Napa cabbage
For Chinese dietary therapy, Napa cabbage (白菜) is a food of Cool nature and Sweet flavor. An everyday northern Chinese vegetable, described as cool and mild; the base of soups, stir-fries, and pickles.
Traditional energetics
- Nature
- Cool
- Flavor
- Sweet
- Affinity
- Stomach · Large Intestine
- Direction of Qi
- Descending · cools
- Season
- Autumn · Winter
- Group
- Vegetables
How tradition reads it
An everyday northern Chinese vegetable, described as cool and mild; the base of soups, stir-fries, and pickles.
Classic stir-fried with shiitake, tofu, or ginger; it has no relevant traditional antagonisms and combines with most preparations.
In the kitchen
Stir-fried, in soup, braised, or fermented with proper control.
It can be studied with tender chard or the heart of a mild cabbage.
Current nutrition note
Provides well-absorbed calcium, folate, and plenty of water.
Precautions
Wash the leaves well; pickled or fermented versions can be high in sodium.
Health notice. Educational and study content. It describes concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional. Needling, medicinal herbs and invasive techniques must be applied by trained professionals. Safety guide.
