Foods & Internal Dampness

Foods which promote dampness are:

• Dairy products – milk, cheese, yogurts, ice cream; Sheep & Goats products are known to be less
• Wheat – breads, pastry’s, biscuits, all yeast products
• Pork & rich meat
• Processed foods, sugar & sweeteners
• Concentrated juice’s especially Orange & Tomato
• Beer
• Bananas – these are a big NO in Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Saturated fats
• Raw, cold, sweet and rich foods

Dampness can be divided into three kinds:

• Dampness
• Water
• Phelgm

Foods which resolve Dampness

• Adzuki bean
• Alfalfa
• Asparagus
• Barley
• Basil
• Buckwheat
• Caraway
• Cardamon
• Celery
• Clove
• Coriander
• Corn
• Daikon
• Garlic
• Green Tea
• Horseradish
• Jasmine Tea
• Kidney bean
• Kohlrabi
• Lemon
• Marjoram
• Mushroom (button)
• Mustard leaf
• Onion
• Oregano
• Parsley
• Pumpkin
• Radish
• Rye
• Scallion
• Turnip
• Umeboshi plum

Foods which resolve Water

• Adzuki bean
• Alfalfa
• Barley
• Basil
• Black Soybean
• Broad bean
• Celery
• Corn
• Fenugreek
• Grape
• Kelp
• Kidney bean
• Lettuce
• Mungbean
• Pea
• Plantain
• Plum
• Raspberry leaf
• Rice
• Seaweed
• Squash
• Tea
• Water Chestnut
• Watercress

Foods which resolve Phlegm

• Almond
• Apple peel
• Black pepper
• Celery
• Grapefruit
• Lemon peel
• Licorice
• Marjoram
• Mushroom (button)
• Mustard seed
• Olive
• Onion
• Orange peel
• Pear
• Peppermint
• Plantain
• Radish
• Seaweed
• Shiitake
• Tea
• Thyme
• Walnut
• Watercress