Functional foods - unique concepts of TCM

•One of the unique concepts of TCM is that food and medicine come from the same source.

•Functional foods are a milder course of treatment and can be used either to treat disease, or to help healthy people to prevent disease.

Here's some recipes you can try:

• Lotus seed tea: lotus seeds (30g) are first soaked in warm water for 5 hours then boiled with water and brown sugar (10g) until the seeds become soft. Tea is added just prior to serving. This dessert invigorates the spleen and kidneys, which is recommended for individuals with edema.