【Communication I4 Homework】Food Therapy Summary

    Food therapy is a practice in the belief of healing through the use of natural foods in stead of, or in addition to medications. Actually, it was come from Traditional Chinese Medicine. Before
talking about food therapy, we need to know some information about Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is a board range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which habe been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 5,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage(Tui na), exercise(Qigong), and dietary therapy(food therapy). And the last one usually involves the modification of an existing dietary lifestyle to promote our health.

    In Chinese, Traditional Chinese Medicine has lots of theories. Today, we used in dietary therapy is Five Phases theory. It has five elemental qualities – represented by wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. All of the elemental qualities have generating and overcoming interaction, and have its characters and colors. Eat right foods will let you become more and more healthy.

    First of all is wood which is related to liver and immune system. Its color is blue and green, including all kinds of green vegetables, fruit, and the food come from ocean or river (because the color of ocean and river is blue, right?). For example, if your liver has some problems, you can eat broccoli, kiwi, smith apple, fish, shellfish…etc. It would helpful for your health. Then, we can move to fire which is related to heart and endocrine system. Its color is red. So, eat more all of the red foods will bring your heart and endocrine system become stronger. The red food is including red pepper, carrot, papaya, red bean, and brown sugar…etc. It also very helpful to woman, especially in the monthly comes times. Third, we will talk about earth which is connected to stomach, spleen and digestive system. Its represent color is yellow. The yellow food is including banana, soya beans, pumpkin, sweet potato, orange, and ginner…etc. If here are some things bother your stomach or spleen, eat lots of banana and orange would helpful. Fourth, we can move to metal which is bound up with lung and respiratory system. The color which stands for metal is white. The white food is including onion, garlic, and milk…etc. So, if your or your friend who always likes to smoking, I will recommend him eat lots of onion or drink milk everyday. The last one is water which is interrelated to kidney and circulatory system. Its color is black. The black food is including black soya bean, sesame, and mushroom…etc. These foods are also good for men. If people have kidney’s disease, he/she could eat lots of beans and sesames. It will help him/her improve the disease.

    In short, people need to eat all kinds of foods everyday. Try to find out the right food which good for your organ will let you become more and more healthy. Remember the color of food is good for which organ, and then you can choice the best one for yourself.