Recipes for Self-Healing – Daverick Leggett
Recipes for Self-Healing by Daverick Leggett is much more than a traditional recipe book. Combining Chinese medicine food principles, nutrition and practical Western-style recipes, it explores how our relationship with food can become an important part of everyday nourishment and wellbeing.
Leggett introduces the principles and patterns of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in an accessible way, showing readers how concepts of food energetics and Chinese dietary therapy can be understood and applied to familiar Western ingredients and cooking.
Chinese Medicine, Food Energetics & Nutrition
At the heart of Recipes for Self-Healing is the idea that nourishment extends beyond simply choosing what to eat.
The book explores different sources of nourishment and introduces Chinese medicine perspectives on the relationship between food, balance and the individual. Traditional concepts are presented in a practical format intended to make them approachable for Western readers.
Rather than requiring an entirely different style of cooking, Leggett demonstrates how the principles of Chinese medicine nutrition can be incorporated into Western cuisine.
Practical Recipes & Dietary Guidance
Alongside its introduction to Chinese dietary principles, the book contains a varied collection of recipes covering everything from soups through to desserts.
Recipes are presented in an easy-to-follow format and accompanied by information relating to their traditional energetic properties, including relevant actions, influences and contraindications.
This combination of theory and practical cooking makes the book useful both as an introduction to TCM food therapy and as an everyday recipe resource.
Key Topics
- Introduction to Chinese medicine nutrition
- Principles of Chinese dietary therapy
- Understanding food energetics
- Applying Chinese medicine concepts to Western foods
- Perspectives on nourishment and wellbeing
- Traditional energetic properties of foods
- Practical cooking guidance
- Recipes ranging from soups to desserts
- Primary actions and influences of recipes
- Relevant contraindications
- Combining traditional principles with everyday cooking
Who Is This Book For?
Recipes for Self-Healing may be particularly useful for acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioners and students, nutrition and complementary therapy professionals, as well as general readers interested in exploring traditional Chinese approaches to food and nourishment.
