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Food Energetics Charts According to Chinese Theory, foods play an important role in well-being. Below are food therapy charts indicating the heating/cooling properties of common foods (as seen in the Herbsmith webinar presentation, "Food Energetics"). Click on a title below to jump to its chart, or, to download a printable PDF of all of these charts, click here.   Food Pyramid for Dogs Neutral Foods Cooling Foods Foods that transform Phlegm Yin Tonifying Foods Qi Tonic (Warming) Foods Yang Tonic (Hot) Foods Blood Tonic Foods Foods that Form/Drain Dampness Foods to Avoid (Toxic for Dogs) Sources of Vitamin A Sources of Vitamin C Sources of Vitamin E Food Pyramid for Dogs Neutral Foods Generally neutral foods will tonify Qi and blood and harmonize Yin and Yang. They can be used in combination with other types of foods to add vareity and choice or to decrease the harshness of a very cold or very hot diet. Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Etc. Beef Carp Black Soy Beans Papaya White Rice Cheese Beef Liver Catfish Kidney Beans Pineapple Brown Rice Milk Goose Herring Beet Root Pomegranate Rye Peanut Oil Pork Mackerel Broad Beans Raspberry Lentils Flax Seed Pork Liver Salmon Cabbage   Corn Sesame Seeds Pork Kidneys Sardines Carrots     Chicken Eggs Pork Feet Sturgeon Cauliflower     Peanut Quail Tuna Green Beans       Tripe   Peas       Bison   Red Beans           Aduki Beans           String Beans           Pumpkin           Potato           Shitake Mushroom           Yams       Cooling Foods Yin is qualities of inward, quiet, nighttime, maternal, cool and fluids. Yin tonics are foods which tonify the coolness and fluids of the body. Signs of Yang excess include seeking cool places, panting, thirst, red eyes, panting at night, dry skin, dry cough and restlessness. Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Etc. Rabbit Clam Tomatoes Apple Barley Eggs (duck) Duck Cod Yellow Soy Bean Banana Buckwheat Flax Seed Oil   Crab Seaweed Cranberry Job's Tears Marjoram   Scallop Bamboo Kiwi Millet Peppermint   Whitefish Broccoli Lemon Mung Bean Salt     Celery Mango Wheat Sesame Oil     Cucumber Orange Wild Rice Tofu     Eggplant Pear   Yogurt     Kelp Strawberry   Chicken Egg Whites     Lettuce Tangerine         Mushroom Watermelon     Foods That Transform Phlegm Signs of phlegm include Stinky greasy dog coat, "Dog smell", goopy eyes, ear discharges, hot spots, gooey cough. Fish Vegetables Fruits Nuts/Seeds Etc. Clam Pepper Apple Almond Basil Crab Radish Grapefruit Peel Walnut Caraway Lobster Seaweed Lemon Peel   Cardamon Shrimp Shitake Mushroom Orange Peel   Fennel Seed Prawn Water Chestnut Pear   Ginger   Olive     Tyme   Kelp     Marjoram         Pepper         Peppermint         Rosemary                     Yin Tonifying Foods Signs of Yin deficiency include seeking cool places, panting, thirst, red eyes, panting at night, dry skin, dry cough, and restlessness. Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Etc. Duck Whitefish Black Beans Blackberry Millet Chlorella Rabbit Clam Kidney Beans Raspberry Barley Spirulina Pork Cod Mung Beans Mulberry Wheat Germ Tofu Pork Feet Crab Beets Banana Wheat Goat's Milk Pork Kidney Oyster String Beans Watermelon Rice Yogurt Beef Sardine Asparagus Apple Quinoa Cheese     Peas Lemon   Chicken Eggs     Tomatoes Mango   Cow's Milk       Pear   Duck Eggs       Pineapple   Honey Qi Tonifying (Warming) Foods Qi tonic foods are foods that warm the body allowing the body to develop and maintain warmth. Qi deficiency is seen as general weakness, fatigue, exercise intolerance, poor appetite, chronic diarrhea, loss of body weight, muscle atrophy, shortness of breath, asthma and/or urinary or fecal incontinence. Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Nut/Seed Misc. Turkey Sturgeon Black Beans Cassio Fruit Oats Chestnut Bay Leaves Chicken Lobster Squash Cherry Sorghum Coconut Brown Sugar Chicken Liver Mussel Sweet Potato Date Sweet Rice Pine Nut Cinnamon Pheasant Shrimp   Peach   Walnut Ginger Ham Prawn   Longan     Molasses   Anchovy         Goat Milk             Turmeric             Vinegar             Basil             Clove             Dill Seed             Dried Ginger             Fennel Seed             Nutmeg             Rosemary             Sage             Thyme Yang Tonic (Hot) Foods Yang is the opposite of yin. Yang qualities include outward, active, male, daytime, heat and inflammation. Yang tonic foods are the hottest or most heat generating foods. Yang deficiency animals are heat seeking, i.e. lie in front of fires or under bedcovers, have coldness to ears, nose, back and limbs. Meats Fish Misc. Lamb Trout Cayenne Mutton     Sheep Kidney     Venison     Blood Tonic Foods Signs of blood deficiency include History of blood loss/anemia, pale white gums, dry flakey dandruff coat, dry cracked paw pads, lack of stamina. Meats Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Etc. Beef Oyster Aduki Bean Figs Barley Black Sesame Bone Marrow Sardines Alfalfa Sprouts Date Corn Eggs Heart   Artichoke Longan Oats Parsley Liver   Beet Root   Rice Molasses Pork   Carrot   Sweet Rice Soy Milk Pork Skin   Dark, leafy vegetables   Wheat Bran       Kelp           Kidney Beans           Parsley           Spinach           Watercress       Foods that Drain Dampness Signs of dampness include stiffness (worse in damp weather), obesity, weepy lesions without heat, and loose stool. Some examples of foods that form dampness are sugar, yeast, wheat, saturated fats, roasted peanuts, dairy products, bread, pork, bananas, and concentrated juices. Fish Vegetables Fruits Grains Etc. Anchovy Aduki Bean Cranberry Job's Tears Green Tea Marckerel Alfalfa Sprouts Lemon Barley Horseradish Sardine Asparagus Papaya Buckwheat Jasmine Tea   Celery   Corn Marjoram   Seaweed   Rye Parsley   Kidney Bean     Pepper   Lentil         Lettuce         Mushroom         Pumpkin         Radish         Turnip       Foods to Avoid Foods that are toxic to animals and should not be fed are: Chocolate Plum Cherry Pits Onions Persimmons Mustard Leaf Scallions Macadamia Nuts Mustard Seed Grapes/Raisens Alcohol Avocado Peel Apricot Pits Raw Yeast/Dough   Sources of Vitamin A Liver Carrot Broccoli Milk Sweet Potato Butter Kale Pea Spinach Collard Greens Cheddar Cheese Mango Cantaloupe / Melon Egg Apricot Papaya Sources of Vitamin C Animal Livers Rose Hips Citrus Fruits Sources of Vitamin E Seeds / Seed Oils Nut / Nut Oils Green, leafy vegetables Tomato products Pumpkin Sweet Potato Rockfish Mangoes Asparagus Broccoli Papayas Olives

Herbsmith blends are based on traditional Chinese theories of health and wellness. Our herbs are sourced individually from specific providences of China, where the climate and quality of the soil combine to provide a far superior growing environment to anywhere else on the globe. Each batch of herbs is then re-tested in the U.S.A. to ensure purity, authenticity, & safety.
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