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Winter Flu Busters

adminJune 1, 2015July 12, 2018Cold & Flu, Foods are Medicine, Seasonal Approach to Chinese Medicineacupuncture, acupuncture perth, chinese diet therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, chinese herbs, chinese medicine, Cold and Flu, diet, ginger, health benefits of ginger, health benefits of spring onions, influenza, natural cold and flu remedy, natural flu remedy, natural winter remedies, prevent influenza, spring onions, TCM

There are lots of early-intervention foods that can treat colds and flus in Chinese medicine. THE KEY IS EARLY TREATMENT. Waiting until symptoms have lingered more than a day, it will be difficult to treat with food cures, however if you can catch the symptoms early enough then foods can provide a cheap, effective relief […]

What do centenarians have in common with Chinese medicine?

adminMarch 12, 2015March 13, 2015100-Years Lifestyle, Foods are Medicineanti-aging, centenarians, chinese diet therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, chinese medicine, clean eating, cooked foods, cooked foods diet, detox, diet, natural medicine, raw foods, yin and yang

Centenarians are people who live up to and beyond 100 years. Chinese Medicine is founded on the principals that a human being should live 100 healthy years. Research into centenarians shows common factors among various groups, which are also promoted as healthy by Chinese Medicine. Three of these are below: 1) Diet – intermittent fasting, […]

Your a Peach!

adminFebruary 7, 2015December 21, 2015Foods are Medicine, Fruitsacupuncture, chinese diet therapy, chinese medicine hospital, Chronic pain, cooked foods diet, detox, diet, energy, foods are medicine, peachNo Comments

In Chinese medicine, the kernel of peaches are used as a herb, but it’s fruit also has medicinal properties. While the kernels must be used by a trained herbalist as they contain poison, which is controlled by their preparation methods, the fruit is quite easily accessible and safe to use. Peaches are coming into season […]

Busting Winter Blues

adminJanuary 30, 2015January 9, 2017Chinese Medicine, Foods are Medicine, Seasonal Approach to Chinese Medicineacupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, chinese medicine, cold, depression, diet, exercise, healthy, herbs, sadness. food, stagnation, TCM, winter, winter bluesNo Comments

Feeling down from the winter blues? You’re not alone. In winter, the lack of sunshine rays makes some people more vulnerable to feelings of depression, flatness and even sadness. Lithium is a natural chemical that our bodies absorb through the skin which is present in rays of sunshine. Natural sunlight has the ability to wake us […]

The yin and yang of what we eat

adminJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015Foods are Medicineacupuncture perth, clean eating, cooked foods diet, diet, food, food is medicine, food porn, healthy diet, lamb, meat, TCM, yang foods, yin foods, Yin Yang3 Comments

Yin and Yang are fundamental to Chinese medicine, and just as much part of diet as they are other areas of medicine and health. I was teaching my classes this week, when I was reminded about yin and yang of foods being more than just the substance of the foods themselves as yin or yang, […]