ETIOLOGY. Cold patterns usually arise from lack of physical activity, eating or drinking too much cold food stuffs. Insufficient warming foods in the diet, cold environment or insufficient natural endowment.
SYMPTOMS. Chills, aversion to cold, attraction to warmth. General lack of thirst but desire for warm drinks, clear watery discharges, dull pains, pale complexion, loose or watery stool, excess clear urination, abdominal pain cold extremities.
CONDITIONS. Dysmenorrheal, infertility, stomachache, diarrhea
BENEFICIAL FOODS
| PROTEIN |
FRUITS |
VEGETABLES |
GRAINS,LEGUMES |
NUTS,SEEDS |
MISC. |
Anchovy Beef Chicken Fish Lamb Mussel Salmon Shrimp Trout turkey |
Cherry Coconut Dried papaya Grape Hawthorn berries Peach Pineapple Raspberry Tangerine |
Bell pepper Chive Garlic Green bean Kale Leek Mustard green Onion Parsnip Scallion Sweet yam Turnip |
Black bean Lentil Oat Quinoa Spelt Sweet rice Wheat germ
|
Chestnut Pinenut Walnut |
Basil Black pepper Cayenne Coriander Dill Fennel Ginger Nutmeg Parsley Rosemary |
NOTES:
Avoid raw and cooling foods
Avoid cold foods and drinks
Incorporate animal protein in diet
Bake foods when possible
Dress warmly
© Aram A. Akopyan LAc.Dipl. OM. Total Wellness Center for Healing Arts