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Food Etiology
Chinese Medicine Dietary Therapy: (Some) Patterns and Food Etiology
| Pattern | Etiology |
|---|---|
| Phlegm Fire Harrassing the Heart | Excessive Consumption of Hot and Greasy Foods |
| Phlegm Misting the Mind | Excessive Consumption of Greasy-Cold-Raw Foods |
| Liver IFre Blazing Upwards | Excessive consumption of Alcohol, Fired Foods, and Meat (esp Beef and Lamb) |
| Damp Heat in the Liver and Gall Bladder | Excessive Consumption of Hot and Greasy Foods |
| Deficiency of Liver Blood | Diet poor in nourishment or lacking in protein |
| Liver invading the Spleen | Emotional Issues combined with irregular diet |
| Liver invading the Stomach | Emotional Issues combined with irregular diet |
| Lung Yin Deficiency | Associated with ST Yin Xu |
| Lung Dryness | ST Yin Xu |
| Damp-Phlegm Obstructing the Lungs | Excessive consumption of Greasy Foods and/or Cold and Raw Foods |
| Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Lungs | Excesive Consumption of Greasy and Hot foods |
| Phlegm Fluids Obstructing the Lungs | Excessvie Consumption of Greasy Cold-Raw Foods |
| Spleen Qi Deficiency | Excessive consumption of Cold and Raw foods. Eating at irregular Times. Excesive Eating. Eating too little or eating a Protein Poor Diet. |
| Spleen Yang Deficiency | Excessive consumption of Cold and Raw foods. Eating at irregular Times. Excesive Eating. Eating too little or eating a Protein Poor Diet. |
| Spleen Qi Sinking | Excessive consumption of Cold and Raw foods. Eating at irregular Times. Excesive Eating. Eating too little or eating a Protein Poor Diet. |
| Spleen Not controlling Blood | Excessive consumption of Cold and Raw foods. Eating at irregular Times. Excesive Eating. Eating too little or eating a Protein Poor Diet. |
| Heat in the Large Intestine | Excessive consumption of Hot Foods |
| Collapse of Large Intestine | Any of the causes of SP and ST Xu |
| Large Intestine Cold | Excessive consumption of Cold and Raw Foods |
| Damp-Heat in the Gall Bladderf | Excessive consumptionof Greasy and Fatty Foods |