Indulgence for body and mind

Contrary to Western diets, TCM dietary therapy considers the energetic qualities of the foods and how the food can influence the long term health of the individual.

An inadequate diet can lead to alterations in health by creating an energy imbalance and leading to stagnation of qi flow. Eating the right foods can not only help maintain health, but health can even be restored with a therapeutic diet.

A balanced TCM diet means eating foods of various flavors, energies and organic actions and selecting foods according to individual constitution. When the diet becomes imbalanced, the flavors become excess or deficient, which causes disharmony in associated organ systems. Diet therapy advocates counterbalancing flavors to restore balance.

While changes may not occur immediately, over time dietary therapy can be a primary factor for health maintenance. Food provides a constant, daily medication rate that nothing else can achieve for overall wellness. Some of the health problems most commonly treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine therapies include: