Seven Stars Wild Goose Qigong Manchester
Sheila Waddington, Instructor
Chinese Dietary Therapy
Temporary notes.....under construction!!!!
Ref: Prince Wen Hui's Cook by Bob Flaws and Honora Wolfe
The 5 Element Theory
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FIRE (bitter) |
EARTH (sweet) |
METAL (pungent) |
WATER (salty) |
WOOD (sour) | |
| Grains | Amaranth Corn |
Millet Barley |
Rice | Buckwheat | Oats Wheat Rye |
| Legumes | Red Lentil | Garbanzo Peas |
Navy Soy |
Aduki Black Kidney Pinto |
Green Lentil Mung Lima |
| Nuts/Seeds | Sunflower Pistachio |
Pine Nut Pumpkin |
Almonds | Black Sesame Walnut |
Brazil Cashew |
| Vegetables | Beet Dandelion Root Okra Red Bell Pepper Scallion Tomato |
Cabbage Carrot Parsnip Rutabaga Spinach Squash |
Asparagus Broccoli Celery Cucumber Mustard Green Onion Radish |
Kale Mushrooms Seaweeds Water chestnut |
Green Bell Pepper Green Pea Lettuce String Bean Zucchini |
| Fruits | Cherry Persimmon |
Fig Orange Papaya Pineapple Strawberry |
Apricot Banana Pear |
Mulberry Pomegranate Raspberry Watermelon |
Avocado Grape Lemon Lime Plum |
| Cautions | Chocolate Sugar |
Meat | Eggs | Cheese | Soft Dairy |
example : Phlegm-Damp type Asthma, need to strengthen the Metal (Lung), Earth (Spleen) and Fire (Heart) Elements.
EG:
Brown Rice - increases qi, strengthens spleen
- Navy Beans - sweet flavor, benefits the lungs and spleen (both aspects of the metal element)
- Almonds - relieve stagnant qi of the lungs, transform phlegm
- Mustard Greens - influence lungs, clear chest congestion, improve energy circulation
- Onions - resolves phlegm and inflammations of the upper respiratory system
- Radish - transforms phlegm
- Pear - affects the lungs, eliminates phlegm
- Avoid - dairy (which may add mucus/phlegm), meat (which may weaken the spleen) and sweeteners (which may weaken the spleen and contribute to dampness)
In this case you would want to eat foods which fall into the pungent, sweet and bitter categories and avoid foods which aggravate these elements - sugar, meat and eggs.
- Therapeutic Actions:
- Bitter (Fire) foods are generally cooling (yin) and encourage contraction and the descending of energy
- Sweet (Earth) foods are generally strengthening (yang) and encourage energy to expand upward and outward
- Pungent (Metal) foods are generally warming (yang) and encourage energy to expand and move outward
- Salty (Water) foods are generally cooling (yin) and encourage energy to move in and down
- Sour (Wood) foods are generally cooling (yin) and encourage energy to contract and collect
- Temperature - Within each categorization foods have differing temperature qualities which, while generally good for that element, may not be used during certain seasons or conditions. For example, if you had a common cold (Metal, Lung) condition you would decrease your intake of some of the foods which are generally cooling within the Metal element such as the fruits.
- Season - The current season will also play a role in which foods you may choose to eat. In the summer (fire, hot) we require more cooling foods and in the winter (water, cold) we require more warming, deeply nourishing foods.
Food Therapy
Rejuvenating Porridge
Goji berry porridge (Chinese wolfberries)
30g Goji berries (see buy online, below)
60g Pudding Rice (works with porridge oats too!)
Boil together into porridge.
Taken in the mornings and evenings it strengthens physique, combats senility, and prolongs life.
'Taking Goji Berries (wolf berries) over a prolonged time strengthens tendons and bones and makes one lithe and youthful.' (Shen Nong's Materia Medica)
'Chinese wolfberry improves vision, tranquilises the mind, and makes people live long.' (On the nature of herbs (Yao Xing Ben Cao)
Modern studies show that chinese wolfberries also improve the body's immune system.
BUY ONLINE: (often next day delivery if order is before 10am)
To buy Goji Berries:- http://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/buygojiberriesonline.php?partner=sheilawaddington This is an interesting site with articles about goji berries and recipes using goji berries! Try the Goji berry mincepies - video instruction on how to bake them!
To buy other wholefoods:- http://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/buywholefoodsonline.php?partner=sheilawaddington
What are Goji Berries?
According to the United States Department of Agriculture Germplasm Resources Information Network,[2] it is also known as Chinese wolfberry, goji berry, barbary matrimony vine, bocksdorn, Duke of Argyll's tea tree,[3] or matrimony vine.[4] Unrelated to the plant's geographic origin, the names Tibetan goji and Himalayan goji are in common use[5] in the health food market for products from this plant.
PiMag water systems
PiMag water system
Are you drinking dead water?
There is a village in
The people enjoyed drinking the water and felt better for it. The area began to get a reputation.
More recently, about 30 years ago, scientists started to analyse the water, finding it to be full of minerals, quite different from the water before it reached the mountain. They found that one of the mountains had a magnetic charge and the other mountain was full of minerals. Technology can now reproduce this effect. It is called PiMag. Pi is Greek for 'life', and 'returning to the source'; Mag for the magnetic charge.
PiMag water filters will filter water to .1 micron (the same as a kidney machine and 10 times smaller than most other home filters) This removes all contaminants, metals, chlorine, flouride.
Unlike most water filters that will filter out the good things in water as well as the bad, leaving it comparatively 'dead', PiMag replenishes the water with minerals from mineral rocks within the filter system. It is highly oxygenated and restores water to pH(7.4) - perfect for all bodily functions.
An average house can manage on a system which costs around £130
The filters will need to be replaced on average every 6 months at £31 a time, depending on usage.
To order a Pi Mag Water filter
sheila.waddington@btinternet.com mention PiMag Order in the subject box
For more information
Recommended
Your Body's many cries for Water; Dr F Batmanghelidj
Water Cures, Drugs Kill; Dr F Batmanghelidj
Water the Shocking Truth; Paul C. Bragg
The Healing Power of Water by Dr Masaru Emoto
The Miracle of Water by Masaru Emoto
The Secret Life of Water by Masaru Emoto
Nikken Products: http://www.nikken.co.uk/connect/Products/Products.aspx?ID=170&MediaType=Image&RootGroup=177
The absolute importance of Water
Many, many illnesses nowadays are caused through lack of hydration.
If you feel low, under the weather, catching frequent colds or just not feeling tip-top it may just require a few more glasses of water per day to remedy.
Water is of utmost importance to maintain a healthy body. In the west we don't drink enough. Why the west? Because our climate does not cause us to want to drink. The cold, the damp and the lack of sunlight means our taste buds do not get the stimulation they need for us to pick up a glass of water. On top of that, central heating, heated cars, offices etc dry us out more rapidly than before, and our body starts to flag. Water can put things right.
There are many theories but I find that two tumblers of cold water first thing in the morning (before you brush your teeth) then have nothing for 40 mins (not even a cup of tea) and the water goes straight to the dehydrated areas in the body, replenishing and enabling healing. If you find waiting 40 mins for breakfast a bit too hard to do, then start your qigong exercise regime! It fits in ideally - and your energy is boosted for the day! You are on top of the world!
Try it. You won't be disappointed.
