Category Archives: Touko Tanaka

It’s the season of fresh plums on the shelves of grocery stores. Some will brew homemade plum liqueur. Apples are good for homemade liqueur as well. The process is the same as for plum liqueur. Place the chopped apple in a sterilized glass jar, add some rock sugar and fill with white liquor (shochu). Store in a cool, dark place for a while to get the fruit flavor to be extracted. The higher the ratio of apple volume, the richer the medicinal effects will be. Adding to the efficacy of regulating the tummy, it could help those who are concerned with muscle fatigue, rough skin, dry skin, skin blemishes or… Read More »

In the last article, I introduced you the story of apples viewed from a medicinal cuisine.I’d like to analyze Apple Pies, the top of apple sweets, from the point of medicinal cuisine this time. The authentic ingredients of the apple pie are a crust made of flour, butter and salt, apples, sugar and cinnamon. Here is a brief introduction of the function of each ingredient viewing from the medicinal cuisine. Flour – Food habitat: CoolIt is the ingredient that is said to help tranquilize the mind. It’s not for people sensitive to cold, but for those who easily get angry. Butter – Food habitat: NeutralIt is believed to moisturize the… Read More »

The word “medicinal cuisine” will make many people imagine a medicinal pot dish with Chinese crude drugs or a medicinal curry with a lot of spices. That’s not far off the mark. However, the medicinal cuisine essentially means a meal which is prepared to fit a person’s physical condition. It was developed from the Chinese medicine, based on the theory of Chinese traditional philosophy. Any meal fixed to fit the individual’s health would be called the medicinal cuisine even without using any crude drugs or spices. As for an example, most of us would share a childhood experience of being fed some grated apples when we caught a cold in… Read More »