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Chinese Nutrition Therapy: Dietetics in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

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This book is THE BEST book on chinese nutrition I have ever been able to find! The author is a Licensed Acupuncurist and a Medical Doctor from Germany and extremely detailed, thorough, and organized. There are chapters explaining Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory, General Nutrition, Common Disease Patterns and Food Treatment, Individual Food Therapeutics, Case Studies, Food Tables by Energetics, and Food Tables by Name. I'm in love with this book! It is easy to use, and very practical! A must have for your library if you like nutrition, chinese medicine, or just want to treat health problems naturally with food! Try it out! You won't regret it!

If you are a practitioner of TCM looking for a text that is theoretically sound and clinically relevant, look no further. Its modern layout, use of currently accepted terminology and comprehensiveness make this book a great leap forward for education and practice in TCM Nutrition.

Our family has recently seen a Chinese nutritionist to help my son's acne and my daughter's digestive problems. This philosophy of eating is in juxtaposition to the typical American diet we have consumed all our lives, so this book was helpful in clarifying instructions from our nutritionist. The philosophy of Chinese medicine is well explained, even for a newcomer like me. It explains what foods are acceptable, in what combination, with what health problems. It was interesting to learn how climate changes affect the foods you should be eating. Much of the book is actually written for the use of a nutritionist, with notes on which herbs to prescribe. The book is well organized, making it easy to look up certain foods or food types. Overall, I would recommend this book.

The layout of the book is nice and the concepts are presented clearly. This book covers the basic and covers them pretty well. For a more thorough coverage of food, nutrition, TCM, and other alternative diet therapeutic principles THE book to get is Paul Pitchford's "Healing with Whole Foods". I refer to this book more than just about any in my library and it always gives me insight and perspective.

With that being said, my main problems was not with the lack of breadth of 'Chinese Nutrition Therapy', because, frankly that is not what the book is meant to be. It is meant to purely be a treatise on TCM diet therapy. My problem with the book is its ridiculous price tag. $45 for a small, couple hundred page paperback book is unreasonable and I refuse to purchase any more overpriced, slick books. Take into consideration that 'Healing with Whole Foods' can be gotten on Amazon for about $25 and is 700 pages of solid info--both basic and more detailed.

The TCM publishers need to stop taking advantage students and charge reasonable prices for texts--especially basic, small, paperback texts. Unless required for class, skip this one and go for Pitchford's classic.

I'm torn - this book has some excellent information, easy to read and set up nicely/logically. However, I do have some issues with the some of the temperature natures of foods being different depending on where you look - yes strange. For instance, butter is neutral, warm in one section and cooling in another. Plus, I have issues with this just in general from book to book - shouldn't it always be the same no matter what resource you are looking?

I do have to say overall this author does impress me, but I am a bit worried about the inconsistencies.

This book seemed exactly what I was looking for, as I put together detailed dietary advice for people with a TCM diagnosis at my clinic. However, I have found so many typos and confliciting items, that I have to check the info against other texts. Not as thorough as I would have liked, and for the price the amount of mistakes is a little frustrating. I do use it quite often though, along, with Healing with Whole Food and a few others.

A great book for practitioners and students of Traditional Chinese Medicine, not for those unfamiliar with the field. Over priced, but still very good.

I am in my first year in TCM school. Wanted a book on TCM nutrition that would give me a base of knowledge to bridge me over til my classes came around in the cirriculum. This book was easy to use and gave information about the foods nature, cookings influence on food, and foods and cooking methods for specific patterns. Very pleased with my purchase.

Chinese Nutrition Therapy is a good book for beginners, or for quick reference at a professional's desk. I recomend it.

This book is very informative. I enjoyed just reading it and soaking in the information. No receipes given though. It would have been great if some receipes were included.