 Sweet Potato
tips
Sweet potatoes have two main varieties which differ in
color; purple and yellow. It can be steamed, poached or
roasted and can replace rice or noodles in meals. Especially
in times of famine, sweet potatoes are always the main
source of food. There is a lot of starch, carbohydrates,
fiber and essential protein in sweet potatoes.
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Mango tips
Rich in carotene, beneficial for skin and eye; high vitamin
C and potassium level aid to decrease cholesterol, suppress
high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis; and the high fiber
content enhance the digestive system. Besides, mango has the
effect of anti cancer (especially colon cancer), and aids to
cure fever. Mango will cause temporary aphonic (voiceless)
and carotenemia (yellowish skin symptom) when overtake.
Diabetic patients are advisable not to uptake mango due to
its high sugar level.
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Pomelo tips
Consists of high level of potassium but least of sodium, it
is the most suitable for patients which have cerebral
cardiovascular disease and kidney failure. The vitamin P can
enhance the recovery of skin formation and ease the
absorption of calcium and iron. In additional, the folic
promotes the prevention of the anemia symptom of the
pregnant women and enhances the growth of the fetus. Due to
the cooling nature, person with cool base is not advisable
to uptake.
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Soya Bean tips
Soya bean can aids in prevention of breast and prostate
gland cancer, reduce the symptom caused by menopause such as
osteoporosis. The high content of unsaturated fatty acid
helps to beautify the skin texture which always concern by
very female. Soy bean milk can be replacement of the cow or
goat milk for people who are allergy to animal milk. It is
not suitable to uptake after cooking because raw soy bean
has the content to suppress the digestion of protein.
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 Almond
tips
Almond has the effect of excel inner phlegm, improve cough
and asthma, moisten and helps in skincare. The main fat
contents are unsaturated fat, thus helps to excrete the
cholesterol, prevent arteriosclerosis and heart disease.
Avoid over consume almond to prevent obesity.
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 Water
Chestnut tips
It can act as diuretic (helps in urination) and cooling
property. Aids in cure jaundice and detoxification.
Overtaking water chestnut will abdominal distension and not
suitable to uptake by poor digestion patients and pregnant
women.
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 Sea
Coconut tips
There are 2 kinds of sea coconut, African sea coconut and
Thai sea coconut. Thai sea coconut trees grow in tropical
country mainly in South East Asia. It is rich in
polysaccharide and the essential amino acid, and can be use
to moisten lung and aids in sore throat. Due to the cooling
nature, person with cool base is not advisable to uptake.
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 Green
Bean
tips
(Mung Bean)
It contains starch, protein, fat, nicotinic acid, vitamin A,
B1, B2 and minerals like calcium, sulphur, iron. Other than
cooling property, it can aids in some uncomfortable symptom
such as minor food poisoning or heat stroke. But for those
who are cool base, diarrhea, or poor digestion are not
advisable to uptake green bean.
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 Red
Bean tips
Red bean strengthen the heart and stomach, promotes
urination, and reduce the unwell condition caused by cold,
low blood pressure and exhaustion. Besides, it is rich in
iron which can promotes blood regulation, strengthen
stamina, and improve the immunity. Person who urine very
frequent should be avoid consuming red beans. In order to
recovery from oedema, regular consuming red beans are
necessary.
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 Millet
tips
The protein of the millet promotes the material for blood
plasma formation, and enhances the sleeping quality. Millet
contains the ease digested starch which can helps in
absorption of the nutrients. It is beneficial to the post –
natal women or patients which just get recovery. Avoid to
uptake with egg.
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 Milk
tips
The combination and contents of the mineral such as sulphur,
potassium, magnesium, especially calcium of the milk is easy
to absorb by the human body. Milk can moisten lung, stomach,
and intestine, beside, it can prevent constipation and
revitalize. For those who poor in digestion are not suitable
to uptake too much of the milk.
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 Corn
tips
Corn can aid in digestion, relaxation of nerves,
revitalization of blood, regulation of qi circulation and
reduction of blood fat. It is good for those who suffer from
high blood fat, arteriosclerosis and cardiomyopathy disease.
Corn also delays ageing and prevents degeneration of brain
functions which in turn helps blood fat level in memory
improvement. Regular consumption of corn can aid digestion
and speed up the excretion of toxins from our body.
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 Yam
tips
Rich in fiber which aids in digestive system and
constipation; potassium help lower blood pressure; the slime
property enhance the detoxification of the liver; due to the
smaller structure of starch, it ease the stomach to absorb
and digest up to 98.8%; while the fluorine in it provide
protection to the teeth. The over consuming of nthe yam will
cause abdominal distension.
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 Sago
tips
Sago consists of low protein starch which is best for person
who in weigh control and skin cares. It can enhances spleen
and stomach, thus prevents the sickness caused by poor
digestion.
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 Oat
tips
Oat is beneficial for spleen and kidney. In addition, it can
moisten intestine, reduce the perspiration ( sweating ) rate
and bleeding, and even revitalize, thus it is best for the
elders, women and kids. The linoliec acid in the oat can
aids in diabetes, oedema, and constipation. Oat improves the
stamina of the elders, suppress the cholesterol level and
beneficial for the just recovery patients.
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 Rock
Sugar tips
Moisten stomach and lung, has curative effect against cough
which caused by lung sickness and cold.
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 Brown
Sugar tips
The richness of iron can aids the anemia, expel cool and can
act as analgesia. The nutrients of brown sugar beneficial
for women from pregnancy to post–natal, and helps to prevent
angiosclerosis. The nutrition of brown sugar is better than
white sugar or rock sugar, but overtake of sugar will effect
the appetite and the digestive system. Please clean the
mouth after uptake to prevent dental cavity.
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 Glutinous
Rice Ball tips
For sweet filling glutinous rice ball, no sugar should be
added in the soup to prevent excess calories absorption.
Longan red date soup or longan ginger soup can be used to
cook non-filling glutinous rice ball in order to expel the
coolness. Other than that, non-filling glutinous rice ball
can cooked with flower tea or brown sugar ginger soup too.
Other ingredients such as longans, red dates, and snow
fungus can be added to increase the nutrients of the
dessert. Vegetables can be added while cook with salty
glutinous rice ball for the extra fiber. It is made from the
glutinous rice flour which is sticky and uneasy to digest.
Thus it is a precautious for those who are poor digestion,
elders or children. There is various type of glutinous rice
ball, some contain high level of fat, may affect and worsen
the chronic disease patients; while the patients suffer from
obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes should avoid to
uptake the oily and sweet glutinous rice ball. High fat
level will affect the excretion of the uric acid and will
lead to stroke.
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 Pinto
Bean tips
Rich in fiber which is enhance the digestion and prevent
constipation, to reduce the chances of getting colon cancer.
High level of vitamin B1 has the effect of strengthen the
heart and nervous system. In addition, pinto been aids in
decrease the cholesterol level and prevent cardiovascular
diseases. Due to the high potassium of the bean, kidney
failure patients have to cautions while uptake pinto bean.
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 Dry
Longan tips
Rich in glucose, sucrose and multi mineral, enhance the
excretion and detoxifying system of the body such as kidney,
spleen etc. it is not suitable for person which has gastric
problem.
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Candied Winter Melon tips
It has the cooling property, promotes urination, prevents
hemorrhoid. Winter melon consists of multi-vitamin and
multi-mineral which helps to regulate the metabolism. It can
reduce the appetite of person and thus reduce fat formation
by increase the convert of carbohydrate into energy rather
than fat. Beside, winter melon has anti aging affect.
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Chrysanthemum tips
Aid in recovery of influenza, prevention of sore throat and
promote the reduction of fever. Frequent supplement of it
has effect of anti-aging and enhance the eyes and liver. Not
suitable for those which poor in digestion and appetite is
not advisable to uptake it.
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Lotus Seed tips
It promotes the spleen and kidney, prevention of diarrhea,
but not advisable for person in constipation.
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Sugarcane tips
Sugarcane is sweet in taste and cold in nature, refreshing
and moistening the lung and digestive system. It has
curative effect against cough and cleanses the inner phlegm.
The effect can be increases while uptake mixed juice of
sugarcane and pear. Due to the cooling property, it is not
suitable for cool base person and may worsen the symptom of
the cold cough patients.
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White Ear Fungus tips (Snow Fungus)
Other than provides protection to the liver and enhances the
detoxification of the liver, it also promotes the endurance
of the patient against chemotherapy. Besides, its cooling
properties aids the heat base patients to uptake some heat
base herbs. Snow fungus rich in collagen which enhances the
skin and aids in skin problems such as freckles. The fiber
of it smoothen the digestion and decrease the fat
absorption. For those which are exogenous cold are not
suitable to uptake. Do not ever uptakes the spoil snow
fungus, it will cause serious food poisoning or even death.
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Wolfberry tips (Gou Qi)
Promote the eyes and sperm formation, enhance liver and
kidney, strengthen muscle, moisten lung and prevent cough.
Besides, it enhances the immune system, prevention of
sickness, and blood formation. In addition, it helps to
decrease the blood sugar level and cholesterol level by
promotes the metabolism of the body. Person which poor
digestion, stomachaches, heat base, bad temper or high blood
pressure is not suitable to uptake wolfberry to prevent
overheat of body.
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Lemon tips
Lemon is very rich in vitamins especially vitamin C, a great
content of the skincare which prevent and reduce the
formation of melamine (a pigment which cause darkening of
skin). Due to the high acidity of the lemon, distillation is
necessary when uptake lemon, especially for person which
stomach ache or weak in digestion.
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Green Tea tips
Cleanse inner phlegm, refreshing, and comforting the mind.
Besides, it can prevent constipation, promotes urination,
and reduces fat if uptakes frequently.
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 Barley
tips
An herb which can act as diuretic (helps in urination) and
detoxifier (cleanse the body). It contains nutrients such as
vitamin B1, amino acids, protein, fat, carbohydrate etc.
woman in pregnancy or frequent miscarriage.
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Gingko tips
Gingkoes are tested bittersweet and slightly poisonous.
Gingkoes produce pulmonary activity, coughing and ease
asthma and heal instinctive ejaculation, leucorrhoea and
frequent urination. Who are getting coughs with mucus like
inner phlegm is not recommended to take gingko. High chance
attacking by virus if taking gingko when coughs.
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American Ginseng tips
American ginseng can moisten and refreshing the lung, expel
inner heat and exhaustion. Ginsenosides and multi minerals
of the American ginseng can expand the blood vessel,
promotes metabolism and immunity and regulate functioning of
body. Besides, it can prevent cardiac arrhythmia and
regulate the blood fat level, very suitable for
cardiovascular diseases patients. It also suitable for the
person who has inner heat, especially for the patients which
just recovery, or the post natal women. For those who are
cool base, cold cough, poor digestion are not suitable to
consume American ginseng.
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 Papaya
tips
Helps in digestions, cleanse and detoxify the digestive
system, invigorate the liver, have the curative effect to
rheumatism, injury etc. The papaya fruit contains carpaine,
an anathematic alkaloid which could be dangerous in high
doses. Avoid consuming papaya during pregnancy because it
may cause ovary contraction and stomach ache but would not
be affect the fetus.
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Pear tips
Has the effect to detoxify and de-alcohol. Uptake 1 or 2
pear can prevents the dry cough which cause by the dry
weather. Personal which poor in spleen and stomach is
advisable to uptake by cooking the pear in the water.
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Figs tips
Figs are rich in carbohydrates and protein. Scientific
research proves that figs help fight cancer, reduce blood
pressure and stop diarrhea. From Chinese medical point of
view, figs invigorate the spleen, cleanse the intestines,
detoxify and ease swelling. They are also used to cure
hemorrhoid, enteritis, dysentery and sore throats. Patients
suffers of stroke, fatty liver, normal kalemic periodic
paralysis are not suitable to consume figs. Figs are not
advisable to consume by person who its feces is thin and
watery like.
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Boat Fruit Seed tips
Moisten and refreshing lung, cleanse inner phlegm, have
curative effect for mucus membrane inflammation, muscle
ache. The shell and extract of the fruit can act as
analgesia. Person which weak of digestive and stomachache,
or fever, cough and sore throat is not suitable to uptake
boat fruit seed.
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