by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 3, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Spices, Spring, Wellness
Food and drink like language and music spreads between cultures without rules. But within any given tradition, within any given culture, its as if there are unspoken rules that govern change; creativity is allowed, but to a point. In the world of food or music, for...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Apr 21, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Conditions Treated, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Wellness
A patient came in recently for acupuncture with terrible upper and mid back trigger point pain that began one day recently after taking a nap. In fact, he had woken from this nap with such bad chest and back pain that he rushed to the ER, fearful of a heart attack....
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 28, 2013 | Green Living, Mindfulness, Wellness
Along with hyper-sanitized home countertops, along with use of toxic cleansers for cleaning hands, along with the over prescription of antibiotics for infectious diseases that are viral, and not bacterial, one of the major factors, in the critical public health...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 24, 2013 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Wellness
The people ask: are Goji berries best eaten raw or cooked? This is my response to the following question sent in. Eyton, I received a box of dried fructus lycii, (goji berries)from a friend and on the back of the box it says ‘this product needs to clean and cook...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 24, 2013 | Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Wellness
I got to thinking about Goji Berries in Chinese Herbal Medicine recently, when someone wrote in to ask whether Goji berries are best eaten raw or cooked? The following is my response to the following question sent in. Eyton, I received a box of dried fructus lycii,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 5, 2013 | Acupuncture Articles, Green Living, Wellness
<h1>Sulindac or Clinoril is Dangerous</h1> Today’s NY Times ( Generic Drug Damages Case) has a sad article about a law suit involving a woman who is now legally blind after taking a prescription pain drug, Sulindac, and almost dying. Sulindac, or...