Arisal of the Clear: A Simple Guide to Healthy Eating According to Traditional Chinese Medicine

By Bob Flaws

Book Overview

Chinese dietary therapy is one of the most important aspects of Chinese medicine. The Tao of Healthy Eating illuminates the theory and practice of Chinese dietary therapy with emphasis on the concerns and attitudes of Westerners. Commonsense metaphors explain basic Chinese medical theories and their application in preventive and remedial dietary therapy. It features a clear description of the Chinese medical understanding of digestion and all the practical implications of this day-to-day diet. Issues of Western interest are discussed, such as raw versus cooked foods, high cholesterol, food allergies, and candidiasis. It includes the Chinese medical descriptions of 200 Western foods and similar information on vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936185279
• ISBN13: 9780936185279
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Blue Poppy Pr
• Length: 1000 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Intro to TCM Diet

This book is an abbreviation of the author's earlier title Prince Wen Hui's Cook. It contains simple, toned-down information for the layperson, which is easily accessible to the average reader. The information presented, is solid, and helpful. You will get a basic introduction to the concept of interplay between the 5 elements as they relate to flavor, and the effects they have on organs. Info includes organ functions based on TCM, how they are affected by various foods, as well as other organs, and how to treat various ailments by adding or subtracting various elements to your diet. Great book for the average reader interested in TCM's dietary elements, or anyone generally interested in improving their health.

A High Quality Introduction to Therapeutic Diet

Given that, in the classical Oriental tradition, lifestyle and diet have been proven to be at least 85% of the "equation" of successful health maintenance and restoration, this most accessible guide is of considerable value. Thousands of years of medical knowledge, wisdom, and practice support this comprehensive approach, so little known in Western industrialized society. An "eye-opener" and, to be sure, five stars for all who are interested in the benefits of Integrative Medicine