Diet Therapy ⁽³³⁾

Tetsuo Kamio is a Japanese chef and culinary researcher. In 2003 he was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, with cancer cells already metastasized to bone and lymph nodes. Doctors gave him standard hormone therapy for prostate cancer, but these therapies had no effect on…

The fig is the fruit of Ficus carica L. (family Moraceae, genus Ficus), and is both a food and a medicinal. It is sweet in flavor and cool in nature, enters the Lung, Stomach and Large Intestine meridians. It clears heat and engenders fluids, strengthens…

Garlic is the bulb of Allium sativum of the Liliaceae family. It is a common seasoning in our daily diet and also a commonly used Chinese medicine. TCM considers garlic pungent and warm, entering the Spleen, Stomach, Lung and Large Intestine meridians. It warms the…

The onion is the bulb of Allium cepa L. of the lily family (Liliaceae), also known as scallion head, ball onion, round onion, jade onion, or Dutch onion. Prized for its delicious flavor and high nutritional and health value, it is hailed as the “queen…

Xin Qiji has a poem, "Zhegu Tian·On the Path the Soft Mulberry Breaks Buds": "By the path the soft mulberry breaks tender buds; the silkworm eggs of the eastern neighbor have just hatched. On the gentle slope fine grass murmurs with the yellow calf; in…

Corn silk is the style and stigma of Zea mays L. of the Gramineae family. It is produced in most regions of the world; anyone who has grown or bought corn is familiar with it. Corn silk can be eaten as well as used medicinally,…

Personally, I do a few things quite well when it comes to anti-aging. I am forty-one this year, but most people who meet me for the first time mistake me for being under thirty; a few years ago I was still often treated as a…

I have treated many patients who benefited from various forms of exercise—swimming, running, brisk walking, qigong, Tai Chi, cycling, and ball games, to name only a few. Some survived longer, some had their complications controlled, and some effectively prevented tumor recurrence. So it can be…

The recipe of Winter Melon Liquid (Donggua Ye) is recorded in the medical writings of the late renowned TCM physician Liu Minshu. Winter Melon Liquid is specifically indicated for deficiency-type edema. When edema arises after a prolonged illness, or the mild ascites of cancer patients…

Take 10 ginkgo nuts, 30 g of glutinous rice and 30 g of euryale seed (Qianshi), cook them together into a congee, and eat it once a day. Ten days make one course of treatment. It can consolidate the kidney and calm asthma, and has…