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Chinese Herbal Cures (1994) 36 exemplars
Legendary Chinese healing herbs (1991) 20 exemplars
Chinese System Of Natural Cures (1994) 18 exemplars

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What the Chinese have known for centuries, the rest of the world is about to discover, that ordinary foods contain powerful healing properties.

This book expalins, for example, why:
Chewing fresh cherries will relieve laryngtis.
Celery juice with honey can lower cholesterol level.
Beef kidney improves sexual capacity.
Tea leaves and ginger relieve chorinic gastroenteritis.

These and literlally thousands of other traditional remedies have been confirmed by modern Chinese experiments.

Chinese System of Food Cures reverals a fascinating, proven way of using the healing properties of foods by understanding their flavors, energies, actions,and movements. It also explains why foods often affect people differently. The key is the 'y-score,' a scale based on the traditional principle of yin and yang that applies to foods and body types.

Once you know your y-score (and this book shows a simple way to determine it), you can follow specially prepared food and body-type tables to develop your own personal approach to disease prevention and health.

This book is packed with eye-opening ideas for selecting and preparing hundreds of vegetables , fruits, meats, grains and legumes to relieve and cure an astonishing range of health problems: overweight, smoking, insomnia, asthma, ulcers, diabetes, hypertension, nephritis, hepatitis, dysentery, anemia, menstrual disorders, and many more.

Begin now to bring greater harmony and health into your life, with the most effective, most natural disease-prevention system of all-the foods you eat each day!

'In short, this the freshest, most informative, and most useful book about food cures published in the English language.'-Willem H. Khoe, M.D., Ph.D., D.Ac., D.Ht., D.Sc.; president, Acupuncture Research Institute (from the foreword)

Contents

Froeword
Introduction
Before you begin
Conversion guides
1 Energies and flavors of foods
2 Actions of foods and the balanced diet
3 Body types and the yin-yang principles
4 Spices and herbs
5 Fruits and nuts
6 Vegetables, roots, and gourds
7 Legumes, grains, oils, and seeds
8 Meats, milk, seafoods, poultry, and eggs
9 Miscellaneous foods
10 Preventing and curing ailments
11 Chinese diet for weight loss
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index
… (més)
 
Marcat
AikiBib | May 29, 2022 |
What the Chinese have known for centuries, the rest of the world is about to discover: that ordinary foods contain powerful healing properties. This book explains, for example, why *chewing fresh cherries will relieve laryngitis (p. 63);*celery juice with honey can lower cholesterol level (p. 87);*beef kidney improves sexual capacity (p. 116);*tea leaves and ginger relieve chronic gastroenteritis (p. 116).These and literally thousands of other traditional remedies have been confirmed by modern Chinese experiements.Chinese System of Food Cures reveals a fascinating, proven way of using the healing properties of foods by understanding their flavors, energies, actions, and movements. It also explains why foods often affect people differently. The key is the "y-score," a scale based on the traditional principle of yin and yang that applies to foods and body types.Once you know your y-score (and this book shows a simple way to determine it), you can follow specially prepared food and body-type tables to develop your own personal approach to disease prevention and health.This book is packed with eye-opening ideas for selecting and preparing hundreds of vegetables, fruits, meats, grains, and legumes to relieve and cure an astonishing range of health problems: overweight, smoking, insomnia, asthma, ulcers, diabetes, hypertension, nephritis, hepatitis, dysentery, anemia, menstrual disorders, and many more.Begin now to bring greater harmony and health into your life, with the most effective, most natural disease-prevention system of all-the foods you eat each day!… (més)
 
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CenterPointMN | Jun 13, 2018 |

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