Things to avoid:
Cold (temperature) or frozen food
Excessive use of fats
Industrialized food
Soft Drinks
Sugar, particularly white sugar
Very sweet foods
Preservatives
Artificial color and flavors
MSG
Artificial sweeteners
Recommended
We start eating with our eyes, before we even open our mouths. Therefore, Food should be tasty and presented in an aesthetic manner.
Food should be tasty.
Eat slowly, chewing thoroughly every bite of food
Cooked vegetables are preferred on raw vegetables.
Avoid eating under stress. Try and eat with no other distractions
Energetically, eating in company, especially with your family is highly advised
One of the most highly recommended dampness removers is Job's Tears.
Preferred cooking methods
Cook in clay pots, infusion, baking, steaming, stir frying, cooking in water. sprout whenever applicable
Food ingredients that tonify the Spleen
Vegetables:
Sweet potato, Green Pees, eggplant, cucumber mushrooms, Pumpkin, green beans, onion, squash, carrot, soy sprouts, leek, turnip beet, cabbage
Fruit:
Lychee, pineapple, papaya, apple, apricot, melon, fig, pear (especially baked or cooked in wine)
Grains
Rice of all shapes and kinds, especially Kungee- Chinese rice porridge, sweet rice, oats, millet, buckwheat, quinoa
Animal Derived Foods
Eggs
milk products that are NOT fat reduced*, preferably goat sheep or buffalo products
meat and fish (in small quantities): beef, fish (particularly trout, tuna, sardine and flounder), pork and chicken. Internal organs such as spleen kidneys and heard are particularly advised.
Fats and nuts:
Butter (preferably gee, refined butter), sunflower oil, peanuts, chestnuts, almonds, coconut oil, coconut milk, Avocado, Tahini, flax, Hemp seeds
Spices
Chilly, nutmeg, garlic, anise, cinnamon, cardamom, fresh ginger, bay leave, allspice, basilica
Drinks
Green tea, Jasmin tea, ginger tea, licorice tea.,
* Avoid if dampness is involved as well