A great guide for anyone interested in healthy eating as well as Chinese medicine.

First of all, you will find a number of recipes, divided as follows: Chinese rice porridge, breakfast dishes (spicy and sweet), grain dishes, vegetarian soups, salads and dips, vegetable dishes, tofu dishes, vegetarian legume dishes, Asian nut sauces for vegetables and meat, meat, fish, sweet dishes, cakes, bread, drinks (mainly teas, but also others). At the end of each recipe, the medicinal effect of the dish and recommendations in accordance with the principles of traditional Chinese medicine are given. Other chapters of the book are: What is disease? Thermal action of food. Five elements. Tastes. Cooking in accordance with the season. 21 rules of digestibility.

The book is accompanied by a clear poster and an alphabetical list of foods, which indicates which element the food belongs to and what its thermal effect is.

"The largest part of the food we eat as part of a balanced diet is thermally neutral, refreshing or warm; in contrast to warm foods, which are found in minimal volume and which, due to their strong effect, we use in limited quantities. We use a combination of foods with three medium effects throughout the year."