Description
Book SynopsisOne step towards self-healing is to take responsibility for your own nourishment. This book takes guidance from the insight of traditional Chinese medicine, and each of the 100 recipe's energetic actions are described to enable the reader to choose recipes suited to their own individual needs.
Table of ContentsPart One Nourishment: perspectives on nourishment - a cosmic perspective, a cultural perspective, an ancestral perspective, biography as biology; the sources of nourishment - air, water, trees and plants, cosmic energy, sensual nourishment, relationship, nourishment from food. Part Two Working with Chinese medicine: meridians and organs - what is a human being made of?, meridians, organs, the spleen, the lung, the kidney, the liver, the heart; the substances - qi, blood, stagnation of qi and blood, essence; yin and yang - yin and yang, yang deficiency, yin deficiency; the climates - heat, cold, dampness, wind; invasion and defence - invasion of wind, invasion of wind heat, invasion of wind cold, invasion of wind damp, invasion of cold, invasion of dampness. Part Three Recipes for self-healing: nutrition East and West; some guidelines for eating; choosing ingredients; the energetics of food; about the recipes; understanding the recipe pages; measurements; equipment; language; soups; salads; grains; vegetables and beans; meat and fish; sauces, dips and relishes; condiments; bakery; desserts; drinks; how to create a self-healing recipe. Part Four Leftovers: coffee and tea; alcohol; sugar; dairy; vegetarianism; raw food; pregnancy; babies and children; slimming and obesity; fasting; microwave ovens; genetic engineering; the energetic actions of vitamins, minerals and common drugs.
