Milk and dairy products

influence the energy of the centre, nourish fluids (Yin), support fluid production and moisturise. They are suitable for people with significant dryness.

In cases of Qi and Yang deficiency, which manifest as fatigue, cold, gynaecological discharge or oedema, they are usually a symptom of an exhausted and cold spleen. With these problems, it is advisable to limit the consumption of dairy products, especially in autumn and winter (mainly cow's milk), as they create a lot of phlegm and have a cooling effect. Butter and Parmesan are the least problematic, while milk and yoghurts are the most problematic.

In the diet, it is then appropriate to replace animal protein with eggs and calcium with vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, aubergine, turnip, celery, scorzonera, beetroot, Chinese cabbage, kale, cabbage, horseradish, carrots, poppy seed milk, black sesame, sunflower seeds, black sesame, etc.), or it is suitable to replace them with plant-based infusions/milks.

Mare's milk

Mare's milk contains fewer allergenic substances than cow's milk and is much more similar to human milk because it contains immunoglobulins and lactose, unlike cow's milk. The Chinese wrote about its positive effects on the body three thousand years ago. The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bathed in this milk and also drank it daily.

It contains high amounts of unsaturated fatty acids, glycoproteins, proteins, albumin, globulins and immunoglobulins. It prevents premature ageing and influences the body's cellular defences. It is used in medicine, for the production of kumis (fermented milk) and in the manufacture of cosmetic products.

It has a warm nature, nourishes blood and fluids, benefits the stomach and spleen, and has a sweet taste.

Cow's milk

has a sweet taste and a neutral nature, entering the heart, lung and stomach meridians; yoghurt has a sweet taste and a cold nature, entering the lung, liver, stomach and large intestine meridians.

Goat's milk

is sweet in taste and warm in nature. It enters the lung, kidney and stomach meridians. This milk produces much less phlegm compared to cow's milk.

Sheep's milk

contains more protein, vitamin B2, B6, B12 and a greater amount of enzymes, mainly amylase. It is also possible to use it to replace cow's milk because it produces less phlegm.

Camel milk

For many centuries, it was drunk mainly by Bedouins precisely because of its nutritional properties. The milk contains high amounts of vitamin C and iron, is rich in protein and has much less fat than cow's milk.