Pillar
16 min read
Sasang Constitutions: the 4 Types of Korean Medicine
Tae Yang, Tae Eum, So Yang, So Eum: the four Sasang constitutions of Korean medicine and what each type should favour on the plate.
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Pillar articles
Pillar
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Cooking methods in TCM: the energetics of fire and water
How each cooking method (steaming, braising, simmering, wok, grilling, fermentation, raw) transforms the energetic nature of food: the reference table of Chinese dietetics.
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Pillar
14 min read
Shi Liao: food-medicines between kitchen and pharmacopoeia
The founding concept of Shi Liao: the frontier between everyday food and food-medicine, the five categories (spices, mushrooms, tonic berries, seeds, marine produce), and the status of this prescription in France.
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Pillar
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The menstrual cycle in TCM: the four phases and their food
The energetic reading of the cycle: the Sea of Blood filling and emptying, the four Yin-Yang phases, and the foods that accompany each one.
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Pillar
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The healing crisis in TCM: when feeling worse is a good sign
Distinguishing the healing crisis (the terrain purging) from genuine worsening and prescription error: the clinical triage of the unexpected reaction in Chinese medicine.
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The pulse in TCM: the practitioner's eight pulses
Qie Zhen, pulse palpation, the fourth examination of the Si Zhen: what the wrist says about the terrain, the eight fundamental pulses, and the mutual confirmation with the tongue.
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Pillar
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Phlegm (Tan) in Chinese medicine: the substance that mists
Phlegm as a pathogen in its own right: produced by the Spleen, stored in the Lung, capable of misting the Heart. Origin, signs and the dietary strategy for dissolving it.
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Addiction in TCM: the deficiency the substance fills
The cross-cutting TCM reading of addiction: the Heart-Kidney deficiency that stirs the Shen, the compulsion to fill the void, and why every substance deepens the terrain it soothes.
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Pillar
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The Architecture of a Dietary Formula: Jun, Chen, Zuo, Shi
Jun-Chen-Zuo-Shi (君臣佐使): the four roles each ingredient plays in a Chinese formula, inherited from the pharmacopoeia. Why a formula is not a list.
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Pillar
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Ayurveda and doshas: Vata, Pitta, Kapha and Indian dietetics
Ayurveda and the Vata, Pitta, Kapha doshas: Indian dietetics by terrain, the six rasas, agni the digestive fire, and the systematic comparison with TCM patterns.
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Pillar
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Pulse Diagnosis in TCM: Cun, Guan, Chi and the Qualities of the Pulse
Cun, Guan, Chi: the three positions of the radial pulse, the organs they reflect, and the pulse qualities (floating, deep, rapid, slippery) the practitioner reads.
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Pillar
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Western temperaments and constitutions: terrain systems applied to diet
Western constitutional systems applied to diet: the 4 Hippocratic temperaments, French biotypology (Sigaud, Vannier), homoeopathic constitutions, Sheldon's somatotypes, and their convergence with TCM.
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Vitalism and living food: what holds up, what remains hypothesis
The vitalist tradition (Hippocrates, naturopathy) and its concept of vital force: what science confirms (enzymes, fermented foods, microbiome), what remains hypothesis (biophotons), and the parallel with Qi.
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Pillar
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Facial Complexion in TCM: The Map of Zones and the Five Colours
The face as a dashboard: the zonal map of the organs, the five diagnostic colours of the complexion, and the Ze/Ku rule (vitality matters more than colour).
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Pillar
14 min read
Đông y: Vietnamese dietetics, sister of TCM
Traditional Vietnamese medicine applied to cuisine: phở, cháo, fresh herbs and ferments, and the specificities that distinguish đông y from TCM.
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Satellite articles
TCM
9 min read
Food Retention (食积 Shí Jī): When the Meal Does Not Go Down
Shi Ji: a hard belly after meals, sour breath, foul belching. The syndrome of the overloaded table, its modern causes, and the dissolving strategy.
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TCM
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Sheng, Jiang, Fu, Chen: The Four Energetic Movements of Foods
The fourth property of foods in TCM: the direction in which they push the Qi. Ascending, descending, floating, sinking: treating Qi that runs the wrong way.
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TCM
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The Taijitu: Reading the Yin-Yang Symbol as a Clinical Map
The Taijitu's history from Zhou Dunyi onwards, a layer-by-layer reading (circle, S-curve, dots), and what the symbol teaches the practitioner about balance.
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