Chinese food therapy

Chinese food therapy
Alternative medicine
Claims	Health claims relating to Chinese diet
Related fields	Traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese food therapy (simplified Chinese: 食疗; traditional Chinese: 食療; pinyin: shíliáo; lit. 'food therapy', also called nutrition therapy and dietary therapy) is a mode of dieting rooted in Chinese beliefs concerning the effects of food on the human organism,^[1] and centered on concepts such as seasonal eating and in moderation.^[2]^[3]^[4] Its basic precepts are a mix of Taoist Wuxing and eight principle theory that are concepts drawn from the modern representation of traditional Chinese medicine.

Food therapy has long been a common approach to health among Chinese people both in China and overseas, and was popularized for western readers in the 1990s with the publication of books like The Tao of Healthy Eating (Flaws 1995a) and The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen (Young 1999).^[5]

^ Engelhardt 2001, p. 173.
^ Whang J (January 1981). "Chinese traditional food therapy". J Am Diet Assoc. 78 (1): 55–7. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)04739-8. PMID 7217561. S2CID 37479374.
^ Shen, CuiZhen; Samantha Mei-Che Pang; Enid Wai-Yung Kwong; ZhiQing Cheng (April 2010). "The effect of Chinese food therapy on community dwelling Chinese hypertensive patients with Yin-deficiency". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19 (7–8): 1008–1020. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02937.x. hdl:10397/25717. PMID 20492045.
^ Temelie, Barbara (2002). The five-elements wellness plan: a Chinese system for perfect health. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8069-5867-5. OCLC 49970502.
^ Barnes 2013, p. 339–41, which also cites Flaws 1995b, Zhao & Ellis 1998, and Simonds 1999.

[FOOTNOTEEngelhardt2001173-1] Engelhardt 2001, p. 173.

[2] Whang J (January 1981). "Chinese traditional food therapy". J Am Diet Assoc. 78 (1): 55–7. doi:10.1016/S0002-8223(21)04739-8. PMID 7217561. S2CID 37479374.

[Shen_et_al.-3] Shen, CuiZhen; Samantha Mei-Che Pang; Enid Wai-Yung Kwong; ZhiQing Cheng (April 2010). "The effect of Chinese food therapy on community dwelling Chinese hypertensive patients with Yin-deficiency". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19 (7–8): 1008–1020. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02937.x. hdl:10397/25717. PMID 20492045.

[4] Temelie, Barbara (2002). The five-elements wellness plan: a Chinese system for perfect health. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-8069-5867-5. OCLC 49970502.

[FOOTNOTEBarnes2013339–41,_which_also_cites_[[#CITEREFFlaws1995b|Flaws_1995b]],_[[#CITEREFZhaoEllis1998|Zhao_&amp;_Ellis_1998]],_and_[[#CITEREFSimonds1999|Simonds_1999]]-5] Barnes 2013, p. 339–41, which also cites Flaws 1995b, Zhao & Ellis 1998, and Simonds 1999.

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