14

Goat Milk

Clarified butter

Question 15

What to ingest if you have insomnia?

Answer 15

Warm milk before bed

Question 16

Helpful herbs for the heart and for people suffering from insomnia?

Answer 16

Chamomile

Catnip

Skullcap

Valerian

Take rose hip with Vit C with these herbs to soothe the nerves

Question 17

Mental depression is experienced in the mind but also usually rooted in a …..

Answer 17

Stagnant Liver

Question 18

Foods to help treat minor depression

Answer 18

Brown Rice
Cucumber
Apples
Cabbage
Fresh Wheat Germ
Kuzu Root
Wild Blue Green Micro Algae
Apple Cider Vinegar

Question 19

In what season do you wake early in the morning and reach to the sun for nourishment to flourish as the gardens do?

Answer 19

Summer

Expansion, growth, lightness, outward activity, brightness and creativity