Special Issue of Ten-nen Seikatsu: Chifumi Kobuna's Effortless Medicinal Meals You Can Make Even When You're Not Feeling Well – Gently Harmonize Your Mind and Body with an Introductory Guide to Medicinal Cooking Utilizing Seasonal Vegetables, Simple and Practical – [Released April 15th]

## Press Release Information Title: Special Issue of Ten-nen Seikatsu: Chifumi Kobuna's Effortless Medicinal Meals You Can Make Even When You're Not Feeling Well – Gently Harmonize Your Mind and Body with an Introductory Guide to Medicinal Cooking Utilizing Seasonal Vegetables, Simple and Practical – [Released April 15th] Subtitle: Company Name: Industry: Body (first 8000 characters): "Special Issue of Ten-nen Seikatsu: Chifumi Kobuna's Effortless Medicinal Meals You Can Make Even When You're Not Feeling Well" Approximately 70 medicinal meal recipes & seasonal health practices for spring, summer, autumn, and winter! An introductory guide to medicinal meals that are easy to make and continue, even without much effort. A book on medicinal meals by Chifumi Kobuna, a vegetable medicinal chef and International Chinese Medicinal Dietitian. It introduces health practices for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, along with nourishing meals using seasonal vegetables. It also serves as a simple and practical introductory guide to medicinal cooking that utilizes seasonal vegetables. It includes approximately 70 recipes for simple, body-balancing medicinal meals that you can make for yourself and your family even when you're not feeling well, as well as health practices and ways to harmonize mind and body for each season. This is the author's first book. It includes explanatory pages introducing the medicinal effects of seasonal vegetables for spring, summer, autumn, and winter. ◆ Seasonal Health Practices from Spring to Summer, Autumn to Winter Introduces health practices aligned with nature that are kept in mind in daily life. By combining meals that utilize seasonal blessings with health practices, it helps improve seasonal ailments. It introduces seasonal health practices such as stretching and foot baths that not only benefit the body but also uplift the spirit. ◆ Seasonal Medicinal Meals for Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter The basic principle of effortless medicinal meals is to enjoy seasonal field-grown vegetables prepared simply. Approximately 70 seasonal medicinal meals are introduced. This includes preserved foods and fermented foods. Enjoy seasonal handiwork and contribute to daily meal preparation that energizes both body and mind. ◆ Dialogue with Naturalist Doctor Shinjiro Honma: Why a Lifestyle Aligned with Nature Keeps the Body Healthy Dr. Shinjiro Honma, a naturalist doctor residing in Tochigi, and Chifumi Kobuna are neighbors who have shared family life, child-rearing, and agricultural living. Dr. Shinjiro Honma and Ms. Kobuna discussed lifestyles aligned with nature. They also shared self-care methods for maintaining vitality. ◆ With Explanations of Medicinal Effects of Field-Grown Vegetables Column pages introducing recommended ways to eat seasonal vegetables and their medicinal effects. While the same vegetables are always sold in supermarkets, vegetables have seasons, and they contain many nutrients necessary for that season. Please refer to this when you don't know what to eat now or are unsure about how to prepare vegetables. ◆ Nourishing Teas to Regulate Seasonal Ailments Nourishing teas that Ms. Kobuna usually drinks. Rather than being tailored to a diagnosed constitution like traditional Chinese medicine or medicinal teas, these are gentler teas that regulate the body seasonally. These nourishing teas support the foundation of regulating physical condition when consumed with meals. They are caffeine-free, so you can drink them anytime. [Author Profile] Chifumi Kobuna International Chinese Medicinal Dietitian, Medical Qigong Therapist. After experiencing progressive stomach cancer in her 20s, she realized the impact of mindset and diet on the body, and studied and practiced health methods. Prompted by the Great East Japan Earthquake, she entered the field of agriculture. As the kitchen manager of "Kobuna Farm," she focuses on integrated agriculture and food, providing recipes to local governments for prenatal and postnatal health programs, offering recipes to media, and sharing health practices that harmonize with the local climate and our lives. Resides in Nakagawa Town, Tochigi Prefecture. In her 40s, mother of one. [Bibliographic Information] Title: "Special Issue of Ten-nen Seikatsu: Chifumi Kobuna's Effortless Medicinal Meals You Can Make Even When You're Not Feeling Well" Price: 1,540 yen (tax included) Publisher: Fusosha Release Date: April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) ISBN: 978-4594624781 ■ Amazon https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4594624782 ■ Rakuten Books https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18550245/ ◆ Inquiries regarding articles and this book To Fusosha Publishing Co., Ltd. Public Relations senden@fusosha.co.jp Keywords: