The Chinese System of Food Cures: Prevention and Remedies

The good: 1) some really useful information 2) simply written explanation of hot warm cool cold principals of food and who is suited best by which temperatures. He even has a chart. The bad: 1) There are a few chapters broken down according to whether the item is an herb, vegetable, fruit, grain, etc. There doesn't appear to be any logical or alphabetical order of the items within each chapter. 2) For each item listed, there is a food property description for what it remedies (for instance, asthma). Under the initial list of remedies the author proceeds to list basic recipes of combined ingredients for specific ailments. These may or may not be listed under the original heading. 3) If you look up an ailment in the index, you might find 3 entries referencing the ailment, when in fact there are probably 10 or so. They're just tucked away in one of the recipes. 4) Sometimes, he'll list a recipe, without indicating its use 5) no botanical names are given so you can't be sure if the yam he mentions is actually a yam or yucca. 6) he'll reference a clinical trial without specifics (quantity of solution and how it was taken, for how long, what improvement was seen, etc.) I really wanted to like this book, and I still try to refer to it as he has some really good remedies in here. However, I really can't recommend a book where I have to write in entries into the index so that I can find some miraculous solution a week from now. His other book, "Chinese Herbs With Common Foods: Recipes for Health and Healing" received a better review, but only one person has reviewed it so far.

I read this book in one night. You would have thought I was reading a NYT #1 rated thriller or similar. I too found effective treatments not only for myself but for friends. Sorry to the author but I can't let my friends sit and suffer.I want to add a personal experience- I studied qigong and tai chi. during qigong i fractured my right foot. The good old V.A. (yup- the Veterans Administration) tried for two months to prescribe pain pills to reduce the swelling painful foot. Finally I told my master about my foot. He sold me a small bottle of dit da jow juice which as he said is NOT FDA approved. He instructed me to apply it to my foot with cotton balls and tape them in place for a few HOURS?? Better than that! I wiped the cotton balls across my foot and the swelling and pain were gone in...TWENTY MINUTES. I was able to gingerly put both my shoes on after hobbling across campus in 2 foot snow drifts for two months.Thats my testimony. This book is worth what you pay for it. Keep it handy. You might want to make a copy for when you wear out the pages.

Third time I have this book purchase, I try avoid boxed precook food items and water added salty stuff with additives I need a dictionary to find out its meaning to. This book tells you what you eating and it benefits you

Love this book!

Great resource info. Great buy for price

long tried and tested remedies, great education on the power of our foods.

It helped me to decide which foods are best for my body and how I could improve my health. By eliminating certain foods that are very yang.

My acupuncturist Dr. Winston Cardwell suggested this book to further enhance my healing. I agree. Great read and guidance for healthy life.

This book is brilliant it was recommended to me about 20 years ago buy an acupuncturist it has help me with many of my health problems so I recommend that you should buy this book if you can still get it

Excellent book with loads of knowledge for students studying Chinese Elements. Fast delivery too.

I bought this book following a reader’s comment without thinking of looking up their history which might have given me a clue. In any case, I can find better information doing a bit of searching on the internet.If you are new to the Chinese concept of food as medicine, or trying to lose weight in a different way this might be for you; there is a whole chapter dedicated to this topic, and it is quite interesting from a metabolic point of view.However that is not what I was hoping to find in this book. There is no specific chapter on Chinese medical diagnosis such as dampness or heat; and nothing about menopause relief - although there is a small part about "women's problems" (!), and some remedies are meant “to cure women’s hysteria”, a vague term no longer in use in the West - and no longer a medical diagnostic since the 50s. "Hysteria" is likely Plum Pit qi syndrome which would be more helpful.That is why I find this book dated, both in its presentation and its wording; it was probably a very good beginner's guide when it came out in the early 80s but I am sure better ones have been published since then.

Totally happy. Exactly the information I was seeking. Explains the how the food is classified and how it works on the medians. Old school.

Está en muy buen Estado. Cumple con lo que indicaba en la reseña.Gracias