Pumpkin
For Chinese dietary therapy, Pumpkin (南瓜) is a food of Warm nature and Sweet flavor. Often described as warm and sweet, linked with center-focused and seasonal-transition meals.
Traditional energetics
- Nature
- Warm
- Flavor
- Sweet
- Affinity
- Spleen · Stomach
- Direction of Qi
- Neutral · harmonizes the center
- Season
- Late summer · Autumn
- Group
- Vegetables
How tradition reads it
Often described as warm and sweet, linked with center-focused and seasonal-transition meals.
Classic in creams and congees with millet or ginger for the digestive center; pairs well with most recipes in the collection.
In the kitchen
Roasted, steamed, in soup, and stew.
Commonly available; no substitute needed.
Current nutrition note
Rich in beta-carotene, a vitamin A precursor, and low in calories.
Precautions
No general restriction is needed; pair with protein and other vegetables.
Recipes with this food
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