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It is my experience of 30 years of clinical practice that the majority of people I treat have a compromised digestive system. This is despite the fact that when asked in person and on my intake form, most people will report that their digestion is fine. There are two reasons for this. First, people have […]
The Chinese medical concept of indications and contraindications has no real equivalent in Western biomedicine. Pharmaceuticals are often contraindicated relative to specific conditions, such as avoiding anti-coagulants when there is risk of bleeding. However, in Western medicine there is no fundamental concept of physiology that describes a person’s overall make-up, and that includes treatments that […]
(This was originally posted on Instagram, hence the brevity.) Too much cold injures the Spleen. Ingesting too much cold and raw food and drink, including salad and fruit, can harm digestion. Instead, eat more warm, cooked foods and beverages such as soup, stew, tea, and warming spices such as cinnamon and ginger. Human beings are […]
Every culture has a concept of foods that are healthy and foods that are unhealthy. From early childhood, we are told that some things are good for us and some things are bad for us. And that it’s ok to eat the bad foods, just not too much and not until after we eat the […]
The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, written approximately 2,000 years ago, describes a series of systematic correspondences that group material phenomena according to five-phases. In this correspondence the metal phase has resonance with and is connected to the Lungs and Large Intestine, the season of fall, the color of white, the flavor of pungent […]
To balance the organ systems at the changes of season, I have developed a series of herbal formulas to administer to my patients. At this time, during the seasonal node of Autumn Begins, I am recommending to patients that they utilize the formula for fall / metal element / Lung-Large Intestine which I call White […]