Tcmplate is a TCM dietary therapy platform. We build tools that translate classical Chinese food wisdom into practical, personalized guidance — for your body type, in your language.
Our core is a structured TCM dietary knowledge base — systematically extracted and digitized from authoritative classical Chinese medical texts. Rather than writing generic wellness advice, we organize ingredients, recipes, and syndrome patterns into a searchable, machine-readable system that preserves the full diagnostic logic of traditional Chinese dietary therapy.
The database maps thousands of ingredients by their TCM properties — thermal nature (温/寒/平), five flavors (酸苦甘辛咸), and meridian tropism (归经) — linking each to matched syndromes, classical formula references, and dietary guidance. Recipes and food therapy cases are drawn from canonical works of Chinese medicine, processed to retain both clinical depth and practical usability.
Our approach: We combine academic fidelity to classical sources with modern digital accessibility. The system serves daily wellness guidance while remaining grounded in the full theoretical framework of TCM — pattern differentiation (辨证论治), food-medicine homology (药食同源), and constitutional theory (体质学说).
Our knowledge base is sourced from classical Chinese medical literature spanning over two thousand years — from the foundational canons to later clinical commentaries and materia medica compilations. Each text contributes to the system's understanding of thermal nature, flavor classification, meridian tropism, and syndrome-based dietary recommendations.
The database continues to grow as new classical sources are digitally processed and structured — this is an active, expanding body of knowledge.
Yang Xiaodong (杨晓东) — TCM practitioner, seventh-generation inheritor of the Yanbei Wang medical tradition (燕北王氏医学流派). He has led the systematic extraction and digitization of dietary therapy content from classical Chinese medical texts, building the structured knowledge base that powers Tcmplate.
Our AI-assisted consultation system draws on this curated knowledge — not on generic web scraping or unverified claims. Every recommendation traces back to classified ingredient data, documented recipe sources, and established TCM diagnostic frameworks.
Important: Tcmplate provides dietary guidance based on traditional Chinese medical literature. We are not a substitute for licensed medical care. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before making significant dietary changes, especially if you have a diagnosed condition.