Cultivating Your Microbiome

A holistic guide to improving your gut flora for better physical and emotional health

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Fascinating World of Microbes

PART I
Modern Science Meets Ancient Wisdom

1 Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Exploring the Human Microbiome

2 The Kitchen Sink
Digestion and the Gastrointestinal Microbiome

3 Quite Simply, Poop
How It Looks, What It Means

4 Making Connections
Recognition of the Mesentery (Mo Yuan) and Interstitium (San Jiao) as Organs

PART 2
Practices for Daily Living

5 Mind Your Microbiome
The True Meaning of Diet

6 Food for Vitalizing Mind and Body
General Guidelines for Health

7 Change Your Life, Change Your Microbiome
Restoring the Natural Intelligence of the Body

8 Dietary Reset Protocol
Eastern Practices for Internal Balance

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index