Melissa Carr provides a modern approach to nutrition that is based on TCM''s rich history of using food therapy to personalize health and wellness. She outlines how TCM can systematically assess an individual''s health, as well as ways it evaluates how specific foods can impact our bodies. Readers are offered a self-assessment tool to help understand the five elements for TCM diagnosis and the application of nutritional suggestions by element. The basics and key elements of Western nutritional advice are also included, as is a handy reference of food recommendations for common symptoms and illnesses, while focusing on foods and herbs that are familiar and generally easily accessible to Western readers.<

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Dr. Melissa Carr

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This book is a modern Western approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine food therapy and is the first book of its kind. Melissa Carr's accessible guide aims to help the reader with the key elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine through a Western lens.