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TCMFUNCTIONSOF VITAMINS

fromBob Flaws,The Tao of Healthy Eating

VITAMINS

Vitamin A - Supplements Blood, fills Essence, brightens eyes, clears heat from Blood,

treats Deficiency Heat

Vitamin B1 - Courses the LR, rectifies Qi, fortifies SP, dries damp, stops pain

Vitamin B2 - Nourishes LR & KD, engenders fluids, boosts ST

Vitamin B3 - Soothes LR, harmonizes ST, fortifies SP, clears ST heat, upbears clear,

frees flow of Qi

Vitamin B5 - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, resolves depression, supplements

SP, harmonizes ST

Vitamin B6 - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, resolves depression, harmonizes

Wood & Earth, clears heat from ST and damp heat from GB

Vitamin B12 - Supplements Qi, nourishes Blood, stops bleeding

Vitamin B15 - Rectifies Qi, quickens Blood, transforms stasis

Biotin - Nourishes Blood, emolliates LR, supplements Heart, quiets Spirit

Choline - Nourishes Blood, extinguishes Wind, strengthens sinew & bone, moistens

Intestines and frees flow of stool

Folic acid - Nourishes Blood, harmonizes LR, quiets Spirit and fetus

Inositol - Nourishes Blood, moistens intestines, quiets Spirit

PABA - Supplements LR & KD, moistens intestines and frees flow of stool, dispels wind,

blackens the hair, retards aging

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Vitamin C - Clears heat & stops bleeding, relieves toxicity, clears heat from Heart,

quiets Spirit

Vitamin D - Supplements KD, invigorates Yang, strengthens sinew and bone, brightens

eyes, quiets fetus

Vitamin E - Nourishes Blood, supplements Yang, strengthens sinew and bone

Vitamin K - Secures and astringes LU/LI, stops bleeding

Bioflavonoids - Clears heat from Blood and stops bleeding, quickens Blood and

transforms stasis

Beta-carotene - Courses LR, rectifies Q, clears heat, relieves toxicity, disperses

stagnation & accumulation, combats cancer

MINERALS

Calcium - Astringes Yin and suppresses Yang, strengthens bones and promotes

generation of new tissue, absorbs acid, stops pain

Chromium - Fortifies SP, boosts Qi, supplements Qi and Blood

Cobalt - Supplements Qi to transform Blood

Copper - Fortifies SP, seeps dampness, clears and eliminates damp heat

Flourine - Supplements KD, enriches Yin, strengthen bones and teeth

Iodine - Courses LR, rectifies Qi, clears heat, scatters nodulation

Iron - Clears heat cools Blood, quickens Blood, transforms stasis

Magnesium - Astringes Yin, suppresses Yang, quiets Spirit, absorbs acid, stops pain

Manganese - Nourishes LR, enriches KD, strengthens sinew and bone, sharpens

hearing

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Molybdenum - Nourishes BLood, enriches Yin, clears heat cools blood

Phosphorus - Supplements KD, enriches Yin, strengthens sinew and bone

Potassium - Fortifies SP, seeps dampness, clears heat, expels pus, dispels wind

dampness, clears damp heat

Selenium - Astringes Yin and suppresses Yang, quiets Spirit, brightens eyes

Silica - Supplements KD strengthens bones

Silicon - supplements LR/KD, strengthens sinew and bone

Sodium - Supplements LR/KD, secures Essence, softens hardness and scatters

nodulations

Sulfur - Supplements KD, warms Yang, blackens hair, benefits skin

Zinc - Nourishes LR and enriches KD, strengthens bones, brightens eyes

AMINO ACIDS

Alanine - Fortifies SP, boosts Qi, nourishes Heart and quiets Spirit

Arginine - Supplements KD, invigorates Yang, moistens intestines and frees flow of

stool,-strengthens sinew & bone, dispels wind-cold-damp

BCAA - Supplements KD, enriches Yin

Carnitine - Supplements Blood and Yin

Cysteine - Nourishes LR/KD, clears heat cools Blood, relieves toxicity, blackens hair,

promotes growth of new tissue

Glultamic acid - Supplements KD, enriches Yin

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Glutathione - clears heat relieves toxicity, cools Blood, promotes lactation

Glycine - Supplements Blood, promotes growth of new tissue

Histidine - Supplements Blood and Yin, may clear heat cool blood

Lysine - Supplements Blood and Yin, may clear heat and relieve toxicity

Methionine - Nourishes and cools Blood, soothes LR, quiets Spirit

Ornithine - Supplements Yang

Phenylalanine - Resolves exterior, clears heat, relieves toxicity, moves Qi, stops pain

Taurine - Clears heat relieves toxicity, drains LR, clears damp heat from GB, promotes

lactation

Threonine - Nourishes Blood, extinguishes wind, soothes LR, relieves tension &

contractions

Tryptophan - Courses LR resolves depression, quickens Blood transforms stasis, quiets

Spirit, stops pain

Tyrosine - - Courses LR rectifies Qi, harmonizes Wood & Earth