Vegetables

 

Vegetables

Kampo Dietary Therapy

Item	Category	Thermal Nature	Flavor
Alfalfa sprouts	Vegetables	Cool	Bitter
Artichoke	Vegetables	Cool	Bitter, sweet
Arugula (rocket, rucola)	Vegetables	Cool	Acrid, bitter
Asparagus	Vegetables	Cold	Sweet, bitter
Bamboo Shoots	Vegetables	Cold	Sweet
Bay leaf (bay laurel)	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid, bitter
Beet	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, bitter
Bitter melon (Goya)	Vegetables	Cold	Sweet, bitter
Bok Choy	Vegetables	cool	Sweet
Broccoli	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet
Burdock root (gobo)	Vegetables	Cool	Acrid, bitter
Cabbage	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, bitter
Carrot	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, acrid
Cauliflower	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, bitter
Celery	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet, bitter
Chard	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet, bitter
Chinese leek (garlic chives, nira)	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid
Chrysanthemum greens (Shungiku)	Vegetables	Neutral	Acrid, sweet
Coriander (Cilantro)	Vegetable	Warm	Acrid
Cucumber	Vegetables	Cold	Sweet, bitter
Dill	Vegetable	Warm	Acrid
Eggplant	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet
Endive (Belgian endive hearts)	Vegetables	Cool	Bitter, sweet
Fuki (bog rhubarb, or giant butterbur)	Vegetables	Warm	Bitter
Green pepper	Vegetables	Neutral	Acrid, sweet
Japanese parsley (Seri)	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet
Kale	Vegetables	Neutral	Acrid, sweet
Kohlrabi (German turnip)	Vegetables	Neutral	Acrid, sweet, bitter
Konjac (or Konjak, Konjaku)	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet
Leek	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid, sweet
Lettuce	Vegetables	Cool	Bitter, sweet
Lotus root	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, astringent
Lovage	Vegetables	Cool	Bitter, acrid
Mustard green	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid
Napa cabbage (hakusai)	Vegetables	cool	Sweet
Okra (okura, lady’s fingers, gumbo)	Vegetables	Neutral	Bitter, sweet, slimy
Olive	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, sour, astringent
Onion	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid, Sweet
Parsley	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid
Parsnip	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet, bitter, acrid
Potato	Vegetable	Neutral	Sweet
Pumpkin	Vegetables	Warm	Sweet
Radish (daikon)	Vegetables	Cool	Acrid, sweet
Rakkyo (Allium chinense)	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid, bitter
Rhubarb	Vegetables	Cold	Sour
Rhubarb root	Vegetables	Cold	Bitter
Sauerkraut	Vegetables	Cool	Sour
Scallion (green onion)	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid
Shiso	Vegetables	Warm	Acrid
Sorrel	Vegetables	Cool	Sour
Soybean sprout	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet
Spinach	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet
Squash	Vegetables	Warm	Sweet
Sweet Potato	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet
Taro (Satoimo)	Vegetables	Neutral	Acrid
Tomato	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet, sour
Turnip (white turnip, kabu)	Vegetables	Cool	Acrid, bitter
Water chestnut	Vegetable	Cool	Sweet, bland
Watercress	Vegetable	Cool	Acrid, bitter
Yamaimo (yamanoimo, Dioscorea japonica)	Vegetables	Neutral	Sweet
Zucchini	Vegetables	Cool	Sweet, bitter

Mushrooms

Kampo Dietary Therapy

Item	Category	Thermal Nature	Flavor
Jew’s ear (Black Fungus, Jelly Ear, kuro-kikurage)	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet
Lion’s Mane Mushroom (Bearded Tooth Mushroom, yamabushitake)	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet
Maitake (Hen-of-the-Woods, Ram’s Head, Sheep’s Head)	Mushrooms	Warm	Sweet
Mushroom (white button, portobello)	Mushrooms	Cool	Sweet, bland
Oyster mushroom (hiratake)	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet
Shiitake	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet
Snow fungus (silver ear fungus, shiro-kikurage)	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet, bland
White fungus	Mushrooms	Neutral	Sweet, bland

Seaweeds

Kampo Dietary Therapy

Item	Category	Thermal Nature	Flavor
Agar (kanten)	Seaweeds	Cold	Sweet
Hijiki	Seaweeds	Cold	Salty
Irish Moss (carrageen moss)	Seaweeds	Cool	Sweet. Salty
Kelp (kombu, konbu)	Seaweeds	Cold	Salty
Nori	seaweeds	Cold	Sweet, salty