2010.54.20982

The Energetics of Food
2005
25.25 in HIGH x 17.875 in WIDE
(64.13 cm HIGH x 45.4 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.20982

Printed at the bottom left: information on obtaining copies of the poster and "produced by Daverick Leggett / artwork by Katheryn Trenshaw / printed on recycled paper by White Pine Printers, Inc. / fully revised 2005 (c) Daverick Leggett". Stylized image of a figure standing on a crescent moon printed at the bottom right.

Laminated poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a purple background. At the top is "a guide to / The Energetics Of Food / based on the traditions of Chinese Medicine" in pink and purple. The center of the poster has four columns of boxes with information on tonifying foods by qi, blood, yin and yang; a note on dampness; charts of grains, vegetables, fruit, herbs/spices, oils/condiments, beverages, supplements, beans, nuts/seeds, fish, meat, and dairy; and regulating foods based on circulation, heat, cold, damp, water and phlegm. At the bottom of the poster are instructions on how to use the charts, with notes on the temperatures of foods, the five flavours, and the routes/actions of foods.
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