New Book "Always Delicious! 10-Minute Medicinal Cuisine Side Dishes" to be Released June 30. Prepare Quickly with Supermarket Ingredients. Build a Body Less Prone to Ailments with Make-Ahead Techniques.

Nihon Bungeisha Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) is pleased to announce the release of its new book, "Always Delicious! 10-Minute Medicinal Cuisine Side Dishes," authored by Sumi Sakaguchi, a popular medicinal cuisine researcher specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The book will be available nationwide at bookstores and online retailers starting June 30, 2026 (Tue).

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Medicinal Cuisine... You might think it's good for your health, but "it seems difficult," "it requires special ingredients..."

It has an image of being troublesome and time-consuming.

This book aims to eliminate such difficulties and proposes "how to make make-ahead dishes" that busy people and those who are not good at cooking can easily eat every day, along with explanations of medicinal cuisine.

For "a guardian for your body and mind in your refrigerator" for yourself and your family --

[Strengths of Medicinal Cuisine]

Medicinal cuisine is food eaten with the expectation of medicinal effects from ingredients, based on the concept of "food and medicine have the same origin" in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

The advantage of medicinal cuisine is that by incorporating ingredients that match your body's weaknesses and seasonal changes, it helps build a body that is less prone to ailments. You can protect the health of yourself and your family.

[Why Make-Ahead Dishes?]

For busy modern people, making time-consuming dishes every day can be a burden and difficult.

By making medicinal cuisine into make-ahead dishes and keeping them ready to eat at any time, you can consistently care for your body on a daily basis.

When making make-ahead dishes, aim for delicious x easy medicinal cuisine that harmonizes your body and mind.

[Features of This Book]

- Quick preparation with familiar ingredients! -

◎ All ingredients used in this book are readily available at supermarkets.

◎ Introduces three representative seasonal vegetables that offer medicinal benefits, in a simple way.

◎ Time-saving! Recipes that can be made in about 10 minutes of active preparation time.

- Make-ahead dishes to eat according to seasonal physical condition -

◎ Preservable medicinal cuisine make-ahead dishes.

◎ Recipes to harmonize your body for each season when you are prone to physical changes.

◎ Recipes chosen by "desired physical condition," such as a warm body, radiant skin, comfortable sleep, and beautiful hair.

◎ Easy to add on! Also introduces stock ingredients, furikake (rice seasonings), and medicinal seasonings to enhance the power of medicinal cuisine.

- Fun pages packed with medicinal cuisine knowledge -

◎ Includes explanations full of the charm of medicinal cuisine by an author well-versed in TCM.

◎ Delicious-looking visuals by popular food illustrator may.

Just knowing about medicinal cuisine is empowering. It shows its greatest effect when continued daily.

Instead of dealing with ailments after they appear, protect your body with your daily meals.

Simply having medicinal cuisine make-ahead dishes in your refrigerator will make your life lighter and more organized.

Make medicinal cuisine an infrastructure of your life, not something "special." This is the gentlest, and always delicious, recipe collection for food therapy.

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Author Profile

Sumi Sakaguchi: Author Medicinal Cuisine Researcher. Representative of Kampo Kitchen Co., Ltd. (pharmacy and medicinal cuisine school). Affiliated with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Special Lecturer at the Japan TCM College. Studied TCM at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine as a scholarship student of the former Ministry of Education from 1991 to 1995, and experienced clinical practice and internships at the university's affiliated hospital. After returning to Japan, she established Kampo Kitchen Co., Ltd. in 1999. Based in Ebisu, she has been active for over 25 years with the theme of "delicious and effortless body harmonization through medicinal cuisine," continuing to practice and research the culture of health preservation that supports a "body that can be used for 100 years" through food and lifestyle, addressing women's ailments, seasonal condition changes, and prevention of pre-illness. She has also given numerous lectures to local governments and corporations, supervised products, and provided consulting. Her books include "Introduction to Chinese Medicine for Creating a Body That Doesn't Age ~The Key is the Power of the Kidneys~" (Gentosha), "Medicinal Cuisine & Kampo Ingredient Encyclopedia for Daily Use" (Natsume-sha), and "Trouble-Solving Meals for the Body: Medicinal Cuisine Steamed Dishes" (Jiyukokumin-sha). may: Illustrator Creates "delicious-looking!" food illustrations with a warm, realistic hand-drawn touch. She has been responsible for various designs and illustrations for restaurants, food manufacturers, including menus, signs, banners, flyers, packaging, and images for Instagram posts.

Book Information

Title: Always Delicious! 10-Minute Medicinal Cuisine Side Dishes Author: Sumi Sakaguchi

Price: 1,870 yen (tax included) Format/Pages: A5 size, 144 pages ISBN: 978-4537223842 Release Date: June 30, 2026 https://www.nihonbungeisha.co.jp/book/b10166540.html

About Purchasing the Book

Available for purchase at bookstores and online retailers nationwide. amazon https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4537223847

Rakuten Books https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18604460

About Nihon Bungeisha

[Company Profile]

Representative: Toru Takemura, President and Representative Director Location: 1-1-1, Palace Side Building 8F, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003 Established: January 1959 Capital: 100 million yen Number of Employees: 79 (as of April 1, 2026) Corporate Site: https://www.nihonbungeisha.co.jp