by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 30, 2013 | Conditions Treated, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Green Living, Wellness, Woman's Health
Chinese Medicine excels at the treatment of bladder and other Urinary tract infections. I am yet, thank God, to meet a Urinary infection that did not respond to Chinese Herbal Medicine formulas such as Ba Zheng San/Dianthus Formula, or Si Miao Wan/Four Marvels...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jul 9, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Summer
In summer we sweat and our yang energy or heat keeps getting dispersed and exhausted. On freezing cold days you feel cold, but on boiling hot days you sweat and become exhausted. In winter in every culture people eat heavy high-calorie foods, but in summer switch to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 3, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Spices, Spring, Wellness
Food and drink like language and music spreads between cultures without rules. But within any given tradition, within any given culture, its as if there are unspoken rules that govern change; creativity is allowed, but to a point. In the world of food or music, for...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 24, 2013 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Wellness
The people ask: are Goji berries best eaten raw or cooked? This is my response to the following question sent in. Eyton, I received a box of dried fructus lycii, (goji berries)from a friend and on the back of the box it says ‘this product needs to clean and cook...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 24, 2013 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Wellness
I got to thinking about Goji Berries in Chinese Herbal Medicine recently, when someone wrote in to ask whether Goji berries are best eaten raw or cooked? The following is my response to the following question sent in. Eyton, I received a box of dried fructus lycii,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 14, 2013 | Ayurveda, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Kapha, Pitta, Understanding the Doshas, Vata
What foods match your dosha? Fruits are naturally sweet sour and refreshing. Some fruits, like apples, also have an astringent or drying property, depending on variety, macs more than fiji, for example. Your mouth feels a bit dry after a bite of apple, or quite dry...