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The Five Elements Cookbook: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Recipes for Everyday Healing
Barnes and Noble
The Five Elements Cookbook: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Recipes for Everyday Healing
Current price: $31.50
Barnes and Noble
The Five Elements Cookbook: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine with Recipes for Everyday Healing
Current price: $31.50
Size: Hardcover
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Named after a foundational theory of what balance and optimal health looks like,
is a stunning introduction to the beginner concepts of TCM and offers a photographic guide to the most commonly used medicinal ingredients (American ginseng, turmeric, reishi, and more), their healing properties, and how to use them seamlessly in your cooking—whether in a warm tea, restorative bone broth, a sweet smoothie, or your favorite dinner.
Each of the over 50 delicious recipes ingeniously incorporates a food-as-medicine ingredient, with consideration for seasonality, digestion, and body constitution, and specific concerns, like menstrual pains, nausea, anxiety, blood circulation, respiratory health, and more. For those with dietary restrictions, each recipe also includes a key for vegan, nut free, dairy free, gluten free, plus the TCM energetics and uses. Recipes span all day and every meal, plus beverages and desserts:
With beautiful photographs throughout, this soothing, practical guide is perfect for those looking to eat for healing, nourishment, and joy.