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Tonics: More Than 100 Recipes That Improve the Body and the Mind |
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Robert Barnett provides many definitions of tonic in this book, which is remarkably suitable to both New Age initiates and skeptical mainstream readers. The broadest definition describes tonic as something that improves your well-being by restoring balance to the body. Barnett, a journalist by trade, clearly researched his subject with care, investigating the many forms a tonic can take. He explains why breathing and walking qualify as much as Chinese herbs, such as atractylodes, or Japanese reishi mushrooms. Barnett also offers many ways of using herbs and other tonics, including inhaling the aroma of essential oils, taking hot baths, or using fragranced massage oil. His main emphasis, though, is on tonics that can be consumed. The more than 100 recipes run the gamut, from an almost mundane banana smoothie to a seemingly odd Chinese congee, or porridge. The smoothie is a tonic by virtue of including psyllium, a seed that is a laxative and also reduces blood cholesterol levels. Chinese Yam and Jujube Congee has dioscoria, which contains a form of natural progesterone that is absorbed through the skin when applied topically, but that acts as a blood-cholesterol reducer and an anti-inflammatory when consumed. Other recipes demonstrate how familiar foods such as grapefruit and olive oil have tonic effects.
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