Colorful, attractive, easy to use, and based on the traditions of Chinese medicine, this chart classifies grains, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds, fish, fruit, etc. according to action, entering channel, temperature, flavor. Notes on chi, blood, yin and yang, tonifying and regulating foods, help to make this useful as well as decorative. Note: See the accompanying book, Helping Ourselves: A Guide to Traditional Chinese Food Energetics.