Recipes for Self-healing by Daverick Leggett (English) Paperback Book

Description: Recipes for Self-healing by Daverick Leggett, Katheryn Trenshaw, Misha Ruth Cohen Traditional Chinese medicine explained and made relevant to western life. Self-healing through the use of food, includes 108 recipes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description One of the most important steps towards self-healing is to take responsibility for your own nourishment. This book provides a set of tools to do this. It takes guidance from the insights of traditional Chinese medicine and makes them accessible to the modern day person. There are over 100 recipes using familiar foods that reflect the cosmopolitan nature of Western cuisine. Each recipes energetic actions are described to enable the reader to choose recipes suited to their own individual needs. There are no good foods or bad foods: all the reader has to do is listen to the wisdom of their own body. This book can be read alone or as an accompaniment to "Helping Ourselves" and "The Energetics of Food". Table of Contents Part 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. Long Description Recipes for Self Healing is about nutritional healing through the lens of Chinese medicine. It explores the nutritional wisdom and insights of Chinese medicine and makes them both relevant and accessible to the modern westerner. It is a powerful, informative self help tool for anyone interested in nutrition. The book also contains about a hundred recipes using familiar western foods with unique descriptions of each recipes healing actions. Details ISBN0952464020 Author Misha Ruth Cohen Year 1999 ISBN-10 0952464020 ISBN-13 9780952464020 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 352 Publisher Meridian Press Illustrator Katheryn Trenshaw Imprint Meridian Press Place of Publication Totnes Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 610.951 Illustrations 250 b&w line drawings, bibliography, glossary, indexes Publication Date 1999-01-01 Language English Short Title RECIPES FOR SELF HEALING UK Release Date 1999-01-01 AU Release Date 1999-01-01 NZ Release Date 1999-01-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:86779229;

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