User Guide to TCM/TCVM Foods

User Guide to TCM/TCVM Foods is a quick search reference tool to rapidly identify healing foods according to Chinese Food Therapy principles. Diet has major impacts on health. Correctly selected foods build health and correct imbalances naturally. The app allows practitioners and students to rapidly search for foods used in Traditional Chinese Food Therapy.

KEY FEATURES
Browse or scroll our database for:
Foods – over 230 commonly available foods listed, as well as some less commonly used foods like alligator and kangaroo
Properties – temperature and taste according to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory
Channels Entered – Acupuncture meridians and associated organs targeted by the food
Functions – special TCM/TCVM properties of each food as well as conventional diagnosis application. Examples include: Tonify Qi, Drain Damp, Transform Phlegm
Indications – Chinese Medical and conventional medical uses. Examples include: Congestion, Food Stagnation, Constipation
Cautions – toxicities, interactions, contraindications
Comments – fun facts contained in the literature

Includes information specific to horses, dogs and cats as well as traditional observations from the human health care arena. The app is compatible with the full Materia Medica and information contained in the 2020 textbook entitled Integrative and TCVM Food Therapy. The textbook includes nutritional information, as well as pattern diagnosis, balanced diets and formulations. For best results, pattern recognition and/or diagnosis of imbalances should be made by a certified TCM/TCVM practitioner.

This app was developed by the well-known veterinary nutritional expert Dr Cathy Alinovi, DVM, MS TCVM, CTCVMP and the lead editor of the textbook Integrative and TCVM Food Therapy Dr Margaret Fowler, DVM, MS TCVM, CTCVMP.

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This information is intended for educational purposes only. It is designed for use by licensed professionals trained in TCM or TCVM pattern diagnosis and the Chinese food Materia Medica. Some of the information in this work is based upon clinical observations and classical TCM/TCVM literature. The editors, authors and publisher make no claims about the effectiveness of the products described within and are not responsible (as a matter of product liability, negligence or otherwise) for typographical errors or injury resulting from any material contained herein.