Is Daily Sweating Important for Health?
Someone asked me the other day, “Why is daily sweating important for health?” My response was, “Is it?” I don’t think there is any scientific evidence that sweating is especially beneficial for health. I have seen claims made, but I have not...Summer in Chinese Medicine
The discussion of Summer in Chinese Medicine begins with a book written in somewhere between 400 and 200 B.C.E., called the Huang Di Nei Jing, called The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic of Medicine. This is the Old Testament of Classical Chinese Medicine, our...Winter and Sleep in Chinese Medicine: Kidney Qi
Winter and Sleep in Chinese Medicine: Kidney Qi Winter and Sleep In the Classics of Chinese Medicine Its Winter. Classical Chinese Medicine has this to say about it. “Go to sleep early, but get up LATE, after the sun has risen.” Makes total sense because...Circadian Rhythms, Chinese Medicine, and Smart Phones
The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic /Huangdi neijing, written in the 1st millennium BCE, is one of the two foundational texts of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, and the first to discuss what are now known as circadian rhythms. The Inner Classic contains much of...Bone Marrow Soup in Winter: Part 1
Bone broth, or what we call bone marrow soup in Chinese Medicine is just the rage right now, and for good reason. Extracting the essence of solid things, like bones and root vegetables, into liquid, or bone marrow soup, is the fastest way to nourish our own deepest...