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East meets West in the kitchen with the nourishing treasures of Chinese Medicine.

Food can be the most powerful medicine. This outstanding book introduces and teaches how to apply the ancient wisdom and traditions of the healing that comes through food according to Chinese medicine. This is a new way of thinking about what foods are needed to achieve balance and ultimately improve health.

Goldsmith provides a keen and comprehensive understanding behind the basic principles of Chinese medicine so they can be easily applied to day-to-day lives. She takes these same concepts, expands on them for the food to eat in order to maximize the benefits of Chinese dietary therapy.

Eating well is essential to good health and Chinese medicine believes that food truly is medicine. In an easy-to-understand and straightforward manner, Ellen explains how and which combination of foods and flavors act upon the body to move qi (energy) and how they act on the body to warm or cool. Many of the modern day chronic health problems caused by lifestyle, genetics and stress can be helped by distinctive and long lasting changes in the way we eat.

175 enticing recipes organized by season put the theory of Chinese medicine into practice. There are meals that are appropriate for each season from breakfast to dinner, including beverages and desserts. All the recipes are super straightforward, easy to assemble and easily adapted to meet your needs, desires and tastes.

From the Publisher

Medicinal Foods
In Chinese herbal medicine, vinegar, salt, alcohol, honey and fresh ginger juice are added to foods and herbs to alter and direct the therapeutic and healing action of those ingredients. These methods of preparing and cooking herbs and foods are known as the ancient practice of pao zhi (processing medicinals) and have been used for centuries. Below are some ways to use these therapeutic foods in everyday situations.

Fresh Ginger Juice
Ginger is known for its positive effect on nausea, indigestion and the common cold. Added to food, ginger juice increases the warming and yang nature of those foods. Ginger juice directs movement outward to the surface of the body, helping to expel cold.

Honey
Honey’s sweetness is often used in the preparation of foods and herbs. Preparing food with honey increases the warming and nourishing aspect. It moistens and lubricates the lungs and large intestine and can ease the symptoms of a cough or soothe a sore throat.

Rice Vinegar
We know that rice vinegar can be used as a seasoning, but it also has health benefits. Vinegar promotes digestion, moves stagnation and eases discomfort caused by eating fish or greasy foods. In Chinese medicine, it is also known to help increase blood circulation and is used to treat nosebleeds.

Clear-the-Lungs Tea

This sweet and aromatic hot beverage is great when you are finished with a cold but want to clear excess mucus and soothe a slight cough.

1. In a large saucepan, combine 4 cups (1 L) water, almonds and anise seeds and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

2. Strain liquid into a small bowl. Return to pan. Add green tea, cover and let stand for 3 minutes.

3. Strain into teacups. Stir in honey (if using) to taste.

Makes 4 servings

Tip: If you don’t have loose tea, cut open a tea bag and measure out the correct amount.

Ingredients

1 1⁄2 tbsp chopped raw almonds, rinsed (22 mL)
1 tsp anise seeds (5 mL)
1⁄2 tsp loose green tea (2 mL)
Liquid honey (optional)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Robert Rose; 1st edition (November 20, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0778805840
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0778805847
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.95 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.1 x 9.9 inches