Dive into the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine and discover how food can transform your daily life.
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Complete yin yang foods chart in Chinese medicine. Classification by thermal nature (hot, warm, neutral, cool, cold) and food category with meridian tropisms.
The four major medicinal mushrooms in Chinese medicine: TCM properties (Shen, immunity, sugar metabolism), modern correlates (beta-glucans) and everyday culinary use.
The therapeutic pantry in Chinese dietetics: the three circles of foods, modulating spices, fermented condiments, special TCM foods and organising for your constitution.
The sea by TCM terrain: fish for Qi and Blood, shellfish for Yin and Jing, seaweeds that soften Phlegm masses, with omega-3 and iodine.
Legumes by TCM terrain: tonifying the Spleen (broad bean, chickpea), draining (adzuki), the soya family (tofu, miso) and the double face of Qi and Phlegm.
Spices as therapeutic tools: dispersing Cold, releasing the surface, moving Qi and Blood, transforming Phlegm, by terrain.
The dairy family in Chinese dietetics: the Yin and fluids of milk, the Phlegm of a weak Spleen, fermentation as the remedy, and eggs.
Sugars by TCM terrain: yi tang maltose for the Spleen, honey that nourishes Yin, refined white sugar as Phlegm, and the modern reading of sweetness.
Apple in TCM: cool nature, sweet-sour flavour, nourishes Yin and tonifies the Spleen. Therapeutic properties and detailed recipes.
Celery stalk in TCM: cool nature, sweet-bitter flavour, drains Damp-Heat and calms the Liver. Properties and recipes included.
Starting therapeutic Chinese cooking: the essential principles, first recipes, key ingredients and how to cook for your terrain without complexity.
Mushrooms by TCM terrain: shiitake for Qi, wood ear for Yin, button mushroom the most moderate, with their beta-glucans and immunomodulating role.
Alcohol by TCM terrain: the Damp-Heat of the Liver, Yin deficiency that ignites, and the degrees by drink: wine, beer, spirits, rice wine.
Nuts and seeds by TCM terrain: black sesame for Liver Blood, pistachio for Kidney Yang, pine nut for Lung Dryness, chia for fluids, the densest family.
The herbal tea as a dietary act: Wind-Heat versus Wind-Cold, Qi stagnation, Heart Yin and sleep, drainage, choosing by terrain.
Soy in hormone-dependent cancers: what the data say about isoflavones, ER+ breast cancer, dietary doses versus supplements and the interaction with tamoxifen.
Culinary essential oils: one drop in a carrier, never neat. The food-grade EOs, their uses, their precautions, and how they differ from the aromatic herb.
Liver, kidney, heart, tripe, gizzard: the organ-to-organ correspondence of Chinese dietetics, what it actually covers, and the modern nutritional view.
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