QI Tonifying Foods

ETIOLOGY. Qi is defined as the primal energy of the body, it is responsible for all aspects of daily living activity visible and invisible. It functions to protect, warm, the body, hold the organs and muscles in place, maintain fluids in their proper places, transport and transform substances to and from energy, and to operate the various organs. The Qi of the body can become weakened with poor nutrition, chronic illness, severe diseases, insufficient natural endowment, and tends to wane with old age.

SYMPTOMS. Breathlessness, feeble breathing, weak voice, spontaneous sweating, loose stools or diarrhea, tiredness, weakness, fatigue, lethargy, poor appetite, urinary incontinence, pale complexion, desire for hot drinks, cold skin, cold limbs, aversion to cold.

CONDITIONS. Asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, frequent colds, skin infections, various autoimmune conditions, weak immunity, Reynaud's syndrome

BENEFICIAL FOODS

PROTEIN

FRUITS

VEGETABLES

GRAINS,LEGUMES

NUTS,SEEDS

MISC.

Beef
Cheese
Chicken
Fish
Ham
Herring
Lamb
Milk
Mussel
Pork
Shrimp
Turkey
yogurt

Apple
Avocado
Banana
Cherry
Coconut
Date
Fig
Grape

Beet
Carrot
Green bean
Shitake
Squash
Sweet potato
Watercress
Yam

Brown rice
Glutinous rice
Lentil
Oat
Quinoa
Soybeans
Tofu
Wheat

Almond
Chia seed
Pecan
Sunflower seed
Walnut
Peanut

Ginkgo
Ginseng
Honey
Licorice
Molasses
Rock sugar
Royal jelly

NOTES:
Eat fresh, organic foods when possible
Avoid microwaving foods as this depletes the Qi of the foods
Bitter foods should be used with caution
Avoid raw, oily, and refined foods
Qi gong exercises performed daily can help regenerate the Qi