Classical Chinese Medicine
Dietary Therapy
Classical Chinese medicine utilizes hundreds of individual herbs to create formulas that treat the entire spectrum of human illness. In my own pharmacy, I stock roughly 300 herbs. Of these, some are considered to be food grade. They are mild, gentle and safe for long term use. These herbs are food as much as they […]
Combining Chinese herbs with food is a traditional and effective way to supplement the body, treat minor illnesses, and enhance one’s health. I recently wrote an article entitled Chinese Tonic Herbs – Food as Medicine. In it, I described the use of three single, food grade herbs – hawthorne berries as a tea, lycii berries […]
Classical Chinese medicine utilizes hundreds of individual herbs to create formulas that treat the entire spectrum of human illness. In my own pharmacy, I stock roughly 300 herbs. Of these, some are considered to be food grade. They are mild, gentle and safe for long term use. These herbs are food as much as they […]
(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 […]