TCM management of food allergy and intolerance

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A food allergy is an adverse immune response to a food protein, while food intolerance is adverse responses to food. In reality there are many patients searching for TCM support and treatment. In modern medicine, the key treatment is immunotherapy or avoidance of these foods. However, TCM holds that there is imbalance of Interior environment, which causes dysfunction of formation of Heat in the Blood, accumulation of Damp-Phlegm and generation of Toxic Heat and formation of Liver-Wind.