Taoist Secrets Of Eating For Balance

We are each born with a unique combination of heavenly and earthly energies defined by the Five Elements and dictated by the Universe at the moment you take your first breath. This “birth chi” can be calculated using the year, month, day and time of your birth and it reveals your personal profile of health and emotional strengths and weaknesses as well as the energy cycles you will encounter throughout your life. In this Inner Alchemy Astrology nutrition guide, Master Mantak Chia and Christine Harkness-Giles explore how to strengthen your birth chi through your eating habits, revealing which foods will address imbalances in your Five Element organ energy profile. The authors explain which organs are connected with each Element - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water - and provide detailed food lists based on ancient Taoist wisdom that reveal the Yin, Yang, hot, cold and Five Element aspects of many common foods and superfoods. They emphasise the importance of local, seasonal and fresh