Dietary therapy

[Guest guest]

I've been trying to find more info on the theory of Chinese Dietary

Therapy and have been stumped. I was under the impression that it

was a seperate field of study, rather than an offshoot of herbalism,

but I simply don't know where to begin, source-wise. Which Chinese

texts are considered " classics " in this field? Have any of them

being translated out of the original Chinese? I've seen a lot

of " cookbook " style charts, saying such and such calms shen,

steaming is a more yin way of cooking than frying, etc., but it

usually fails to mention *why* this is so. Any help that anyone

could give would be greatly appreciated.

 

Mbanu