{"id":3580,"date":"2011-07-15T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2011-11-19T23:57:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T04:57:21","slug":"tcm-food-therapy-anxiety-panic-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"TCM Food Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Food Therapies for Anxiety and Panic Disorder<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Helen H. Hu, L.Ac. OMD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fruits-vegetables-with-quercetin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3757\" title=\"Fruits-vegetables-with-quercetin\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fruits-vegetables-with-quercetin-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fruits-vegetables-with-quercetin-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Fruits-vegetables-with-quercetin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Anxiety and Panic disorders belong to the same categories as depression, insomnia and heart palpitations.\u00a0 There are three organ patterns involved.\u00a0\u00a0 Depending on which sign and symptoms are predominant clinically.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1) Liver energy stagnation<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">:<\/span> This pattern exhibits more anxiety and nervousness at night, with a feeling of\u00a0 fullness in the chest and hypochondriac feelings, difficulty falling\u00a0 asleep, no appetite, irregular bowel movements and symptoms of mild depression:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Food therapies: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>a)\u00a0 Tangerine peel rice congee <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photograzing.seriouseats.com\/assets_c\/2011\/03\/tangerine-chinese-rice-porridge-thumb-245x245-146031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"154\" \/>Spring rice: 100g<\/li>\n<li>Tangerine peel (dried) 5 g (pre soak for 30 min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Boil tangerine peel in water first for 15-20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Then only take the herbal juice to cook rice to make rice porridge. Add a little salt and few drops of sesame seed oil before serving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Intake<\/em>:<\/strong> Serve 2-3 time per day, consistent for 5 days with or without meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong> b)\u00a0\u00a0 Celery and Jujube (Sour) Seed congee <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.china-competitive-products.com\/UserFiles\/Image\/Product\/225879117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" \/>Fresh celery: 90g (wash and cut into \u00bd inch long)<\/li>\n<li>Jujube seeds (sour); 8 g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Put the two ingredients in water and bring to boil and drink the juice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Intake<\/em>:<\/strong> This is considered as one dosage that should be divided in two parts. Take the first part of the dosage after lunch, and take the second part of the dosage before going to sleep at night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c) <\/strong> <strong>CTG Tea <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buzzle.com\/img\/articleImages\/358896-9420-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"154\" \/>Chrysanthemum Flower: 10g<\/li>\n<li>Tangerine peel : 10g<\/li>\n<li>Gou Teng (Gambir Vine): 10g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instructions:<\/em><\/strong> Put all herbs in a ceramic\/glass pot with a little bit of rock sugar, use boiling water to make tea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Drink as desired.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong>2.) <\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kidney and heart disharmony pattern<\/span><\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>This pattern, the patient tends to have heart palpitations, easily fearful feelings, insomnia and with more vivid dreams, they are often cloudy minded, easily to forget things, experience soreness and weakens in both knees and lower back. Some might have hot flashes and night sweats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Food therapies:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>a) <\/strong><strong>Bo Zi Ren congee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foodsnherbs.com\/biota_orientalis.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>Spring rice: 50-100 g<\/li>\n<li>Bo zi ren:( Biota Seed) 10-15 g<\/li>\n<li>Honey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> P ut spring rice and biota seed together in water to make porridge.\u00a0 Add honey\u00a0\u00a0 before serving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Intake:<\/strong> 1-2 times a day with breakfast or along with another meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Best for insomnia, heart palpitations, forget fullness, anxiety and chronic constipation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b)\u00a0 Go Ji berry congee<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/appetiteforchina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/all\/files\/images\/chicken-goji-congee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"161\" \/>Spring rice: 100g<\/li>\n<li>Go ji berry 60g<\/li>\n<li>Dried lychee fruit: 15g<\/li>\n<li>Red Chinese Dates 3pcs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instructions:<\/em><\/strong> Put rice with water in ceramic pot and bring to boil for 20 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients, continue cooking at medium temperature till soup is done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Intake:<\/strong> once a day, as breakfast or with meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black bean and wheat tea<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/t1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSEWBbzGZ0lG3HRXeJH0_3lEJ88q8CaMcCEDsyeOCyKLHbIzteu&amp;t=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"142\" \/>Organic (NGM) Whole wheat: 45g\u00a0 (NGM: no genetic modified)<\/li>\n<li>Black bean (NGM):30g<\/li>\n<li>Ye jiao teng (Polygonum Vine): 10g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Put all ingredients together with water in ceramic or glass pot, bring to boil,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Then continue cook at medium heat for 30-45 minutes. Extract the juice only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Intake<\/em>:<\/strong> Drink it as a tea. This is enough for two dosages.\u00a0\u00a0 Divide it into two portions, one portion after lunch, another during the evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Best for heart palpitations, anxious and those who suffer from insomnia. (\u00a0\u00a0 Kidney and heart disharmony pattern)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heart and Spleen deficiency patterns:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With this pattern there are signs of anxiety, these patients tend to worry a lot, experience mental problems, restlessness with heart palpitations, insomnia, easily to forget things, abdominal bloating, a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pale complexion, fatigue, some women with scanty menstrual cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>a) \u00a0 \u00a0Ginger Date soup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/gingerandscotch.com\/wp_sd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ginger_whiskey_soup1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"157\" \/>Red Chinese date; 15 pieces<\/li>\n<li>Dried Longan Fruit: 10g<\/li>\n<li>Fresh ginger (without peel):\u00a0 5 slice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction<\/em><\/strong>: Put all 3 ingredients together with 32 oz of filtered water to boil till 16 oz are left then extract the tea only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Intake<\/em>:<\/strong> This is one dosage of tea for one day divide into two portions, drink it twice a day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b) \u00a0 Poor man ginseng chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sixthseal.com\/archive\/March2006\/wei_seng_ginseng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"147\" \/>One organic female chicken<\/li>\n<li>Dang shen (Codonopsis Root); 15 g ( it also call poor man ginseng<\/li>\n<li>Dang Gui (Angelica Root): 15g<\/li>\n<li>Ginger, green onion, cooking wine and salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Put herbs inside of the chicken stomach, cook in a ceramic pot, with ginger, green onion, cooking wine and salt together with water. Bring to a boil then continue cooking at lower heat till all meat become very tender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Intake<\/em>:<\/strong> Drink the soup and eat the chicken. Once a day along with meal<\/p>\n<p><strong>c) \u00a0 Carrot chicken<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outdoorsmenadventures.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CarrotChickenStirFry1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"125\" \/>Chicken meat: 100g cut into small pieces mixed with starch and spices<\/li>\n<li>Carrot: 150g; cut into small pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Using Grape seed oil, stir fry chicken in pan, after the chicken meat is done remove from pan and repeat same step with the carrots.\u00a0 Then add water to steam carrots until they are soft.\u00a0 Add the chicken back and add desired spices, few drops of sesame oil and mix well and serve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Intake<\/strong><\/em>: Along with meal<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-gc-B1eVNZfc\/TSd7GVz-W3I\/AAAAAAAAAlI\/7IYtjcGO7bA\/s576\/2008191562181_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Cooking instruction:<\/em><\/strong> Boil both the red date and Longan Fruit together with water at medium heat till soft. Then add ginger juice and honey together and bring it to boil again and lower temperature. As soon as it boils again, it is done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Seal it in a jar in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Intake:<\/strong> Take one tea spoon and dissolve in warm water.\u00a0 Drink as tea, before meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Helen H. Hu\u00a0 All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<address><em><a href=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Helen-Hu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3189\" title=\"Helen Hu\" src=\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Helen-Hu-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>[<strong>Dr. Helen Hu<\/strong>, originally from Beijing China, has studied Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) since the age of 12. A Cardiologist and practitioner of integrated medicine for\u00a0nine years before immigrating to the United States, Dr. Hu passed the &#8220;U.S. Licensing Medical Exam&#8221; (USLME) in 1997 while simultaneously obtaining her Oriental Medical Degree (OMD)\u00a0in the US.\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Hu currently directs and manages a successful TCM practice in San Diego. She lectures locally on Acupuncture and the benefits of combining Eastern \/ Western styles of Medicine.\u00a0 Dr. Hu has been practicing Tai Ji and Qi Gong over 25 years, and she teaches these ancient Chinese arts Saturday mornings on Shelter Island in San Diego as a gift to the community and to help promote well being and longevity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodywithoutmystique.com\/\">www.bodywithoutmystique.com<\/a> or\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omdweb.net\/\">www.OMDweb.net<\/a> ]<\/em><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><div style=\"padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;\">Do you like this? 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