Traditional Chinese Medicine, Mushrooms and the Art of Language with Zoey Xinyi Gong

Zoey Gong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) chef, food therapist, and healer. Zoey grew up in Shanghai and moved to the US with her family when she was 16. Today, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and travels across the country cooking and hosting fabulous dinners, including 10-course mushroom feasts and mid-autumn full-moon tastings. As a chef and a nutritionist, Zoey is on a mission to showcase the healing foods of TCM, and she brings a fresh way of looking at health from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.In this episode, you’ll hear from Zoey Gong on: (00:04:19) Her healing journey. Zoey explains how the health issues she experienced after moving to the US inspired her to learn about nutrition and reconnect with the foods and traditions she grew up with. (00:07:28) Expanding her consciousness. She describes the emotional and spiritual growth that accompanied her physical recovery and left her feeling much more centered, open-minded, and connected to Nature. (00:18:43) Her favorite mushrooms. Zoey reveals her fondness for Black Wood Ear and Silver Ear (Tremella) mushrooms, which can be consumed in fresh or dried form and are used to soothe the skin and heal yin deficiency in the body. (00:25:02) TCM 101. Zoey refers to the principal TCM modalities of acupuncture, cupping, herbalism, gua sha, and food therapy. She also points out that TCM is based on the Chinese philosophical concept of yin and yang and its goal is to restore balance in the body. (00:36:59) Food as medicine & food as love. Zoey reminds us that 70% of the energy in our bodies comes from the food we eat, and she shares her childhood memories of cooking with her grandmother in Shanghai.Links from this episode: Zoey’s Website: zoeyxinyigong.com Zoey's Instagram: @zoeyxinyigong Zoey's TikTok: @zoeyxinyigongFollow Tonya: Instagram: @tonyapapanikolove Follow Rainbo on Instagram: @rainbomushrooms Shop Rainbo: rainbo.comLearn more, dive in, join us for An Ethereal Reset 2026 in Greece. Instructions to Win a Bundle of Rainbo Products - Leave us Ratings and Reviews:(Or watch the video instructions here)Go to Spotify and search “The Rainbo Podcast”Follow the Show and Rate the Show on Spotify, and take a screenshotGo to Apple PodcastsSearch “The Rainbo Podcast”Scroll down past a few episodes until you get to the “Write a Review” sectionWrite your review and screenshot before you hit Submit, as Apple’s system can take a while to publishSend the Spotify screenshot and Apple review screenshot to [email protected] sure to go back to Apple Podcasts and hit submit on your reviewWe’ll pull a winner at the end of the month once we verify that your ratings/review went through to win a bundle of tinctures!We’ll contact you if you win so you can select your bundle of choiceCheck out all our bundles at https://rainbo.com/pages/bundles. Thanks and good luck!