Chinese Medicine and Home Kitchen

For thousands of years, Chinese sages carefully observed how foods and herbs influence the body's internal balance. They discovered that the same principles that govern medicine - such as Qi, Yin-Yang, the Five Flavours, and organ functionality - also apply to everyday ingredients found in the kitchen. This video course explores the shared foundations between Chinese Medicine and the foods we consume daily.

You'll discover how foods, when chosen in accordance with your individual body constituents, can help regulate organ functions and relieve minor discomforts or imbalances. When combined with simple herbs, the results can be even more effective. This practice, known as 药膳 (medicinal cooking), allows you to benefit from the healing properties of herbs through food - offering a more balanced and sustainable approach to well-being.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) does not advocate lifelong dependence on herbal medication. Instead, it emphasizes daily life cultivation (养生), especially through dietary practices like food therapy and medicinal cooking that align with a person's health condition. However, most TCM practitioners do not have the time to guide patients in detail on how to practice Life Cultivation - a field of knowledge in its own right.

That is why we offer a series of video courses on Life Cultivation, rooted in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the foundational text of TCM. By understanding the principles in this course, you'll begin to look at the food you eat differently - not just by its taste or nutritional label, but by its energetic properties, its Qi, Yin or Yang nature, and how it can specifically enhance your personal health. In this way, you'll come to fully appreciate the ancient wisdom:"Food is also Medicine.