Yin is the body’s cooling, moistening reserve. When it runs low, relative heat appears: hot palms and soles, a dry mouth and throat, restlessness and light, easily broken sleep.
Common Signs
- Hot palms and soles, especially at night
- Dry mouth and throat, wanting to sip water
- Irritability or difficulty falling asleep
- Tendency to dry stools
Eating for This Type
Favor: Nourishing, moistening foods: tremella (snow fungus), lily bulb, mulberry, sesame, duck, pear (cooked in cool weather), goji berries.
Go easy on: Spicy, fried and barbecued foods, alcohol in excess, and above all chronic late nights — staying up burns Yin fastest.
Lifestyle Direction
Protect sleep as the top priority. Choose calm exercise (yoga, walking, swimming) over sweat-drenching workouts, and schedule real downtime.
This page is general wellness information, not medical advice. A full assessment considers your whole pattern — most people are a blend, not a pure type.