Food and wellbeing from the traditional Chinese medicine perspective

People from all over the world enjoy Chinese food, but Chinese medicinal cuisine is special.

This ancient healing art is based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine theory, arguing that each type of food has its own properties such as taste, temperature, and different channels where the food goes - aiming to balance the human nature and the energy in human body so as to promote wellbeing.

Dr. XING Mei （邢枚）, Professor in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), will introduce to you a brief history of Chinese medicinal cuisine and general principles of Chinese diet and herbs, as well as its relation to general health and wellbeing. The combination of Chinese culture and Chinese medicine with acupuncture meridian theory will be presented throughout the seminar.

Several herbs that are commonly used for general health benefits which include stress relief and immune boosting food will be discussed during the session.

To sign up to attend, please register on Eventbrite. 

Update 20/02/23: Click here to see Dr Mei's slides from the event. 

About the speaker:

Dr XING Mei currently is the Principal of Manchester Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), President of Association of TCM UK, Visiting Professor of Guiyang TCM University, and TCM doctor at Acuhealth Centre in South Manchester.

Dr Xing has been teaching and practising TCM for over 38 years since she qualified as a TCM doctor in 1985 from Guiyang TCM College in China. She worked in the first affiliated hospital of Guiyang TCM university as a physician and was promoted as an associated professor before she moved to the UK in 2000. She was appointed as Senior Lecturer at University of Salford where she led the programme of TCM acupuncture until 2014. She also taught acupuncture at Manchester Metropolitan University until 2017. She founded Manchester Academy of TCM in 2016 and continues to train people to become TCM practitioners. Dr Xing is a Council Member of World Acupuncture Federation and a member of BAcC.