Yin yang and five elements

Chinese Food Philosophy

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December 12th 2012
For Chinese, to maintain health equilibrium foods, classified as yin, yang, or neutral depending on their effect on the body, hyperactivity. Yin foods calm, and Yang foods provoke hyperactivity. Yang foods include eggs, fatty meats and pungent spices; they are strong, rich and spicy. Yin foods including raw fruits and vegetables and seafood, are bitter, salty and light. The Chinese also have an ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more