Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, also known as morning sickness, can greatly impact the pregnant woman’s life. Morning sickness occurs during about half of all pregnancies. For most pregnant women, morning sickness is a minor discomfort or inconvenience. However, some pregnant women experience hyperemesis gravidarum, which likely will require hospitalization to prevent dehydration. Morning sickness […]
An interesting piece of research demonstrating a correlation between raw vegan diet and low bodyweight and amenorrhea in a sample of women… you can read it here. From a Chinese medicine dietary therapy point of view, the raw food diet has taxed these women’s digestive system to the point at which the production of blood […]
I respect people who chose diet for religious and ethical reasons, but I do believe choosing to be strictly vegetarian is harmful to one’s health. Chinese medicine dietary therapy would prefer you to have some animal protein now and again, and I would agree. Just take a look in your mouth. See those teeth? They […]
Stress is bad for us. Stress negatively affects all aspects of our being, both physical and mental. From increased cortisol levels and adrenal fatigue to exacerbation of eczema and other skin conditions to increased anxiety and fatigue, the ill effects of stress know no bounds. A recent article had this to say about some new […]
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have discovered the truth about the “itch-scratch cycle.” It was previously thought that itching traveled along in your nerves the same way pain did. In fact, itching was considered a mild form of pain. However, said researchers at Harvard have learned that itching has its own distinct pathway. In Chinese […]
Black Chicken Soup is probably the number one recommended dietary therapy recipe recommended by Chinese medicine practitioners to all women after childbirth. But there is another tasty way to help tonify the blood post-partum. It is even indicated in cases of post-partum anemia. (In Chinese medicine, Blood Deficiency corresponds pretty closely to the Western biomedical […]
There are a number of different causes of diarrhea in Chinese medicine, and they all require very different treatments. The type that I am concerning myself with here is considered a deficiency-type diarrhea. Symptoms will include watery or soft stools with undigested food, improvement of discomfort with pressure or a warm compress, weakness, loss of […]
Chinese dietary medicine provides us with a delicious and easy way to stop a cold in its tracks. The trick is to catch it early, at the first signs of sneezing, shivering, chills, and neck tightness; this is known as a Wind-Cold type cold. This recipe is not appropriate for a hot/burning and scratchy throat, […]
Autumn is steadily approaching. As we transition into this new season, the heat of summer is replaced by dryness according to Chinese medicine correspondences. We start to see things like dry nose and throat, dry skin and even dry cough without phlegm. This is because the Autumn is also related to the Lungs, which control […]
A classic “food as medicine” recipe to treat post-partum Qi and Blood deficiency AKA being fatigued and pale after giving birth (this may include insufficient lactation) is Black Chicken Soup. The recipe is very simple, and all the herbs can be purchased in Chinatown. You combine all of the ingredients in a pot with 4 […]
