Category Archives: Diet Therapy
Welcome to the Chinese Diet Therapy category, where we explore the art of harmonizing health through food. Delve into the principles of traditional Chinese medicine and discover how to use nutrition to balance your body and mind. Explore healing recipes, food energetics, and seasonal eating for optimal well-being. Let us guide you on a flavorful journey towards vibrant health and longevity.
Aug
The Ultimate Guide to Managing Spleen Qi Deficiency with Food and Lifestyle If you’ve been told you have Spleen Qi Deficiency, or you recognise yourself in the symptoms, you’re not alone. I see this pattern often in clinic. The good news is that simple, steady changes in your diet and lifestyle can make a real […]
Aug
Diet Guidelines for Liver Qi Stagnation: Eat to Support Ease, Flow, and Emotional Balance When the Liver gets stuck, you feel it everywhere. Your mood tightens, digestion feels off, and small stresses start to feel much bigger than they should. Many people describe it as feeling blocked, tense, or wound up inside. In Traditional Chinese […]
Mar
OPTIMISE YOUR HEALTH IN AUTUMN The key to maintaining health in autumn is to get into the mindset of conserving energy. By slowing down your energy output in autumn, you can avoid colds, skin and lung problems, as well as maintaining a strong immune system for winter. Implement these Changes for a Healthy Autumn 1. […]
Feb
OPTIMISE YOUR HEALTH IN SUMMER Summer is considered the most yang time in the yearly cycle where yang dominates yin. Yang is the external, outward moving, male, sun, hot, fast, extroverted energy that can be seen in nature which is alive with activity and growth at the moment. In Chinese medicine summer is the fire […]
Oct
CHINESE MEDICINE HAY FEVER REMEDIES DIET AND LIFESTYLE SUGGESTIONS FOR REDUCING YOUR HAY FEVER SYMPTOMS What if there were natural hay fever remedies that not only worked to treat the symptoms but prevented the condition appearing? Natural hay fever remedies based on traditional Chinese medicine principles may be an effective way to gain control of your health. WHAT […]
Apr
REDUCE PHLEGM & MUCUS IN THROAT Foods to add and avoid to reduce phlegm and mucus from your throat Phlegm and mucus in the throat may be an acute or chronic condition commonly seen in an acupuncture and herbal medicine clinic. Phlegm and mucus are seen as a damp toxic product, commonly caused by eating […]
Mar
Nourish the Blood using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Dietary Therapy: discover what blood deficiency is in TCM and what foods and recipes can tonify (strengthen) blood. What is Blood Deficiency in Chinese Medicine and why tonify it? Blood deficiency in Chinese medicine means there is a depletion of blood in your body. This may be […]
Aug
Adzuki Beans can help You lose Weight Here’s a recipe for adzuki beans soup that has some great benefits for those wanting to lose weight. I personally recommend this addition to many of my weight loss patient’s diets with some great results. Acupuncture and herbal medicine can drastically improve energy, cravings, bowel motions and moods […]