Alfalfa (Lucerne, Medicago sativa) can be eaten like vegetable in food therapies. It has effects to clear dampness-heat in spleen and stomach. And as a natural remedy, it helps treat bladder stones, decreased urination, threatened abortion, bleeding and edema. Here…
It is said that uterine bleeding (vaginal bleeding) and nose bleeding (nasal bleeding) can be treated with pig’s feet and black wood ear fungus. Pig’s feet and black wood ear soup is a Chinese folk remedy and food therapy for…
In winter, When your skin exposes to very cold temperatures, you may get frostbite or chapped skin. Frostbite and chapped skin are two different medical conditions that the skin and other tissues are damaged due to extreme cold. As you…
Frostbite and cold feet can be treated with food therapies. Though the extreme cold temperature is the factor that causes frostbite and cold feet, but the body’s weak blood circulation is also one of the factors causing the problems. Stimulating…
Eggplant, according to traditional Chinese food guidelines, clears excessive internal heat and fire toxicity, cools blood and stops bleeding, reduces swelling and inflammation, thus it can help treat constipation, bowel bleeding, hemorrhoids, boils, carbuncle and skin sores. Why eggplant has…
It is said that often eating eggplant can help prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cerebral thrombosis, hemorrhagic purpura, age spots and other disorders. Eggplant is a purple vegetable, which contains many nutritional ingredients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates,…
Food Therapy for Intestinal Parasites (Worms) – Anti-Parasitic Diet. There are many foods that have anti-parasitic effects, such as garlic, caraway, pomegranate, pumpkin, almond, pineapple, papaya, coconut, flax and carrot. 1. Garlic Garlic has been found to have effects against…
Black Sesame and Mulberry Paste is a recipe of Chinese food therapy that is said to help treat high cholesterol and lipids (hyperlipidemia). Hyperlipidemia refers to increased levels of lipids (fats) in the blood. Cholesterol and triglycerides are two forms…
Perilla (Zi Su) Fish Soup is not only a delicious recipe, but also a remedy in Chinese food therapy. It has mild effects to help relieve common cold, headache, wet cough, stomach cold, morning sickness, chest fullness and abdominal fullness.…
Lingzhi Mussel Soup is a recipe used in Chinese food therapy. It is said to help treat acute and chronic bronchitis, the chronic bronchitis in the elderly, bronchial asthma, leukopenia, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, arrhythmia, neurasthenia and early-stage cirrhosis. According…
