How Much of Each Chinese Herb to Use in Cooking: A Practical Dosage Guide
Per-serving cooking amounts for astragalus, goji, dang gui, red dates, codonopsis and tangerine peel vs medicinal doses, plus frequency and who should use less.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Ingredients & Herbs
Chinese medicinal ingredients, herbs, and food therapy staples translated from TCM sources.
TCM Food Therapy for Quitting Smoking and Lung Recovery
TCM food therapy for quitting smoking: Yin-moistening pear, snow fungus, lily bulb, almond & loquat soups to soothe cough, clear heat and support lungs.
Jun 26, 2026·
How to Read a Chinese Herbal Soup Label: Pinyin, Plant Parts, and Quality Clues
Decode Chinese herbal soup labels: match pinyin to plant, read the part and grade, and spot sulfur, mold, and aristolochic-acid safety warnings.
Jun 26, 2026·
Read Your Tongue, Choose Your Food: A TCM Tongue-Diagnosis Diet Guide
Learn to read your tongue's color, coating, and shape in TCM, then match each pattern to warming, cooling, or damp-clearing foods to eat or avoid.
Jun 26, 2026·
Chinese Food Therapy for Fatty Liver (NAFLD): A Damp-Heat Diet Framework
How TCM frames fatty liver (NAFLD) as Liver Qi stagnation and Spleen damp-heat, plus the damp-clearing foods, soups, and teas the tradition uses.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Herbs and Medication Safety: Goji, Astragalus, Dang Gui and Your Prescriptions
Which Chinese food-therapy herbs interact with warfarin, blood pressure, diabetes and immunosuppressant drugs, and how to use goji and astragalus safely.
Jun 26, 2026·
How to Soak, Clean, and Prepare Dried Chinese Herbs Before Cooking
Step-by-step prep for dried Chinese herbs: what to wash, how long to soak roots vs flowers vs seeds, cutting sulfur and dust, and when to add each herb.
Jun 26, 2026·
How to Cook Chinese Herbal Soup: Simmer Times and How Often to Drink
How long to simmer Chinese herbal soup (2-3 hrs) and how often to drink it, with double-boil times, water ratios, and food-safety temps.
Jun 26, 2026·
Can You Drink Goji and Astragalus Tea Every Day? TCM Daily-Use Safety
Is drinking goji-astragalus tonic tea daily safe? TCM over-tonification heat signs, who should avoid it, warfarin interactions, and dosing limits explained.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Food Therapy for Thyroid Health: Hypothyroidism and Kidney Yang
Which foods Chinese medicine recommends for an underactive thyroid (Kidney Yang), and when to limit seaweed and iodine. Evidence-checked TCM food therapy guide.
Jun 26, 2026·
When NOT to Eat Tonic Soups in Chinese Medicine (Colds, Fever, Flu)
Why TCM says stop ginseng and warming tonics when you have a cold, fever, or flu, plus what to eat instead. A traditional food-therapy guide.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Herb-Drug and Herb-Herb Interactions: What Not to Combine
Which Chinese tonic herbs clash with warfarin, blood pressure drugs, and each other, and how to take them safely. Verified, plain-English TCM safety guide.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Food Therapy for Gout: Diet and Herbs to Lower Uric Acid
TCM food therapy for gout: damp-heat diet, cherries, coffee, and herbs like Tu Fu Ling and Job's tears to help lower uric acid. Evidence-checked guide.
Jun 26, 2026·
TCM Food Therapy for High Blood Pressure: Cooling Foods and Recipes
TCM food therapy for high blood pressure: cooling foods, herbal soups for Liver Yang rising, and what science says about celery, hibiscus, and garlic.
Jun 26, 2026·
Foods That Nourish Jing (Essence): Walnut, Black Sesame, and Black Beans
How walnuts, black sesame, and black beans nourish Kidney jing (essence) in TCM for hair, longevity, and vitality, plus how to eat them daily.
Jun 26, 2026·
Mung Bean Soup (Lu Dou Tang): The Classic Summer-Heat Clearing Recipe
How to make traditional mung bean soup (lu dou tang) to clear summer heat, what's in it, and who should avoid this cooling TCM recipe.
Jun 26, 2026·
Si Wu Tang (Four-Substance Decoction): The Classic Blood-Nourishing Soup
How to make Si Wu Tang, the classic TCM four-herb blood tonic: decoction and soup recipes, traditional uses, what the research shows, and safety.
Jun 26, 2026·
10 Autumn Foods to Moisten the Lungs (TCM Guide)
Fall TCM foods for lung dryness: pears, white fungus, lily bulb, honey, almonds. 10 lung-moistening picks with recipes for coughs, dry throat, and skin.
May 23, 2026·10 min
10 Chinese Winter Soups: Warming Recipes With TCM Herbs
Chinese winter soups: 10 warming recipes with dang gui, goji, astragalus, and oxtail. Prep times, herb pairings, and which body type each soup suits best.
May 23, 2026·11 min
10 TCM Breakfast Foods to Eat Warm (Spleen 7-9am)
TCM breakfast guide: 10 warm morning foods that nourish spleen qi during the 7-9am digestive window. Congee, millet, ginger oats, why cold backfires.
May 23, 2026·10 min