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食疗
Shí Liáo
Literal: Food Therapy
Food & HealthMeaning
Using food as medicine. In TCM, every food has a nature (hot, warm, neutral, cool, cold) and flavor that affects specific organs. Proper food therapy matches what you eat to your body constitution and the current season.
Usage Example
“Ginger tea is shi liao for cold-type stomach pain.”