A comprehensive guide to the Chinese art of healing with food  <p /><p><br />. Provides more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes for curing specific ailments and for promoting happiness and vitality  </p><p><br />. Explains the theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and diet and reconciles these beliefs with contemporary Western medical knowledge  </p><p><br />. Includes a complete fitness program centered on the popular Chinese qi gong exercises </p><p><br />Through 5,000 years of recorded history the Chinese have developed an unequaled pharmacopoeia of food remedies and have turned this knowledge into a delicious cuisine that is simple to prepare. This cuisine has little in common with the dishes on the menus of many Chinese restaurants--which have sacrificed traditional Chinese principles to appeal to high-fat Western tastes. Instead, it emphasizes all-natural ingredients eaten in season and in the most beneficial combinations.  </p><p><i>The Healing Cuisine of China</i> features more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes, ranging from simple preparations to cure specific ailments to traditional &quot;longevity banquets.&quot; The authors also explain the underlying theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and reconcile these ancient beliefs with Western medical knowledge about bacteria, viruses, and other causes of disease. A complete fitness program, centered on the popular Chinese qi gong exercises, and a questionnaire to help readers discover their individual body requirements make this the most comprehensive guide to the healthy lifestyle of China ever published. </p>