by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 16, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Wellness
Wanted to post a link for the website of my favorite monk-teacher, ThanisseroBhikku. He is at the Metta Forest Monastery, north of San Diego. http://www.watmetta.org/contact.htm For free downloads of talks: http://www.dhammatalks.org/ As we know from science,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 8, 2012 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer, Vata
Summer is a time when even cold dry (Vata) types or cold damp (Kapha) types can have little more raw foods. One of the ways to make raw foods more compatible for cold types with weaker digestive energy (Agni/Spleen Qi) is to have it in small amounts with other foods...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jun 26, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Mindfulness, Wellness
Chinese Herbs for GERD Chinese herbs for GERD–Gastro Esophogeal Reflux Disease, formerly called chronic heartburn, work better and faster than drugs do. That’s because they actually help to change the functioning of the tissues causeing the discomfort, the...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jun 25, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Mindfulness, Natural Food Recipes, Summer
The Chinese and Indian View: Life is a Passage Through Cycles In Chinese Medicine (as also Ayurveda) a fundamental concept is to prepare for what is ahead. This is not just generalized prevention as in eating a healthy diet or sleeping well, but is specific to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jun 19, 2012 | Ayurveda, Wellness
“I would like to lose the language of warfare,” said Julie Segre, a senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute. “It does a disservice to all the bacteria that have co-evolved with us and are maintaining the health of our bodies.” Finally...