The Energetics of Fruit - Traditional Chinese Food Energetics by Daverick Leggett

The Energetics of Fruit

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	sour, sweet
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

ABBREVIATIONS
Route		Action
L	Lung	QC	promotes Qi Circulation
LI	Large Intestine	BC	promotes Blood Circulation
St	Stomach	H	counteracts Heat
S	Spleen	C	counteracts Cold
H	Heart	D	counteracts Damp
SI	Small Intestine	W	drains Water
B	Bladder	P	resolves Phlegm
K	Kidney	T	removes Toxins
Pe	Pericardium
GB	Gall Bladder	To view our wallchart detailing the properties of 300 common foods, click here
Liv	Liver
U	Uterus	BACK TO TABLE