Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, this book is a vital resource to help you identify your own body constitution and health condition. This knowledge will encourage you to take proactive measures toward any health problems your body is facing, even when all laboratory tests read “normal”. The most striking impact of this book is its mastery of how to choose natural food therapy especially suitable to your body constitution. Natural food therapy can change your life.
A simple description of “body constitution” is an individual’s Jing (Essence of the body), Qi (Energy of the body), and Shen (Spirit of the body). That is the “Three Treasures” manifesting as a whole.
Dr. Helen Hu began the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) when she was a middle school student. She later studied Western Medicine at Hebei Medical School. Combining the two disciplines, she advanced her knowledge of health and medical procedures. She practiced Western medicine for nine years in China while becoming Chairman of the Department of Cardiology. She immigrated to the United States in 1991, where she formally studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and graduated with a doctorate degree.
