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Yasai Yakuzen is a workplace wellness programme that grows a self-care habit among staff. The constitution check, video learning and a help desk make it easy to keep up.

Yasai Yakuzen, a workplace wellness programme for companies, is officially live. Built on everyday vegetables and yakuzen, it supports staff self-care at low cost in e-learning form.

The basics of yin-yang theory seen through yakuzen. Choose ingredients that suit your constitution and the season, and keep your health in balance.

Five-phase theory and the five zang organs, explained from a Chinese medicine angle. Use yakuzen to pick ingredients for your constitution and the season, and keep body and mind in balance.

Qi, blood and fluids explained simply, as the basic concepts of yakuzen. Includes what lies behind common symptoms, plus ingredients and habits that help.

No special ingredients needed. Our 2025 update covers yakuzen recipes using what you can buy at any supermarket, plus effective ways to bring yakuzen in that beginners can keep up.

Yakuzen suits men today, who feel stress and off-days easily. We explain how to keep it up however busy you are, and the three ways it works on body and mind.

From taking leave through overwork, to meeting yakuzen, to starting a business. A first-hand account of the real road from no experience to a yakuzen business.

For anyone who wants to use what they know about yakuzen on the side. We walk through the steps from no experience to earning, covering qualifications, getting your name out, running classes and working online.

Want to keep yakuzen going but it looks hard? Nine tips for making it a habit. Vegetable-based yakuzen, using everyday and seasonal produce, is easy for anyone to start and enjoy.