Everyday Chinese Medicine: Healing Remedies for Immunity, Vitality, and Optimal Health

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Achieve vibrant health in every season with the holistic techniques of traditional Chinese medicine. This friendly guide to a 2,000-year-old lineage of healing wisdom integrates both the Five Element theory and the practices of traditional Chinese medicine to uncover what your body needs for balance and optimal health. Everyday Chinese Medicine demystifies, simplifies, and reveals patterns to help you take control of your own well-being from the comfort of your own home and kitchen. Mindi Counts-a holistic medical practitioner, acupuncturist, and herbalist-walks you through the seasons, elements, and organ systems to help you understand your unique constitution and how to achieve energetic and physical balance. With simple recipes, self-care practices, and time-tested herbal remedies, Everyday Chinese Medicine is the perfect companion on your path to complete wellness.

MINDI K. COUNTS, MA, LAc., is a passionate activist, holistic medical practitioner, Five-Element acupuncturist, herbalist, and founder of Inner Ocean Empowerment Project. Dedicated to serving the local and global communities through her work in Chinese Medicine and natural healing, Counts is a nationally certified acupuncturist and the owner of a holistic health clinic in Lafayette, Colorado. Through her nonprofit, Mindi has been involved in service work in Indian slum communities, rehabilitation centers for underage victims of sex-trafficking, Burmese refugee clinics, and efforts in post-earthquake Nepal.

"This book covers all the basic tenets of Chinese medicine and gives the reader practical tools to evaluate their constitution and discover how to balance mind, body, and spirit. I will keep it as a handy reference and will refer to it throughout the year as my body and the seasons change."-Elana Rosenbaum, author of Being Well (Even When You're Sick) "Everyday Chinese Medicine awakens the reader's health awareness with teachings on nutrition, herbs, lifestyle suggestions, and other alternatives that can result in safer, more enduring healing experiences."-Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods "Mindi Counts offers us a timely gift from the ancients; a gift full of practical wisdom and knowledge that is tremendously relevant and important to modern-day health and well-being. She has created a comprehensive path to finding the balance and harmony we need to take more responsibility for our health before we fall into patterns of disease."-from the foreword by Marlow Brooks, LAc, author of Singing Our Heart's Song: A Guide to the Five Elements "This nicely done book presents a clear and perfect introduction to basic principles of Chinese medicine and understanding unique constitution and physical balance. The information is aided by charts, photographs, and diagrams to explain individual constitutions, the five-element theory, and problems with deficiencies and stagnation. The book walks the reader through the seasons, cleverly addressing each one separately to note seasonal effects on the body and suggest nourishing practices and a half dozen healthy recipes for each season. The organs supported by each herb, along with its Chinese energetics and uses are described. Add simple herbal formulas, a few recipes, self-care practices, and the result is one of the best introductions to traditional Chinese medicine I have seen."-American Herb Association