by Wendy Brown, Lic. Ac. According to traditional Chinese dietary practice, foods should help to balance the body, therefore, the daily diet in summer should contain more vegetables and fruits to stimulate the appetite and replenish Yin fluids, thereby keeping the body cooler. In the summertime, Qi and Blood move more vigorously than at other […]
Food Wisdom for a Prosperous Life
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✍️Wendy Brown, Lic. Ac. Dietary Basics According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Turning to traditional Chinese medicine and a Taoist concept of health and long life, one is moderate in every action and attentive to signals of the body and of nature. Eating when hungry and drinking when thirsty, we only ingest enough food and drink […]
Some Historical Perspective on Food and Its Preparation
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The history of Chinese cooking goes deep into history and is marked by both variety and change. The archeologist and scholar Zhāng Guāngzhí says “Chinese people are especially preoccupied with food,” and “food is at the center of, or at least it accompanies or symbolizes, many social interactions.” Over the course of history, he says, […]
Chinese Tea
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Tea has been enjoyed for millennia as a central aspect of culture, daily life, and health. China’s Yunnan province has pride in its lineage of tea plants, where the first tea plant survived the ice age. Cultivation of ceremonious tea drinking developed significantly in the Tang dynasty when Lù Yǔ 陸羽 composed the Cha […]