The aim of this book: to help us stay healthy and strengthen our immune system. How? With simple rules focused on what to prioritise, or avoid, in our diet according to the seasons.

This is one of the secrets of the age-old tradition of Chinese medicine: it discovered the effects the seasons have on us and how to protect ourselves effectively, above all through food and the other forms of care presented in these colourful pages.

Alongside easy-to-prepare recipes arranged by calendar, the book shares many essential principles, applicable regardless of one's background, so that we no longer overlook the positive or negative effects of a given food, which can vary with the season.

For example: why it is better to avoid green tea, a pear or raw fish in the evening; why to skip cold drinks or ice during menstruation; when and why to use ginger; how to improve blood circulation, and protect and strengthen the main organs, and much more.

A book to read and apply in daily life. Traditional Chinese medicine also recognises an extra season, "late summer".