Chinese dietary therapy
Chinese dietary therapy: nature and flavor of 70 foods, 30 traditional recipes such as congees and soups, and the principles of eating.
Dietary therapy · 70Foods
Thermal nature, flavor and affinity of each food.
Dietary therapy · 30Recipes
Congees, soups, stews and infusions step by step.
Principles of Chinese dietary therapy
Food, context, and balanceDietetics foundations
How tradition studies the relationship among food nature, person, season, preparation, and quantity.
Hot, warm, neutral, cool, and coldThermal nature
A traditional scale describing perceived effects and use patterns, distinct from serving temperature.
Sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and saltyThe Five Flavors
Flavors as culinary qualities and functional symbols within Five Element correspondences.
How preparation changes foodCooking and transformation
Cooking, cutting, soaking, fermentation, and pairing alter texture, safety, tolerance, and traditional interpretation.
Adapt without turning it into a rigid ruleSeasons and place
Seasonality, climate, availability, and culinary culture as context for varying foods and techniques.
Regularity, attention, and quantityMeal rhythm and context
When, how, and how much one eats are part of traditional study and can be compared with current habits.
Nine types as a study frameworkDietetics by constitution
How the contemporary tradition classifies constitutions and links food repertoires to each type, and why assessment belongs to a professional.
Color, element, and organ as symbolThe five colors on the plate
The traditional correspondences among colors, Five Elements, and organs, their use for studying variety on a plate, and the limits of this symbolism.
From the Neijing to the Bencao GangmuHistory and classics of shi liao
A tour of the texts that founded Chinese dietetics and of how they are read today: as valuable historical documents that call for critical reading.
Same origin, different usesFood and medicine: the boundary
The idea that food and medicine share an origin, the difference between culinary amounts and therapeutic doses, and why this library does not prescribe.
Introduction: what Chinese dietary therapy is.
