Chinese Food Therapy

CHINESE FOOD THERAPY

Chinese food therapy is the foundational therapy for Oriental medicine. Many people in the West think of acupuncture being synonymous with Chinese medicine. Well, yes and no. Acupuncture is but one tool used by Chinese and Taoist / Asian medicine practitioners. Generally speaking, the preferred therapy begins with the least invasive, that being Chinese food therapy.

There is a saying or proverb taught in Chinese medicine, "He who does not change his diet wastes his doctor's time."

In deed, way back when, a Chinese medicine practitioner was only paid by the emperor if he kept him well, not for treating him once already ill.

Herbal therapy is used as a stand alone medicine, either if Chinese food therapy recommendations were not enough, or in conjunction with food therapy. As an example, herbs can be added to soups or congees that address individuals, based on their constitution, and current condition.

Macrobiotics shares its roots with Chinese medicine, with some similarities and differences.

Included in Chinese and Taoist medicine are Chinese 5-Elements Therapy, Yin and Yang Principles of Balance, syndrome identification, food therapy, herbal therapy, Qi Gong or Tai Chi, guided visualizations, meditations directed for particular purposes, Tui Na physical therapy, acupuncture, breath work, I Ching readings, BaZi Readings, Directionology, and more.

The goal of Chinese medicine practitioners is to treat both the branch, the symptoms a client presents with, and the root cause, along with the underlying constitution to restore one's natural state of balance and health.