Deirdre Courtney

Nourishing Life the Yang Sheng Way (eBook, ePUB)

Nutrition and Lifestyle Advice from Chinese Medicine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Combining the wisdom of classical Chinese medicine with modern nutritional science, this book explores the concept of Yang Sheng, which means to nourish life by nurturing body, mind and spirit in harmony with the natural rhythms and universal laws, revealing the importance of nutrition within it and outlining how our modern lifestyle and environment challenges our ability to do that.

A perfect guide for practitioners and students of Chinese medicine, the book explains modern diets and Chinese nutritional theory with a focus on prevention of illness and the impact of lifestyle and environment on our health during each stage of life. Lifestyle and nutritional advice for prevention and treatment of a range of illnesses and conditions is given for both adults and children.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857012937
• Artikelnr.: 57135035

Autorenporträt

Deirdre Courtney. Forewords by Lillian Bridges and Sabine Wilms

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What is Yang Sheng? 1. The History of Yang Sheng. 2. Chinese Dietary Therapy. 3. The Healing Properties of Food. 4. Food for the Life Cycle: Feeding Children and Teens. 5. Food for the Life Cycle: Active Young Adults. 6. Food for the Life Cycle: Mature Adults - Mid Life and Beyond. 7. Food as Medicine. 8. Herbs for Health and Healing. 9. How to Source the Best Food. 10. How to Cook, Eat and Live the Yang Sheng Way.