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Foods For an Overheated Menopause
Yin deficiency means that the body is lacking in the moistening fluids that relax the body. In times of extreme stress the body can generate severe amounts of heat which burn off yin fluids. Plus, stress and fear produce adrenaline and cortisol which contract the...
Perfect Protein Filled, Gluten Free Pancakes
Buckwheat is not wheat or grain as it sounds, but rather the triangular seed of the Fagopyrum Esculentum plant which is related to rhubarb. In Chinese Medicine 5 element food medicine, Buckwheat is bitter in flavour therefore it has benefits for the heart. In Western...
Bone Strengthening Foods
As we grow older there’s no escaping the changes that happen to our body, however we can do things to slow this ageing process and the worries we have about it. Thinning, weakening and brittle bones are one of the dreaded markers of ageing. More than half of all...
Health
& Wellness
Why Will Power Doesn’t Work
Food is the quickest way to change how we feel. But switching the foods we eat is often the most difficult thing to do. Why is that? That's because our relationship with food is a mirror for the relationship we have with life. Eating is a primal urge and so...
Danger, Danger – sugar for the over 40’s
In women, the risk of heart disease increases after age 55. In men, the risk increases after age 45. People who have diabetes, the risk increases after age 40. * US Department of Health and Human Services This shows the more refined sugar we eat over the age of 40 the...
Nourish your spirit and sleep well
Have you had enough of it all? Just feeling sick of your situation? If you have become tired of the world perhaps exhausted from illness, difficult relationships, overwork or stress you may find yourself loosing heart. You may find it difficult to sleep or when you do...
Acupressure
Points
Clear Damp Cold Fat with Drying Warming Adzuki Tea
In my clinic, when I see a bulge at the top of the spine, I usually find a client who is exhausted. Perhaps they have suffered a shock through grief or are experiencing a chronic condition which feels like it is draining their very life force. Sometimes this condition...
Virus – get out!
Did you know that Covid and other such virus's can remain in the body causing inflammation, lethargy, joint and muscle pain and other symptoms common in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue such as anxiety and depression.*1 Non classical monocytes patrol the endothelium...
Fasting – Chinese Medicine Style
I have been intermittent fasting for quite a few years now and it is my saving grace. At only 5 ft small, I have to watch my weight and especially since I passed the 50 year marker a few years ago, extra wobbles and curves can creep up and stay on. I use Intermittent...
Chi Flow Energy Exercises
What to eat when Panic Attacks
In my last post, I shared an Acupressure Point that I found personally useful during panic attacks, palpitations and shortness of breath that I suffered just after I had twins, 19 years ago. Even though they are teenagers and way more stressful now, I have learned and...
Clear Damp Cold Fat with Drying Warming Adzuki Tea
In my clinic, when I see a bulge at the top of the spine, I usually find a client who is exhausted. Perhaps they have suffered a shock through grief or are experiencing a chronic condition which feels like it is draining their very life force. Sometimes this condition...
Hot flashes, sore joints, low energy? – Rediscover your power
As we pass the Spring Equinox, Yang energy is on the rise. Shoots are sprouting and bulbs that have lain dormant over winter are bursting forth with colour. This is the upward energy of the season. But perhaps you are left with post pandemic exhaustion. Emotionally...