TCM Dietary Therapy

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TCM Dietary Therapy

• Eating your way to health and long life

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Chinese Medicine

• Diet
• Exercise
• Rest
• Acupuncture
• Chinese herbal formulas

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TCM Food Therapy

• The Art of Cooking and Preparing Food to help
  maintain optimal health
• Let Food be your Medicine -- Hippocrates

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Caloric Rate (BW0.75)
Calories / day 20 X body weight in lbs
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Caloric Requirements
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TCM

• 5 Element Theory
• Fire
• Earth
• Metal
• Water
• Wood

• 8 Principles of Disease
• Yin Yang
• Interior Exterior
• Cold Hot
• Deficiency Excess

• Zang-Fu Organs
• HT/SI -- PC/TH
• SP/ST
• LU/LI
• KID/BL
• LIV/GB

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5 Element Flavors

• Fire -- Bitter
• Earth -- Sweet
• Metal -- Pungent
• Water -- Salty
• Wood -- Sour

Earth element through the stomach-tongue
connection rules the taste
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5 Element Diet
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5 Element Meat Sources
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5 Element Grain Sources
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Use of 5 Element Food

• Balance is the key
• Support constitutional needs, yet provide
  something from every flavor
• Add heat in summer and cold in winter

• For Deficiency --Feed organ and parent
• For Excess --Feed child and grandparent

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TCM 8 Food Principles

• Exterior Interior
• Hot Cold
• Excess Deficiency
• Yang -- Yin

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TMC Food Directions

• Outward and Upward tend to be Yang
• Inward and Downward tend to be Yin

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TCM Food Directions
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Use of Food Directions

• For exterior conditions Outward and upward
  moving food
• For internal problems Inward and downward
  moving food

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TCM Food Energies
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TCM Food Energies
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Use of Food Energies

• Treat hot conditions with cooling foods
• Treat cold conditions with warming foods

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TMC Food Tonics
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TCM Zang-Fu Foods
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Therapeutic Food

• Prepared much like TCM herbal products
• The basic character of the food is the
  combination of ingredients with which it is
  prepared

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Principles of Using TCM Diet

• Identify constitutional type
• Determine whether Excess or Deficient
• In Excess, Feed the Grandparent (Ko cycle)

• In Deficiency, Feed the Zang-Fu and the Mother
  (Shen cycle)
• Balance the ingredients for each flavor,
  direction and energy

• For Prevention, Feed the Constitutional Grandchild

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Purina Puppy Chow

• ground yellow corn
• chicken bi-product meal
• corn gluten meal
• brewers rice
• soybean meal
• beef tallow

• pearled barley
• animal digest
• a bunch of chemicals
• 27 protein, 12 fat, 61 CHO

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Canine Diet for Athletes

• 2 oz Pork Chop
• 4 oz Tofu
• 8 oz Brown Rice
• 2 tsp Virgin Olive Oil
• ¼ cup Honey
• 2 Whole Carrots

• 1 cup Spinach
• 4 Tbs Green Pepper
• 4 Broccoli Spears
• ¼ tsp Dry Ginger
• 1 Raw Garlic Cloves
• ¼ tsp Dry Mustard
• 1 tsp Bone Meal

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Nutritional Analysis

• Commercial Software
• NutriBase
• Food Processor
• USDA Nutrient Data Lab
• http//www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
• NATS
• http//nat.crgq.com/mainnat.html

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Basic Canine Diet 1

• 8 oz Catfish
• 8 oz Tofu
• 2 tbs Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 Whole Carrots
• ½ cup Spinach
• ¼ cup Green Pepper

• ½ cup Broccoli
• ¼ tsp Dry Ginger
• 1 Raw Garlic Cloves
• ¼ tsp Dry Mustard
• 1 tab Flintstones
• 1250 mg Calcium

Contains 1355 Calories with a 27/13/60 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content
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Basic Canine Diet 2

• 4 Strips Bacon
• 4 Large Eggs
• 8 oz Tofu
• 1 tbs Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 Whole Carrots
• ½ cup Spinach
• ¼ cup Green Pepper

• ½ cup Broccoli
• ¼ tsp Dry Ginger
• 1 Raw Garlic Cloves
• ¼ tsp Dry Mustard
• 1 tab Flintstones
• 500 mg Calcium

Contains 1370 Calories with a 23/12/65 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content
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Basic Cat Food

• 3 oz Salmon
• 2 oz Chicken Heart
• 4 oz Beef Kidney
• 2 oz Turkey Breast
• 2 oz Chicken Liver
• 1 oz Sardines
• 1 tbs Virgin Olive Oil
• ¼ cup Broccoli

• ¼ cup Spinach
• ½ tab Vitamin B complex (B-50)
• 1 tab Vitamin C (500 mg)
• 1 tab One-a-Day
• 750 mg Calcium (Tums)
• 400 IU Vitamin E
• 250 mg Taurine

Contains 737 Calories with a 45/4/51 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content
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Chinese Food Therapy for Horses

• Goal is to help maintain Yin/Yang balance
• Cold food for Heat Pattern
• Hot food for Cold Pattern
• Does not have dramatic short term results
• Combined with Herbals and acupuncture
• Examples
• Lotus leaf for anhidrosis
• Watermelon rim (xi-gua-pi) for summer heat,
  anhidrosis
• Chrysanthemum flower for uveitis, influenza
• Angelica root for general qi-blood stagnation and
  Blood deficiency

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Chinese Food Therapy for Horses
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Another Way for TCVM Feeding

• Use a balanced base food
• Supplement for constitution, disorders or
  deficiencies
• Add additional therapy as needed

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Base TCVM Diet for Dogs

• 3 oz chicken heart
• 2 oz turkey breast
• 3 oz ground beef
• 3 oz beef kidney
• 2 oz beef liver
• 3 oz white fish
• 4 oz tofu
• 2 sardines in olive oil
• 1 T olive oil

• 1/2 c broccoli
• 1/2 c carrots
• 2 oz mushrooms
• 1/2 c spinach
• 1/4 c red peppers
• 1/4 c green peppers
• 1 T vinegar
• 1 clove garlic
• 1500 mg calcium

Contains 1250 calories with a 48/11/42 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Deficient Fire Food

• 4 oz chicken heart
• 4 oz chicken
• 4 oz lamb
• 1/8 t cayenne
• 750 mg calcium

Contains 800 calories with a 47/1/52 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Deficient Earth Food

• 1 T fresh ginger
• 4 oz ground beef
• 4 oz sweat bread
• 750 mg calcium

Contains 665 calories with a 34/1/65 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Deficient Metal Food

• 8 oz rice
• 4 chicken egg
• 4 oz egg plant
• 600 mg calcium

Contains 650 calories with a 20/36/44 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Deficient Water Food

• 2 oz bamboo shoots
• 4 oz pork
• 4 oz duck
• 600 mg calcium

Contains 572 calories with a 42/1/57 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Deficient Wood Food

• 3 oz chicken liver
• 1/2 c asparagus
• 4 oz chicken
• 600 mg calcium

Contains 356 calories with a 61/6/33 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Qi Tonic Food

• 4 oz ground beef
• 4 oz beef liver
• 1 T olive oil

• 1/4 cup spinach
• 3 oz string beans
• 1000 mg calcium

Contains 704 calories with a 37/10/53 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Yang Tonic Food

• 4 oz lamb kidney
• 1 T olive oil
• 1/4 t cinnamon

• 1/2 t fennel
• 1/4 cup red pepper
• 400 mg calcium

Contains 290 calories with a 38/6/56 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Yin Tonic Food

• 4 eggs
• 2 ox chicken liver
• 1 T olive oil

• 4 oz cheddar cheese
• 4 oz firm tofu
• 500 mg calcium

Contains 1225 calories with a 27/3/70 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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Blood Tonic Food

• 4 oz ground beef
• 4 eggs
• 1 T olive oil

• 2 oz seaweed
• 500 mg calcium

Contains 958 calories with a 25/20/55 percent
protein/carbohydrate/fat content.
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To Use TCVM Food

• Use 50 of diet as base food
• Add 25 for any deficiency
• Fire
• Earth
• Metal
• Water
• Wood

• Add 25 of Grandparent for excess
• Add 25 of Grandchild if balanced
• Add 25 tonic
• Qi
• Yang
• Yin
• Blood