Asako Yamakawa– Author –
Asako Yamakawa
Representative of YAKUZEN TOKYO Inc. Born 1982. After working on a D2C apparel business across both digital and physical marketing, poor health led her to Chinese-medicine yakuzen. Struck by how much the properties of ingredients changed how she felt, she now runs corporate courses, supervises staff canteens and offers yakuzen services that fit everyday life, under the idea of yakuzen made for how people live now.
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News
[In the press] Yasai Yakuzen was featured on Food OEM no Madoguchi
Yasai Yakuzen has been featured on Food OEM no Madoguchi, an information site for the food industry. The piece covers our work developing products that pair Japanese-grown vegetables with yakuzen ingredients, and what we can offer on OEM and private-brand development, from furikake to sou... -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the phlegm-damp constitution: heaviness, swelling and tiring easily may come from fluid that will not move
What is the phlegm-damp constitution? For anyone bothered by heaviness, swelling and tiring easily. Yakuzen wisdom and measures that settle fluid that will not move. -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the yin deficiency constitution: flushing, dryness, trouble sleeping. It may be a sign you are short on moisture
What is the yin deficiency constitution? For anyone bothered by flushing, dryness and trouble falling asleep. Yakuzen ingredients that replenish moisture, and self-care. -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the blood stasis constitution: unpick what is stuck and move more lightly through the day
What is the blood stasis constitution? For anyone bothered by feeling the cold, stiff shoulders and period pain. Yakuzen ingredients and self-care that settle the circulation of blood. -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the blood deficiency constitution: what is behind those vague off-days may be blood running short
What is the blood deficiency constitution? For anyone bothered by rough skin, feeling the cold and poor sleep. Self-care grounded in Chinese medicine, and how to bring yakuzen ingredients in. -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the qi depression constitution: let go of stress and loosen mind and body
What is the qi depression constitution? For anyone whose mood dips under stress. Yakuzen ingredients and self-care that settle the circulation of qi. -
Vegetable yakuzen
For the qi deficiency constitution: gentle energy for those who push themselves
What is the qi deficiency constitution? For anyone who tires easily and catches colds easily. Self-care grounded in Chinese medicine, and yakuzen ingredients. -
Vegetable yakuzen
What is the difference between yakuzen and kampo? Food and medicine, separated by purpose and by how they work
What is yakuzen? How it differs from kampo, the everyday yakuzen ingredients you can buy at the supermarket, and how to start with Yasai Yakuzen. -
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Is ringing in the ears down to the Kidney? Yakuzen notes from the final episode of Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate
Is ringing in the ears down to the Kidney? Notes and ingredient care from the final episode of the yakuzen drama Shiawase wa Tabete Nete Mate. -
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Adzuki rice porridge for the morning after a party: what it does in yakuzen, and the recipe
Adzuki porridge, exactly right for the morning after drinking or eating too much. What adzuki does in yakuzen terms to drain damp from the body, plus an easy recipe you can start the night before.
