The Chinese Yin – Yang Theory
The philosophy is that health the balance of complimentary opposites:
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fire and water
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mind and body
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self and nature

Pumpkin and Chinese Chicken soup
Master Zhao and May Sun showed me how to make Chinese chicken soup
Ingredients for Chinese Chicken Soup:
- one whole organic chicken
- one packet of dried winter Chinese herb mix
- 8 cloves of fresh garlic
- filtered water to cover
Method
- Place Chinese herbs and chicken in big pot. Bring to the boil.
- Simmer on very low heat for 2 hours until the chicken falls off the bone.
- Remove all the bones
- Crush the garlic into the soup and stir
- Add salt and pepper to taste
Ingredients for Pumpkin Soup:
- one organic butternut pumpkin
- One or two sweet potatoes
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp each cumin,
- 2 tsps. coconut oil
Method:
- wash scrub and dice vegetables
- gently heat up oil and lightly toss the cubed vegetables with the spices.
- cover with water and simmer till soft
- set aside enough cubes of pumpkin to garnish
- blend till smooth and thick
To Serve :
- with tinfoil make an ” S” shape.
- plate the soup by dividing the plate with the “S “shape forming the Yin -Yang.
- scoop two ladles on of each soup one on either side of the “S”
- garnish the pumpkin soup with a piece of chicken and the chicken soup with a pumpkin cube set aside.
This Yin – Yang soup can also be made with spinach soup instead of pumpkin soup.
Other Yin – Yang polarities include:
- conscious and unconscious
- positive and negative
- hot and cold
The two major sources of Qi are:
air and food
Two ingredients in Qigong training :
respiratory techniques and diet