Five Element Acupuncture and Food for Health

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Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine as well as many ancient Chinese and philosophers and doctors believed that food was best medicine for human health.

Ingredients: Rice noodles, Shitake Mushrooms, Onions, Carrots, Pine nuts, Flax seeds, Okra

In acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine food is considered first line of defence or treatment for health and well being.

In the five element acupuncture each color represents a particular organ and same is true for food. 


When cooking, include foods of 5 colors if possible to nourish all your organs especially the one color corresponding to the current season at the time.

If you do not think you have time to cook ask yourself if you have time to be sick, or could you use better health and

 more energy.

Green color is for the Liver and Gallbladder - Spring 

Avocados, Green vegetables

Red color is for the Heart Organ - Summer 

Carrots, Tomatoes, Beets 

Yellow foods is for the Stomach and Spleen -  Late Summer

Squash, Root vegetables

White is for the Lungs and Large Intestine - Winter

Onion, Garlic, White Fish

Black color foods for Kidneys and Bladder

Black Beans, Black Sesame seeds

Be well,
Mark Moshchinsky, L.Ac (NCCAOM)
Licensed Acupuncturist in NYC
www.NewYorkAcupunctureCenter.com

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