# Chinese Nutritional Strategies > Chinese medicine nutritional database for practitioners to recommend foods. (iPhone/iPad app by Toby Daly.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-nutritional-strategies/id636888026 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Toby Daly](https://appshunter.io/developer/636888029) - Category: Medical, Food & Drink - Price: $8.99 - Rating: 4.90/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 11 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 5 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2013-07-03 - Data updated: 2026-08-24 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-nutritional-strategies/id636888026/reviews.md ## What is Chinese Nutritional Strategies? "The middle jiao and food has always been of central importance in the Chinese quest for health. Hopefully all practitioners realise the potential of this area and view the legacy of traditional information available from China with respect and awe; this app is a good avenue to access some of this information." Peter Torssell Journal of Chinese Medicine February 2014 "People who practice medicine must first thoroughly understand the source of the disorder and know what has been violated. Then, use food to treat it, and if food will not cure it, afterwards apply herbal medicine." Sun Simiao (Tang Dynasty) The Chinese Nutritional Strategies (CNS) app is a tool designed to allow practitioners of Chinese medicine convenient and complete access to centuries of nutritional insights. The heart of the CNS app is the database of more than 300 common foods, along with their temperature, flavor, actions, indications, notes, seasonal recommendations, and differential diagnosis categories. The database is searchable by any of these criteria and sorting through it allows the practitioner to compile a list of recommended foods, and then share those recommendations via email or as a hard copy with the patient. In addition, all aspects of the database may be altered by the practitioner. For example, this is the data set for watermelon: ======= Temperature: Cold Flavor: Sweet Actions: Enters the heart, stomach and urinary bladder channels, clears heat from heart, stomach and urinary bladder, relieves summer heat, augments yin fluids, drains damp, moistens the intestines Indications: Thirst, mouth sores, palpitations, overheated during the summer with inability to urinate, edema Notes: "Nature's Bai Hu Tang" - Chinese medical saying Wood (Spring): Avoid Fire (Summer): Moderation Earth (Late Summer): Seek out Metal (Fall): Seek out Water (Winter): Avoid Lu Qi Deficiency: Contraindicated Kid Yang Deficiency: Contraindicated Urinary Bladder Damp Cold: Contraindicated Urinary Bladder Damp Heat: Indicated Heart Yang Deficiency: Contraindicated Heart Fire: Indicated Spleen Qi Deficiency: Contraindicated Spleen Yang Deficiency: Contraindicated Stomach Fire: Indicated Stomach Qi Deficiency with Cold: Contraindicated Stomach Food Stagnation: Contraindicated ======= Any of the above characteristics may be altered and saved to the database. For example, the Chinese dietary tradition that you follow may consider watermelon to have a neutral temperature and be indicated for cough. Simply change these characteristics in the database and any future searches for neutral temperature foods or cough will include watermelon in the results. An especially unique feature for the CNS app is the seasonal recommendations feature which addresses the "When" of prescribing Chinese nutrition. Again using the watermelon example, if the practitioner diagnoses urinary bladder damp heat and has the seasonal recommendation feature switched on in the winter then watermelon will be moved from the seek out to the avoid category. This seasonal recommendation feature allows the practitioner to emphasize the local climate and growing seasons when dispensing dietary advice. Compiled, edited, and translated by Toby Daly, PhD, LAc. Toby Daly received his undergraduate degree in Food Science from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He began studying Chinese medicine in 1997 with Sunim Doam a Korean monk trained in the Saam tradition. He earned his master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2001 upon completion of Chinese medical training in San Francisco as well as China. During his four years of training in San Francisco, he interned with the prominent San Francisco acupuncturist Dr. Angela Wu famous for her treatment of infertility with Chinese medicine. He has recently completed his PhD in Classical Chinese Medicine under the guidance of 88th generation Daoist priest Jeffery Yuen. ## Key features - Database of 300+ foods - Searchable by temperature, flavor, actions - Customizable food characteristics - Seasonal recommendations - Shareable patient recommendations - Differential diagnosis categories ## Recent user reviews (10 of 11) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-nutritional-strategies/id636888026/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Amazing TIME SAVER! *2019-12-31* I absolutely love this app... it is the quickest way to get a guide to my clients/patients on dietary restrictions and helpful nutrition without having to compile it myself... Which saves me so much time and the ability to focus on other treatment aspects... I appreciate the time that was taken to create this app and that it exists!!! amazing... great work! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Love this app!!!! *2019-05-15* This app is great!!! It’s easy to use. There are so many different ways that this app can be used; foods by: diagnosis, season, flavours, etc. It’s also very flexible. Foods and information can easily be added. Recommended foods can be clicked off or on making it easy to customize everything to each specific patient. Then it can be printed off or emailed to the patient. Such a time saver!!!! If you are a Chinese medicine practitioner I’m sure will love this for your patients as much as I do. ### 5/5 — Great clinic aid *2019-03-11* Helpful to pair diagnosis with food recommendations for patients. Thanks Toby! ### 2/5 — Needs fixing *2018-12-21* It was a 5 but for ages now it crashes every time I try to use the diagnosis section. It has almost rendered it useless for me ### 5/5 — Helpful Clinical Reference *2015-03-13* Very cool feature that you can edit the database. User friendly. Thanks for making it. ### 5/5 — Fantastic app! *2014-09-03* This is a great app for any practitioner of TCM. It contains a very extensive amount of information and it is very easy to use. Thanks for creating this. It could use a friendlier design, with color coding for the phase of each food and that sort of stuff, but its still a wonderful app as is. ### 5/5 — Great Clinical App *2014-09-02* Great quick reference for TCM food info. I also use it to send dietary plans directly to my patients. ### 5/5 — So helpful and user friendly *2013-12-16* This app is great at putting together Chinese nutrition in an easy to access format. It is very thorough, and well thought out. Some may think that this is an expensive app, but consider all the time that went into compiling the information here. I’m glad that it’s all done for me, and I think it is well worth the price. Very useful clinically. ### 4/5 — Great *2013-10-10* Love it!! ### 3/5 — Great potential! One of a kind *2013-08-03* I feel there is still a a lot of developing that needs to be done in regards to general interface. Also the list of foods and drinks need to be expanded, especially some western foods. A introductory or basic guide would help users understand some terminology. I found this app because I was looking for cooling/heating foods. Its the only app of its kind. The other app I found was terrible. I look forward to seeing future versions of the app. Keep up the good work! ## Frequently asked questions about Chinese Nutritional Strategies ### What is Chinese Nutritional Strategies? Chinese Nutritional Strategies is a medical app designed for practitioners of Chinese medicine. It provides access to a database of over 300 common foods, detailing their temperature, flavor, actions, indications, and seasonal recommendations. ### Can I customize the food data in Chinese Nutritional Strategies? Yes, all aspects of the food database can be altered and saved by the practitioner. This allows you to adjust characteristics like temperature or indications to match specific dietary traditions or diagnostic needs. ### How does Chinese Nutritional Strategies help with patient recommendations? The app allows practitioners to search the food database based on various criteria and compile a list of recommended foods for patients. These recommendations can then be shared via email or as a hard copy. ### What is the price of Chinese Nutritional Strategies? Chinese Nutritional Strategies is a paid application, available for $8.99. This one-time purchase grants you access to all its features. ### What devices is Chinese Nutritional Strategies available on? Chinese Nutritional Strategies is supported on iPhone and iPod devices. It is not currently available for Android or other platforms. ### How often is Chinese Nutritional Strategies updated? The app was last updated on October 18, 2021, with version 1.1.3. While specific update frequency is not detailed, this indicates it receives maintenance and potential feature additions. ### What is the age rating for Chinese Nutritional Strategies? Chinese Nutritional Strategies has an age rating of 12+. This suggests it is suitable for users aged 12 and older, likely due to the professional nature of its content. ### Does Chinese Nutritional Strategies have ads? No, Chinese Nutritional Strategies does not contain advertisements. As a paid application, it offers an ad-free experience for users. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.3 — 2021-10-18 - Fixed a crash when browsing the Beverage category. - Updated for iOS 15. ### 1.1.2 — 2019-09-08 - Updated for full-screen iPhones like the iPhone X. ### 1.1.1 — 2019-09-02 Added an explanatory message when using the email function if no email accounts are set up on the device. ### 1.1 — 2017-03-16 - Updated for the latest iOS frameworks and design style. - Added a Functional Cooking Methods button to the Results page, to see how different cooking methods can enhance the nutritional qualities of each food. - Updated a few of the food entries in the database. - Added a How To Use This App button to the Settings page. ### 1.0.1 — 2013-12-13 - Miscellaneous database updates. - Improved the updating of results when selecting a different season. - Avoided a crash on the results screen if a food is entered with no name. ## Apps similar to Chinese Nutritional Strategies | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [TCM Clinic Aid](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tcm-clinic-aid/id311408394) | 4.5 (31) | $18.99 | Medical | | [Kamwo TCM Herb Guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kamwo-tcm-herb-guide/id6463206309) | — | Free | Medical | | [Auriculo 360 - The Living Ear](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/auriculo-360-the-living-ear/id1498257443) | 4.2 (26) | Free | Medical | | [Visual Acupuncture 3D](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visual-acupuncture-3d/id1207803208) | 4.6 (150) | Free | Medical | | [Unified Practice - EHR Agenda](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/unified-practice-ehr-agenda/id1072431612) | 2.4 (61) | Free | Medical | | [Eastland Herb–Chinese Medicine](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eastland-herbchinese-medicine/id737380894) | 4.9 (613) | Free | Medical | ## More apps by Toby Daly - [Chinese Medical Characters](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chinese-medical-characters/id1558509629) All apps by Toby Daly: https://appshunter.io/developer/636888029 ## Related topics [ancient chinese medicinemuseum](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ancient-chinese-medicinemuseum) · [herbs chinese](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/herbs-chinese) · [chinese medicine guide](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/chinese-medicine-guide) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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