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Five Elements · Temperature · Flavors · Tonify · Actions · Meridians
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, all that exists is classified into five phases: Wood (木), Fire (火), Earth (土), Metal (金) and Water (水). These phases generate and control each other in a continuous cycle. Every organ, flavour, season, emotion and food belongs to one of them. Understanding this logic allows us to combine foods to nourish what is lacking, balance what is in excess and harmonise the flow of Qi.
The temperature of foods is the measure of their effect on metabolism after digestion. People with low body heat or cold pathologies need foods that generate more heat; the opposite applies in heat pathologies. It is recommended to eat foods of the current season and from a place near where one lives.
Temperature is indicated by these colors:
Foods are classified by having one or more flavors. Each flavor produces a specific effect and predominantly influences one organ. Taking the different flavors in a balanced way maintains the harmony of our energetic and organic system.
Water · Kidney
Soften, moisten and remove toxins.
Metal · Lung
Disperse stagnation and induce flow.
Wood · Liver
Stimulate absorption and contraction; break down fat.
Fire · Heart
Drain and counter dampness.
Earth · Spleen / Pancreas
Strengthen, moisten and tonify deficiencies.
Tonifying foods stimulate a part or function of the body. They are especially helpful in chronic states, especially when the system is deficient.
These foods make stagnations flow and balance excesses.
Foods influence certain meridians and these in turn influence their base organ.
Food as the first medicine
We are specialists in Bioenergetic Foods and we prepare personalised formulas.
We work from the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (中医), a millenary clinical tradition that regards food not as a mere nutrient but as the first and most subtle of medicines. We combine that ancestral knowledge with a current, rigorous approach applied to everyday life.
This dictionary brings together 410 foods classified by their thermal nature, their five flavours, the meridians they act upon, and their effects on Qi, Blood and Fluids. It is a free public reference, continuously updated.
Unlike conventional nutritional guides, it organises foods according to their energetic action upon the organs (脏腑) and their affinity with the Five Elements (五行). It answers questions Western dietetics does not pose: does this food warm or cool? does it tonify the Spleen or weaken it? does it mobilise Qi or stagnate it? Each entry includes flavour, temperature, meridians, actions and clinical notes.
Beyond the open dictionary, we craft tailor-made nutritional plans and food combinations. We start with an individual bioenergetic assessment — constitution, current imbalances, season, lifestyle and goals — and build a formula coherent with the person's own energy. Food as a tool, not a restriction.
Designed for therapists who integrate Chinese dietetics into their practice, students of TCM, naturopathy and nutrition, and anyone interested in mindful eating. The multilingual interface (Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German) and filters by flavour, temperature, meridian or action speed up both academic study and clinical decision-making.
Eating well is not only about nourishment: it is about harmonising the body with the seasons, the Five Elements and the natural flow of energy (气). Each time of year favours certain organs and calls for certain foods: cooling foods in summer to soothe the Heart, warming foods in winter to support the Kidney, light and ascending foods in spring to free the Liver. The dictionary helps you make that choice with discernment.
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