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GINGER – THE ROOT THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERYONE’S FRIDGE
Happy Spring everyone! I hope that everyone is doing well and didn’t get too stressed out from tax season.
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WINTER WELLNESS
Happy New Year everyone! January is flying by and with El Nino we definitely have colder “winter” weather here in So Cal.
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AUTUMN AND THE METAL ELEMENT
Happy Holidays! I want to continue our discussion on the fall season and how the energy of this time should guide you in your everyday lives.
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FALL SEASON
Hi everyone! I hope that you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend! The weather here in Southern California seemed to bypass the fall season and transition straight from summer to winter the past few weeks.
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TIPS TO STRENGTHEN AND STABILIZE YOUR DIGESTION (THE EARTH ELEMENT)
Happy October! I hope everyone is having a great week! I’ve been focusing on our digestion and how the spleen-pancreas and stomach work together to digest and transform what we eat into usable energy (i.e.,
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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND THE EARTH ELEMENT
Happy Monday! Did everyone enjoy their weekend and get to see the super blood moon eclipse yesterday?
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SUMMER TO FALL TRANSITION – LATE SUMMER
Hi everyone! I hope that you all had a fantastic summer! I think I might have enjoyed my summer a little too much,
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THE HEART-MIND AND FIRE ELEMENT
Happy Friday! I hope that everyone had a great week! A couple months ago, I talked about tips to stay heart healthy and how to prevent heart disease on a physical level (read the tips here).
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TIPS TO STAY HEALTHY DURING SUMMER
Happy summer everyone! I apologize for the lack of blog posts lately. Work has been super busy,
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WHITE PEONY ROOT – RADIX PAEONIAE ALBA
It’s no secret that the peony is one of my favorite flowers and I’m sure a favorite for many of you!
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FLAVORS OF SPRING – PUNGENT AND SWEET
Happy Friday! We talked earlier this week about basic lifestyle, nutritional and cooking tips for the Spring season.
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NUTRITIONAL AND LIFESTYLE TIPS FOR THE SPRING SEASON
I hope everyone is having a great week! The year is flying by and before summer creeps up on us,
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7 HERBS THAT BOOST BRAIN HEALTH
If you’ve been following my instagram feed, you will see that there are a lot of common fruits and veggies that can help boost brain health and function.
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THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION AND OUR EMOTIONS
While Western medicine usually sees emotions as a secondary factor or an effect resulting from physical disease,
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THE FOUR VITAL SUBSTANCES PART 3 – BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS
I hope everyone had a great week! I’m finishing off my discussion on the four Vital Substances today with Blood and Body Fluids.
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REISHI MUSHROOM – GANODERMA
Today’s post is about Reishi Mushroom (pronounced ray-as in stingray, shi-as in she), one of the most powerful,
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THE FOUR VITAL SUBSTANCES PART 2 – ESSENCE (JING)
May is Mental Health Awareness month and couldn’t come at a better time since the Vital Substance I am talking about today is closely associated with our mental vitality.
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THE FOUR VITAL SUBSTANCES PART 1 – QI (ENERGY)
In Chinese Medicine, our bodies contain four vital substances: Qi, Blood, Essence or (Jing), and Body Fluids.
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TRAVEL JOURNAL – MAUI 2015
Traveling has always been something I loved to do. Whether it’s going out of the country or traveling to nearby locales,
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THE SIX EXTERNAL PATHOGENIC FACTORS AND SPRING WIND
I hope everyone is enjoying their Spring so far! I want to introduce another concept in Chinese medicine that we are all affected by.
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MAGNIFICENT MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY CONTINUED
Earlier this week, we discussed the intricate relationship between calcium and magnesium (read more about it here),
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THE YIN AND YANG OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM
You’re probably wondering why I used an image of kelp to talk about calcium and magnesium.
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10 THINGS TO DO TO STAY HEART HEALTHY AND PREVENT HEART DISEASE
The follow-up post to our discussion on cholesterol and heart disease is here! To sum up what we last talked about,
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CHOLESTEROL – FACTS AND MYTHS
Cholesterol has gotten so much recent press that I feel it is a topic that needs to be addressed.
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THE ABC’S OF OMEGA-3’S
In the last 30 years, there have been over 10,000 studies published validating the many health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids.
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VITAMIN D – THE SUNSHINE VITAMIN
One of the most important supplements I take is Vitamin D. Ideally, we should be getting Vitamin D from the sun.
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THE FIVE FLAVORS
I have been talking quite a bit about the thermal nature (cold and hot, yin and yang) of foods.
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INTRO TO YIN YANG THEORY
A fundamental principle of Chinese Medicine is Yin and Yang Theory. In Chinese, yin (陰) literally means shade,
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THERMAL NATURE OF FOOD
Hello universe and happy Spring! Welcome to my health and wellness blog! I am so excited to share this project that I have been working on.
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10 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT CAN HELP PREVENT AND TREAT DIABETES
In Loving Memory of Cher Lee With a prevalence of over 30 million people with diabetes and 86 million people living with prediabetes in the United States(1),
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