Refer to the following list to see whether a food is considered cold, neutral or warm in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Confirm foods in RED with specialist in Chinese Medicine.

Cooling in most people

Fruit

Apple
Avocado
Banana
Grapes
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Lemon
Mango
Melons- all kinds
Mulberry
Muskmelon
Orange – all kinds
Pear
Persimmon
Plum
Strawberry
Watermelon

Vegetables

Asparagus
Aubergine
Beet greens
Bamboo shoots
Bitter gourd
Bok choi
Celery
Chinese broccoli
Chinese cabbage
Cucumber
Daikon
Eggplant
Kale
Kelp
Lettuce
Loquat
Mushroom – white
Mushroom – brown
Radish
Seaweed
Spinach
Tomato
Water chestnut
Wild cucumber
Zucchini

Grains, Legumes, Seeds

Barley
Buckwheat
Hops
Millet
Mung beans
Soy bean
Tofu
Wheat

Meat, Seafood, Eggs, Dairy

Crab
Duck
Egg
Egg White
Fish
Pork
Yogurt
Yogurt – Greek

Condiments, Beverages, Herbs, Other

Coconut water
Honey
Lemon water
Milk chocolate
Orange juice
Peppermint
Salt
Oil – sesame
Sorbet
Sugar cane
Tea – chamomile
Tea – chysanthemum
Tea – green
Tea – peppermint
Tea – tangerine
Yogurt drinks

Neutral in most people

Fruit

Blueberry
Cranberry
Fig
Goji berry
Grapes
Lemon
Papaya
Plum

Vegetables

Asparagus
Beet greens
Beet – root
Black fungus
Carrot
Cabbage
Corn
Mushroom – white
Mushroom – brown
Mushroom – Shiitake
Potato
Radish leaf
Sweet potato
Taro
Turnip
White fungus
Yam

Grains, Legumes, Seeds

Adzuki bean
Almond
Broad bean
Cashew
Hazelnut
Kidney bean
Lotus seed
Peanut
Peas
Pecans
Pistachio
Pumpkin seed
Rice – white
Rice bran
Rye
Sesame seed – black
Soy bean
Soybean – black
String bean
Sunflower seed

Meat, Seafood, Eggs, Dairy

Beef
Duck
Egg – yolk
Fish
Milk
Oyster
Pork
Shrimp

Condiments, Beverages, Herbs, Other

Honey
Olives
Royal jelly honey
Soy bean milk
Sugar cane
Sugar – white

Warming in most people

Foods in BOLD are HOT

Fruit

Apricot
Cherry
Chinese red dates
Dates
Grapes – red
Grapefruit – peel only
Lychee
Mango
Orange – peel only
Peach
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Raspberry

Vegetables

Asparagus
Chives
Green onion
Leeks
Onion – all kinds
Peppers – Chilli
Peppers – Hot
Peppers – Sweet
Pumpkin
Spring onion

Grains, Legumes, Seeds

Chestnut
Glutinous rice
Pine nut
Walmut

Meat, Seafood, Eggs, Dairy

Beef
Chicken
Goat milk
Ham
Lamb
Lobster
Mussels
Prawns
Shrimp – fresh water
Venison

Condiments, Beverages, Herbs, Other

Basil
Chives
Cinnamon
Chili
Clove
Coffee
Corriander
Cumin
Dill seed
Fennel
Garlic
Ginger – fresh
Ginger – powder
Maltose
Mustard
Mustard seed
Nutmeg
Peppercorn – white
Peppercorn – black
Peppercorn – Sichuan
Tobacco
Rosemary
Spearmint
Spirit alcohol
Star anise
Sugar – brown
Tea – black
Tea – jasmine
Tea – ginger
Tea – Pu’er
Turmeric
Vegetable oil
Vinegar
Wine