The following is an alphabetical list of foods that are good to eat in the Spring. In Chinese medicine, these are foods that are said to have an upward movement. Our bodies have different needs as seasons change from one to the next. With this in mind, we should consider the different �movements� of the foods we eat in each season. In the Spring, we need foods that reawaken the yang energy as this energy has been in hibernation throughout the Winter. You may notice that these foods tend to have one of two flavors � pungent or sweet. Patients suffering from any symptoms such as fatigue, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, and rectal or uterine prolapse, are commonly advised to eat more foods with an upward movement. If the patient suffers from a chronic condition, he/she may be prescribed an herbal decoction, which will have a stronger upward action.

Abalone Apricot Beef Beetroots Black fungus Black sesame seed Black soybean Cabbage Carp Carrot Celery Cherry Chicken egg/yolk Corn silk Crab apple Dry mandarin orange peel

Duck Fig Grape Guava leaf Honey Hyacinth bean Kidney bean Licorice Lotus fruit/seed Milk (Cow�s) Olive Oyster Peanuts Pineapple Plum

Potato Pumpkin Radish leaf Rice bran Saffron Shitake mushroom Small red bean (adzuki) String bean Sunflower seed Sweet rice Sweet potato Taro White fungus White sugar Yellow soybean