Week 2 - Energetics of food

Question 1

Properties of Hot foods

Answer 1

Increase yang, speed up Qi, Activate, warm, disperse, move upwards and downwards, warms the bowels an viscera, eliminate external and internal cold (wei qi) and mobilizes defensive Qi
- Ginger, cinnamon, lamb and chilli

Question 2

Properties of warm foods

Answer 2

Strengthen yang and Qi, warms the body, bowels and viscera, warm and strengthen middle jiao
- Fennel, chicken, beef and oat

Question 3

Properties of neutral foods

Answer 3

Build Qi and body fluids, and stabilize and harmonize the body
- Honey, rice, potatoes

Question 4

Properties of cool foods

Answer 4

supplement body fluids, and blood, slow down Qi and clear heat
- Yogurt, soy milk, wheat

Question 5

Properties of Cold food

Answer 5

Creates cold, cool internal heat and have a calming effect on the spirit
- watermelon, dandelion, orange

Question 6

Blanching, steamin, boiling in pleniful water

Answer 6

Cooling cooking method

Question 7

Grilling, frying, roasting, smoking, searing, baking, long simmering in liquid

Answer 7

Warming cooking method

Question 8

Properties for sweet flavours

Answer 8

Harmonizes all other flavours and forms the centre of our diet, mildly stimulating and circulation of Qi and Blood
Treat deficiencies
Moistening and will benefit dryness

Excess; leads to formation phlegm and damp

Question 9

Properties for pungent flavours

Answer 9

Disperses stagnation, promotes circulation of Qi and Blood. Stimulates digestion and helps break through phlegm

Excess: over stimulate and exhaust Qi and Blood

Question 10

Properties for salty flavours

Answer 10

Moves inwards and downwards, draws food towards and centre and root of the body.
Moistens, softens, and detoxifies, counteracts the hardening of the muscles and glands.
Regulates the moisture balance in the bod, stimulate digestive and improves concentration

Question 11

Properties of Sour flavour

Answer 11

Stimulates contraction and absorption
Gathering or astringent effect
Uses: leaking, sagging conditions involving loss of body fluids such as sweating, diarrhea and hemorrhage
Counteracts the effects of fatty foods, prevents stagnation and benefits digestive absorption
The are blood activators and stagnation eliminators

Excess: over contraction and over retention of moisture

Question 12

Properties of bitter flavours

Answer 12

Drains and dries as it travels downwards through the body
Improves appetite, stimulate digestion and draws out dampness and heat
Reduce excess conditions and should be restricted in conditions of cold and or deficiency
Acts mostly on the heart, and also benefits the lungs
In excess - deplete Qi and moisture

Question 13

What is Candidiasis

Answer 13

The overgrowth of Candida yeast like fungi in the body

Question 14

What is the eastern concept of Candidiasis

Answer 14

Dampness - feeling of heaviness and sluggishness, mental dullness, possible infection with yeast and other microorganisms Pathogenic moisture such as edema, and excess mucus

Question 15

Symptoms of Candidasis

Answer 15

Chronic tiredness
mental sluggishness
Chronic vaginitis and prostatitis
Anal itching
Bloating and other digestive problems
Bad breath
extreme sensitivity to tobacco smoke and chemical fumes
Mucus in the stools
Frequent colds
Craving for sweets and yeasted bread
Recurrent fungal infections 
Low immunity in generall

Question 16

Causes of Candidiasis

Answer 16

Foods that are cold in temperature, too sweet or salty, mucus producing, and stale or rancid
Yeast inducing foods, complicated meals of many ingredients

Question 17

What is the main factor of Candidiasis and who are at greater risk of developing Candidiasis

Answer 17

Degeneration of digestive strength is the use of massive and or repeated doses of broad spectrum antibiotics
Women who are taking OCA

Question 18

What are some foods you can recommend who has Candidiasis

Answer 18

Raw saltless sauerkraut, Kimchi , seaweeds, garlic and other vegetables in addition to cabbage
Included a tablespoon of cold pressed Flaxseed oil daily with meal

Question 19

What are some complex carbohydrate foods you can recommend to your patient with Candidiasis

Answer 19

Millet, roasted buckwheat groats, rye, oats, barley, amaranth and quinoa