Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hi i have added a few of the books which i have- some good , some umm OK - i have many more which are great for recipes, send me an email off line and i can send more which are Chinese and English . Chinese Nutrition Therapy: Dietetics in Traditional , KASTNER Joerg 77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing, HICKS Angela Chinese Dietary Therapy, LIU Jilin & PECK Gordon A Soup for the Qan: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era as Seen in Hu Szu-Hui's Yin-Shan Cheng-Yao, BUELL Paul D. et al Chinese Natural Cures: Traditional Methods for Remedies & Preventions, LU Henry Clinical Guide To Nutrition & Dietary Supplements In Disease Management, JAMISON Jennifer R Eating Your Way to Health: Dietotherapy in Traditional , CAI Jingfen, Feng Shui Cooking: Recipes for Harmony & Health - Energy Food Using the Principles of 5-Element Theory, PAHRNOW Ilse Marie et al Food for the Seasons: Eat Well & Stay Healthy The Traditional Chinese Way, WONG Lun & KNAPSEY Kath Helping Ourselves: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Food Energetics (Revised & expanded edition), LEGGETT Daverick The Tao Diet: Cookbook, WILSON Geoff The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, FLAWS Bob Mr Rodd Sanchez M.TCM (UWS), D.TCM (SITCM) & AdCert Acupuncture(China) Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist Accredited Member of AACMA Clinical Director / Practitioner SYDNEY ACUPUNCTURE email: rodd web: www.sydneyacupuncture.com.au phone: 02 92210699 --- On Mon, 27/7/09, < wrote: < TCM dietary books sought " TCM List " <Chinese Traditional Medicine >, " Chinese Herb Academy " , " alumni PCOM " <alumni Received: Monday, 27 July, 2009, 8:25 AM Hi All, Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Andrea Beth Traditional Oriental Medicine Happy Hours in the CALM Center 635 S. 10th St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 , < wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the > specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our > medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I > also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Paul Pitchford's book is horribly biased and not based on very solid sources for the TCM portion. By far the best book is Bob Flaws' Tao of Healthy Eating. It isn't as comprehensive as a full materia medica-style dietary therapy textbook, but since no one has ever done such a book in English before, Bob's Tao of Healthy Eating remains the top book on the subject of dietary therapy. The second edition of the Tao of Healthy Eating can be found here: http://bluepoppy.com/cfwebstorefb/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display & Product_I\ D=1387 I think that Paradigm is planning to release a digital database that contains translations of the TCM actions of all the foods that have ever been recorded in the primary Chinese literature, but it might be a year or so before it comes out. For those who can read Chinese, this information already exists on the web and in books like the Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian. Eric Brand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hi All, Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Andrea Beth Traditional Oriental Medicine Happy Hours in the CALM Center 635 S. 10th St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hi Andrea Beth, Pitchford's book is excellent, and there are several other good quality english references, here are two: The Healing Cuisine of China, Zhao and Ellis and Chinese Nutrition Therapy, Kastner Hope that helps, Hugo ________________________________ Hugo Ramiro http://middlemedicine.wordpress.com http://www.chinesemedicaltherapies.org ________________________________ < TCM List <Chinese Traditional Medicine >; Chinese Herb Academy ; alumni PCOM <alumni Sunday, 26 July, 2009 18:25:18 TCM dietary books sought Hi All, Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Andrea Beth Traditional Oriental Medicine Happy Hours in the CALM Center 635 S. 10th St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I was wondering what other people's experience with Pitchford's book have been. It is a book that I wanted to like, but so much of it seems very ND focused and I wonder what is the basis for much of what he says. For instance, he cautions readers to avoid eggs because they are a " negative energy " food. I have never been able to determine what he means by negative energy, or where in Oriental medicine the prohibition for eggs comes from. Thoughts? Thanks in advance. David David Toone, L.Ac. Health without Drugs or Surgery 105 Tivoli Gardens Peachtree City, GA 30269 770.780.9608 info www.davidtoone.com On Jul 26, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Hugo Ramiro wrote: > Hi Andrea Beth, > > Pitchford's book is excellent, and there are several other good > quality english references, here are two: > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Pitchford seems to be advocating vegetarianism, although he doesn't actually spell that out in the book, but from talking to people who knew him at Heartwood, he actually advocates this. Eggs are considered bile humour aggravating in Tibetan medicine (warming) and are not mixed with fish, because they create a " toxic " reaction, but does not mean that eggs are not helpful for other humours or as food and medicine. In Chinese medicine, it's yin and blood nourishing (Ji huang zi). I like Henry Lu's books for Chinese nutrition. He has vast knowledge about the culture and food and herb therapy. This one is especially useful for the clinician: http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-System-Foods-Health-Healing/dp/0806970650/ref=ntt_\ at_ep_dpi_5 More can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Henry-C.-Lu/e/B000APJD4O K On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM, David Toone <davidetoone wrote: > > > I was wondering what other people's experience with Pitchford's book > have been. It is a book that I wanted to like, but so much of it > seems very ND focused and I wonder what is the basis for much of what > he says. For instance, he cautions readers to avoid eggs because they > are a " negative energy " food. I have never been able to determine > what he means by negative energy, or where in Oriental medicine the > prohibition for eggs comes from. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks in advance. > > David > > David Toone, L.Ac. > Health without Drugs or Surgery > 105 Tivoli Gardens > Peachtree City, GA 30269 > 770.780.9608 > info <info%40davidtoone.com> > www.davidtoone.com > > > On Jul 26, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Hugo Ramiro wrote: > > > Hi Andrea Beth, > > > > Pitchford's book is excellent, and there are several other good > > quality english references, here are two: > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 if you are able to read Chinese, our tcm database software is an ideal resource in this regard. It has more than 2600 medicated diet formulas for different conditions and 8000+ aesthetic diet formulas - http://www.56.com/u35/v_NDM0MjAyODA.html --- On Sun, 7/26/09, < wrote: < TCM dietary books sought " TCM List " <Chinese Traditional Medicine >, " Chinese Herb Academy " , " alumni PCOM " <alumni Sunday, July 26, 2009, 3:25 PM  Hi All, Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Andrea Beth Traditional Oriental Medicine Happy Hours in the CALM Center 635 S. 10th St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I took a seminar from him (Paul Pritchford) a couple of years ago at Antioch College in Ohio, pretty interesting guy. All I remember him saying about eggs was the yolks are fine but the whites are like glue to the liver (and transfat causing liver Qi Stagnation). I don't know what to make of his appearance, he looked very unhealthy but when I talked to him person to person he had sort a vitality that I am not acustomed to feeling. I am not explaining it very well but it has puzzled me from time to time. Many of my classmates commented frequently about how pale and frail he appearred but none of them had a personal conversation with him lik e I did. His eyes were very much alive and vibrant. If I had to guess I would guess he eats very little and does alot of gigong and other energy modalities, Rissa --- On Sun, 7/26/09, David Toone <davidetoone wrote: David Toone <davidetoone Re: TCM dietary books sought Chinese Medicine Sunday, July 26, 2009, 7:08 PM I was wondering what other people's experience with Pitchford's book have been. It is a book that I wanted to like, but so much of it seems very ND focused and I wonder what is the basis for much of what he says. For instance, he cautions readers to avoid eggs because they are a " negative energy " food. I have never been able to determine what he means by negative energy, or where in Oriental medicine the prohibition for eggs comes from. Thoughts? Thanks in advance. David David Toone, L.Ac. Health without Drugs or Surgery 105 Tivoli Gardens Peachtree City, GA 30269 770.780.9608 info (AT) davidtoone (DOT) com www.davidtoone. com On Jul 26, 2009, at 6:55 PM, Hugo Ramiro wrote: > Hi Andrea Beth, > > Pitchford's book is excellent, and there are several other good > quality english references, here are two: > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hey John: --John- Eggs are considered bile humour aggravating in Tibetan medicine (warming) and are not mixed with fish, because they create a " toxic " reaction, but does not mean that eggs are not helpful for other humours or as food and medicine. --- This is interesting, thanks for sharing it. It brought to my mind how all of our recommendations as CM practitioners are relative to context and final goals. For example ginger and garlic are amongst the prohibited foods for many Buddhist orders due to their heating properties which can easily agitate the spirit mind. I agree with your recommendations of Henry Lu's series of texts. You are right about his vast knowledge. Thanks, Hugo ________________________________ Hugo Ramiro http://middlemedicine.wordpress.com http://www.middlemedicine.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 if you are able to read Chinese, our tcm database software is an ideal resource in this regard. It has more than 2600 medicated diet formulas for different conditions and 8000+ aesthetic diet formulas - http://www.56.com/u35/v_NDM0MjAyODA.html --- On Sun, 7/26/09, < wrote: < TCM dietary books sought " TCM List " <Chinese Traditional Medicine >, " Chinese Herb Academy " , " alumni PCOM " <alumni Sunday, July 26, 2009, 3:25 PM  Hi All, Are there any TCM or Asian medicine books you know of, which detail the specifics of healthy eating according to the principles of our medicine? All I know of, is Bob Flaws' Book of Jook. And of course, I also have Paul Pitchford's book. Anything else out there? Individual chapters, as well as books that have this as a main focus, would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Andrea Beth Traditional Oriental Medicine Happy Hours in the CALM Center 635 S. 10th St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 274-1373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 What about Mao Shing Ni's book, the Tao of Nutrition? It is on the CA state board list. What do you think about it? I personally like Henry Lu's books on the subject. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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