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Yin Deficiency is usually caused by not getting enough deep rest, but may come about as the result of certain nutritional imbalances as well. Yin is related to the water element in Chinese medicine, so if the yin is weak then nourish the water.
Symptoms for yin deficiency include night sweating, feeling hot at night, tidal fever, palm heat, and palpitations. If you have ever stayed up 24 hours straight then you have definitely experienced yin deficiency before. In Chinese medicine there is a saying that "yin is the basis of blood, and blood is the physical manifestation of yin". Therefore yin deficiency and blood deficiency may overlap with regards to certain symptoms such as night sweating and hot flashes.
Advanced blood deficiency combined with empty heat can result in a very severe type of deficiency symptom known as steaming bone disorder. This kind of patient feels hot at night, may feel "burned out" overall, and has a heat sensation coming from the bones themselves.
Foods that nourish the yin will also nourish the blood, and vice versa. To nourish the blood and yin choose foods that are cooling, moisturizing, and high in magnesium such as juicy fruits and dark leafy greens.
Foods to Avoid:Foods to Avoid mainly include foods that are spicy and pungent. Spicy foods heat the body and cause sweating, which results in mineral excretion and dryness. Pungent moves also have a blood moving quality, and anything that moves the blood eventually exhausts the blood.
Licensed acupuncturist and Master of Oriental medicine Justin Hays offers telephone TCM diet consultations: contact us to schedule your telephone consultation today!
Foods to Resolve Yin Deficiency:On the other hand, the following foods and herbs may help to resolve Yin Deficiency:
Abalone
Alfalfa Sprout
Apple
Apricot
Arnica Flower
Artichoke, globe
Artichoke, Jerusalem
Asparagus
Avocado
Bai He
Bai Shao
Bai Zi Ren
Banana
Barley
Beef
Bie Jia
Black Bean
Black Cohosh
Black fungus (Wood ear)
Borage
Butter
Calcium
Carambola
Cheese
Chicken Liver
Chickweed
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum Tea
Clam (freshwater)
Clam (saltwater)
Coconut Milk
Collard Greens
Comfrey Leaf
Crab
Cuttlefish
Duck
E Jiao
Eel
Egg yolk
Egg, chicken
Egg, Duck
Egg, Pigeon
Flax (linseed)
Geranium
Ghee
Ginseng (American)
Goose
Gou Qi Zi
Green Peas
Gui Ban
Han Lian Cao
Hei Zhi Ma
Hemp (Cannabis Seed)
Hemp Seed
Honey
Hops
Huang Jing
Huo Ma Ren
Iron
Jasmine
Kamut
Kelp (Kombu)
Kidney Bean
Lima Bean
Mai Men Dong
Mango
Marjoram
Marshmallow Root
Milk, cow
Milk, cow (raw)
Milk, goat/sheep
Millet
Mulberry
Mullein
Mullet
Mung Bean
Mungbean Sprout
Nettle
Nori
Nu Zhen Zi
Octopus
Orange
Oyster
Peach
Pear
Persimmon
Pigeon
Pine Kernel (Pine Nut)
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Pork
Pork Kidney
Potato
Rabbit
Raspberry
Red Clover
Rice
Rose
Royal Jelly
Sang Shen
Sardine
Scallop
Seaweed
Sesame Oil
Sesame, black
Sesame, white
Sha Shen
Sha Yuan Zi
Shan Yao
Sheng di Huang
Shi Hu
Shu Di Huang
Slippery Elm
Solomon Seal
Soya Milk
Soybean, black
spelt
Spinach
Spirulina
Squash, summer
Strawberry
String beans
Suan Zao Ren
Sweet Potato
Tian Men Dong
Tofu
Tomato
Tu Si Zi
Wakame
Wheat
White Fungus (Snow Fungus)
Whitebait fish
Xuan Shen
Yam
Ye Jiao Teng
Yin Yang Huo
Yogurt
Yu Zhu
Zhi Mu
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