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Traditional Chinese medicine: a complete overview
History, founding concepts (Qi, Yin-Yang, organs) and the place of dietetics: the entry point to understanding TCM.
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Inflammation in TCM: the four terrains to tell apart
The TCM reading of inflammation: Heat, Fire, Toxin-Heat, Damp-Heat, Blood Stasis and Empty Fire. Distinguishing the terrain so as not to prescribe the wrong way round.
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Bi Zheng: painful obstruction, the founding concept of Chinese rheumatology
The foundational framework for joint pain in TCM: the channel obstructed by Wind, Cold, Dampness or Heat. The four types of Bi, their signatures and their dietary strategies.
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Hot vs Cold Foods in TCM: The Complete Practical Guide
Hot vs cold foods in TCM: a practical guide to thermal nature. Classification, properties and dietary recommendations.
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Integrating Western Nutrition & TCM
Integrating Western nutrition and TCM: a complete guide to combining modern nutritional science with the energetic principles of Chinese dietetics.
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The child in Chinese dietetics: nourishing what is still under construction
Paediatric TCM from A to Z: the fragile Spleen-Stomach, the immature Lung, the Kidneys building the Jing. The feeding principles that respect an organism still in the making.
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Chinese Medicine Diet: Complete Guide 2025
Complete guide to diet in Chinese medicine: Yin-Yang principles, the five elements, the thermal nature of foods and TCM energetic dietetics.
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The Eight Principles (Ba Gang): the TCM Diagnostic Grid
Yin, Yang, Interior, Exterior, Cold, Heat, Deficiency, Excess: how the Eight Principles (八纲 Ba Gang) organise TCM diagnosis and guide dietetics.
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Fertility and preconception in TCM: nourishing the Essence before conceiving
The three months that prepare: rebuilding Kidney Jing, strengthening the Blood and the Uterus, moving the circulation: the TCM preconception dietary protocol.
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Pillar
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Tongue Diagnosis in TCM: Reading Colour, Coating and Shape
Tongue diagnosis in Chinese medicine: what the colour, coating, shape and cracks of the tongue reveal about your energetic terrain.
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Food-drug interactions: the safety table in Chinese dietetics
The documented interactions between common food-medicines (ginger, garlic, goji berries, liquorice, turmeric, grapefruit) and conventional treatments: anticoagulants, antidiabetics, antihypertensives, immunosuppressants.
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CCMQ Questionnaire: Discover Your TCM Constitution in 5 Min
CCMQ questionnaire: discover your TCM constitution in 5 minutes. A validated test to identify your type among the 9 constitutions.
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TCM
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5 Fatal Mistakes in the TCM Diet (and How to Avoid Them)
5 fatal mistakes in the TCM diet to avoid: cold meals, excess raw food, bad combinations that exhaust your digestive Qi.
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TCM anti-inflammatory meal plan: healing through food
TCM anti-inflammatory meal plan: natural healing through diet. A dietary protocol to reduce chronic inflammation.
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Rebellious Qi in TCM: Reflux, Hiccups and Energy Flowing the Wrong Way
Rebellious Qi (气逆 Qì Nì): when Qi rises instead of descending. Reflux, hiccups, nausea, cough: causes, signs and dietary responses.
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Physical Activity and Your TCM Terrain: Matching Exercise to Constitution
Exercise in TCM: how to adapt effort to your energetic terrain, which activities suit each constitution, and when rest is the training.
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TCM nutrition meal plan: your personalised path to optimal health
Personalised TCM nutrition meal plan: balance your Qi through Chinese dietetics adapted to your constitution and the seasons.
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The CCMQ test: Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire
The CCMQ test: discover your constitution in Chinese medicine. 9 constitutional types and personalised dietary recommendations.
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