by Eyton Shalom | Dec 22, 2015 | Ayurveda, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness
Winter and Sleep in Chinese Medicine: Kidney Qi 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 as an animal you don’t want to waste your...
by Eyton Shalom | Aug 19, 2015 | Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness
Circadian Rhythms in The Yellow Emperor’s Classic The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, the Huang Di Nei Jing, 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...
by Eyton Shalom | Dec 17, 2014 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness
Winter Bone Broth–Extract Jing and Replenish What’s Been Lost Bone broth, or what we call bone marrow soup in Chinese Medicine is just the rage right now, and for good reason. Extracting the mineral essence of solid things, like bones and root vegetables,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 22, 2013 | Autumn, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Winter
Autumn in the Nei Jing Su Wen Chinese Medical Classic The essence of Chinese Medical Philosophy, which underpins the practice of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, is the need to live in harmony with nature, what the classics call “heaven and earth.” Heaven, because the...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 22, 2013 | Autumn, Ayurveda, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine
Autumn Fall Autumn in Chinese Medicine is the time of falling, hence its secondary name. Spring up, Fall down. In fact we even use the word autumn to describe a period in the human life span, the autumnal years, a period of beautiful maturity that is also verging on...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 17, 2013 | Acupuncture, Autumn, Conditions Treated, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine
How I Use Acupuncture for Allergies People suffering from Allergies and Sinusitis in Autumn here in San Diego dread the dry, hot, winds that blow in from the high desert during our “Santa Ana” conditions. The problem for allergy sufferers is that the dry hot...