Ingredient library
Winter ingredients
136 common Hong Kong foods and herbs, with traditional uses, cautions and nutrition.
Body type
Solar term
22 found
Cinnamon bark
肉桂
Strongly warming spice.
Chinese chives
韭菜
Traditionally warms kidney yang and moves qi and blood.
Fresh ginger
生薑
Warms you after a chill and settles nausea.
Red dates (jujube)
大棗
Nourishes qi and blood and is gently calming.
Walnuts
核桃
Warms the kidneys and lungs; moistens the bowels.
Chestnut
栗子
Supports the spleen and kidneys.
Beef
牛肉
Nourishes qi and blood and strengthens.
Lamb / mutton
羊肉
Warms the body and the kidneys.
Longan
龍眼
Nourishes the heart and spleen; calming.
Glutinous rice
糯米
Warming and comforting.
Chicken
雞肉
Warms and nourishes qi.
Ginseng
人參
A strong qi tonic.
Chinese yam
山藥
Supports digestion, the lungs and the kidneys — a very gentle tonic.
Goji berries
枸杞
Nourishes the liver and kidneys; traditionally good for the eyes.
Black sesame
黑芝麻
Nourishes the liver and kidneys and moistens the bowels.
Adzuki beans
紅豆
Drains fluid and eases puffiness.
Black beans
黑豆
Supports the kidneys.
Wood-ear fungus
黑木耳
Nourishes blood.
Cashew nuts
腰果
Nourishing nut.
Peanuts
花生
Supports digestion.
Pork ribs
排骨
Nourishing in soups.
Daikon radish
白蘿蔔
Aids digestion and resolves phlegm.