by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 21, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Spices, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Vata Imbalance
The way to prepare dishes that pacify Vata Dosha is to first understand what Vatta embodies. Vata dosha is the manifestation of Air and Space in our human bodies. Air and Space in its pure state is cold and dry. Air only becomes warm due to the effects of fire from...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 16, 2013 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer
A Healthy Summer Fruit Tart is a nutrient dense food full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, flavanoids, antioxidants, and protein, with high amounts of life force from fresh ripe, organic ingredients, and without what’s bad for you–white sugar, artificial...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 19, 2012 | Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness, Winter
The Way of Heaven at the Winter Solstice: It has forever struck me as odd, if not delusional, that anyone would think the human mammalian body is magically not subject to the cycles of solar, lunar, and terrestrial energies that cause trees to drop down their leaves...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 16, 2012 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine 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 Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices
Cooking Methods in Chinese Food Medicine: From Warm to Hot to Very Hot One of the aspects of Food Medicine we pay attention to in Chinese Medicine is the cooking method itself. Each method of cooking adds relative values of heat to the dish being prepared. Steaming...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 8, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Wellness
While Acupuncture is most often used in the USA to treat an illness that has already occured, since ancient times acupuncture has been used to prevent illness. There are specific discussions on this topic in the Nei Jing, or Yellow Emporer’s Classic. In...
