WK 5 : Meat Flashcards
Taste & Temperature
Pork
Zhu Rou
sweet. slightly salty.
neutral (but still on warm side)
Channels & Fx
Pork
Zhu Rou
LU - moisten LU ; moisten dryness
SP - tonify SP
KD - nourish KD
LV - nourish Blood
Indications
Pork
Zhu Rou
Dry cough, dry mouth ;
throat - yin deficiency ;
chronic fatigue - Qi & Blood deficiency ;
constipation (with fatty part of pork?)
C. Indications
Pork
Zhu Rou
[esp fatty part]
diabetes, obesity, damp and/or heat
Taste & Temperature
Pork Trotter
sweet. neutral.
Channels
Pork Trotter
LU. SP. KD.
Fx
Pork Trotter
Promote Blood circulation ;
promote lactation ;
tonify Qi and nourish Blood
Indications
Pork Trotter
weakness of the constitution ;
Qi and Blood deficiency causing fatigue ;
postpartum
Fx
Pork spinal cord
tonify KD & KD essence ;
nourish the Blood & marrow
Taste & Temperature
Mutton
sweet. very warm.
Channels
Mutton
SP KD
Fx
Mutton
warm MJ ;
promote qi circulation ;
nourish blood ;
tonify KD yang
Ind.
Mutton
impotency (men), infertility ; back pain, cold, puffy ankle (elderly) ; postpartum ; chronic diarrhea ; blood loss due to trauma, delivery, menstruation
C. ind.
Mutton
not for summer time ;
severe yin deficiency
Taste & Temperature
Goat Milk
sweet. warm
Channel
Goat Milk
LU ST KD
fx.
goat milk
nourish the deficiency ;
moisten, tonify organs ;
harmonize ST
ind.
goat milk
mal-nutrition, congenital weakness ;
cold in ST ;
chronic diarrhea ;
HT Yang deficiency
c/i
goat milk
yin deficiency - constipation
heat in the blood - skin issues, etc
*only moderate amount for constipation
taste & temperature
chicken
sweet. warm
channels
chicken
SP ST KD