by Eyton Shalom | Sep 28, 2016 | Ayurveda Articles, Wellness
People can be so surprised there was advanced Chinese Medicine in 200 B.C.E.; but why, when Eratosthenes in Greece was computing the circumference of the earth and devising a method for finding prime numbers in 240 B.C. People did not just become smart and civilized...
by Eyton Shalom | Aug 12, 2016 | Ayurveda Articles, Kapha, Vata
Tonight’s annual Perseid meteor shower got me thinking about the theory of the five elements in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.. Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda Describe Life as a Process of Transformation Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda Describe Life as a Process of...
by Eyton Shalom | Jul 16, 2016 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Pitta, Spices, Summer
ProPita Tea is a delicious blend of cooling herbs and spices that makes a naturally refreshing summer tea, whether drunk hot in the morning or room temperature/cool during the day. I love to brew a quart of ProPita tea in the hot weather with two bags, brewing it...
by Eyton Shalom | Jul 13, 2016 | Ayurveda Articles, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
Pomegranate Coconut Water Pitta Pacifying Summer Drink is a low sugar herbal fruit beverage that is strongly Pitta pacifying and cooling to the body perfect for replacing electrolytes in Summer hot weather and hard exercise. Coconut water is a very traditional hot...
by Eyton Shalom | May 11, 2016 | Ayurveda Articles, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Kapha, Vata, Wellness
Pasture raised Meat and Milk in Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine is meat and milk as our ancestors ate it. Our hunter gatherer ancestors obviously did not drink milk, as they did not yet practice animal husbandry. But they were certainly not vegans or vegetarians, as the...
by Eyton Shalom | Apr 23, 2016 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurveda the Science of Life
The Benefits of Triphala Triphala literally means “three fruits.” It is made from equal amounts of three powerful Ayurvedic herbs. These three herbs are called Amalaki, Bibhitaki, and Haritaki in Sanskrit, the language of Ayurveda and the Vedic classics...