Eating that is aligned with the basic nature
of each season offers a harmonizing effect to the over-riding energetic
excesses & deficiencies imposed by nature at that time of year.
This
simplified approach to eating may not always be suited for treating some
pronounced illnesses but ensures a resonance with the natural environment that
one is a part.
Yin
Summer time is the most Yang time of the year and relies mostly upon yin foods.
Foods which naturally ripen to fruition in the
brightness of the yang growing months, counteract the excesses of the season.
Generally, vegetables tend to be yin and contain the strongest inherent
moistening, yin energy.
This is nature's antidote which counteracts the effects of the
environment.
Preparation methods also affect the amount of yin energy
that food contains.
Steaming increases yin and thus, a person who is yin
deficient benefits even more from eating steamed foods at any time of the year.
Foods that accentuate Yin
Asparagus, millet, barley, tofu/soy, seaweeds,
mung beans, black beans, potato, wheat, crab, dairy, butter, soft cheeses, aloe
vera.
Yang
Foods rich in yang energy are those which develop during
the contracted growing cycles and harbor a storehouse of nutrition.
This can
nourish conditions of yang deficiency and carry the body because they have a
warming and stabilizing effect during the winter months, the most yin time of
the year. Generally, meat and protein-based foods contain the strongest
inherent yang energy.
Foods that accentuate Yang
Carrots, ginger,
scallion, cloves, black beans, fenugreek, walnuts, fennel seeds, oats, eggs,
quinoa, sardines, salmon, cinnamon, ginseng
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