Chinese medicine divides foods and herbs into seven flavors, each representing a basic Energetic property. Note that the flavors are based on the effects on the body and may differ from actual taste.
Sweet is Tonifying, Harmonizing, and Relaxing. Tonifying can be used to support or strengthen the body, blood, or specific organs. Harmonizing can be used to bring the body and spirit into balance. Relaxing can be used to counteract spasms and tightness.
slightly sweet foods and herbs
- asparagus
- barley, pearl
- cabbage
- Chinese yam
- crab
- cucumber
- loquat
- lotus root
- lycium fruit
- mango
- orange
- papaya
- peach
- pear
- pearl barley
- squash
- strawberry
- string beans
- yam
sweet foods and herbs
- apple
- apricot
- Asian pear
- banana
- beef (not recommended)
- black sesame seed
- brown rice
- cantaloupe
- carrot
- cherry
- chicken (not recommended)
- chicken eggs (not recommended)
- Chinese date
- dairy (not including cheese) (not recommended)
- eggs, chicken (not recommended)
- eggplant
- fig
- fish
- gelatin (not recommended)
- gojii berry
- grape
- grapefruit
- jujube
- lamb (not recommended)
- lycii berry
- milk (not recommended)
- millet
- mulberry
- oats
- oyster
- pork (not recommended)
- raspberry
- rice
- shrimp
- spinach
- sweet potato
- sweet rice
- tangerine
- turkey (not recommended)
- wheat germ
- yogurt (not recommended)
- watermelon
Chinese flavors
See also yin foods, yang foods, and neutral foods
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