Ayurvedic Dandelion Greens for Spring
Ayurvedic Dandelion Greens for Spring are a great cleansing vegetable, excellent year round, but especially good in Spring. They are a wonderful Sattvic food that helps to cleanse the body of the ama dosha that accumulates naturally over the winter months. Green...Peppermint and Gotu Kola Ayurvedic Cooling Summer Tea
Cooling Teas of Summer: Peppermint and Centella Asiatica (Brahmi, Gotu Kola, Pennywort) There are lots of ways to hydrate and cool off in summer, without damaging the Agni/digestive fire/Spleen Qi which is actually weaker in the hot weather than in the cold weather....Winter in Classical Chinese Medicine
The idea of winter in classical Chinese Medicine embodies the idea of slowing down. Slowing down is exactly what cold does to atoms in nature. To stop for a moment and meditate on the passage of time, to feel time moving inside you, is to practice the value of the...Why Its Harder to Lose Weight When Your Older
Good information in THIS NY Times Health section article on why its harder to lose weight when you are older. I am always fascinated by the elegant way in which Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda describe, in their own terms, what Western Science describes in its terms...Arsenic in Rice
Arsenic in Rice and heavy metal toxins in foods and medicines in general is a genuine problem. Organic Heavy Metals in Soil Some soils are naturally rich in minerals, including, unfortunately toxic minerals, like organic arsenic and lead. Arsenic is not...