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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYakuzen is the wisdom of settling what you eat to suit your constitution, how you feel and the season, drawing on the qualities and effects of ingredients, on the basis of Chinese medicine theory. What makes vegetable yakuzen appealing is that you can practise it with everyday vegetables and ingredients from the supermarket, without anything special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My own body was signalling for help and I ignored it, until overwork led a doctor to order me to stop and I took leave. It was then that I met yakuzen, this way of eating that settles the body by drawing on what ingredients do, matched to the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article I want to share ways that busy working people can bring it in, with practical methods that fit a busy day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*This article contains Amazon Associates affiliate links.<\/strong> The products featured were chosen by our editors, not at the request of or in return for payment from any advertiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yakuzen is not simply food; you might call it kampo you eat, matched to your constitution and your state. Let us look at five points that work particularly well for keeping busy working people well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stress is unavoidable for anyone working today. Chinese medicine calls it qi depression. When the circulation of qi stalls, irritability, anxiety and low mood appear. Yakuzen eases stress by bringing in ingredients that get qi circulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Strongly aromatic vegetables such as shiso, mint and coriander, and citrus such as orange and lemon, encourage the circulation of qi. Bringing them into everyday meals supports building a constitution that holds up to stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A man with busy days has no time to be laid up with a cold. Yakuzen puts weight on ingredients that strengthen the upright qi, the body's defences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you not like to keep your vigour and youth as the years pass? Yakuzen holds that replenishing the Kidney's energy is central to that. Black soybeans, black sesame, goji berries and jujube are held to support the Kidney too. Bringing them in day to day supports a body that holds up against the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People often say that yakuzen sounds ideal but they are too busy for it. It is fine. Here are easy ways to bring it into daily life without strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The morning is when the body's qi is at its most active. Eating properly then makes your energy metabolism better through the day. Even on a busy morning, you can simply scatter goji berries or pumpkin seeds over your usual toast. Warming up yakuzen porridge made the day before also works well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yakuzen porridge is basically rice cooked with black soybeans, adzuki beans or jujube. Make a batch at the weekend and it is easy to bring into weekday breakfasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bringing a yakuzen drink into the gaps in desk work works well too. Ginger black tea, for instance, warms the body and helps circulation. Add a little fresh ginger to a shop-bought tea bag and you have a yakuzen drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tea with goji berries or jujube in it also works well for tired eyes and for recovering from tiredness. These dried fruits keep for a long time, so they are handy to keep in your desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are keeping things at your desk, these three are the combination that takes the least effort to keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using weekend time to make yakuzen dishes ahead works well. Black soybean and hijiki black rice, for instance, is rice cooked with black soybeans and hijiki. It helps circulation and works well for feeling the cold and for recovering from tiredness. It freezes, so it is there for a busy weekday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chicken wing soup with lotus seed and jujube also suits making ahead. The chicken replenishes qi and the lotus seed and jujube nourish, which helps with recovering from tiredness and building resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to eat a soup you made ahead at work, a container that keeps it hot, such as a Thermos vacuum-insulated soup flask, 300 ml<\/a>, lets you fill it in the morning and eat it warm at midday. Replacing even one convenience-store meal lowers the barrier to keeping it up considerably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, a word on how bringing yakuzen in lets you hold work and health together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bringing yakuzen in steadily improves your constitution and lifts how you perform at work. Someone of the qi deficiency constitution who makes a point of eating qi-replenishing ingredients becomes a person who tires less easily. Concentration holds, and long stretches of desk work leave you less worn out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone of the phlegm-damp constitution who brings in ingredients that help the metabolism of water finds heaviness and swelling ease and the body lighten. Waking clear-headed in the morning does a great deal for the quality of a working day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese medicine holds that caring for yourself in line with the turn of the seasons matters. Bringing in yakuzen suited to each season keeps you well through the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, here is what it takes for a working person to keep yakuzen going without strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start by knowing your constitution. Use Chinese medicine's four examinations, looking, listening and smelling, asking and touching, as a guide for working out your type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, build a yakuzen plan that fits your own rhythm. Choose an approach to suit how you live: breakfast-led, lunchbox-led, or dinner made ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And start within what you can keep up. Rather than turning every meal into yakuzen at once, start with one meal a day, or one dish a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why not bring the wisdom of yakuzen into your own life and have days full in both work and health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to know more about yakuzen, do have a look at the Yasai Yakuzen<\/a> site. It is full of useful things, from detailed advice by constitution to seasonal recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This site takes part in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn referral fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.jp.<\/p>\n\n\n That nagging complaint may be a sign of your constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\nThree things yakuzen can do for busy working people<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n1. Easing stress and settling the mind<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. Building resilience and heading off lifestyle disease<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. Guarding against ageing and keeping your vigour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yakuzen in practice for busy men<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Easy yakuzen at breakfast<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yakuzen drinks you can make at the office<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yakuzen made ahead at the weekend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Better performance at work through a better constitution<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yakuzen through the seasons, for health all year<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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How working people can put yakuzen to work<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Your yakuzen constitution, in three minutes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n