Food and Your Feng Shui Kitchen

Yin: dill, arugula, bamboo shoots, chard, cucumbers, dandelion greens, pickles, spinach, tomatoes, beans, celery lettuce, sauerkraut, apples, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, oranges, pineapple, red and black currants, rhubarb, sour cherries, strawberries, duck, goose or veal liver, chicken, duck, rabbit, cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, champagne, very dry wines, hibiscus tea, mallow tea, rosehip, sour cherry juice. couscous, wheat flakes, mineral water.

Yang: balsamic or wine vinegar, yeast; basil, leeks, cherries, lychees, passion fruit, raspberries, crayfish, freshwater shrimp, lobster, pork liver, hazelnuts, sesame seeds, spirits, sweet wines.

Yin: dill, avocados, beans, garbanzo beans, lentils, lettuce, Napa cabbage, oysters, porcini or white mushrooms, peas, pumpkin, snow peas, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, coconut, mangos, papayas, pears, watermelon, butter, cheese, cream, milk, arborio rice, barley, bread, millet, rye, sweet short-grain rice, fruit juice, vegetable juice.

Yang: anise seeds, fennel seeds, licorice, molasses, raw sugar, chocolate, vanilla, green and red bell peppers, okra, apricots, currants, raisins; beef, cashew nuts, oil-bearing seeds, pine nuts, walnuts, sticky rice, liqueurs, fennel tea.

Yin: miso, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, bean sprouts, dried beans, garbanzo beans, green beans, red, white or savoy cabbage, lentils, black or yellow soybeans, sea vegetables, cod, fish stock, haddock, king crab, octopus, oysters, saltwater eel, sea bass, shark, sole, squid, turbot, butter, cream, cream cheese, goat's milk, bulgur, couscous, wheat flakes, mineral water.

Yang: cinnamon, caraway seeds, cloves, sea salt, star anise, table salt, white or black truffles, eggplant, fennel, cherries, raisins, raspberries, caviar, cod, crayfish, eel, lobster, mackerel, perch, salami, salmon, shrimp, smoked fish, sturgeon, trout, tuna, goat, ham, lamb, pork, venison, blue cheese, pumpkin or sesame seeds.