Food as Medicine: How to Eat According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitutions and Seasonal Foods - Chiropractic Continuing Education, 6 Hours

Approved for 6 Hours

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≥93% of participants will develop a working understanding of TCM nutritional principles and the ability to apply constitutional and seasonal dietary guidance in clinical practice.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Identify the five TCM constitutional types and apply appropriate dietary recommendations to address each constitution's characteristic imbalances and health needs.
• Explain the energetic properties of food in TCM, including thermal nature, the Five Flavors, and organ affinity, and use these properties to guide individualized dietary guidance.
• Recommend seasonal dietary adjustments for spring, summer, late summer, autumn, and winter that support the body's natural rhythms and elemental balance.
• Adapt TCM dietary principles into practical meal planning, recipe guidance, and food preparation strategies that patients can apply in daily life.

Who Should Enroll?

• Chiropractors Practicing Acupuncture: Practitioners looking to expand patient care by incorporating TCM-based dietary recommendations and constitutional food guidance into their existing practice.
  
• Integrative Healthcare Practitioners: Providers focused on lifestyle and preventive care who want to offer patients practical, food-based therapeutic tools grounded in TCM constitutional theory and seasonal eating.

Course Codes (if applicable): 

• Approved for: AK, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL (Pending), GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WY
• PACE/CE Broker: 1379392