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Chinese Medicine and Plant Based Eating

Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 3:26 p.m.

How does plant based eating fit into the practice of Chinese Medicine? What foods should we be eating in different seasons? In this episode, Ellen Goldsmith, an educator, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, and author of Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine, discusses the basic principles of Chinese medicine and the interplay with nutrition. She explains how it differs from the Western approach and elucidates the concepts of yin and yang, qi, seasonal eating and the thermal nature and flavour of food.

In this episode you\u2019ll hear:
2:30 \u2013 Basic principles of Chinese Medicine
3:10 \u2013 Yin and yang explained
4:25 \u2013 Role of food therapy in Chinese Medicine
5:05 \u2013 Where does plant based eating fit in?
5:50 \u2013 Difference between Chinese dietary therapy and the Western approach?
10:20 \u2013 Seasonal eating with examples of what to eat in winter
13:10 \u2013 Recipe examples from Ellen\u2019s book
18:00 \u2013 Seasonal eating for spring, summer and fall
23:00 \u2013 Qi explained
26:00 \u2013 How long does it take to see results from Chinese dietary therapy?

Credits: Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Guest link: https://pearlnaturalhealth.com/

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