Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index

Food therapy

Food therapy is the practice of healing using natural foods instead of medications.

Food therapy is a modality of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as Chinese Nutrition therapy. It is particularly popular among Cantonese people who enjoy slow-cooked soups. One of the most commonly known is a rice soup that goes by many names including congii and jook.

Some common food therapy items and recipes:

Bird nest: oral secretion of swifts, collected from the binding material of their nests.

Korean or Chinese ginseng: root of a plant that has the Yang properties. American ginseng: root of a plant similar to Korean ginseng, but it has the Yin properties. A Cantonese cough remedy: Dried duck gizzards, watercress, apricot kernels: