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Program:

Class 1 - Review the basic theories of TCM food therapy. 

Class 2 - TCM food therapy applications for specific body constitutions. 

Class 3 - Cooking with TCM herbs and dried ingredients (includes hands-on demo).

Class 4 - Case study and recipes. 

 

General goals:

Understand the basics of TCM food therapy and its applications to treat disease patterns and

promote general wellness. 

 

You will learn:

• The history and common form of TCM food therapy

• Four pillars of TCM food therapy

• Energetics of common foods

• Classic recipes

• Food therapy regimen for the 8 body constitutions

• Basic cooking methods of TCM herbs and foods

• Recipes for specific conditions

• The application of TCM food therapy to patients across different cultures 

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About the Instructor:

Zoey Gong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine chef and nutritionist.

Born in Shanghai, China, she now lives in New York City, where she hosts pop-up medicinal dinners and collaborates with various brands to teach the wisdom of medicinal cooking. She has a B.S. in nutrition and a B.S. in public health from New York University. She is also the founder of Five Seasons TCM, a boutique wellness brand that shares and modernizes the knowledge of TraditionalChinese Medicine (TCM) food therapy through educational content, functional products and its avant-garde aesthetic.