yakuzen– tag –

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.

What is the yin deficiency constitution? For anyone bothered by flushing, dryness and trouble falling asleep. Yakuzen ingredients that replenish moisture, and self-care.

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.

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.

What is the qi depression constitution? For anyone whose mood dips under stress. Yakuzen ingredients and self-care that settle the circulation of qi.

What is the qi deficiency constitution? For anyone who tires easily and catches colds easily. Self-care grounded in Chinese medicine, and yakuzen ingredients.

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.

Yakuzen looks at ingredients not simply as nutrients but at their qualities and at what they do, with a view to keeping the body in balance. That approach lets you understand how an ingredient acts on the body and choose what you eat to better effect.

Yakuzen aims to keep the body in balance by drawing the most from what ingredients do. You can choose the right ingredient for whatever is off: recovering from tiredness, easing the cold, building resilience. Ingredients that answer how the body changes through the seasons matter in yakuzen too.

Understanding the basics of yakuzen starts with learning where food sits in Chinese medicine and the theory behind it. Yakuzen rests on the idea that food is medicine, and aims to maintain and improve health by choosing ingredients and crude drugs to suit constitution and season.