Understanding Food Energetics in Pets: The Xing Approach to Healing Nutrition
How the thermal nature and tonifying qualities of foods influence your pet’s wellbeing
Xing or post-ingestion energetics of foods for companion animals refers to the study of how dietary energy is metabolized and utilized by pets after consumption, focusing on factors like species-specific digestion, activity levels, and life-stage requirements to optimize energy balance. This approach ensures diets meet metabolic needs while preventing deficiencies or excesses linked to health issues like obesity or malnutrition.
Cold: bamboo shoot, banana, bitter gourd, cranberry, clam, crab, dandelion leaf, grapefruit, kelp, lemon, lettuce, nori, plantain, purslane, rhubarb, salt, sea grass, sea weed, sugarcane, tomato, water chestnut, watermelon, yoghurt.
Cold: bamboo shoot, banana, bitter gourd, cranberry, clam, crab, dandelion leaf, grapefruit, kelp, lemon, lettuce, nori, plantain, purslane, rhubarb, salt, sea grass, sea weed, sugarcane, tomato, water chestnut, watermelon, yoghurt.
Cool: amaranth, American ginseng, apple, artichoke, avocado, barley, bean curd, blueberry, broccoli, buckwheat, chamomile, chicken egg white, chrysanthemum, common button mushroom, cucumber, eggplant, green tea, hops, Job’s tears, lettuce, lima bean, loquat, mandarin orange, mango, marjoram, millet, mung bean, nettle, pear, peppermint, rabbit, radish, sesame oil, soy sauce, spinach, strawberry, Swiss chard, tangerine, wheat, wheat bran.
Neutral: abalone, apricot, asparagus, beef, beetroot, black fungus, black sesame seed, black soybean, camel, Chinese cabbage, carp, carrot, celery, chicken egg, chicken egg yolk, chickpea, coconut, corn, corn silk, dry mandarin orange peel, duck, fig, flax, grape, honey, kidney bean, lentil, liquorice, lotus fruit and seed, mackerel, milk, olive, olive oil, oyster, papaya, peanuts, pineapple, plum, polished rice, potato, pumpkin, pumpkin seed, small red or adzuki bean, rice bran, rye, salmon, sardine, shiitake mushroom, soy milk, string bean, sunflower seed, sweet rice, taro, turnip, white sugar, yam.
Warm: apricot seed, brown sugar, caraway, cardamom, grass carp, cherry, chestnut, chicken, chive, chive seeds, cinnamon twig, clove, coconut, coriander, date, dill seeds, eel, fennel, fresh ginger, ginseng, grapefruit peel, green onion leaf, guava, ham, hawthorn fruit, horse, kale, malt, mustard lead, leek, longan, maltose, mutton, nutmeg, oats, quinoa, peach, raspberry, rosemary, rutabaga, shrimp, spelt, spearmint, squash, sunflower seed, sweet basil, sweet potato, turkey, thyme, turmeric, vinegar, walnut, wine.
Hot: black pepper, cayenne, chili, cinnamon bark, garlic, dried ginger, green pepper, horseradish, red pepper, soybean oil, white pepper.
TCVM Tonifying Foods by Category:
Qi Tonics: bay, beef, camel, cherry, chicken, coconut, corn, date, eel, fig, ginseng, grape, ham, herring, horse, Job’s tears, lentil, liquorice, longan, mackerel, Microalgae, molasses, mutton, oats, potato, rabbit, rice, royal jelly, rutabaga, sweet potato, shiitake mushroom, squash, trout, yam.
Yang Tonics: anchovy, basil, cayenne, chestnut, chive seed, cinnamon bark, clove, dill seed, fennel seed, fenugreek seed, garlic, dried ginger, kidney, lamb, lobster, nutmeg, quinoa, pistachio, prawn, raspberry, rosemary, sage, shrimp, thyme, walnut.
Yin Tonics: alfalfa sprout, apple, apricot, asparagus, avocado, banana, barley, cheese, chicken egg, clam, coconut milk, crab, duck, duck egg, honey, kelp, kidney bean, lemon, lima bean, malt, mango, milk, mung bean sprout, nettle, nori, plantain, oyster, pea, pear, pineapple, potato, rabbit, spelt, string bean, sweet potato, tomato, water chestnut, watermelon, yam.
Blood Tonics: aduki bean, apricot, avocado, barley, beef, beetroot, black bean, black sesame, bone marrow, camel, chicken egg, corn, dandelion, dark leafy greens, date, dang gui, egg yolk, fig, grape, horse, Job’s tears, kelp, kidney bean, liver, longan, Microalgae, molasses, mulberry nettle, oats, oyster, parsley.
Neutral: abalone, apricot, asparagus, beef, beetroot, black fungus, black sesame seed, black soybean, camel, Chinese cabbage, carp, carrot, celery, chicken egg, chicken egg yolk, chickpea, coconut, corn, corn silk, dry mandarin orange peel, duck, fig, flax, grape, honey, kidney bean, lentil, liquorice, lotus fruit and seed, mackerel, milk, olive, olive oil, oyster, papaya, peanuts, pineapple, plum, polished rice, potato, pumpkin, pumpkin seed, small red or adzuki bean, rice bran, rye, salmon, sardine, shiitake mushroom, soy milk, string bean, sunflower seed, sweet rice, taro, turnip, white sugar, yam.
Warm: apricot seed, brown sugar, caraway, cardamom, grass carp, cherry, chestnut, chicken, chive, chive seeds, cinnamon twig, clove, coconut, coriander, date, dill seeds, eel, fennel, fresh ginger, ginseng, grapefruit peel, green onion leaf, guava, ham, hawthorn fruit, horse, kale, malt, mustard lead, leek, longan, maltose, mutton, nutmeg, oats, quinoa, peach, raspberry, rosemary, rutabaga, shrimp, spelt, spearmint, squash, sunflower seed, sweet basil, sweet potato, turkey, thyme, turmeric, vinegar, walnut, wine.
Hot: black pepper, cayenne, chili, cinnamon bark, garlic, dried ginger, green pepper, horseradish, red pepper, soybean oil, white pepper.
TCVM Tonifying Foods by Category:
Qi Tonics: bay, beef, camel, cherry, chicken, coconut, corn, date, eel, fig, ginseng, grape, ham, herring, horse, Job’s tears, lentil, liquorice, longan, mackerel, Microalgae, molasses, mutton, oats, potato, rabbit, rice, royal jelly, rutabaga, sweet potato, shiitake mushroom, squash, trout, yam.
Yang Tonics: anchovy, basil, cayenne, chestnut, chive seed, cinnamon bark, clove, dill seed, fennel seed, fenugreek seed, garlic, dried ginger, kidney, lamb, lobster, nutmeg, quinoa, pistachio, prawn, raspberry, rosemary, sage, shrimp, thyme, walnut.
Yin Tonics: alfalfa sprout, apple, apricot, asparagus, avocado, banana, barley, cheese, chicken egg, clam, coconut milk, crab, duck, duck egg, honey, kelp, kidney bean, lemon, lima bean, malt, mango, milk, mung bean sprout, nettle, nori, plantain, oyster, pea, pear, pineapple, potato, rabbit, spelt, string bean, sweet potato, tomato, water chestnut, watermelon, yam.
Blood Tonics: aduki bean, apricot, avocado, barley, beef, beetroot, black bean, black sesame, bone marrow, camel, chicken egg, corn, dandelion, dark leafy greens, date, dang gui, egg yolk, fig, grape, horse, Job’s tears, kelp, kidney bean, liver, longan, Microalgae, molasses, mulberry nettle, oats, oyster, parsley.