Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 > Potatoes are a vegetable that grow underground which makes it more > Yin (as opposed to a leafy vegetable that grows above ground). I've been trying to find more information on this phenomena, there are those among the macrobiotics community that say that things such as location and speed of growth can affect the energetics of a food. Can you recommend any sources? Looking for futher information on the nightshade prohibitions, I have gotten explainations along the lines that nightshades are considered extremely Yin in nature because of the speed and circumstances of their growth. This view isn't restricted only to macrobiotic practicioners, however, it is also shared by a few who are interested in Chinese nutrition as well. (http://www.meridianpress.net/intro_pg.html) Mbanu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 In a message dated 10/28/2002 12:05:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, jcc writes: << things such as location and speed of growth can affect the energetics of a food. Can you recommend any sources? >> One source: The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia by Rebecca Wood ... introduction pg xxiii .... " Similar to the doctrine of signature is that each plant part has a propensity to support the corollary body part " " Roots. Vegetable roots correlate to our roots ... the carrot penetrates the earth more deeply and is, energetically, more strengthening to the kidneys than others " . " Tubers. Growing below ground as the thickened, fleshy parts of underground stems, tubers lack the mineral density of true roots ..... Traditional medical systems recommend tubers for people wishing to gain weight, as is suggested by a tuber's amourphous, undifferentiated mass. Other vegetables have a distinct top, bottom, and, often, core. A tuber's energy is more grounding than a stalk or flower " . Paul Pitchford's Healing with Whole Foods supports potatoes as a Yin food and that eating too many will create excess Yin. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2002 Report Share Posted October 29, 2002 I don't know about speed of growth but location definitelly alters the energetics of any plant, whether food or not. That's why TCM herbs come from China or otherwise original places. Had they been cultivated someplace else, their energy would not be the same. This is not to say that the the herbs that TCM expounded are the best therapeuticwise. So Dang Gui is a great herb to tonify and move the Xue. I'm sure than there is at least one American, African and European herb that does just the same.The thing is that little or no study and classification, in the precepts of TCM, has been made with the herbs of those regions. Nuno - " walmart_hurts " <jcc <Chinese Traditional Medicine > Monday, October 28, 2002 8:02 PM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Food growth (was Re: nightshades) > > Potatoes are a vegetable that grow underground which makes it more > > Yin (as opposed to a leafy vegetable that grows above ground). > > I've been trying to find more information on this phenomena, there > are those among the macrobiotics community that say that things such > as location and speed of growth can affect the energetics of a food. > Can you recommend any sources? > > Looking for futher information on the nightshade prohibitions, I have > gotten explainations along the lines that nightshades are considered > extremely Yin in nature because of the speed and circumstances of > their growth. This view isn't restricted only to macrobiotic > practicioners, however, it is also shared by a few who are interested > in Chinese nutrition as well. > (http://www.meridianpress.net/intro_pg.html) > > Mbanu > > > > > Post message: Chinese Traditional Medicine > Subscribe: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > Un: Chinese Traditional Medicine- > List owner: Chinese Traditional Medicine-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/Chinese Traditional Medicine > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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