ELEMENTAL CHANGES Oriental Medical Arts

 

Much more than avoiding eggs to prevent or reduce cholesterol, are the dietary factors of coffee, sugar and alcohol that are far more debilitating. In Chinese medical theory, stress and yang dietary factors liberate an abundance of Yang QI in our bodies. In order to balance such Yang in excess, the body pathologically secretes Yin in an attempt to compensate, which includes the inherently Yin substance of cholesterol.