Last time I wrote about the life energy Qi, about Yin and Yang, about the energetic effect of food and described through a practical example how you can use food to relieve symptoms. Yang is the energy (Qi) and Yin the matter. This time: Damp. What is Damp? Damp: unknown within Western medicine, but within […]
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Functional Eating According to Traditional Chinese Medicine
In the upcoming series of columns, I want to give you an insight into the workings of the nutritional teachings of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). TCM is a huge concept of thought with all sorts of different interpretations and elaborations. It will never be fully complete, and it may rub shoulders with your own ideas. […]