by Eyton Shalom | Feb 11, 2020 | Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine
Source Naturals Wellness Formula for Cold and Flu–The Right and Wrong Way to Use Source Natural’s Wellness Formula is one of my favorite herbal mixes for certain kinds of cold and for flu. Let’s be clear though–no herb formula is a substitute...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 20, 2020 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Understanding the Doshas, Wellness
What is Kitchari? Kitchari is a Sattvic, light, easy-to-digest, cleansing, detoxifying food that is excellent once a week, at the change of seasons, or any time you feel like giving your digestive system a break. It is also just a normal one-pot-dish you can have for...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 14, 2020 | Autumn, Ayurveda Articles, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Winter
Vata in Winter and Late Autumn Ayurveda understands that a healthy spirit and a healthy body, is better than just one or the other. In describing the passage of space through time Ayurveda also describes the way in which the qualities of each dosha elevate in nature...
by Eyton Shalom | Dec 19, 2019 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Winter
Bone Marrow Soup, Part 2: Winter In cold weather its natural to crave warm food. And the alchemical transformation of solids into liquids, of vegetables and meats or bones into soup, is a way of liberating the essence of these foodstuff into a substance that is much...
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...