Snow Peas
| Snow Peas in TCM:Explore the properties of Snow Peas according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Temperature: cold
Channels: ST, SP
Flavors: sweet
In terms of Chinese nutrition snow pea is cold and sweet, strengthens the middle burner, detoxifies, and helps to relieve symptoms of counterflow qi such as belching and vomiting. It may also help to stop dysentery, promote lactation, and quench thirst. [22]
For diabetes blend cooked snow peas into a juice and drink 1/2 cup twice daily. For hypertension make juice from fresh snow peas and drink 1/2 cup twice daily. For diarrhea cook snow peas in sweet rice and eat it with every meal until the diarrhea is relieved. For poor lactation eat steamed snow peas frequently. [22]
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