Nutrition and its Importance in the Field of Oriental Medicine

Education at the Midwest College includes a unique focus on traditional Chinese Nutrition Therapy. There are two aspects to a Chinese Medicine nutritional consultation; the first concerns healthy eating according to a patient's constitutional type, the second is recommendation of foods, and recipes for specific disorders.

The Midwest College's contemporary clinical approach to Chinese nutrition therapy includes updated "energetic" recipes based upon classic medicinal cooking with herbs. These traditional recipes have been selected to be "pleasing to the palate" so that they will be enjoyed by most patients.

It is not surprising that prospective students of Oriental Medicine are looking for a program where they can gain the skills and knowledge needed to integrate the best known branches of TCM (acupuncture, massage and herbs) with healing foods and recipes in their future professional practice. The nutrition component of the Oriental Medicine program, as well as its clinical experiences, have been designed to ensure that students see a wide variety of health problems, and that they become familiar with using food and nutraceutical supplements in TCM clinical practice. Its emphasis is on the intern applying the principles of traditional and modern nutrition learned in class to the treatment of patients in the student clinic.