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食疗养生 · TCM food therapy
What to eat for your body, today, in this season.
Real screens · YinYang Food · Foods, Today and a food card
A calm, private pocket reference to traditional Chinese food therapy. YinYang Food reads 1,188 foods and herbs the classical way, by thermal nature, flavour, element and organ meridian, and turns that into four daily picks for your body type and the season.
Swipe between them in this order. A 20-question constitution quiz and an About page with a short glossary open on top.
Four foods for the season and your type, each with the reason it was picked. A line of daily wisdom, a medicinal combo and a Yin-Yang balance bar.
1,188 foods in 15 categories. Filter by thermal nature, element or what's in season, and search in English, Chinese or pinyin.
Save any food from its card with the heart. Share one food, or your whole list, with a practitioner or a friend.
84 conditions in four groups, each with its TCM perspective and the foods traditionally used for it.
The Wu Xing diagram. Tap an element for its organs, season, flavour, colour and emotion, and the cycles around it.
Five TCM seasons, each with foods to eat and to avoid, a classic dish and tips for the time of year.
Every figure below comes from the app itself. The pictures are crops of real app screens; only the wheel at the top of this page is an illustration.
Today opens with the TCM season, a line of daily wisdom and four foods picked for the season and, once you've taken the quiz, for your body type. Each pick says why it was chosen, and a food your type should limit is never picked. The balance bar shows where your type sits between cold and hot.
Each card gives a food's thermal nature, flavour, element and the organ meridians it is said to enter, what it is traditionally used for and its cautions, with the Chinese name and pinyin. Search in any of the three; pinyin works without tone marks. Save or share a food straight from its card.
The quiz asks about things you can notice, like how cold your feet are in bed or how you feel on a humid day, instead of TCM jargon. It places you in one of nine TCM constitution types and lists the foods to favour and to limit. It is a wellness self-check, not a diagnosis.
84 conditions, from bloating to a dry cough or cold hands and feet, each with its TCM perspective and the foods traditionally used for it. Search in English, Chinese or pinyin. Serious conditions, such as pneumonia, tell you to see a healthcare provider first.
Tap an element on the Wu Xing diagram to see its organs, season, flavour, colour, emotion, sense organ and climate, and the elements it feeds and restrains. The Seasons tab follows the Chinese solar calendar, with Late Summer as a fifth season, and gives each one foods to eat and to avoid, a classic dish and tips.
Twenty everyday questions about warmth, sleep, digestion and mood place you in one of nine body types. Skip it and the app follows the season alone.
Four foods for the season and your type, each with the reason it was picked, plus a line of daily wisdom and a medicinal combo.
Search any food or symptom in English, Chinese or pinyin. Save foods with the heart and share your list.
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YinYang Food has no account, no ads and no analytics. What you save stays on your device, and the app works without a connection.
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The price will be announced at launch. There's no subscription, no ads and no in-app purchases.
No. It's an educational reference to traditional Chinese food therapy, drawn from classical texts. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and the constitution quiz is a wellness self-check, not a diagnosis. Talk to a qualified healthcare provider before changing your diet, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, take medication, have allergies or are managing a health condition.
No. Without a result, Today picks foods for the season. With one, the picks also suit your body type, and food cards are marked “✦ Your type” or “Limit for your type”. You can retake the quiz or clear your result at any time.
Yes. All 1,188 foods, the symptoms, the seasons and the quotes are stored in the app. The only thing that goes over the internet is the optional newsletter sign-up.
The app keeps your favourites and your latest quiz result on your phone and never sends them to us. There's no account, no analytics and no ads. If you join the newsletter, your email address is sent to LD Coda's sign-up service. See the privacy policy.
Yes. Search foods and symptoms in English, Chinese characters or pinyin. Tone marks are optional, so “xigua” finds watermelon (西瓜) and “fuzhang” finds bloating (腹胀).
Yes. Share any food from its card, or your whole favourites list, through your phone's share sheet. Where sharing isn't available, the app copies the text instead.
The food classifications follow traditional Chinese food therapy as set out in the classical texts, and each of the app's 167 quotes names its source, most often the Huangdi Neijing (黄帝内经).
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Not medical advice. YinYang Food is an educational and wellness reference to traditional Chinese food therapy, drawn from classical texts. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Talk to a qualified healthcare provider before changing your diet. Terms of use