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You are:

The Stagnant Type

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You are easily stressed, moody, anxious, angry and/or irritable.  You are prone to PMS (premenstrual syndrome), menstrual problems, and/or digestive symptoms caused by stress.  You also have a tendency to develop "eleven lines" (two vertical lines) between your eyebrows.

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Possible Symptoms:

  • frustration

  • easily angered

  • irritability

  • moodiness

  • tenderness or distended feeling below the ribcage or chest

  • feeling of a lump in the throat

  • digestive problems or symptoms triggered or worsened by stress

  • belching

  • frequent sighing

  • breast lumps

  • breast tenderness before your period

  • irregular periods

  • menstrual cramps

  • lumps in the groin area

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Causes:

  • Holding in emotions

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Helpful Tips:

  • Get plenty of fresh, organic, dark leafy greens in your diet.

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Best foods to eat:
  • Meat: liver, pork, venison

  • Seafood: crab, crayfish, lobster, mussels, oysters, prawns, shrimp, squid, trout, whitefish

  • Vegetables: arugula, beets, bok choy, broccoli, broccoli rabe, broccoli romanesco, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chives, collard greens, daikon, garlic, kale, kelpkohlrabi, leeks, mustard greensonionsradishes, rutabaga, seaweed, turnip greens, wasabi, watercress

  • Fruits: blueberries, goji berries, grapefruit, lemons, limes, plums, strawberries

  • Dairy/eggs: eggs

  • Nuts/seedsblack sesame seeds, flaxseed, olive oil, krill oil,

       pine nuts

  • Spices: coriander, marjoram, turmeric

  • Other: vinegar, horseradish

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What to Drink:
Foods & Drinks to AVOID:
  • alcohol

  • coffee

  • sugar

  • food coloring/dyes

  • preservatives

  • spicy foods

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Healing Recipes:
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