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  2. Macrobiotic diet - Wikipedia

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    All food is considered to have both properties, with one dominating. Foods with yang qualities are considered compact, dense, heavy, and hot, whereas those with yin qualities are considered expansive, light, cold, and diffuse. [12] However, these terms are relative; "yangness" or "yinness" is only discussed in relation to other foods. [13]

  3. Chinese food therapy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Vietnamese cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the ingredients for Vietnamese food are often very inexpensive but nonetheless, the way they are cooked together to create a yin–yang balance makes the food simple in appearance but rich in flavor. Because of economic conditions, maximizing the use of ingredients to save money has become a tradition in Vietnamese cooking.

  5. Ch'ang Ming - Wikipedia

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    Ch'ang Ming (長命 Pinyin: Chángmìng) (literally "long life") is a series of dietary and health recommendations based on Taoist philosophy. It was first introduced to the West by Chan Kam Lee (李陈金 Pinyin: Lǐ chén jīn), a Taoist teacher and Chinese herbal medicine practitioner who came to London in 1930 from Shandong Province in China.

  6. Taoist diet - Wikipedia

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    Tai Chi Diet: Food for Life. Life Force Publishing, 2007. (ISBN 0-9542932-8-2) Soo, Chee The Tao of Long Life. Seahorse Books, 2006. Welch, Holmes and Anna Seidel, eds.Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religion. New Haven: Yale University, 1979.

  7. Yin and yang - Wikipedia

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    Yin and yang (English: / j ɪ n /, / j æ ŋ /), also yinyang [1] [2] or yin-yang, [3] [2] is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected, self-perpetuating cycle. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary and at the same time opposing forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which ...

  8. Zangfu - Wikipedia

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    Each zangfu organ has a yin and a yang aspect, but overall, the zang organs are considered to be yin, and the fu organs yang. [4] Since the concept of the zangfu was developed on the basis of wuxing philosophy, they are incorporated into a system of allocation to one of five elemental qualities (i.e., the Five goings or Five Phases).

  9. Eight principles - Wikipedia

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    This is indicated by fever, thirst, red face, red eyes, constipation, scanty dark urine, full rapid pulse and a red tongue with yellow coating. It arises when there is an excess of Yang energies in the body. It can be caused by consuming hot energy foods, or long standing emotional problems causing for example liver qi stagnation.