Therapeutic Foods

Therapeutic Food Choices

Please note that you should only choose food from these lists after your pet has been evaluated by a practitioner trained in Chinese medicine in order to determine the best choices and amounts for your pet. Also note that your diet choices may need to be changed seasonally or as your pet’s condition changes, so always check regularly with the veterinarian who is guiding you to be sure the optimal diet is being used.

Warm/Hot Food

Beef kidney, chicken, chicken egg yolk, chicken liver, goat milk, ham, lamb kidney, lamb liver, lobster, mutton, pheasant, prawn, shrimp, venison, apricot, basil, blackberry, cherry, chestnut, chives, citrus, clove, coconut, coriander, fennel, ginger, garlic, hawthorn, horseradish, mustard, nutmeg, papaya, peach, pepper, plum, pumpkin, quinoa, raspberry, rosemary, squash, sweet potato, sunflower seed, tangerine, thyme, turmeric, walnut, brown sugar, sticky rice, malt sugar, oats, olive oil, rice vinegar, sorghum, white rice, wine

Cool/Cold Food

Alligator, clam, mussel, cod, conch, crab, duck, duck egg, egg white, frog, herring, oyster, rabbit, scallop, shark, turkey, white fish, yogurt, alfalfa, apple, amaranth, banana, bitter melon, blueberry, broccoli, celery, cucumber, eggplant, gingko, kelp, seaweed, kiwi, mango, mushroom, orange, pear, persimmon, spinach, strawberry, tomato, watermelon, daikon radish, barley, barley sprouts, brown rice, buckwheat, chrysanthemum, flax seed oil, green tea, honey, millet, mung bean, seed of Job’s tears, sesame seed, sesame oil, soybean oil, salt, tofu, wheat flour

Neutral Food

Beef, beef liver, bison, catfish, chicken eggs, carp, cuttlefish, eel, flatfish, goose, jellyfish, loach, mackerel, cow’s milk, octopus, pigeon, pork, pork kidney, pork liver, quail, salmon, sardines, squid, tripe, trout, tuna, wild rabbit, cabbage, calabash, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, dates, figs, gingko, lemon, longan, lotus, lychee, pineapple, potato, radish, sweet potato, shiitake mushroom, yam, black beans, black sesame, black sesame oil, broad bean, corn, white sugar, green beans, green peas, kidney beans, peanuts, peanut oil, red beans, sweet rice, soy bean, string beans

Qi Tonics

Beef, chicken, rabbit, mutton, cow or goat rumen, eel, carp, trout, herring, mackerel, millet, corn, oats, glutinous rice, brown rice, pumpkin, squash, sweet potato, yam, cherry, figs, chestnut, peanut, lychee, lotus seed, shiitake mushroom

Blood Tonics

Beef, liver, heart, pork skin, hairtail fish, sardines, eggs, carrots, longan, kidney beans, parsley, apricots, dates

Yin Tonics

Duck, rabbit, clam, mussel, eggs, goat milk, pork, pork lung, pork feet, sea cucumber, tofu, cheese, black bean, kidney beans, string beans, honey, black sesame seed, asparagus, wheat, barley, spinach, tomatoes, peas, apples, lemon, mango, pears

Yang Tonics

Venison, mutton, kidney, shrimp, lobster, prawn, chives, walnut, cinnamon bark, clove, nutmeg, dried ginger, garlic, dill seed, fennel seed, basil, rosemary, thyme, raspberry

Drain Dampness

Alfalfa, adzuki beans, barley, celery, corn, garlic, horseradish, kidney bean, lemon, marjoram, mung bean, mushroom, mustard, radish, rye, soybean, turnip

Transform Phlegm

Almond, apple, clam, garlic, ginger, lemon/grapefruit peel, mustard, orange, pear, pepper, peppermint, radish, seaweed, thyme

Resolve Stagnation

Carrot, chestnut, chicken, crab, hawthorn berry, lamb, mustard greens, orange/tangerine peel, parsley, radish, shrimp, venison, watercress, chive, clove, coriander, dill seed, garlic, ginger, turmeric, vinegar