Properties: Sweet, neutral

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Heart, Lung and Stomach

1. Supplements deficiency, Tonifies Lung and Stomach Qi and nourishes the Blood
   Deficiency Taxation, weakness, physical strain
   Consumptive diseases, diabetes (消渴 Xiao Ke), anaemia
   Stomach reflux, difficulty swallowing, throat Bi
2. Promotes the secretion of body fluids and moisten the intestines
   Constipation
3. Resolves Toxicity
   Jaundice, dysentery

Suggested Daily Dosage: Boil for drinking.

Cautions: Lactose intolerance. Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach, especially if drunk cold or in the form of ice cream.

It is widely thought generate Dampness or exacerbate Phlegm although this is not supported by the Chinese literature and may be an imposition of western health trends. Its capacity generate fluids may support this theory if the patient has Dampness or Phlegm due to Spleen deficiency.

• Medium Chain Triglycerides
  Dairy products are a natural sources of MCT oils, with approximately 10-12% MCT oil content. These are converted into ketone bodies that stimulate the shift in metabolism from glycolysis to mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation sought in ketogenic diets and fasts.
• Octanoic acid / Caprylic acid
  C8 MCT constitutes 1-6% of the MCTs in milk depending on species (goats milk being highest, 5.8%, cow milk being around 1-3%, Breckenridge & Kuksis, 1967). This is the form most associated with ketogenesis.

Notes:

Information is mainly taken from TCMwiki and Zhou, Xie, Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of TCM - Vol. 5 but with cross reference to Zhang Enquin (ed. in chief), 1988, Chinese Medicated Diet, reproduced in Dharmananda, 2005, GIVING OUT BAD ADVICE?

Different milks will have different nutritional properties and so may have different applications.