Foods that eliminate wind
These foods are best when you are getting a cold or flu. One should, although, pay attention to the thermal nature (hot and cold) of the condition and the foods chosen.
If you are getting a cold (but feel hot and have other heat signs from a Chinese medical perspective) then one should emphasize cooler release the exterior foods.
Wind-Cold: oats, pine nuts, shrimp, ginger, fennel, basil, anise
Wind-Heat: celery, kuzu, mulberry, strawberry, peppermint
Neutral: black soybeans, black sesame seed, fresh flax oil
Internal Wind: celery, basil, sage, fennel, dried or fresh ginger, anise, oats, black soybeans, black sesame seed, kuzu, pine nut, coconut, fresh cold-pressed flax oil, shrimp.
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