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What is YEET hay in English?
Yeet hay! In Cantonese, yeet hay translates literally to “hot air” but denotes something much more abstract: it’s what happens when you eat a category of foods that, if our Chinese elders are to be believed, results in pimples, canker sores, sore throats, itchy or red eyes when eaten in excess.
What is YEET hay in Mandarin?
In Cantonese, 热气 “yeet hay” literally translates to “hot air”. In Mandarin, it’s 火气大 “huo qi da”, meaning “fire air big”. However, these terms are not related to temperature, but more so about energy levels.
How do you fix YEET hay?
In order to cure ‘Yeet Hay’, it is believed that consuming cooling foods will counteract the ‘heat’ in the body, bringing yin and yang back to balance, and vice versa. In a lot of Chinese households, the go-to remedy for combatting ‘Yeet Hay’ is ‘leung cha’ (涼茶), herbal tea.
What is Leung cha?
Leung cha translates literally as “cooling tea”. An infusion of herbs originating from China’s Guangdong province, it is believed to contain medicinal properties. In fact, the drink rarely contains any elements of the tea plant and is more like a bitter-tasting medicinal soup.
Are cranberries Yin?
Berries – Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and cranberries are all very alkaline, “yin” fruits.
How do you make Prunella vulgaris tea?
Instructions
- Start by washing the prunella vulgaris in a bowl of cold water.
- Pour the water out and rinse it until clean, then refill with fresh water.
- Wash and peel the carrots.
- Pour the water into a pot and add the washed herbs in.
- Add the sweetened wintermelon in and let it boil for 5 minutes.
What is cold Chi?
Definition of cold chisel : a chisel made of tool steel of a strength, shape, and temper suitable for chipping or cutting cold metal.
What does dampness in the body mean?
The term “Dampness” is used in Chinese medicine and can be the underlying cause of many conditions such as achy joints and limbs, headaches, many digestive issues, sluggishness and depression, and skin conditions such as acne.
What is Yeet Hey (熱氣)?
Yeet Hey (熱氣) is a highly contentious issue which Chinese parents will tell their children constantly about. Strangely it only affects Chinese people. Caucasians, Mexicans, black people and everybody in between no such thing.
What is yeet hay and what causes it?
Yeet hay is typically brought on by eating lots of fried and greasy foods such as burgers, fried chicken, chips, crisps etc. Hot and spicy food like curries can also bring on “yeet hay”. Lack of sleep can also bring on “yeet hay”. The symptoms of yeet hay can vary.
How do you cure yeet hay in Chinese medicine?
If you have yeet hay, then according to Chinese medicine you are “too hot”, so the cure is eat or drink something to “cool down”. Typically, you would drink “liáng chá” (凉茶) (literary “cool teas”) such as Chrysanthemum tea and “yah-sei mei” (24-flavor tea).
What is the difference between Yeet Hey and Leung Hey?
The problem is there are severe inconsistencies in this. Lychee’s for instance are considered to be Yeet Hey, when they are a watery fruit (I hate the damned things though). While other watery fruit like melons, grapes oranges ya pears etc are considered to be cooling (Leung).