Dryness is a Yin deficient, indicating that organic liquids are consumed. Caused by excess heat or perverse wind.
It can come from the outside or the inside.
Dehydrates, dries, consumes organic liquids and Yin.
Can be understood as an insufficiency of moisture.
Mainly affects the skin and mucous membranes. It mainly injures the lungs and in the long term can affect the kidneys.
Moisturize, nourish Yin
Areas:
P7 – R6 – V43 – V13 : to nourish the Yin
P10 – IG18 : in case of chronic cough and aphonia
P11 – P9 – P7 : for the throat
V12 – VB20 – VG14 : to release the surface
Raw foods, sprouts, fresh fruits in general, juices, smoothies, raw vegetables, fermented, fast sautéed, steamed, quick blanched, pickled.
Vegetables
Raw algae, microalgae such as spirulina or chlorella, celery, cucumber, sprouts, green leaves, mushrooms, pickles or fast fermented, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn, eggplant, pepper, beetroot, radish, turnip, asparagus, pea, artichoke, potatoes …
Fruits
Melon, watermelon, banana, kiwi, lemon, grapefruit, strawberries, blackberries, avocado, pear, tomato, mandarin, peach, papaya, orange, fig, pineapple, mango, coconut, like tropical fruits…
Cereals
Barley, quinoa, corn, polenta, basmati rice, wheat, amaranth …
Vegetables
Fresh tofu, mung beans, yellow soybeans, raw or steamed tempeh…
Seeds
Flaxseed and chia
Condiments
Vinegar in general (fermented and natural vinegars of rice, umeboshi and apple are less yin) and raw oil…
Animal
Raw fish, white fish, snail, clams, lobster, oyster, octopus, rabbit, yogurt, cow’s milk and also lean fresh cheese, fresh dairy in general…
Newage
Original Limu – Nuku hiva – Noni max and also original – Restoriix – Giving greens
Other
Fresh water, juices, vegetable milks, green tea, teas, kombucha, flower of salt…
Foods of a hot or temperate nature, toasted, baked, fried, cooked under pressure, sautéed long, stewed, boiled, dehydrated, cooked longer and over low heat, combined with salt or dressings such as miso or shoyu…
Vegetables
Onion, leek, scallion, garlic, carrot, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, dried radish, cooked seaweed.
Fruits
Cherries, lychees, grapes, dates, apricots, plums…
Cereals
Buckwheat, toasted cereals, sweet rice, oats, millet…
Fermented legumes such as tempeh or natto, azuki…
Seeds, oils and nuts
Chestnut, pine nut, almond, hazelnut, walnuts, pistachios, roasted sesame, peanut, sunflower seeds, so olive oil in cooking…
Spices
Basil, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, rosemary, anise, sage, oregano, fennel, dill, cumin, nutmeg, mustard, bay leaf, fenugreek, black pepper, turmeric, parsley, chives, chili peppers and also coffee…
Other
Sea salt, shoyu, tamari, miso, tekka, capers, gomasio, honey, amasake, molasses, cocoa, sourdough bread, tobacco, alcohol, so sausages…
Animal
Meats in general, oily fish, trout, lamb, shrimp, mussel, chicken, anchovies, goat’s milk, butter, ghee, boiled egg, more fatty and cured cheeses …
It comes from a vacuum of organic liquids. Because organs such as the spleen, kidneys, and lungs do not properly produce and distribute fluids.
Rest and hydration: drink more pure water, broths, fruits according to the season of the year, some oily foods
Areas:
Raw foods, sprouts, fresh fruits in general, juices, smoothies, raw vegetables, fermented, fast sautéed, steamed, quick blanched, pickled.
Vegetables
Cucumber, sprouts, green leaves, mushrooms, pickles or fast fermented, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn, eggplant, pepper, beetroot, radish, turnip, asparagus, pea, artichoke, potatoes …
Fruits
Melon, watermelon, banana, kiwi, lemon, grapefruit, strawberries, blackberries, avocado, pear, tomato, mandarin, peach, papaya, orange, fig, pineapple, mango, coconut, like tropical fruits…
Cereals
Barley, quinoa, corn, polenta, basmati rice, wheat, amaranth …
Vegetables
Fresh tofu, mung beans, yellow soybeans, raw or steamed tempeh…
Condiments
Vinegar in general (fermented and natural vinegars of rice, umeboshi and apple are less yin) and raw oil…
Animal
Raw fish, white fish, snail, clams, lobster, oyster, octopus, rabbit, yogurt, cow’s milk and also lean fresh cheese, fresh dairy in general…
Newage
Original Limu – Nuku hiva – Noni max and also original – Restoriix – Giving greens
Other
Fresh water, juices, vegetable milks, green tea, teas, kombucha, flower of salt…
Foods of a hot or temperate nature, toasted, baked, fried, cooked under pressure, sautéed long, stewed, boiled, dehydrated, cooked longer and over low heat, combined with salt or dressings such as miso or shoyu…
Vegetables
Onion, leek, scallion, garlic, carrot, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, dried radish, cooked seaweed.
Fruits
Cherries, lychees, grapes, dates, apricots, plums…
Cereals
Buckwheat, toasted cereals, sweet rice, oats, millet…
Vegetables
Tempeh, azuki…
Seeds, oils and nuts
Chestnut, pine nut, almond, hazelnut, walnuts, pistachios, roasted sesame, peanut, sunflower seeds, so olive oil in cooking…
Spices
Basil, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, rosemary, anise, sage, oregano, fennel, dill, cumin, nutmeg, mustard, bay leaf, fenugreek, black pepper, turmeric, parsley, chives, chili peppers and also coffee…
Other
Sea salt, shoyu, tamari, miso, tekka, capers, gomasio, honey, amasake, molasses, cocoa, sourdough bread, tobacco, alcohol, so sausages…
Animal
Meats in general, oily fish, trout, lamb, shrimp, mussel, chicken, anchovies, goat’s milk, butter, ghee, boiled egg, more fatty and cured cheeses …