Recommended Ingredients for Cold Constitution
For those with a cold constitution, it’s recommended to focus on foods that warm the body.
Try incorporating the following foods into your diet:
Additionally, be more conscious of consuming these foods during winter, before menstruation, and during menstruation.
Recommended Ingredients for Cold Constitution:
- Onion
- Green onion
- Garlic
- Chinese chives (nira)
- Shishito peppers
- Pumpkin
- Komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach)
- Turnips
- Jasmine
- Sea bream
- Horse mackerel
- Shrimp
- Eel
- Beef
- Lamb
- Chicken
- Venison
- Cheese
- Mentaiko (spicy cod roe)
Seasonings:
- Brown sugar
- Vinegar
- Sake
- Miso
- Sesame oil
- Curry powder
- Wasabi
- Pepper
- Chili peppers
Herbal Ingredients:
- Ginger
- Pine nuts
- Sichuan pepper
- Schisandra berries
- Hawthorn berries
- Jujube
- Dried tangerine peel
- Safflower
- Eucommia bark
- Cloves
- Anise
- Mai kai ka (or rose red)
Fermented teas like black tea and pu-erh tea can also help warm the body. Honey-glazed walnuts are beneficial for warming the kidneys and can help keep you warm from the inside out.
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.
