C hinese Food T herapy Rx
for Self Healing
Vo l u m e I I
Beauty and Longevity
by Helen H. Hu
OMD, L.Ac.,Medical Degree
A Thousand Years of Chinese
Medical Wisdom
Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Self Healing:
Volume II
Beauty and Longevity
A Thousand Years of Chinese Medical Wisdom
By Helen H. Hu, OMD, L.Ac., Medical Degree
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Original Brush Paintings by Helen H. Hu
Original Calligraphy by Yue Juan
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Photography: LM Barnes and Helen H. Hu
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Other photography credits: listed in index
Contributed food photography: listed in index
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C hinese Food T herapy Rx
for S elf Healing
Vo l u m e I I
Beauty and Longevity
A Thousand Years of Chinese
Medical Wisdom
by Helen H. Hu
OMD, L.Ac., Medical Degree
Original brush paintings by Helen H. Hu
Original calligraphy by Yue Juan
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Acknowledgments
T
o accomplish this book was possible by the support and efforts of many
multi-talented, passionate and dedicated friends in my life.
I give a special thanks to my dear parents who forced their will on me to study
Traditional Chinese Medicine at an early age, during the Cultural Revolution
period, in order to enable me to earn a skill for living. I have to thank my parents
for their persistence no matter how many times that I had tried not to obey them.
My greatest thanks, from my bottom of heart, to all the great TCM teachers and
masters, who in my early life, taught and guided me patiently with their passion and
wisdom. I hope all of them are smiling with a little satisfaction from the Heaven at
what their patience and hard work created. This book can present only a small
fraction of the Chinese Medical Wisdom they gave me in my studies.
With lots of love, regrets and thanks to my dearest daughter Hailey Hu, as a single
mother in a new land of opportunity struggling to get back into the medical field,
I worked many jobs day and night to survive and raise my family. I missed so many
opportunities to spend time and play with her as she grew up so fast. But she never
complained and was very understanding as we went through the period of time
together. I am so proud that she has become a very smart, talented, determined,
beautiful and successful young lady with a terrific personality and sense of humor.
While I am publishing this book, she is working and consulting for a nonprofit
organization in Africa to help people in Medicine and Agriculture.
Many thanks to Ms. Connie Shinkle, Ms. Susan Weeks, Mr. Walter Walt and Mr.
John Nugent for editing and providing feedback to my original transcripts.
A special thank to my dearest friend, Richard Stanczyk, who has been supporting
me in many ways during the years of writing and publishing the book.
Thanks to my Chinese brush painting
art teacher Mr. Ijichi at the community college, where I learned basic skills
for Chinese brush painting. Some of
my personal paintings are presented
in the books.
A very special thanks to my early
childhood and life time friend, the
well known Chinese artist Ms.Yue
Juan, who contributed several of her
painted images to my book and her
beautiful calligraphy Chinese characters for the titles of each chapter in
the book.
Finally, many thanks, and with greatest appreciation to the most dedicated
and multi talented graphic and book
designer Lillian Barnes, who spent
thousands of hours on the book in
layout, editing, designing, photo restoring and shooting. With her attention to details and her most creative
mind, Ms. Barnes makes the book as
beautiful as it can be. This book would
be impossible to publish without her
talents, skills and her communication skills with publishing, the college
community and understanding the
business side of publishing.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
F o r e w o r d 4
Introduction: Why I wrote this book
9
11
W h a t i s T C M F o o d T h e r a p y ? 1 5 How to use this book
17
A b o u t t h e A u t h o r 36
The Healthy Pantry
I . Fo o d T h e r a p y f o r We l l B e i n g a n d L o n g e v i t y
A . B a s i c C o n c e p t s o f L o n ge v i t y a n d Ya n g S h e n g
(Nourishing Life)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Principles of Yang Sheng, 42-45
Food therapy or diet for Yang Sheng,46-47
Inducing and cultivating Qi Yang Sheng, 48
Elixir for Yang Sheng 49
Fasting for Yang Sheng, 50
Cultivating inner peace and happiness for Yang Sheng, 51
Environment and Yang Sheng,52
Herbal steam for Yang Sheng, 53
Yang Sheng in four seasons. 54-55
Yoga for Yang Sheng, 56
Daoists and Yang Sheng, 58-61
Chinese music for Yang Sheng, 62-65
Chinese wisdom for Yang Sheng, 66-69
Daily common senses for Yang Sheng,70-77
Dieting for Yang Sheng,78-79
Twelve hour organ regiments for Yang Sheng, 80-87
The final key points for Yang Sheng, 88-93
Contents
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B . H o w To Ta k e A n t i A g i n g S u p p l e m e n t s
C . Ya n g S h e n g S o u p
D. Ya n g S h e n g C o n ge e
E . Ya n g S h e n g M i l k
90-93
94-122
122-135
136-139
140-141
F. Ya n g S h e n g H e r b a l Te a
G . Ya n g S h e n g H e r b a l W i n e
160-169
H . Y a n g S h e n g H e r b a l B a t h 170-183
I . Y a n g S h e n g H e r b a l F o o t B a t h 184-191
I I . F o o d T h e r a p y f o r B e a u t y 193
A . F o o d T h e r a p y f o r W e i g h t L o s s 194-205
B. Food That Enhances Skin and Hair Beauty
206-211
C . F o o d s t h a t E n h a n c e V i s i o n 212-215
D. Food Therapy for Skin
216-253
254-261
F . T C M F a c e L i f t i n g T e c h n i q u e s 262-265
E . Te a T h e r a p y f o r S k i n
Index
266-275
Alphabetical Index
Credits/Resources
284-287
276-283
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Foreword
T
his first edition is created with larger print and bold, colored
headings to aid those who may be using the recipes to improve
their health and need larger print as a visual aid.
The Oriental brush stroke paintings are original works by the author,
Helen Hong Hu. The hand drawn Chinese characters are the work
of Chinese artist Yue Juan, who generously offered to create these
important visual elements towards a peaceful, healing emphasis.
Photography is a compilation of original photography by the editor,
LM Barnes, by Helen Hong Hu, and other generous contributors.
Many photographs were taken at Helen Hu’s office, her home and
gardens with available light. Some were taken while traveling in the
United States, China, Africa and other countries and hold a special
meaning to the author. Special family photographs are also included.
This first edition is released in a “beta” version. We invite your comments, questions and feedback! Later versions may have enhanced
photography, additional art work, changes of photographs, a more
complete index or other clarifications.
Foreword
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Introduction
Why I wrote this book
“R
eturn to nature,” and “humans and nature are one,” represent the
core philosophies of the laws of nature. I want to emphasise this
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principle to all of the readers.
In my first book Body Without Mystique, I taught the basic fundamental
elements of TCM nutrition, how we can identify our body type, how to
choose the right food and how to make lifestyle changes that are compatible with our body type, seasonal changes and life stages to maximize our
well-being and prevent diseases.
Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches that “food and herbs come from
the same source.” By using natural foods and herbs to balance the body,
the body’s energy is restored, which is crucial for wellness and longevity.
In our modern society, food and medicine are totally different entities.
The meaning of nutritional value often simply means vitamins A to Z,
protein and fiber contents while ignoring the whole healing property
of the true value of natural plants. How can we use the same “modern
jargon” to classify natural plants and food and leave out something that
doesn’t fit commercial jargon – the real healing power of foods?
In TCM the three most vital components for life are Jing (physical body),
Qi (energy), and Shen (spirit). These are the so-called “Three Treasures.”
A good diet not only nourishes our physical body and our organs, giving
us vital energy, but also nourishes our spirit. When Chinese medicine refers to organs, it refers more to the energetic function of each organ than
to the anatomy only, as in Western medicine. If a person has a weakness
in a certain organ and an imbalance between organs, as part of the treatment protocol, the diet can be modified to reestablish the balance and
strength.
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I
n ancient times, people lived closer to nature, in more integrated communities.
Over thousands of years, through observation and by surviving many diseases
and natural disasters, they discovered how various foods promoted longevity and
well-being. Many of these longevity-promoting foods and herbs have been recorded in the history of Chinese medicine.
In nature, all living creatures (including humans) are on the same energy environment with the earth and universe. We are all sensitive and responsive to environmental changes, seasonal changes, cosmos changes and life stage changes.
Our energetic body reflects other energetic living things in the same environment
with the same adaptability and resistance to local environmental changes.
We need to eat local, organically grown food that provides the body with better resistance and strength for healing. This concept has been utilized in TCM for centuries. A simple example: imagining a human body as a natural plant with a flower
on the top as a human face; plant’s stem and branches as a human’s four limbs; the
plant’s leaves as our hands and feet; and the plant’s roots as our internal organs.
Based on this understanding, TCM herbalists (or herbal medicine practitioners)
use herbs to treat problems on the face by using ingredients from flowers (the top
of plant); stem from plants usually treat blockage on the meridian of the limbs
and joints, and the roots and seeds for disorders in internal organs. Since food
and herbs come from the same source, the principle of healing power in the herbs
applies to the whole nature (of ) food. Eating organic whole food empowers the
body for self healing and prevention.
What can we do if the body already experiences disease?
Can we use food therapy to reverse disease rather than take medication? Yes.
There is a saying in old Chinese folk lore: cure the diseases from eating by eating.
Most diseases come from inappropriate diet and life style that compromise our
body’s ability to perform its functions properly and sustain immunity. In order
to assist the body’s recovery from disorders and restore the body’s natural ability
and resistance one must first make a fundamental change: to choose the appropriate diet for healing. That is TCM food therapy, what the Chinese call “Shi Liao”,
meaning “Food as medicine”.
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W hat is TCM Food T herapy?
F
ood or prepared dishes should have attractive colors, smells, tastes and an
attractive design. The formulation of a food therapy diet follows the same
principle as when a TCM doctor writes a prescription for herbs, which is also an
art form.
In this art form of herb prescription, there are 1-3 chief herbs, some deputy
herbs, assistant herbs and convoy herbs that work together like a battalion on the
battlefield. This means that the TCM doctor prepares the TCM food therapy not
only for its therapeutic effect, but is also considering the way to prepare, taking
into account color, taste, bodily condition and seasonal changes: indeed an art
form. There are thousands of dishes, soups, congees, desserts, and herbal wines,
and hundreds of books throughout the different dynasties, up to the present time.
TCM food therapy is a specialty within the whole of TCM and an important
part of Yang Sheng (Nourishing Life).
Western medicine and Chinese medicine see the body in different ways: one is
evidence based by an anatomic and structure model that fits all, and the other is
based on energy, interrelated within the body’s functional organs and its related
appearance (clinical manifestation) that is consistently changing. A diagnosis disease in Western medicine may have multiple TCM pattern diagnoses that stress
the different root causes or different underline body imbalances. The specific
combination recipes in TCM food therapy apply to different pattern diagnosis.
In order to know about the function and characteristics of TCM food therapy,
please read my first book: Body Without Mystique.
This book, Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Self Healing, provides recipes for treating
diseases named as in Western Medicine and different recipes to fit each Pattern
Diagnosis by TCM.
Our goal is to educate and guide our readers to choose the right foods for a
nourishing life and for self healing. It requires a lifetime of practice to reach our
maximum life span (heavenly age). It is called Yang Sheng (Nourishing life).
What
is TCM Food Therapy?
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Measurement Conversion Table
1 teaspoon
1/3 tablespoon
5 ml
1 tablespoon
1/2 fluid ounce
3 teaspoons
15 ml 15 cc
2 tablespoons
1 fluid ounce
1/8 cup, 6 teaspoons
30 ml, 30 cc
1/4 cup
2 fluid ounces
4 tablespoons
59 ml
1/3 cup
2 2/3 fluid ounces
5 tablespoons & 1 teaspoon
79 ml
1/2 cup
4 fluid ounces
8 tablespoons
118 ml
2/3 cup
5 1/3 fluid ounces
10 tablespoons & 2
teaspoons
158 ml
3/4 cup
6 fluid ounces
12 tablespoons
177 ml
7/8 cup
7 fluid ounces
14 tablespoons
207 ml
1 cup
8 fluid ounces/ 1/2 pint
16 tablespoons
237 ml
2 cups
16 fluid ounces/ 1 pint 32 tablespoons
473 ml
4 cups
32 fluid ounces
1 quart
946 ml
1 pint
16 fluid ounces/ 1 pint 32 tablespoons
473 ml
2 pints
32 fluid ounces
1 quart
946 ml 0.946
liters
8 pints
1 gallon/ 128 fluid
ounces
4 quarts
3785 ml 3.78 liters
4 quarts
1 gallon/128 fluid
ounces
1 gallon
3785 ml 3.78 liters
1 liter
1.057 quarts
1000 ml
128 fluid ounces
1 gallon
4 quarts
3785 ml 3.78 liters
Dry Or Weight Measurements (approximate)
1 ounce
30 grams (28.35 g)
2 ounces
55 grams
3 ounces
85 grams
4 ounces
1/4 pound
125 grams
8 ounces
1/2 pound
240 grams
12 ounces
3/4 pound
375 grams
16 ounces
1 pound
454 grams
32 ounces
2 pounds
907 grams
1 kilogram
2.2 pounds/ 35.2
ounces
1000 grams
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How to Use This Book
T
his book offers TCM food therapy for diseases as categorized in the diagnosis in Western medicine. Since there are different patterns of diagnosis by
Traditional Chinese Medicine under each disease, one may choose the diet by
matching one’s symptom to a particular pattern described. One can chose one
or two pattern diet therapies in each disease.
With each recipe, one can follow the principle cooking instructions or modify
each according to one’s individual condition and cooking experience. In most
Chinese family cooking, people never remember or specify exact measurements
of daily ingredients such as salt, water and sugar, but instead modify those
common components depending on each individual’s preferences in order to
meet taste and specific restrictions (such as salt when one has hypertension and
kidney failure).
Finally, the author has to make it clear that TCM food therapy is not meant
to substitute an individual’s current regimes of ongoing medical treatment.
It depends on one’s own judgment to integrate TCM food therapy into one’s
own overall healthcare. The author does recommend that readers take active
measures and integrate TCM food therapy for prevention of and avoiding
recurrence of the disorders.
Since most readers are familiar with metric measurements (except people in the
United States), I have provided a measurements conversion table for reference.
Each culture has preserved its own treasures in local related healing plants,
spices and remedies for healing. I am eager to learn from those folks of their
varieties of healing modalities. I hope that we can contribute and share all those
natural healing treatments from every culture of the world for health, happiness,
peace and wellness for generations to come.
How to Use This Book
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Young cucumber
and blossom
Red leaf chard
Garlic
Cucumber
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T he Healthy Pant r y
Ingredients for the recipes in this book
I
was brought up in a culture during a less developed and commercial
era. Yet, with my very humble knowledge and limited exposure, I had a
strong curiosity in local healing plants. This curiosity was enhanced by
my traveling to different regions in Latin American and Southeast Asia.
I believe the poison and antidote usually come from the same entity or the
same living environment to counteract and balance each other. For example, Lotus seeds can strengthen the digestive system and stop diarrhea, but
Lotus leaves do just the opposite. The same principles apply throughout
nature as natural methods and plants can provide natural healing to the
human body in the same way a misuse may harm the body.
It is our responsibility to discover the healing powers provided by Mother
Nature. A better understanding of ourselves as part of the energetic natural universe and through integrating its healing power in our lives will enable us to empower ourselves to discover the balancing point, our wellbeing
and keys to longevity.
The majority of the ingredients in the book, either for food therapy and
promoting longevity, can be found in most popular grocery stores. However, some of the ingredients may not be familiar and common in certain
cultures and regions, but they can be found in Asian grocery stores, herbal
stores and internet stores.
You might find it fascinating that there are many ingredients that grow in
one’s back yard or along the side of a dirt road but we never knew of their
medicinal properties and never ever thought of tasting them. Please keep
an open mind and do appropriate research before starting your new path of
self healing. See the full pantry section at the end of the book.
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粳米
Jing Rice
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( 粳米 J i n g m i )
T
here are many congee recipes in the book, but Jing rice is the rice we recommend for food therapy. Jing rice can be harvested in the spring and fall.
The harvest from the fall season is the best quality since it gets more daylight
and longer periods of growth.
Throughout this book, I refer to Jing rice harvested in the fall season as “Spring
rice” for ease of reference.
There are three main kinds of rice: sweet rice, Jing rice and regular long grain
rice. The stickiest rice is the sweet rice, and Jing rice is in the middle. It is the
most common rice for food therapy, making rice wine, congee, rice cakes and
sushi. Each grain has a round shape and a waxy, white color. Jing rice contains
50% more protein than other kinds of rice and more vitamin B1, vitamin A and
other vitamins as well as calcium, phosphate and iron.
Jing rice has been cultivated in China for 6,900 years. It grows in a somewhat
cold climate for a relatively longer period. Jing rice has lower production since
it has a longer growing period and cannot be alternatively planted with other
agriculture products. Jing rice can be grown in many regions from North China
to South China, Japan (sushi rice), California (Calrose rice), India and Europe.
Black rice is in the same family as Jing rice. Rice congee from Jing rice has been
utilized as a special food therapy throughout TCM history for aiding digestion, disorders of gastroenterology, diabetes, hypertension, allergies and chronic
disorders. There is an old folk saying, “Black rice is as good as Ginseng soup”.
In TCM, the properties of Jing rice are recorded as being naturally sweet tasting and as benefiting the spleen and stomach organs. It harmonizes five organs
and the stomach, strengthens energy, and eases thirst and diarrhea. It nourishes
muscles, tendons and the blood. It also benefits a person’s will and beautifies the
skin.
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the healthy pantr y
ingredients for the recipes in this book
Chinese Red Date (大枣 Ziziphus Jujubae Fructus)
Chinese red date is also called “big date” and originated and was cultivated for over
8,000 years in China. It is a very popular fruit consumed due to its sweet taste, Qi and
blood tonic as Yang Sheng food. It is commonly consumed for its medicinal properties in aiding tired, fatigue, insomnia, pale facial complexion, postpartum depression
with unstable mood and other signs and symptoms related to blood deficiency.
It can be consumed in many forms depending on body or health needs, such as:
congee, wine, tea and dessert. It can be found in most Asian grocery stores.
Chinese red dates may look different
depending on their native region.
However, the ones that are untreated, of
a bigger size, red in color with more solid
flesh are considered better for Yang Sheng
and healing.
Long Yan (Euphoria Longana Arillus, Longan Fruit Flesh,龙眼)
Long Yan means Dragon eye, which refers to its appearance like an eyeball when it
is fresh. It is a tropical fruit with sweet taste and warm properties. The dried form is
mostly used in cooking or as a medicinal herb. It nourishes blood and yin; strengthens
energy to ease anxiety and to calm the spirit and heart, and as an aid to sleep. It can
aid in treating certain patterns of hypertension, insomnia, anxiety and a stressed body
with tired, dizziness, pale complexion and many other disorders to name just a few.
Recent discoveries indicate that it has the function of inhibiting
cancer cell growth besides promoting well-being and longevity
as one important Yang Sheng food. Dried longan fruit flesh can
be found in most Asian grocery stores, Chinese Herbal stores or
one can find and order from the internet.
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Wild Chinese Yam (Dioscorea Opposita Radix, 山药)
Its most popular name in Chinese is “Shan Yao” meaning the healing plant from the
mountain. It is a root known for its Yang Sheng (Nurturing life) and medicinal properties. It is mostly used in making soup, congee, dishes, milk drinks and desserts. With its
bland taste, it can strengthen and restore digestive functions for weakness in digestion,
diarrhea and its related malnutrition. It is also used to aid lung functions for chronic
coughing, and diabetes. As one of the most popular Yang Sheng foods, wild Chinese
Yam can strengthen kidney energy, calm spirit, promote longevity and maintain healthy
blood vessels to prevent cardiovascular disorder. Because of its anti aging, skin beautifying, nourishing blood, strengthening yin and yang energy and increasing body immunity
properties, wild Chinese yam becomes a very popular Yang Sheng and beauty food. In
many cosmetic product lines, the extract from wild Chinese yam has been used as part of
formulated ingredients.
Wild Chinese yam can be found in most Asian grocery stores in fresh form or in
Chinese herbal stores in dried form. But one should be cautious, the dried form of wild
Chinese yam are treated with sulfa in order to preserve its
freshness and prevent fungal infection. Be aware of it if one
has an allergy to sulfa.
After my research and analysis of the diet of many regions
with a higher percentage of centenarians, it seems that food
from the yam and corn families are commonly consumed
in the region as their main food, besides other local plant
based food sources.
Ginger
A very common ingredient will appear throughout this book, so
keep some fresh ginger handy to make tea for aiding stomach
pains, common colds and morning sickness, besides its common
use in cooking.
Cinnamon
Another commonly used ingredient in cooking that most families
have handy, either in cinnamon bar or powered form. However, there
is a difference in what kind of cinnamon to use. If one has joint pain
or some peripheral circulation problem, use young cinnamon bark or
cinnamon twist, otherwise, use a thicker and older tree bark mostly in
powdered form for warming the lower back and inner organs.
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The healthy pantr y
Ingredients for the recipes in this book
Apricot Kernels (Prunus Armeniaca Semen, Northern)
Apricot kernels are the insides of kernels of apricot. If the apricot kernels taste sweet,
it mostly grows from the southern part of China and are commonly used for cooking.
If it tastes bitter, it is mostly used as a medicinal herb and it grows in certain regions of
north China.
Be cautious, the bitter tasting apricot kernel is toxic. When one gets the apricot kernels
from an herbal store or grocery store, the apricot kernels should be already treated to
reduce its toxic qualities. I do not recommend use unless prescribed by an herbalist
for its appropriated dosage. Also, I am not recommending anyone to collect their own
apricot kernels without proper knowledge as to how to treat it before consumption.
Most apricot kernels found in Asian grocery stores for cooking are treated and/or are
the sweet tasting kind.
Apricot kernels are known for their properties in treating coughing, both dry coughing and coughing with mucus; soothing lung for aiding asthma; lubricating bowel for
constipation. It was one of the most popular ingredients for enhancing the beauty of
facial skin throughout Chinese history. It can be made into milk form, congee, desert,
and drink to prevent lung sickness during dry season and to enhance skin beauty.
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Tangerine Peel (Citrus Reticulata Pericarpium)
Most of us throw the precious tangerine peel away after eating the tangerine flesh.
Every part of the tangerine is a treasure! Both seeds and peels are used as herbs for
their medicinal properties. The tangerine peel can be used for both soothing the
digestive system when it is bloated and drying out the mucus/ phlegm in the body.
Since the tangerine peel has the ability to dry mucus and phlegm in the body, such as
body gain water weight and phlegm in the throat, one should not consume it if one has
dry coughing, acid reflexes or fatigue.
Tangerine peel cannot be consumed over a long period of time, consume less if one is
currently taking other medications.
Only use older dried tangerine peel, do not use the fresh peel.
Even though one can get the dried tangerine peel from any Chinese herbal store, it is
better to collect it and dry it for oneself and save it not only for tea but as a spice in
cooking and dessert.
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The healthy pantr y
Ingredients for the recipes in this book
Chrysanthemum Flower (Chrysanthemum Morifolium Flos)
Chrysanthemum flower has been used as a traditional Chinese herb for healing,
prevention and to promote well-being. It tastes slightly bitter and sweet with a
cooling property. It can detoxify liver, brighten eyes, clean infection on facial skin,
treat headaches, stabilize blood pressure, assist in weight and cholesterol control
and many other functions for promoting well being and
longevity.
Recently discoveries points out that it can help the body
fight against cancer cells and with other herbs can work
to prevent macular degeneration in elderly. There are
many spices from Chrysanthemum flowers, the white
and yellow color are mostly used in fresh or dried form.
Dried form can be found in tea shops, herbal shops or
grocery stores.
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Honeysuckle Flower (Lonicera Japonica Flos)
Only the petals of honeysuckle are used as medicinal herbs. It is one of the most
strong natural “herbal antibiotics” with strong anti-inflammatory and detoxifying
effects for many kinds of infection and pus formation on skin and upper respiratory
tract infection with fever. The flower can inhibit
many viruses and antibiotic resistance bacteria,
enhance transformation of lymphocytes and
macrophage function of white blood cells.
If one has skin infection, one can simply use
the fresh flower petals to make the fresh flower
puree/paste to cover the wound. You will be
amazed how fast the wound can be healed.
Mai chi xian, Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea Herba)
Ma chi xian, or Purslane, is another strong anti-inflammatory herb used both as an
herb and food. It contains high antioxidant and omega-3 fatty acids. It can be effective
against several human cancer cells. It has been used throughout history to stop bleeding, for insect bites, skin infections and treating bacillary dysentery. It can be used in
salad, inside dumplings, pastry and soups. The fresh form, purslane, is best for cooking
and gourmet salads.
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The healthy pantr y
Ingredients for the recipes in this book
Lotus Seed (Nelumbinis Nucifera Semen)
Lotus seed has the function of strengthening the digestive system to stop diarrhea,
tonify organs and calm spirit. Dried lotus seeds, with their skins removed, are used
as medicine and for culinary use. They are best
harvested in August and September.
Most lotus seed are used as an additional ingredient
in congee, tonic soup, or with other ingredients and
made into a paste for dessert. Lotus seed is one of the
most commonly used foods in Yang Sheng food for
promotion of well-being and longevity.
Lotus Root
Lotus root is one of most nourishing vegetable roots. Chinese call it the “Queen of
Vegetables”. Because of its cooling properties, it clears heat and toxins in the body,
eases thirst, stops bleeding, nourishes the blood, and strengthens
the digestive system for increasing body immunity. It is one of
the best vegetables recommended for menopausal women to clear
heat. It can also reduce cholesterol and other fat absorption for
weight, cholesterol and sugar control.
Bai bian dou (Dolichoris Lablab Semen, Hyacinth Bean)
Bai bian dou or Hyacinth Bean has very high nutrients in protein, vitamin and minerals,
and recent research indicates it can increase white blood cells and lymphocyte activity to
fight against cancer cells in cancer patients. Use the fresh bean for culinary use.
The dried beans are commonly consumed due to its medicinal property for harmonizing
the digestive system, transforming phlegm and dampness in order to discharge it from
body. Add it to diet when there is summer heat with dampness, low appetite, nausea and
diarrhea. It is also used to treat women with more virginal discharge. It can be found in
most Asian grocery stores or herbal stores. It can be made into soup, congee, and milk.
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Mung Bean (Vigna radiate Wilczek)
Mung bean is also called “green bean”. It is most commonly consumed as a sprout but
can be made into congee and dessert. It can be found in grocery stores. Mung bean is
one of the few beans among the bean family that contains complete protein to be used
as a substitute for meat, besides the soy bean family. It can
inhibit many bacteria and viruses for anti inflammation, clear
toxins in the body and aid summer heat stroke. Its powder form
can be used for heat rashes and facial masks for beautifying and
cleansing skin.
The mung bean tea is consumed as an antidote for toxin, summer heat stroke, poison and clearing pesticides from body. Have
the mung beans handy in diet to prevent hypertension, coronary
heart diseases, diabetes and kidney infection.
Chi xiao dou (Phaseolus Calcaratus Semen, Adzuki Bean)
Chi xiao dou, or Adzuki Bean, is a small long red bean, not the
regular red beans that are round in shape. It can be found in Asian
grocery stores. It can be made into tea, congee, milk and dessert.
Adzuki beans can assist the body to discharge water, toxins and to
drain pus from inside the body and on the skin. Drink the tea to
help treat jaundice, edema in leg and arthritis pain. It can help the
body to lose weight as one of the great Yang Sheng foods.
Goji Berry (Lycium Babarum Fructus, Chinese Wolfberry)
Goji berry has been consumed as one of the Yang Sheng foods throughout the long
history of China. Goji berry is known for promoting longevity, regulating body immunity, inhibiting cancer cells, balancing blood sugar and
cholesterol and preventing fatty liver. Consume it as part
of anti aging food to beatify skin and strengthen bone. It
can be made into tea, used in salad and as an ingredient in
making congee, smoothies, milk, and making wine, or just
eaten raw. Remember, as it has the warm property: one
should stop taking it when there is fever, inflammation
and diarrhea. No matter how good food is, it is not the
more, the better. 20 g per day is recommended.
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Black Sesame Seeds (Sesamum Indicum Semen)
Black sesame seeds are one of the best foods for promotion of well being and longevity.
Black sesame seeds have many nutrients that promote the health of brain cells, healthy
blood vessels, beautify the skin, prevent pre-mature
gray hair, lower cholesterol and prevents gallstones.
Chinese medicine teaches that black sesame seeds
strengthen kidney and liver energy that is related to
longevity, brain activity, healthy organs and aids moisture of hair, skin and bowel. It can be found in many
Asian grocery stores and health food stores. Put the
black sesame seeds in salad, smoothies, rice, bakery
goods, soups, or make it into paste or milk form to be
consumed as a dessert.
Pearl Barley (Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. meyuan or Jobs tears Seed)
Pearl barley (coix seed) belongs to the barley family, not the same as wheat barley. Having many medicinal properties, pearl barley can strengthen
the digestive system, stop diarrhea and is best known for
reducing water retention, leg edema, easing muscle spasms
and aiding the stuffiness and pain of arthritis due to weakness with dampness blockage. Most Asian grocery stores
and herbal stores supply it. Pearl barley can be consumed
as tea or in herbal decoctions and can be made into congee
and soup.
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Chinese Soft Shell Turtle (Pelodiscus Sinensis)
In this book, there are several rare animal ingredients only for special cases, but it can
be substituted from other sources if it is not compatible with one’s belief and life style.
Even though I try to avoid animal products as much as I can as ingredients in healing,
sometimes they may be used and were important in traditional Chinese culture..
Chinese soft shell turtle is also called “soft shelled fish”. The Chinese soft-shell turtle
can reach a carapace length of 1 ft (0.30 m). It has webbed feet for swimming. They
are called “soft-shell” because their carapace lacks horny scutes (scales). In Traditional
Chinese Medicine, it teaches that soft shell turtle is one of most potent tonics to human body that can strengthen both Yin and Yang energy, kidney essence and body
constitution to promote longevity and well being.
Modern medical research indicates that there is an anti-aging factor in the soft shell
turtle that can prevent human blood vessels from hardening and lower both blood
cholesterol and blood pressure. It is beneficial for people with coronary heart disease.
The turtle soup is traditionally consumed for assisting women to recover from childbirth, increase the quality of breast milk, chronic disorders with weak body beside its
promoting longevity. Some scientists also confirmed that the soft shell turtle has some
anti-cancer effects, improves the immune system and improves the athlete’s endurance
and recovery from fatigue.
Black Chicken (Silk Chicken)
Black chicken, or Silk chicken, originated and was cultivated in Wu Shan (Black
Mountain) of China in the Jiangxi Province for more than 2,000 years of history. The
black chicken bears a dark black color not only on the beak, in the eyes and the feet
but the skin, muscles, bones and internal organs are also black. From the nutritional
value point of view, black chicken has much higher nutritional value than ordinary
chicken. It is known for its medicinal and therapeutic effects. Ordinary chicken cannot be compared with the black treasure (black chicken) from the mountains.
It is best known for its great tonic to nourish blood, especially for Ob/Gyn disorders,
and to nourish the body after childbirth, chronic disorders, muscle wasting and spasms
due to malnutrition.
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Carp Fish (Cyprinus carpio carpio)
Carp fish is one of the ancient Chinese culture symbols of good luck and prosperity. The
image of carp fish indicates surplus wealth. Chinese call carp fish “Li Yu”. A legendary
story tells that the surname of the Emperor at Tang dynasty is Li. He banned everyone
from eating the carp fish and re-named the Carp fish (Li Yu) as “red deputy”. Eating
it would be punished with beating by a wood board 60 times. However, afterward, carp
fish is still one of the most popular fish in culinary in Chinese culture and for healing.
As a healing property, carp fish is used to nourish the body, clean toxins and heat,
maintain a healthy digestive system and discharge extra water from the body to treat
edema. Even today, carp fish soup is still traditionally consumed as one of most common means to increase lactation after childbirth, calm the fetus during pregnancy,
besides other healings in treating abdominal bloating, jaundice and coughing.
Be aware that one should not consume mung bean, taro, pig liver, chicken meat, pumpkin, red beans, and licorice with carp fish at the same time.
Duck Meat
Duck meat has a very even temperature, not as hot as red meats, with a slightly cooling
factor in temperature, so that it makes the duck meat more balanced and not a cause of
body allergy. It strengthens both lung and kidney organs, enhances Yin energy to balance warm or hot for healing febrile disorders. Duck meat can help the body to discharge water and reduce swelling of any kind. It is a better meat to be consumed when
the body tends to feel warm, such as during menopausal periods. As food therapy, duck
is the best candidate meat to use with herbs together to make stew and soup for chronic
disorders and chronic asthma.
Pork
Pork is more preferred in food therapy due to its even and mild temperature, unlike
lamb or beef with warm temperature that does not fit certain body constitutions. Pork
meat can lubricate the digestive system and lung. It is used to treat dry coughing,
constipation, nourish the blood and provide yin energy and strengthen kidney energy.
Consume less if an individual tends to gain weight with or without high cholesterol,
or if the body tends to sweat with more dampness and phlegm.
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Tips for cooking
1. Making soup with meat or bone as main ingredients: in order to make a good tasting soup with clear and milky color broth, cook the meat, poultry or bone in boiling water (Chinese call it cuan: 汆) first for 5 minutes or so. Then throw out the water and change to fresh water again to start making soup.
2. New beginners who start to make congee tend to soak the grains, seeds and beans before starting to cook with the assumption that it may shorten the cooking time. In fact it is just the opposite. Do not soak all grains and seeds:
just put them into the pot with cold water or warm water to cook.
After it boils, reduce the heat to medium heat, and continue cooking for 2-3 hours or longer until all ingredients are soft and the congee becomes smooth.
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Herbs
There are many herbs in this book’s recipes. Most herbs can be found in Chinese
herbal stores, and also can be found on the Internet. Use caution if buying from
an Internet site that the vendor is reputable. If there is a Chinese medical doctor
in your area, one should ask which store is best to get herbs from.
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About the Author
D
Helen Hu
r. Hu grew up in a traditional, cultured, educated family in Beijing City of
China, however due to the political and cultural revolutions of the time which
caused severe anxiety and uncertainty among the populist, Dr. Hu’s family encouraged her to study Traditional Chinese Medicine as a means of carrying on the culture and developing a skill that would provide an asset for society and her future.
Dr. Hu was fortunate to share living quarters with an herbal master’s family who
had been deemed a “problematic capitalist” and was eager to share and train others
in the methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Regardless of what was happening in the political environment during this period of time, Dr. Hu found it was an
escape from societal pressures to study Chinese medicine and help the master to
prepare herbs after school, and to learn and practice acupuncture in the clinic during school breaks. During this period of cultural revolution, Dr. Hu, as one of millions of young Chinese, was sent to a rural area to be re-educated, but she was able
to gain more natural healing knowledge from villagers while providing healing for
them. She had many opportunities to provide her skills to help people in very rural
areas where there was no medicinal clinic. Later this experience allowed her to train
“barefoot doctors” for rural areas.
After the Cultural Revolution ended at middle and late 1970’s, colleges reopened
and millions of young Chinese citizens had the opportunity to take College entrance exams for the first time in over 10 years. She was admitted to Hebei Medical
School where she chose to study Western Medicine to complement her knowledge
of Traditional Chinese Medicine and allowed her to integrate the two medical
traditions and practices. She practiced western medicine for 9 years in China while
becoming Chairman of the Department of Cardiology.
After practicing integrated, internal and geriatric medicine with specialization in
Cardiology for 9 years, Dr. Hu immigrated to the United States in 1991. While
studying for the USMLE (United States Medical License Exams), she has worked
in Biotech research in autoimmune and cancer disorders. During this time she published several research papers and was involved in several research trials at the clinical setting. After passing the USMLE (United States Medical License Exams) in
1997, Dr. Hu completed her doctorate Degree in Oriental Medicine (OMD).
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Dr. Hu successfully passed
both the National and State
of California Boards as a
licensed Acupuncturist and
Herbologist. Dr. Hu also
serves as the President of
the California Acupuncture
Medical Association, San
Diego Chapter.
Dr. Hu currently practices
Oriental Medicine in San
Diego, California, where
she uses her expertise in
both Eastern and Western
medicine, combined with her
passion, wisdom, understanding, philosophy and life style
guidance to address a wide
realm of health conditions.
Dr. Helen Hu: Back row, 2nd from left, her first year in High
School. She began studying Acupuncture in the 7th grade
with 79 year old Dr. Wang Yi Zhen (One needle King), a
renowned Acupuncturist in China
Dr. Hu’s first book, Body
Without Mystique, provides a
basic foundation of the principles for individuals to understand themselves and the
natural function and healing
of their bodies and mind.
Dr. Hu’s two new books, the
TCM Food Therapy for Self
Healing and Food Therapy
For Well being Longevity
and Beauty provide further
tools and guidance on the
path of natural healing and
Longevity.
About the author
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Chapter 1 | Well Being and Longevity | 39
Fo o d T h e r a p y
for
We l l B e i n g
and
Longevity
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Basic Concepts of
L o n g e v i t y a n d Ya n g S h e n g
(Nourishing Life)
A
ging is a natural and so far irreversible process for all living organisms. The Chinese say; “if there is a sun rise, there must be a sun set”. This is the law of nature.
To discover an elixir, potion or a magic pill for longevity with eternal youth has been
a much sought after goal in almost every culture on the earth throughout human
history. While people live longer and stay healthier as we fight aging with modern
procedures and tons of health and beauty products, nature wins in the end.
We all get old despite scientific advances, surgeries, pills, or gene altering techniques.
Commercial scientists, Pharmaceutical deceptions and Marketing are a repeat in history. Claims to find some “magic” supplement, pill, surgery or gene altering process
that will extend life. It is unrealistic to believe there is one solution, one magic elixir
to prevent aging.
Every living organism on earth has a genetic life span. The maximum human life span
is currently said to be 125 -130 years. Traditional Chinese Medicine calls the life span
“Tian Nian”, the Heaven Age. Most of us will not reach Tian Nian , the maximum
life span due to the many other contributing factors throughout one’s life.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) teaches that a more realistic approach is that
an anti-aging process should focus on the detection, prevention and treatment of aging related diseases. This in turn will not only promote a sense of well being but will
naturally retard the human aging process. Spirituality with strong faith and inner
peace play an important role in longevity and well being.
In a Chinese word: Yang Sheng (Nourishing life).
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Anti Aging
Supplements
B.
S
upplements businesses and even some healthcare professionals are pushing
the idea of a magic supplement for everything and for everyone from increasing sexual drive to anti aging, from promoting hair growth to beautifying toes;
the higher dosage you take, the better off you are. Everyone can make claims of
a canned/bottled or extracted plant or fruit from somewhere, and market it with
mysterious magic power for creating a lucrative business.
There is too much confusion in regarding how to chose and utilize the right
kinds and the right amounts of supplements that are related to each individual’s
health.
The most widely used Anti-aging supplement now in the US and Europe is
Growth Hormones. Claims for Growth Hormones (GH) as an anti-aging treatment date back to 1990 when the New England Journal of Medicine published
a case study. GH was used to treat 12 men over the age of 60. At the conclusion,
a higher percentage of men showed statistically significant increases in lean body
mass and bone mineral.
The authors of the study also noted that these changes would occur naturally
over a 10 to 20 year aging period. Despite the fact that the authors made no time
claims that GH had reversed the aging process, the results were misinterpreted,
indicating GH was an effective anti-aging agent.
A Stanford University School of Medicine survey of clinical studies on the
subject published in early 2007 showed that researchers didn’t discover any gain
in muscle strength. This led them to believe that GH merely let the body store
more water in the muscles rather than an actual increase in muscle growth. This
would explain the increase in lean body mass. Regular application of GH did
show several negative side effects such as joint swelling, joint pain, carpal tunnel
syndrome, and an increased risk of diabetes. One survey indicated that long term
use of Growth hormones increase the incidence of colon cancer.
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We understand that aging is a simultaneous body process. Unfortunately few
look beyond the physical outward appearance. As we age, the color of our hair
changes, the face and neck wrinkles and a decline occurs in sexual drive and
endurance. Internally we age as well, the immune system and older internal
dysfunctional cells and genes.
After our middle age years the immune surveillance system has a decline in
the T cell function. The body naturally produces fewer hormones or stops
altogether to balance the decline in the immune system.
Hormone replacement therapy after the body has aged does stimulate aged
tissue but ignores the natural decline in the immune system. Instead of
promoting longevity the result can be an increase of cancer growth.
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Anti Aging Supplements (continued)
How can we choose Anti Aging Supplements in the market?
There are some suggestions:
1. Determine whether a supplement is made from normal fruits, vegetables or some normal edible plants that we can normally consume daily.
The best way is to eat whole fresh fruit or veggies. Here are a few examples to make the point:
such as eating fresh blue berries and dark grapes, instead of paying over a hundred dollars per
bottle with preservatives, unnecessarily taking capsules of fish oil if one can eat fresh Salmon once
or twice a week, cooking with fresh garlic in dishes rather than taking capsules of processed garlic
powder with far less nutritional value; juicing fresh celery, beets, carrots and green apples for control of high blood pressure before taking pills in early stages of hypertension. Another example is
drinking one or two cups of green tea to detoxify the body, soften blood vessels, help lose weight,
lower cholesterol and protect skin from the environment rather than taking green tea capsules
whose medicinal properties are lost during processing.
Herbal medicine research indicated that natural non-processed herbs have 100% efficacy, and that
there is only 50% of effects left after processing to make it into a pill form. Of course the price on
this process can be expensive.
As it said, the healthiest, simplest and most economical supplements mostly come from its original
form than from its processed form.
2. Do intensive research to find out the normal dosage of supplements for different age
groups. Do not believe that more is better until specified. In many cases, the less is more and the
more is harmful.
3. Do intensive research to find out what are the side effects of the supplements.
Here is an example for us to learn a lesson: Mary came to my office for a consultation because she
was always feeling fatigued and stressed with some body pain after seeing a variety of healthcare
practitioners in a well known institute. Mary does not want to take any prescription medication,
so her doctor sold her lot a of supplements. A bottle of supplement for fatigue with high dosage
vitamins from A-Z, the next bottle of supplements for muscle pain or possible Fibromyalgia with
high dosage vitamins from A-Z again, the last bottle of supplements is for PMS, once again including high dosage of vitamins from A-Z. After adding all the vitamins together, Mary has been
taking somewhere between 3000-5000 % more than a normal adult should take! Not to mention
the binding substances, food color and preservatives in all the vitamin pills.
Our digestive system, liver and kidney have to work extra hard in order to expel all the excess.
After stopping taking all those supplements for a week, Marry felt a lot more energetic and had
less pain in her body.
4. Is the supplement contradicting to the medication you are currently taking?
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5. Do you really need to take it? Is someone trying to sell it to you, such as your doctor,
alternative medicine practitioner, chiropractor, yoga teacher, or a multilevel marketing group? Always remember, however good a supplement is, if it is not for you, you are not only wasting money,
but will burden your body without benefits.
6. If you are taking supplements for a specific concern, make sure to discontinue taking it
after your health concern is resolved, or stop it when there are no benefits after taking it for a while.
7. If you decide to take certain supplements for a long time, here are some suggestions:
a. The best way is to take supplements for several months and then stop for a few months
before resuming use.
b. Winter season is the best season for taking supplements: this is the season the body
energy goes inward and the time to reserve and replenish the body. However, during the summer,
our digestion system is weaker; too many supplements will reduce appetite and weaken the digestive system.
c. Whenever you catch a cold or have a digestion problem or other health issue, stop your
supplements first, then seek professionals to deal with the health issue. After the acute stage of a
sickness passes, then resume your supplements.
What is the difference between Chinese Herbal Formula and Herbal supplement?
Some people may ask how odd the question is, since it is all supplements. Supplements
mostly means to supply something that our body cannot make and lacks in regular diets.
However, now most supplements over the counter put certain ingredients together or a
single ingredient that assists to ease symptom of disorders.
Chinese Herbal Formula is a unique combination based upon Chinese Medical theory and the
pattern diagnosis of the disharmony of organs for an individual.
An experienced TCM doctor has to evaluate the patient to make a pattern diagnosis, then formulate a prescription of several herbs to work as a synergetic team. A classic herbal formula is composed by a unique system: Chief herb: to target the most prominent problem of the affected organ,
Deputy herb: to assist the chief herb to conduct the main task and to take care of and treat minor
problems associated with the main disharmony. Assistant herbs: to balance the harshness and side
effects of the chief and deputy herbs. The last are the Convey herbs: to internally harmonize the
whole herbal formula and lead the whole herbal formula to the targeted organ. Once the body
gets well from herbal formula, one should stop taking it.
However, herbal supplement is a totally different concept of supplement: the vitamin. First of all,
Herbal supplements over the counter contain one or two herbs that may perform certain tasks and
treat symptoms, but not address the cause of the problem; that is why some people would not get
any benefit if the cause is not treated. As a matter of the fact, all supplements follow the same principle of Western Medicine that is ONE FOR ALL. Everyone gets the same supplement for the
same symptoms regardless of one’s body constitution, the underlying cause of the problem, age and
gender. If there is medical problem that needs to be addressed, one should consult a medical professional to rule out a serious condition. Then find an experienced herbalist and nutritionist to discuss
your concern and supplements. Finally, most of all, follow your own intuition. You know your body
better than anyone else.
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C.
Ya n g S h e n g S o u p s
Y
ang Sheng soup is a part of Chinese Food therapy based on TCM theory, very commonly
used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for therapeutic properties and to promote well being. Yang Sheng soup has to fit an individual’s body constitution and seasonal changes in order
to maximize one’s health and well being.
Soup is the easiest food for the body to digest and is readily absorbed.
It is especially good for elderly, weak digestive systems, and very good
after hospitalization and post surgery.
There is a saying that “A Cup of soup before a meal comforts the
stomach and soul” which tells us that drinking a cup of warm soup
before a meal can help smooth and moisten the digestive system and
ease hunger before eating solid food, a healthy eating practice.
In fact, soup for Yang Sheng and healing has been a part of Chinese
Culture for centuries, and soup for Yang Sheng can be considered
one of many treasures from history along with Traditional Chinese
Medicine.
Tips for making Yang Sheng Soups
Making Yang Sheng soup can be made very easily by
putting ingredients in a ceramic Crock pot to cook for several
hours, or boil for 30 minutes and then cook at low temperature
for 2-3 hours.
When making fish or other seafood soup or using a whole
chicken, it needs to pre-boil to reduce the fishy and foul taste.
First boil a pot of water. After the water starts to boil, put the
fish or chicken in the water to boil again for a of couple of
minutes, then throw out the water and change to new fresh
water to make the soup. Make sure to add some ginger for
better taste and to reduce any unpleasant smell.
To make a good tasting soup you do not have to add a lot of spices. You can simply add only
ginger to enhance the original soup taste.
If making fish or other kinds of seafood soup, or any kind of soup with meat, besides ginger
and sea salt, my grandma taught me to add one tablespoon of rice vinegar and cooking wine
which enhances the original flavor and makes the soup taste much better.
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Ya n g S h e n g S o u p s f o r S p r i n g S e a s o n
Spring season is the season to protect the digestive system (Spleen) and make sure that free
energy flows in the liver organ. Spring season is liver organ season, and stress can make the
liver organ more stagnate and result in compromising digestive function. A weak digestive
system (Spleen) can not transform food to energy well and there will be a lack of energy and
more mucus (phlegm) production in the body. That is why some people tend to feel sleepy,
tired and have more allergies during the spring season.
A few points in making Spring Yang Sheng soups:
You should use more food that strengthens the digestive system (Spleen): carrots, apple, yam,
potato, sesame, peanuts, chestnuts, red date, millet, lotus seeds, Euiyale seeds, egg, fish, duck
and quail.
Add some foods that can help dissolve dampness and phlegm: Carp, red beans, dried lily flower
(Hemerocallis Citrina), Coix Seeds, Hyacinth bean and winter melon and spring vegetables.
Spring soup should be less creamy and less greasy.
D uck Euiyale Seed Soup
Old Duck: one (about 500 g)
Euiyale seeds: 100-120 g
Salt
2 slices of fresh ginger
•
Put Euiyale seeds inside the cavity of the
duck and put the duck in a soup pot with water,
salt and ginger. Bring it to a boil.
• Continue to cook the soup at low tempera-
ture for 2-3 hours.
• Intake: drink the soup and eat the duck and
the seeds.
Note: This soup nourishes the body and digestive
system and assists the body to discharge water
M u s i c a n d Ya n g S h e n g
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Ya n g S h e n g Te a f o r S p r i n g
Roselle F lower Tea
Roselle Flower: 15 g
• Put the flower in a tea cup with boiling water
until the flower opens and is soft.
• Intake: drink it with sweetener or just enjoy
the original taste.
Note: Roselle flower tastes sour, it can nourish
and move blood, aid digestion, beautifying facial
skin and assisting the body to generate saliva to
ease thirst.
Lily F lower Tea
Lily Flower: 10 g
Honey
• Put the lily flower in a tea cup with boiling water
and steep for 10 minutes. Add honey at the last.
• Intake: drink it warm as tea.
Note: This tea can be consumed in the spring, summer and fall for detoxifying the body, calming the
spirit, clearing the skin and moistening the lung to
ease coughing.
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Chapter 2 | Beauty | 193
Fo o d T h e r a p y
for
Beauty
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Food therapy for Weight Loss
Natural Ways to Enhance Vision
Food that Enhances Skin and Hair Beauty
Food Therapy for Skin Beauty
Tea Therapy for Skin Beauty
TCM Face Lifting Techniques
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Fo o d T h e r a p y f o r B e a u t y
A . Fo o d T h e r a p y f o r We i g h t L o s s
I
n modern society, physical activities can be replaced by high technology right
under the finger tips. Life is on the fast track without exerting any physical
energy, but mental restlessness in order to meet many unrealistic demands.
We sacrifice sleep, and feed on drive-thru fast food. In the end it results in just
the opposite of what we crave; it shortens life and we suffer from hypertension,
heart disease, diabetes, infertility and varieties of cancer besides mental disorders. Obesity is one of those prevelant modern diseases.
Obesity is not only an adult disease any more, it happens at all ages and all
genders in developed and developing countries. To loose weight, stay healthy
and maintaining youth becomes a popular trend: each individual must choose
a safe and natural method to manage weight to keep fit among many “magic”
commercial products or diet programs. It can cause a person to scratch their
head and be confused.
There are many cases of doing radical programs to loose weight in a short time
that leads to several health issues and which can even cause loss of life.
Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches that obesity comes from body Qi (energy) deficiency with phlegm and dampness accumulation in the body.
The safest way to assist the body to lose weight and restore maximum health
is to stress the underlying problem, which is to strengthen Qi (energy) so that
the body can transform and transport phlegm (fat) from body.
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P r i n c i p l e s f o r We i g h t C o n t r o l
There Are Several Principles For Weight Control:
1. Avoid consuming foods with cold property and cold in temperature such as cold drinks, and consume appropriate amounts of spicy foods.
2. Avoid excessive salt and fat in foods.
3. Intake or supplement more of the vitamin B family, which assists to catalyze
carbohydrates and fats.
4. Consume more fibers to help constipation.
5. Intake more calcium rich food to help strengthen bone.
6. Loosing weight and maintaining the ideal weight is not equivalent to underweight by obsessive measures, such as the “three day apple diet’ and unsafe fasting.
7. Diet should be combined with exercise, acupuncture, herbs, acupressure and other medical procedures for weight control.
The reasons for the above principles to help control weight are based on two important
mechanisms that make the body gain weight.
Number one: the body transforming energy (spleen Qi) is low and unable to transform
all consumed food into usable energy, so the body will feel fatigued and create the urge to
consume more food. This leads to a vicious cycle.
Number two: all the non-transformed food becomes “phlegm” or fat.
Phlegm can block energy and blood circulation and result in many health problems. Losing
weight should strengthen or preserve body energy (Spleen Qi) and solve the phlegm (fat,
dampness and stagnation) all together.
Meal Plan For Weight Control:
Breakfast: warm and easily digested and absorbed food.
1. Morning smoothie: plant protein based milk, pine nuts, dark colored berries and good, fermented yogurt without adding any sweeteners: take 8-10 oz.
2. Warm home made milk: drinking the milk recipes from this book in the morning
can be a better choice alone as breakfast.
4. Fresh juices: vegetables juice with one hard boiled egg.
3. Warm congee: intake it alone as breakfast.
Morning tea after breakfast: Goji berry tea, green tea, corn silk tea, hawthorn or lotus leaf tea.
Lunch: Cooked vegetables, 1-2 lbs mixed black fungus mushroom and kelp with 2 walnut
sized proteins with soup and a small portion of brown, black rice or mixed rice with legumes.
The choice of soups can be chosen from the chapter on Yang Sheng soups in this book.
Dinner: Cooked vegetables with soup or congee. Small snacks such as: cucumber, celery,
turnip, carrots, fruits and nuts.
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We i g h t C o n t r o l C o n g e e
W ild Yam and Coix Seed Congee
Fresh Chinese wild yam: 100 g (cut into chunks)
Coix seeds: 30 g
Fu ling (Pona cocos scierotium): 15 g (grind to a fine powder)
• Put all ingredients in a soup pot with ½ -3/4
gallon of water and bring it to a boil.
• Continue to cook at medium temperature for 2
hours until the congee becomes soft and smooth.
• Intake: eat it warm as breakfast or as part of a
meal, every other day.
Note: Strengthens the digestive system, reduces
edema and weight.
W inter Melon Congee
Winter melon: 150 g (peel and cut into small chunks)
Spring rice: 50 g
• Put both in a soup pot with ½ -3/4 gallon of water and bring it to a boil.
• Continue to cook at medium temperature for 2 hours until both ingredients
become soft.
• Intake: take it warm as part of the meal each day, 10-15 days as a course of
treatment.
Note: This congee can help the body discharge water, reduce edema, clear heat
and toxins, ease thirst, and is used for weight control.
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Index
List of the recipes in this book
Volume II. Yang Sheng/Longevity /Beauty
I. Food Therapy for Well Being and Longevity
A. Basic Concepts of Longevity and Yang Sheng (Nourishing Life) ..... 40
The Categories of Yang Sheng
I.
Principles of Yang Sheng, 42-45
II.
Food Therapy or Diets for Yang Sheng, 46-47
III. Inducing and Cultivating Qi Yang Sheng, 48
IV. Elixirs for Yang Sheng, 49
V.
Fasting for Yang Sheng, 50
VI. Cultivating Inner Peace and Happiness for Yang Sheng, 51
VII. Environment and Yang Sheng, 52
VIII. Herbal Steam for Yang Sheng, 53
IX. Yang Sheng in Four Seasons, 54-55
X.
Yoga for Yang Sheng, 56
XI. Daoists and Yang Sheng, 58-61
XII. Chinese Medicine Music for Yang Sheng, 62-65
XIII. Chinese Wisdom for Yang Sheng, 66-69
XIV. Daily Common Sense for Yang Sheng, 70-77
XV. Dieting for Yang Sheng, 78-79
XVI. Twelve Hour Organ Regimen for Yang Sheng, 80-87
Gall bladder organ time, 82
Liver organ time, 82
Lung organ time, 83
Large intestine time, 84
Stomach organ, time, 84
Spleen organ time, 85
Heart organ time, 85
Small intestine time, 86
Urinary bladder time, 86
Kidney organ time, 87
Pericardium time, 87
San Jiao (three burner) time, 87
XVII. The Final Key Points for Yang Sheng, 88-93
Index
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Index | Recipes | 267
How to take Anti Aging Supplements, 90-93
Yang Sheng Soup, 94-122
Yang Sheng Congee, 122-135
Yang Sheng Milk, 136-139
Yang Sheng Herbal Tea, 140-141
Yang Sheng Herbal Wine, 160-169
Yang Sheng Herbal Bath, 184-191
II. Food Therapy for Beauty .... 193
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Food Therapy for Weight Loss, 194-205
Food that Enhances Skin and Hair Beauty, 206-211
Foods Enhances Vision, 212-215
Food Therapy for Skin, 216-253
Tea Therapy for Skin, 254-261
TCM Face Lifting Techniques, 262-265
Recipes
Yang Sheng Soups ....94-120
Yang Sheng Soups for Spring Season .... 95
Duck Euiyale Seed Soup, 95
Quail Soup, 96
Chicken Carrots Soup, 96
Winter Melon Fish Soup, 96
Papaya Fish Tail Soup, 96
Yang Sheng Soup for Summer .... 98
Winter Melon and Lotus Flower Soup, 98
Pumpkin and Mung Bean Soup, 99
Fresh Mint and Mung Bean Juice, 99
Eye Brighten Soup in the Summer, 100
Straw Mushroom and Loofah Soup, 101
Bitter Melon and Pork Soup, 102
Summer Red Bean Soup, 102
Index
268 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Yang Sheng Soup for Autumn Season .... 104
Lotus Root and Rib Soup, 104
Papaya Carrot and Corn Soup, 105
Snow Pear White Fungus Mushroom Soup, 105
Tofu Green Soup, 106
Fig, Carrot and Fish Soup, 107
Sha Shen and White Fungus Mushroom Soup, 107
Fig and Ribs Soup, 108
Black Chicken and Red Date with Yam Soup, 109
Carrot and Pork Bone Soup, 109
Yang Sheng Soup For Winter Season .... 110
Black Chicken and Goji Soup, 110
Lamb Soup, 111
Black Chicken and Astragalus Soup, 112
Bone Soup, 113
Yam and Rib Soup, 113
Walnuts Veal Soup, 114
Dragon Bone in the Garden Soup, 115
Chicken Wing with Shitake Mushroom Soup, 116
Big Tonic Soup, 117
Reiki Duck Soup, 118
Lamb Tonic Soup, 118
Mandarin Fish Soup, 119
American Ginseng with Silk Chicken Soup, 120
Yang Sheng Congees .... 122-135
Yang Tonic Congee .... 124
Index
Black Beauty Longevity Congee, 125
Red Beans, Lotus and Lily Congee, 125
Chrysanthemum Flower Congee, 126
Pumpkin and Millet Congee, 126
Mushroom Longevity Soup, 126
Cordyceps Yang Sheng Congee, 127
Nourishing Brain Congee, 127
Dang Gui Yang Sheng Congee, 128
Lotus Seeds and Yam Congee, 129
Four Black Sage Congee, 129
Wild Yam and Red Dates Congee, 130
Goji Berry Congee, 131
Index | Recipes | 269
Eight Treasure Congees .... 132-135
Shaolin Longevity Eight Treasure Congee Ingredients, 133
Eight Treasure Congee, 134
Longevity Eight Treasure Congee, 135
Four Black Sage Congee, 135
Eight Treasure Milk, 137
Red Date Soy Bean Milk, 138
Oak Meal Walnut Soy Milk, 138
Wild Yam Soy Milk, 138
Pumpkin Soy Milk, 139
Five Bean Beauty Soy Milk, 139
Longevity and Beauty Milk, 139
Yang Sheng Milk .... 136-139
Yang Sheng Tea .... 140-159
Yang Sheng Tea for Spring .... 142
Dr. Hu’s Seven Date Yang Sheng Tea, 142
Tangerine Peel Tea, 143
Lotus Leaves with Flower Tea, 143
Roselle Flower Tea, 144
Lily Flower Tea, 144
Lavender Tea, 145
Yang Sheng Tea for Summer .... 146
Mint Tea, 146
Watermelon Peel Tea, 146
Honeysuckle Flower Tea, 147
Mulberry Leaf Tea, 147
Sang Ju Tea, 148
Lemon Tea with Honey, 148
Chrysanthemum Flower Tea, 149
Yang Shen Tea for Autumn .... 150
Dr. Hu’s Longevity Four Tea, 150
Cassia Seeds Tea, 150
Lotus Flower Tea, 151
Ji Ju Green Tea, 151
Rosemary Tea, 152
Xia Sang Ju Tea, 152
Five Flower Tea, 153
Index
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Yang Sheng Tea for Winter .... 154
Ginseng Lychee Eight Treasure Tea, 154
Reishi Eight Treasure Tea, 155
Red Date Eight Treasure Tea, 155
Flower Eight Treasure Tea, 156 ---may be wrong
Dragon Well Eight Treasure Tea, 157
Ginseng Goji Tea, 157
Black Sesame Pine Nut Tea, 158
Astragalus and Privet Fruit Tea, 158
Licorice and Eucommia Bark, 159
Dr. Li’s Four Sage Longevity Tea, 159
Yang Sheng Wine .... 160-169
Principles for Choosing Yang Sheng Wine, 161
Tips for Making Herbal Yang Sheng Wine, 161
Herb Categories Commonly Used in Making Yang Sheng Wine, 161
Homemade Rice Wine .... 162-163
Making Sweet Rice Wine for Healing, 162
Yang Sheng Wine .... 164-166
Ten Tonic Herbal Wine, 164
Yang Tonic Wine (Gecko, Ginseng and Deer Antler Wine), 165
Ginseng Goji Wine, 166
Safflower Flower Wine, 167
Ginseng and Deer Antler Wine, 167
Blood and Bone Tonic Wine, 168
Calm Spirit and Nourishing Blood Wine, 168
Yang Sheng Herbal Bath .... 170-183
How Does Herbal Bathing Benefit the Body? .... 172-173
Index
Flowers and Sea Salt Bathing, 174
Tangerine Peel-Green Tea-Vinegar Bath, 175
Sake Bathing, 175
Aloe Vera Bathing, 176
Chrysanthemum Flower Bathing, 176
Kudzu Root Bathing, 177
Mulberry Leaf Herbal Bath, 177
Pagoda Tree Flower and Cirsium Root, 178
Index | Recipes | 271
Field Mint Herbal Bathing, 179
Goji Berry Herbal Bath, 179
Herbal Bath for Moving Pain, 180
Arthritic Pain Herbal Bath, 181
Herbal Bath for Chronic Cold Pain, 181
Skin Beauty Herbal Bath, 182
Detoxify Herbal Bath, 183
Herbal Foot Bath for Yang Sheng .... 184-191
Ginger Foot Bath, 185
Sichuan Pepper and Mugwort Leaf Foot Bath, 186
Safflower and Sea Salt Foot Bath, 186
Mugwort leaf and Safflower Foot Bath, 187
Rice Vinegar Foot Bath, 187
Hypertension Foot Bath, 188
Insomnia Foot Bath, 189
Baking Soda with Sea Salt Foot Bath, 189
Well Being and Detoxify Foot Bath, 190
Fungal Infection and Detoxifying Foot Bath, 191
II. Food Therapy for Beauty .... 193
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Food Therapy For Weight Loss
Natural Ways to Enhance Vision
Food That Enhances Skin And Hair Beauty
Food Therapy for Skin Beauty
Tea Therapy for Skin Beauty
TCM Face Lifting Techniques
A. Food Therapy for Weight Loss .... 194
Principles for Weight Control .... 195
Weight Control Congees .... 196
Wild Yam and Coix Seed Congee, 196
Winter Melon Congee, 196
Red Bean and Hawthorn Congee, 197
Hoelen Congee, 197
Lotus Leaf Congee, 198
Index
272 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Weight Control Congees .... 196 (continued)
Wild Yam and Goji Berry Congee, 198
Weight Control Soup and Dish .... 199
Kelp and Bean Sprout Soup, 199
Sauteed Winter Melon, 200
Bean Sprouts with Lotus Root Dish, 201
Five Sage Soy Milk, 201
Weight Control Tea .... 202
B.
Twin Flower Tea, 202
Coix Seed Green Tea, 202
Lotus Leaf Weight Loss Tea, 203
Lotus Leaf and Hawthorn Tea, 203
Trim Tea for Girls, 203
Dan Sheng Weight Control Tea, 204
Weight Loss Flower Tea, 204
Weight Loss Tea #1, 205
Hawthorn Tea, 205
Natural Ways to Enhance Vision .... 206
Foods That Benefit the Eyes for Better Vision .... 210-211
Healthy Vision Food Therapy .... 212
Longevity Vision Tea. 212
Goji and Flower Tea, 212
Cassia Seed Tea, 213
Mulberry Congee, 214
Goji Berry Rice Congee, 214
Hazelnuts and Goji Berry Congee, 215
Liver and Egg Congee, 215
C. Foods that Enhance Skin and Hair Beauty .... 216
Herbs for Beauty .... 217
Foods That Benefit the Skin .... 218
Index
Cucumber, 218
Goji Berry, 218
Longan Fruit Flesh , 218
Black fungus Mushroom , 219
Carrots, 220
Honey, 220
Bitter Melon, 221
White Turnip, 221
Index | Recipes | 273
Kelp, 222
Black Sesame Seeds, 223
Green Tea Leaves, 223
Mushrooms, 224
Green Pea, 224
Mung Beans, 225
Facial Beauty Formula .... 226
Ancient Grandma Facial Brighten Formula, 226
Secret Facial Brighten Mask Formula, 227
Egg White Facial Mask, 228
Skin Youth Toner, 229
Bitter Melon for Acne, 229
Foods That Benefit Hair .... 230
Barley, 231
Black Beans, 231
Lotus Flower Stamen, 232
Black Sesame Seeds, 232
Walnut, 233
Euiyale Seeds, 233
Hair Loss Pattern and its Food Remedy .... 234
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Pattern of Hair Loss .... 235
Black Sesame and Walnut Dessert, 235
Shou Wu and Walnut Tea (Youth Return Tea), 236
Hair Growth Lamb Soup, 237
Qi and Blood Deficiency Pattern of Hair Loss .... 238
Youth Return Hair Congee, 238
Phlegm and Damp Accumulations Pattern of Hair Loss .... 239
D. Food Therapy for Skin Beauty .... 240
Soups for Skin Beauty .... 240
Superior Beauty Soup, 240
Empress Secret Beauty Soup, 241
Restore Aged Skin Beauty Soup, 241
Skin Beauty Rice Wine, 242
Black & Red Skin Beauty Soup, 243
Cordyceps and Duck Soup, 243
Red and White Facial Beauty Soup, 244
Return Youth Skin Soup, 245
Index
274 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Double Red Skin Beauty Soup, 246
Snow Pear Collagen Facial Beauty Soup, 247
Congee for Skin Beauty .... 248
Facial Eight Treasure Congee, 248
Red Date Beauty Congee, 249
Ancient Facial Beauty Purple Rice Congee, 249
Facial Radiance Congee, 250
Black Rice Beauty Congee, 251
Skin Brighten Congee, 251
Home Made Soy Milk for Skin Beauty .... 252
Five Bean Beauty Soy Milk, 252
Goji Red Date Skin Beauty Milk, 253
Red Date Mild Yam Soy Milk, 253
E. Tea Therapy for Skin Beauty .... 254
Honeysuckle Flower Tea, 255
Chrysanthemum Flower Tea, 256
Mulberry Leaf Tea, 257
Three Flowers Facial Beauty Tea, 257
Optimum Beauty Tea, 258
Vanity Facial Beauty Tea, 259
Rosy Facial Beauty Tea, 260
Tea Rose Beauty Tea, 261
White Bark Brightening Skin Tea, 261
F. TCM Face lifting Techniques .... 262-264
What is Chinese medicine cosmetic acupuncture? .... 262
Can cosmetic acupuncture be equal to a surgical face lift? .... 262
Index
Index | Recipes | 275
Index
276 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Alphabetical Index
List of Conditions
List of Recipes
Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Self Healing: Volume 2
Aloe Vera Bathing, 176
American Ginseng with Silk Chicken Soup, 120
Ancient Facial Beauty Purple Rice Congee, 249
Ancient Grandma Facial Brighten Formula, 226
Arthritic Pain Herbal Bath, 181
Astragalus and Privet Fruit Tea, 158
Baking Soda with Sea Salt Foot Bath, 189
Barley, 231 Bean Sprouts with Lotus Root Dish, 201 Big Tonic Soup, 117
Bitter Melon, 221
Bitter Melon and Pork Soup, 102
Bitter Melon for Acne, 229
Black Beans, 231 Black Beauty Longevity Congee, 125
Black Chicken and Astragalus Soup, 112
Black Chicken and Goji Soup, 110
Black Chicken and Red Date with Yam Soup, 109
Black fungus Mushroom , 219
Black & Red Skin Beauty Soup, 243
Black Rice Beauty Congee, 251
Black Sesame and Walnut Dessert, 235
Black Sesame Pine Nut Tea, 158
Black Sesame Seeds, 223
Black Sesame Seeds, 232
Blood and Bone Tonic Wine, 168
Bone Soup, 113
Calm Spirit and Nourishing Blood Wine, 168
Carrot and Pork Bone Soup, 109
Carrots, 220 Cassia Seeds Tea, 150
Cassia Seed Tea, 213
Basic Concepts of Longevity and Yang Sheng (Nourishing Life) ..... 40
Can cosmetic acupuncture be equal to a surgical face lift? .... 262
Alphabetical Index
Index | Recipes | 277
Chicken Carrots Soup, 96
Chicken Wing with Shitake Mushroom Soup, 116
Chinese Medicine Music for Yang Sheng, 62-65
Chinese Wisdom for Yang Sheng, 66-69
Chrysanthemum Flower Bathing, 176
Chrysanthemum Flower Congee, 126
Chrysanthemum Flower Tea, 149
Chrysanthemum Flower Tea, 256
Coix Seed Green Tea, 202 Cordyceps and Duck Soup, 243
Cordyceps Yang Sheng Congee, 127
Cucumber, 218
Cultivating Inner Peace and Happiness for Yang Sheng, 51
Daily Common Sense for Yang Sheng, 70-77
Dang Gui Yang Sheng Congee, 128
Dan Sheng Weight Control Tea, 204 Daoists and Yang Sheng, 58-61
Detoxify Herbal Bath, 183
Dieting for Yang Sheng, 78-79
Double Red Skin Beauty Soup, 246
Dragon Bone in the Garden Soup, 115 Dragon Well Eight Treasure Tea, 157
Dr. Hu’s Longevity Four Tea, 150
Dr. Hu’s Seven Date Yang Sheng Tea, 142 Dr. Li’s Four Sage Longevity Tea, 159
Duck Euiyale Seed Soup, 95
Egg White Facial Mask, 228
Eight Treasure Congee, 134 Congee for Skin Beauty .... 248
Eight Treasure Congees .... 132
Eight Treasure Milk, 137 Elixirs for Yang Sheng, 49
Empress Secret Beauty Soup, 241 Environment and Yang Sheng, 52
Euiyale Seeds, 233
Eye Brighten Soup in the Summer, 100
Facial Eight Treasure Congee, 248 Facial Radiance Congee, 250
Fasting for Yang Sheng, 50
Field Mint Herbal Bathing, 179
Facial Beauty Formula .... 226
Alphabetical Index
278 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Fig and Ribs Soup, 108
Fig, Carrot and Fish Soup, 107
Five Bean Beauty Soy Milk, 139
Five Bean Beauty Soy Milk, 252
Five Flower Tea, 153
Five Sage Soy Milk, 201
Flower Eight Treasure Tea, 156 Flowers and Sea Salt Bathing, 174
Foods Enhances Vision, 212-215
Foods That Benefit Hair .... 230
Foods That Benefit the Eyes for Better Vision .... 210-211
Foods That Benefit the Skin .... 218
Foods that Enhance Skin and Hair Beauty .... 216
Food that Enhances Skin and Hair Beauty, 206-211
Food Therapy for Skin, 216-253 Food Therapy for Skin Beauty Food Therapy For Weight Loss
Food Therapy for Beauty .... 193
Food Therapy for Well being and Longevity .... 6
Food Therapy for Skin Beauty .... 240
Food Therapy for Weight Loss .... 194-205
Alpha
Food Therapy for Weight Loss, 194-205
Food Therapy or Diets for Yang Sheng, 46-47
Four Black Sage Congee, 129 Four Black Sage Congee, 135
Fresh Mint and Mung Bean Juice, 99
Fungal Infection and Detoxifying Foot Bath, 191
Gall bladder organ time, 82 Ginger Foot Bath, 185
Ginseng and Deer Antler Wine, 167
Ginseng Goji Tea, 157
Ginseng Goji Wine, 166
Ginseng Lychee Eight Treasure Tea, 154
Goji and Flower Tea, 212
Goji Berry, 218
Goji Berry Congee, 131
Goji Berry Herbal Bath, 179
Goji Berry Rice Congee, 214 Goji Red Date Skin Beauty Milk, 253
Green Pea, 224
Green Tea Leaves, 223
Hair Growth Lamb Soup, 237
betical Index
Index | Recipes | 279
Hair Loss Pattern and its Food Remedy .... 234 Hawthorn Tea, 205 Hazelnuts and Goji Berry Congee, 215 Heart organ time, 85 Herbal Bath for Chronic Cold Pain, 181
Herbal Bath for Moving Pain, 180 Herbal Steam for Yang Sheng, 53
Herb Categories Commonly Used in Making Yang Sheng Wine, 161
Hoelen Congee, 197
Honey, 220
Honeysuckle Flower Tea, 147
Honeysuckle Flower Tea, 255
How to take Anti Aging Supplements, 90-93
Hypertension Foot Bath, 188
Inducing and Cultivating Qi Yang Sheng, 48
Insomnia Foot Bath, 189
Ji Ju Green Tea, 151
Kelp, 222 Kelp and Bean Sprout Soup, 199 Kidney organ time, 87
Kudzu Root Bathing, 177 Lamb Soup, 111
Lamb Tonic Soup, 118
Large intestine time, 84 Lavender Tea, 145
Lemon Tea with Honey, 148 Licorice and Eucommia Bark, 159
Lily Flower Tea, 144
Liver and Egg Congee, 215 Liver organ time, 82 Longan Fruit Flesh , 218
Longevity and Beauty Milk, 139 Longevity Eight Treasure Congee, 135
Longevity Vision Tea. 212
Healthy Vision Food Therapy .... 212
Herbal Foot Bath for Yang Sheng .... 184
Herbs for Beauty .... 217
Homemade Rice Wine .... 162-163 Home Made Soy Milk for Skin Beauty .... 252
How Does Herbal Bathing Benefit the Body? .... 172-173
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Pattern of Hair Loss .... 235
Alphabetical Index
280 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
Lotus Flower Stamen, 232 Lotus Flower Tea, 151
Lotus Leaf and Hawthorn Tea, 203
Lotus Leaf Congee, 198
Lotus Leaf Weight Loss Tea, 203
Lotus Leaves with Flower Tea, 143 Lotus Root and Rib Soup, 104
Lotus Seeds and Yam Congee, 129
Lung organ time, 83
Making Sweet Rice Wine for Healing, 162
Mandarin Fish Soup, 119
Mint Tea, 146 Mugwort leaf and Safflower Foot Bath, 187
Mulberry Congee, 214
Mulberry Leaf Herbal Bath, 177 Mulberry Leaf Tea, 147 Mulberry Leaf Tea, 257 Mung Beans, 225
Mushroom Longevity Soup, 126
Mushrooms, 224
Natural Ways to Enhance Vision .... 206-209
Nourishing Brain Congee, 127 Oak Meal Walnut Soy Milk, 138
Optimum Beauty Tea, 258
Pagoda Tree Flower and Cirsium Root, 178
Papaya Carrot and Corn Soup, 105
Papaya Fish Tail Soup, 96
Pericardium time, 87
Principles for Choosing Yang Sheng Wine, 161
Principles of Yang Sheng, 42-45
Pumpkin and Millet Congee, 126
Pumpkin and Mung Bean Soup, 99
Pumpkin Soy Milk, 139
Quail Soup, 96 Red and White Facial Beauty Soup, 244
Red Bean and Hawthorn Congee, 197
Red Beans, Lotus and Lily Congee, 125
Phlegm and Damp Accumulations Pattern of Hair Loss .... 239
Principles for Weight Control .... 194-195
Qi and Blood Deficiency Pattern of Hair Loss .... 238
Alphabetical Index
Index | Recipes | 281
Red Date Beauty Congee, 249
Red Date Eight Treasure Tea, 155
Red Date Mild Yam Soy Milk, 253
Red Date Soy Bean Milk, 138
Reiki Duck Soup, 118
Reishi Eight Treasure Tea, 155
Restore Aged Skin Beauty Soup, 241
Return Youth Skin Soup, 245
Rice Vinegar Foot Bath, 187
Roselle Flower Tea, 144
Rosemary Tea, 152 Rosy Facial Beauty Tea, 260 Safflower and Sea Salt Foot Bath, 186
Safflower Flower Wine, 167
Sake Bathing, 175 Sang Ju Tea, 148
San Jiao (three burner) time, 87
Sauteed Winter Melon, 200
Secret Facial Brighten Mask Formula, 227
Shaolin Longevity Eight Treasure Congee Ingredients, 133
Sha Shen and White Fungus Mushroom Soup, 107
Shou Wu and Walnut Tea (Youth Return Tea), 236
Sichuan Pepper and Mugwort Leaf Foot Bath, 186 Skin Beauty Herbal Bath, 182 Skin Beauty Rice Wine, 242 Skin Brighten Congee, 251
Skin Youth Toner, 229
Small intestine time, 86
Snow Pear Collagen Facial Beauty Soup, 247
Snow Pear White Fungus Mushroom Soup, 105
Spleen organ time, 85 Stomach organ, time, 84 Straw Mushroom and Loofah Soup, 101
Summer Red Bean Soup, 102
Superior Beauty Soup, 240
Tangerine Peel-Green Tea-Vinegar Bath, 175
Tangerine Peel Tea, 143
Soups for Skin Beauty .... 240 Alphabetical Index
282 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Rx for Healing: Beauty and Longevity
TCM Face lifting Techniques .... 262-264 TCM Face Lifting Techniques, 262-265
Tea Rose Beauty Tea, 261
Tea Therapy for Skin, 254-261
Tea Therapy for Skin Beauty 13
Tea Therapy for Skin Beauty .... 254 Ten Tonic Herbal Wine, 164
The Categories of Yang Sheng 8
The Final Key Points for Yang Sheng, 88-93
Three Flowers Facial Beauty Tea, 257
Tips for Making Herbal Yang Sheng Wine, 161 Tofu Green Soup, 106
Trim Tea for Girls, 203 Twelve Hour Organ Regimen for Yang Sheng, 80-87 Twin Flower Tea, 202
Urinary bladder time, 86 Vanity Facial Beauty Tea, 259
Walnut, 233
Walnuts Veal Soup, 114
Watermelon Peel Tea, 146
Weight Control Congees .... 196 Weight Control Soup and Dish .... 199
Weight Loss Flower Tea, 204
Weight Loss Tea #1, 205
Well Being and Detoxify Foot Bath, 190
White Bark Brightening Skin Tea, 261
White Turnip, 221
Wild Yam and Coix Seed Congee, 196
Wild Yam and Goji Berry Congee, 198
Wild Yam and Red Dates Congee, 130 Wild Yam Soy Milk, 138
Winter Melon and Lotus Flower Soup, 98
Winter Melon Congee, 196 Winter Melon Fish Soup, 96
Xia Sang Ju Tea, 152
Yam and Rib Soup, 113
Yang Sheng Congee, 122-135
Weight Control Tea .... 202
What is Chinese medicine cosmetic acupuncture? .... 262
Yang Sheng Congees .... 122-123
Alphabetical Index
Index | Recipes | 283
Yang Sheng Herbal Bath .... 170
Yang Sheng Herbal Bath, 184-191 Yang Sheng Herbal Tea, 140-141
Yang Sheng Herbal Wine, 160-169
Yang Sheng in Four Seasons, 54-55
Yang Sheng Milk, 136-139
Yang Sheng Soup, 94-122
Yang Sheng Milk .... 136
Yang Sheng Soup for Autumn Season .... 104
Yang Sheng Soup for Summer .... 98
Yang Sheng Soup For Winter Season .... 110
Yang Sheng Soups ....94
Yang Sheng Soups for Spring Season .... 95
Yang Sheng Tea .... 140-141
Yang Sheng Tea for Spring .... 142
Yang Sheng Tea for Summer .... 146
Yang Sheng Tea for Winter .... 154
Yang Sheng Wine .... 160 Yang Sheng Wine .... 164-166
Yang Shen Tea for Autumn .... 150
Yang Tonic Congee .... 124
Yang Tonic Wine (Gecko, Ginseng and Deer Antler Wine), 165
Yoga for Yang Sheng, 56
Youth Return Hair Congee, 238
Alphabetical Index
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C hinese Food T herapy Rx for Self Healing
A Thousand Years of Chinese Medical Wisdom
Vo l u m e I I
Beauty and Longevity
By Helen H. Hu, OMD, L.Ac.,Medical Degree
“Dr. Helen Hu is a true healer and a gifted writer whose remarkable new books, Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Self Healing (Volume I)
and Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Longevity and Beauty (Volume II), provide hundreds of recipes to promote well-being and beauty
based on thousands of years of wisdom. These books are unquestionably the most comprehensive and
pioneering work I’ve ever read in terms of educating the public about natural healing with
food, and coaching people to achieve the ultimate goal of longevity and a healthy mind, body
and spirit. Yes, folks, listen to Dr. Hu:
Food really can save your life, and it can even fight and prevent cancer.”
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Award-winning journalist, author and cancer patient advocate.
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