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Food

In my clinical experience food and nutrition aspect are important. Much discussion talks about the danger of consuming gluten and casein product as well as high glycemic index product. To me all this finding align with Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. The aim of Chinese medicine is to maintain health through balance on Yin and Yang aspect. Yin and Yang is an ancient philosophy of how Chinese people in that era saw life in relation to universe.  In this world many things could be divided into two aspects which are opposite each other but also supporting each other and it call Yin and Yang.  For example: Yin has the quality of female, solid, cold, below, earth etc. Yang has the quality of male, ether, hot, above, sky etc. In human body also consist of these two qualities. Some organs have the nature of Yin and the other is Yang. And illness appears when there is imbalance happen between Yin and Yang. Could be one overpowering the other or the other one is weakness tha