My new eating habits inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine have minimized my acne: This book may also be helpful for other skin disorders

By Eugenia Polites

In my handbook "My new eating habits inspired by TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) have minimized my acne" I would like to show you what I have learnt from my TCM doctor and how you may profit from that, too.
The TCM uses its own language, moreover it is very comprehensive. But in this book I have summarized everything that was relevant for me to cure my acne. In addition to that I have packed over 70 of my favorite recipes in this book, which really are a blessing for my skin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: tredition
• Release date: Jun 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9783748206095

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My handbook

By writing this book I took up a challenge because I am not a professional writer and moreover my mother tongue is not English but German. Thanks to a friend of mine, her native language is English it was possible to transform awkward sentences to easy understandable phrases. I have chosen English to write my book, because I wanted to reach as large a target group as possible.

Finally, I have been successful in creating a compact and very helpful handbook which includes many recipes that are essential for achieving healthy skin.

At the beginning you might be overwhelmed by the large amount of information and advice which I give but nobody, especially you should expect that you change your diet and lifestyle over night. Do it bit by bit, at your own pace.

During pregnancy, breastfeeding or if you are suffering from an illness ask your doctor if the diet of my book is suitable for you.

The eastern medicine

TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the oldest healing systems on the planet but it is still effectively applied to prevent illness and to combat various diseases.

My Chinese Medicine doctor taught me that every illness or symptom comes from an incorrect way of living. By eating constantly the wrong food, not listening to your body, sitting all day in front of your PC and living in a polluted environment we are getting out of balance.

Acupuncture, qi gong, living in harmony with nature and your body, tuina massage and nutrition are therapeutic methods of the Chinese medicine which brings the energy back to flow.

Food used as medicine as it is seen in TCM, is a very powerful way to treat various disorders.

The key is to eat continuously wholesome and nourishing food that the body can benefit from.

TCM nutrition is not a trend or an extreme diet, it is a lifelong therapy to regain and maintain your health.

My long journey to achieve clear skin packed into a short text

From the age of 14 I have been trying to combat my acne. I had really tried a lot of therapies: peelings, masks, diet, homeopathic globules, acne treatments (suggested by my dermatologists), etc. The best solution at the time was the birth control pill which I had been taking for over ten years. Then I had to stop because I wanted to start a family. After my second pregnancy my acne started again. I had been at a loss, what should I do from now on? The last thing I wanted to do was to retake the birth control pills. This time I wanted to find a safe treatment. So I decided to visit a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) doctor.

The doctor diagnosed that I have damp heat in my body and a spleen qi deficiency, which means my digestive system is working poorly. Heat can be paralleled with inflammation. What is damp? Dampness can be paralleled with waste. It is the result of a weak and overwhelmed digestive system which is not able anymore to send the waste out of the body. The damp heat finds its way out of the skin. In my case acne. Other cases can be shingles, neurodermatitis or eczema.

The consequences were that I had to cool my body and to dry the damp. Of course, I did not want to exaggerate this because it would also be harmful for my health. Essentially, I had to support and rebuild my digestive system. As the TCM say with a strong gut illness has almost no chance.

With the following advice my skin took over 6 months to recover. Who knows, if I had undergone the complete therapy (acupuncture and Chinese herbs) as my doctor had advised my acne would have disappeared sooner. This may be true, however I was living in a small village where I couldn’t get in contact regularly with a TCM doctor and it would have cost a lot of money. Another reason why my skin took such a long time to recover was that I had to find out which food was good for my body. Needless to say, my doctor had given me a diet plan and some very informative leaflets but as every person is different not all the proposed food was suitable for me. Step by step I have learnt how my skin reacts to certain nutrition. It has been a long journey, however I know this is right for me because as long as I am paying attention to my eating habits I will have clear skin. This way was not only long it was also very hard because during this time I had to avoid many foods and almost nothing changed with my face. In addition to that I saw many people without any skin problems and they were eating whatever they liked. I felt this was not fair and I was very close to giving up. What helped me to keep going with my diet was to remind myself that there also exists many people