Vegetables
Spring onion
葱Nutritional Value
3 / 5
Organ Affinities
Tonifies
Therapeutic Properties
Quick Facts
AHM Properties
Spring onion (Cong Bai) releases the exterior, scatters cold, lifts Yang, and opens blocked channels. The white root section appears in classical AHM formulas for addressing wind-cold in its early stages. As a daily food it warms the Stomach, moves food stagnation, and delivers a pungent Qi-moving quality throughout the body — making it one of the most broadly useful warming foods in everyday cooking.
Spring onions provide quercetin and allicin with anti-inflammatory activity similar to other allium vegetables, consistent with their AHM role as a pungent, warming food that releases the Exterior and dispels cold.
Contraindications
Avoid in heat patterns, sweating disorders, or Yin deficiency. Not recommended with honey (classical contraindication).
Clinically authored and reviewed by Dr. Katrina Chojnicki-Hill, DAOM, AP, Dipl. OM. Cross-referenced against American Dragon Herbs and classical AHM sources. For educational purposes only — consult a qualified AHM practitioner for personalised advice.