Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine: + 175 Recipes for Optimal Health

by Ellen Goldsmith MSOM LAc DipCH, Maya Klein

East meets West in the kitchen with the nourishing treasures of Chinese Medicine. Food can be the most powerful medicine. This outstanding book introduces and teaches how to apply the ancient wisdom and traditions of the healing that comes through food according to Chinese medicine. This is a new way of thinking about what foods are needed to achieve balance and ultimately improve health. Goldsmith provides a keen and comprehensive understanding behind the basic principles of Chinese medicine so they can be easily applied to day-to-day lives. She takes these same concepts, expands on them for the food to eat in order to maximize the benefits of Chinese dietary therapy. Eating well is essential to good health and Chinese medicine believes that food truly is medicine. In an easy-to-understand and straightforward manner, Ellen explains how and which combination of foods and flavors act upon the body to move qi (energy) and how they act on the body to warm or cool. Many of the modern day chronic health problems caused by lifestyle, genetics and stress can be helped by distinctive and long lasting changes in the way we eat. 175 enticing recipes organized by season put the theory of Chinese medicine into practice. There are meals that are appropriate for each season from breakfast to dinner, including beverages and desserts. All the recipes are super straightforward, easy to assemble and easily adapted to meet your needs, desires and tastes.

Genres: Cookbooks, Health, Food, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutrition, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2017

Reviews

[Susan Bewley · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I first opened Chinese Medicine: + 175 Recipes for Optimal Health, I will freely admit, I was a bit nervous what I was getting into with the book. What I wasn’t expecting was a very down to Earth, practical book. I actually enjoyed reading this book and looking over the various recipes that look downright delicious. This book’s focus isn’t a diet, but a lifestyle change, learning to eat certain foods based on your conditions, activities, and your own nutritional needs. Honestly, after this book, I went from being nervous eating healthier to being excited after seeing so many of these easy to make, yummy recipes that are great for busy people like us.

[David McClendon, Sr · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are really into trying to eat healthy. We were sent a copy of Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine: + 175 Recipes for Optimal Health for review.

This book takes a simple, easy to understand approach to explaining and teaching Chinese medicine. Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine is very readable. It is very well-written and well-researched.

This book has lots of recipes that are easy to follow and can be made in the most basic kitchen.

We give Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine all five stars. It presents a good approach to getting and staying healthy the natural way.


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[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s one of those books that you will keep re reading as there is so much information absorb and learn from. I am still trying to get my head around it. Plenty of recipes which are separated into seasons, to information on what foods should be used for common ailments such as colds and allergies (seasonal). So for my situation this book is worthwhile.

And for those of you that do purchase this book, don’t go and bitch that this was a horrible book as it’s highly dependent on what kind of information you are looking for. Additionally, many of the recipes are flexible to what you can buy locally and what you are familiar with. For example: I totally detest bitter and hairy melons! Would never buy the bloody things as they are god damn awful, so I would substitute to something that doesn’t make me pull face like someone from the movie Scream!

[Adrian De Francesco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing and great value

[Alene · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was easy to understand. The author uses charts to list herbs and foods with its benefits and purpose. Simple recipes were included to help integrate Chinese Medicine into daily cooking.

[Myde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine is a treasure of well-written information about the fundamentals of Chinese medicine and Chinese dietary principles coupled with nearly 200 easy-to-follow recipes that put the principles into practice. The book contains health tips with every recipe that tie back to foundations laid out in the earlier sections. It also contains many helpful summary tables that serve as a quick reference to the material presented in the text. I love that the recipes are organized by season so that it is easy to eat in harmony as the seasons change. I have witnessed in myself how the role of good food and good eating habits support my health and vitality.

[Brynna Sibilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delicious, nutritious, and informative. I learned a lot and love what I make from this wonderful resource.

[Matilde Lucena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing amazing book! So organized with great tips

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am partial, because I wrote it AND I like it! I want it to be a bit inspirational, a bit informative and a delicious way to connect food and health.