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In her book, Watching The Tree, author and medical doctor, Adeline Yen Mah, explains that
The word for 'physician' in Chinese is yi sheng (healer of life) which denotes "a holistic herbal approach as contrasted to the western view of the physician as a curer of disease."
Dr. Mah adds that "traditional Chinese 'medicine' consist not of injections, pills and elixirs" but largely of plant based ingredients brewed into a tea, a soup or a stew.
Much like Ayurveda, the traditional Chinese approach is that food is medicine. A healthy diet prevents disease and illness from emerging and when there is an imbalance in the body, it can often be corrected by a dietary change.
The word for 'physician' in Chinese is yi sheng (healer of life) which denotes "a holistic herbal approach as contrasted to the western view of the physician as a curer of disease."
Dr. Mah adds that "traditional Chinese 'medicine' consist not of injections, pills and elixirs" but largely of plant based ingredients brewed into a tea, a soup or a stew.
Much like Ayurveda, the traditional Chinese approach is that food is medicine. A healthy diet prevents disease and illness from emerging and when there is an imbalance in the body, it can often be corrected by a dietary change.
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