Korean Summer Rice with Job’s Tears, Shitake, and Hijiki
Rice with Job’ Tears in Summer In Korea, Rice with Job’s tears “barley” (Coix lacryma-jobi in Latin, YiYiRen in Mandarin Chinese, Hato Mugi in Japanese, Uiin in Korean)– is cooked in the summer to help relieve the effects of the...Keeping Naturally Cool in Summer
Are you keeping naturally cool in summer? In Classical Chinese Medicine summer is the season of maximum “yang,” a time of extreme heat, light, and activity; in summer our energy circulates centrifugally; it is closer to the surface and our radial pulse...Boosting The Immune System: Lung Qi and Yin
The Chinese Medicine view of the immune system combines notions of both nature and nurture. Jing, translated as Essence, is inherited from our parents, depleted by the very fact of living, depleted badly by bad living, added to by meditation, foodstuffs, and herbs....