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Chinese foods
Five Phases - Fire
nutrition

definition

Fire:

grains and tubers: amaranth, corn: maize, popcorn, sorghum

legumes: red lentil

vegetables: asparagus, red bell pepper, Brussel sprout, chicory, chive, dandelion root, green dandelion, endive, escarole, okra, scallion, tomato

fruits: apricot, guava, loquat, persimmon, raspberry, strawberry

Garvy, 1985, Chart 5, pp. 15-16

see also: "Wu-Xing: the Five Phases/Elements" in the Diagnosis section of the Materia Medica


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