Diet & Nutrition

Eating the fruits and veggies that are in season provides your body with the resources it needs to stay healthy. Zucchini is one of summer’s most prolific veggies (actually it’s a [...]

Good morning, root veggie hash! Winter is the time to recharge your essence, and we could all use a depth charge after 2020. One way to build back your energy after it’s been worn down by [...]

Whether you’re working from home, homeschooling your children, without a job, or you’re an essential worker, Shelter-in-Place is taxing everyone I know. People are starting to crawl [...]

Rice porridge, also known as jook or congee is the chicken noodle soup of Chinese medicine. The basic ingredients of rice, water, and broth can be combined with other ingredients to enhance [...]

If you are considering ordering the following supplements online, I would advise you to stay away from Amazon, as they do not guarantee the authenticity of their products. Instead, I would direct [...]

Focus on what is in your control Part of what makes the coronavirus so scary is that we don’t know what to expect. Right now, we’re waiting to see how COVID-19 will affect the US and [...]

Chinese medicine is, at its core, a preventive medicine. Many Chinese medicine texts begin by giving guidelines on how to stay healthy before addressing how to treat disease. Here are some ideas [...]

I’m taking extra care to disinfect and safeguard my clinic environment. And while you can’t come in ill, you may want a preemptive immunity-boosting and anxiety-calming session.

Diet is an important aspect of maintaining your health in Chinese and Western medicine. Sometimes they have different ideas about how to accomplish that and often they overlap. Chinese medicine [...]

Did you know that Chinese medicine recommends consuming your vegetables as salad only in summer? We also put faster cooking methods, like blanching and stir-frying, in the same hot weather [...]