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Energetics of Fruit Database

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Food Temp Flavour Route Tonifies Regulates
Apple cool sour, sweet H,L,St yin H
Apricot neutral sour, sweet L yin, blood
Avocado cool sweet LI, Liv, L, S yin, blood
Banana cold sweet LI, L yin H, T
Blackberry warm sour, sweet Liv, K
Blackcurrant cool sour, sweet Liv, K
Blue/Bilberry cool sour L, S, St D, H, T
Cassio Fruit warm pungent K, Liv yang
Cherry warm sweet H. S, St qi BC, C
Coconut neutral sweet qi
Crabapple neutral sour, sweet H, Liv, L
Cranberry cold sour, sweet B, K, LI D, H
Date warm sweet Liv, LS, L qi, blood
Fig neutral sweet LI, L, S qi, blood H, T
Gooseberry cold
Grape neutral sour, sweet K, Liv, L, S qi, blood W
Grapefruit cold sour, sweet H, P, QC
Lemon/Lime cold sour GB, K, LI, Liv, S yin BC, H, QC, T
Longan warm sweet H, S qi, blood BC, C
Lychee warm sour, sweet Liv BC, C
Mango cold sour, sweet St yin H
Melon cold sweet H
Mulberry cold sweet K, Liv, L yin, blood
Orange cool sour, sweet Liv
Papaya neutral bitter, sweet L, St D
Peach warm sour, sweet LI, SI, St BC, C, QC
Pear cool sour, sweet L, St yin H, P
Persimmon cold sweet H, LI, L, S yin H
Pineapple neutral sour, sweet yin H
Plum neutral sour, sweet Liv H
Pomegranate neutral sour, sweet B yin
Quince warm sour Liv, S
Raspberry neutral sour, sweet Liv, K yang
Rhubarb cold bitter LI BC, H, T
Srawberry cool sour, sweet K, Liv, L, S
Tangerine cool sour, sweet L, St  yin QC
Watermelon cold sweet B, H, St yin H, W

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Route
L – Lung
LI – Large Intestine
St – Stomach
S – Spleen
H – Heart
SI – Small Intestine
B – Bladder
K – Kidney
Pe – Pericardium
GB – Gall Bladder
Liv – Liver
U – Uterus


[one_half_last]Action
QC – promotes Qi Circulation
BC – promotes Blood Circulation
H – counteracts Heat
C – counteracts Cold
D – counteracts Damp
W – drains Water
P – resolves Phlegm
T – removes Toxins[/one_half_last]

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