Takako Kitahara Beautiful Healer -

Perhaps her most controversial practice involves clothing. Kitahara believes that synthetic fibers and tight fits create "ugly static prisons" around the organs. She prescribes specific fabrics (hand-woven silk, unbleached cotton, and linen) dyed with specific plant-based colors based on the patient’s dominant gogyo (five element) imbalance. To wear "Kitahara Couture" is to wear a prescription.

Thus, a "Beautiful Healer" is one who treats the patient as a living work of art. This involves three distinct principles: takako kitahara beautiful healer