| These foods are nutritionally dense and tonify all bodily tissues. |
| Two important Chinese herbs that tonify blood and enter the liver meridian are angelica sinensis and white peony root. |
| Moxibustion, the burning of the herb moxa over channel points and certain areas of the body, is used to warm, tonify and stimulate. |
| Finally, legumes are an important source of valuable phytochemicals such as saponins, which tonify the immune system and inhibit the DNA synthesis of cancer cells. |
| Herbs that tonify deficiencies strengthen or supplement the body's resistance against disease. They are usually subdivided into herbs that tonify Qi, Yang, blood, or Yin. |
