For those who tend to feel hot, here are recommended ingredients to help moderate body heat.
Cooling foods can make it easier to sleep on those sweltering nights by lowering your core temperature. For instance, eating cucumber salads at dinner might help you fall asleep more comfortably.
Recommended Ingredients for Hot Constitution:
- Bitter melon
- Dandelion
- Honeysuckle
- Tofu
- Burdock root
- Lotus root
- Celery
- Cucumber
- Spinach
- Eggplant
- Daikon radish
- Bamboo shoots
- Zucchini
- Water spinach
- Pears
- Loquats
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Sugarcane
- Apples
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Watermelon
- Melon
- Shepherd’s purse
- Clams
- Corbicula clams
- Horse meat
- Kelp
- Seaweed
- Wheat
- Barley
- Konjac
- Bean sprouts
- Buckwheat
Seasonings:
- Salt
- Soy sauce
Herbal Ingredients:
- Mung beans
- Job's tears
- Peppermint
Lightly fermented teas like green tea are also recommended.
Desserts with tropical fruits are generally better for the body than those with a mix of various ingredients.
If you eat only these ingredients, there is a possibility of developing the opposite constitution. It’s important to maintain balance, so consider incorporating foods suitable for other constitutions as well.
