by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 20, 2019 | Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Seasonal Recipes, Winter
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...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 1, 2018 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Winter
A Winter Cleanse Soup is a good remedy for the overeating of heavy rich foods that occurs around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. So, at the end of January, or in Early Spring, restor your gut microbiome by making a Chinese Medicine Soup with...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 15, 2017 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Paleo Recipes, Vata Dosha Recipes, Winter
Winter Jing Tonic Cabbage Soup is an ideal way to nourish what Chinese Medicine calls the Kidney Qi, associated with the deepest level of body energy, the Jing, or Essence. Growth, reproduction, basic energy levels, strength, and mental faculties are all associated...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 3, 2016 | Dosha, Seasonal Recipes, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Winter
Jewish Style Sweet and Sour Vegan Cabbage Cabbage is one of nature’s miracle foods. You don’t have to buy exotic foods like Goji berry to have a healthy diet. Goji berries are great, and are used in Chinese medicine as food medicine and in medicinal formulas for...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 17, 2014 | Autumn, Ayurveda, Dosha, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Winter
A simple way to take the edge off of the cold, windy, dryness of the late Autumn early Winter Vata season is with a good Vata tea.. Why Vata Balancing Tea? To balance Vata is to reduces it. We reduce, or pacify our doshas, because their natural tendency is to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 17, 2014 | Ayurveda, Mindfulness, Vata, Winter
Let’s talk about what happens to Vata in Winter and how it relates to the qualities of the elements Air and Space, or Wind and Ether (as in etheric) that the Vata dosha is a manifestion of. Ayurveda describes the ways in which different kinds of foods,...