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Chinese Dietary Therapy
Course description
Have you ever heard that it’s good for you to eat in moderation? Or that food can be cooling or warming? Foods have their own specific temperature, flavour, action, and affinities for certain organs. Chinese Dietary Therapy is a branch of Chinese Medicine that uses food as preventative and curative therapy. With a contemporary lens, this course led by Gillian Marsollier, explores the ancient foundational theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Chinese Dietary Therapy. Once the qualities of different foods are understood, dietary therapy can be applied to very specific disorders.
Food is medicine and an integral part of most natural therapies is nutrition—also referred to as ‘food cures’. Since food is one of our primary sources of energy, it has a great potential to influence our health. To most effectively utilize the power of food, we must understand its nature and function.
You will learn about:
- The basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- How to apply the TCM base knowledge to anyone
- Understanding how to strengthen digestive energy in TCM and why it is so important
- Recognizing which food groups will help various constitutions, and apply Chinese nutritional concepts
- Applying dietary advice to match thermal and energetic imbalances, and commonly seen conditions
- How to create balanced and healing recipes
- Actual clinical case studies to understand how to apply this knowledge therapeutically
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