by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 23, 2011 | Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Seasonal Recipes, Wellness, Winter
Practical Advice for Winter from the Yellow Emperor’s Classic 1)In winter, get plenty of rest, more than your normal amount. Cast away Puritan guilt and Cowboy pride about getting by on lack of sleep. Leave martyrdom to the religious fanatics. 2)In Winter cultivate...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 22, 2011 | Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Kapha, Wellness
Sea Vegetables for HealthWild vegetables grow all over the earth and in the water. Dandelion greens, nettles, burdock are a few of the valuable and highly nutritious land vegetables that are easy to grow most anywhere.Sea vegetables also grow both North and South. I...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 21, 2011 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Wellness
In my San Diego acupuncture and Ayurveda practice I see a lot of patients with high cholesterol whose doctors want to or have put them on Statin drugs. Some of them are even on multiple versions.But statin drugs are not without a frightening array of risks–...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 17, 2011 | Ayurveda, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Wellness, Winter
Common Cold in Ayurveda Common Cold in Ayurveda is called Pratishyaya and is usually an aggravation of Kapha dosha. This is because its symptoms involves increased amounts of liquid discharge, build up of phlegm, and the sensation of feeling chilled. We are more...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 12, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Articles, Dry Needling, Wellness
Definition and History of Dry Needling, Trigger Points and Trigger Point Acupuncture The Term Dry Needling–History Dry Needling is a term first coined by M.D. clinicians and researchers in England and the USA who treated myofascial pain, or trigger point...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jun 19, 2011 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Green Living, Wellness
Green Tea Health Benefits Some info from a workshop a few years ago at Halcyon Tea shop in South Park, San Diego on green tea health benefits from the perspective of modern science. In fact Oolong and Pu-erh tea also have enormous health benefits, and even...