Dietoterapia en Medicina Tradicional China

• Autores: Anna Julià
• Localización: Natura Medicatrix: Revista médica para el estudio y difusión de las medicinas alternativas, ISSN 0212-9078, Nº. 34 (Invierno), 1993-1994, págs. 30-35
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Dietotherapy in traditional Chinese medicine
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  • From ancient times, chinese clasify the foods under the same laws of Acupunture. These laws include the five elements theory and Yin-Yang principie. Diet acts through triple heater meridian, and Stomach and Spleen are the main organs. These organs transport energy towards Liver and Kidney. In TCM we must respect the classification of foods following the parameters of Energy (hot, lukewarm, neutral, fresh, cold) , Taste (sour, sweet, acrid, hot, salted) and Direction (it depends of taste, certain foods can carry up -sweet or hot ones-; get down -acrid- , interiorizng -salted) and exteriorizing -hot-).