Week 4 - Water & Land Vegetables

Question 1

Garlic guides to ____ channel(s) because ______, It is warm in nature because ______

Answer 1

LU - white root / bulb
SP, ST - grown in earth

needs warmth to sprout green (wood) energy upward

Question 2

Celery is ____ in nature because ________. It guides to LV channel because ________

Answer 2

cool
grown in fall, winter
green, fibrous (sinew/tendon)

Question 3

Spinach is ____ in nature because ______ and ____ in taste because _______. It guides to ____ channel(s) and so is good for __________

Answer 3

cool

grown in lots of water

sweet

grown in earth

ST, LI

lubricate Intestines, nourish ST fluids

Question 4

How does spinach improve vision?

Answer 4

The base of spinach stems can be reddish (fire) which provides light for vision (wood, LV).

Question 5

Carrot guides to which of the six divisions?

Answer 5

Tai Yin (LU, SP)

Question 6

Pumpkin guides to which channels?

Its nature is ______ because ________. It functtions to _______

Answer 6

Earth (SP, ST)

warm

orange skin/flesh (from fire)

strengthen SP, transform phlegm

Question 7

How does pumpkin treat roundworms in LI?

Answer 7

use fire to control metal (LI) to expel worms

Question 8

Eggplant goes to which channel(s)?

Answer 8

Yang Ming (ST, LI)

Question 9

Eggplant’s nature is ____ so it is good for ________

Answer 9

slightly cold

clearing heat in summer, clearing Yang Ming dryness, constipation

Question 10

Turnip /Parsnip has what 5 element energy?

Answer 10

metal (white root), wood (green top)

Question 11

Turnip / Parsnip guides to ____ channel(s). Why is it known as “Winter ginseng”?

Answer 11

ST, LU

ST, LU channels go down. Winter Qi goes downward, turnip brings qi downward to store the essence to prepare for Yang to rise in Spring

Question 12

Young lotus root is _____ in nature and good for _______. Mature lotus root is _____ in nature and good for ________

Answer 12

cool

cool blood, clear heat

slightly warm

nourish blood, strengthen SP/ST

Question 13

Lily bulb can clear heat, calm the mind because _______

Answer 13

its cloves are bunched together and inward towards the HT

Question 14

Black mushroom is good for _______

Answer 14

tonify Qi and blood, nourish middle jiao, reducing blood lipids, blood pressure

Question 15

Black wood ear is good for ________

Answer 15

blood deficiency, KD deficiency

Question 16

White wood ear is good for _______ because ______

Answer 16

nourishing LU yin, moisten LI

it is white (metal)

Question 17

Kelp’s taste and temperature is _____. Thus it can function to _________

Answer 17

cold, salty

clear heat, promote urination, dissolve phlegm

Question 18

Laver is similar to Kelp except it is also _____ in taste

Answer 18

sweet

Question 19

List GYN/OB functions of laver

Answer 19

clean up lochia, repair uterus after menses, increase breast milk

Question 20

Celery functions to __________

Answer 20

clear heat, calm mind, calm LV, strengthen ST, promote urination

Question 21

Turnip is good for ______

Answer 21

clearing heat, dissolving phlegm, produce body fluid, cool blood