by Eyton Shalom | Jun 26, 2010 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes
Boy the Hillcrest, San Diego Farmer’s Market has gotten better and better as more and more people are understanding the value of Organic, Locally Grown Produce. In fact, anyone with four square feet of land, or even one or two wine barrels* and some decent sun...
by Eyton Shalom | Jun 26, 2009 | Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Summer, Wellness
Are you keeping naturally cool in summer? In Classical Chinese Medicine summer is the season of maximum “yang,” a time of extreme heat, light, and activity; in summer our energy circulates centrifugally; it is closer to the surface and our radial pulse...
by Eyton Shalom | Jun 24, 2009 | Eating with the Seasons Recipes
Samuel Clemens’ remark that the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco, could be modified to include May and June in San Diego, when morning and afternoon cloud cover keeps the air cool and moist. The clouds typically burn off by afternoon, but...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 31, 2009 | Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes
A basic concept in Chinese Medicine is that successful medical treatment is hastened, and the patient made more comfortable, by nursing appropriate to the particular disorder. We used to have this in this Western Medicine, too, especially with infectious disease. I...
by Eyton Shalom | Feb 11, 2009 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes
Stinging Nettles: Soup and Medicine I first heard about Stinging Nettles when I was a teenager, and I read by the story of Milarepa, “Tibet’s Greatest Yogi,” who used Stinging Nettles as both food and medicine. At one point in his career as an...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 26, 2009 | Autumn, Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Vata, Wellness, Winter
Teff n’ Quinoa Gluten Free Vegan Pancakes Recipe Autumn and Winter are ideal times for the warming, grounding quality of of pancakes. But why use pre-packaged, over-salted, sugary, low-fiber pancake mixes whose pre-ground grains may or may not be fresh,...