First, eat flat food:
The food with flat nature is not obvious in cold and heat, and it can be used generally, especially for people who are weak, or suffer from yin and yang loss after a long illness, or have mixed symptoms of cold and heat. Foods include yam, Euryale ferox, gastrodia elata, licorice, poria cocos, lotus seeds, Polygonatum sibiricum and black sesame.
Second, hot food:
Warm food has the function of warming yang and dispelling cold, and is suitable for cold constitution and cold syndrome. Cold constitution is characterized by pale face, pale mouth, cold limbs, long urine and loose stool. Food includes leek, onion, ginger, garlic, mutton, fennel and pepper.
Third, warm food:
The food includes chestnuts, lychees, kidney beans, cherries, coffee, coriander, pumpkin, longan, pomegranate, walnuts and chicken.
Fourth, cool food:
Cold food has the functions of clearing away heat, purging fire and detoxifying, and is suitable for heat constitution and fever. Heat constitution is characterized by red face and red eyes, dry mouth and bitter taste, liking cold drinks, short and yellow urine and dry stool. Food includes eggplant, radish, wax gourd, loofah, spinach, loquat, celery, pear and so on.