View Autumn through the lens of TCM, and discover how to adapt your diet and lifestyle to enjoy this season in optimal health. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) considers your health within the broad context of all the factors that affect your life, including the changing seasons. The forces of Autumn create dryness in Heaven and Read More
Easy, Healthy Lunch the Traditional Chinese Medicine Way The practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is based on determining the TCM Diagnostic Pattern for each individual at the first visit, and adjusting it with every subsequent visit. Your unique TCM Pattern guides the recommendations and treatments you receive from your Licensed Acupuncturist. You can also Read More
This is one of my favorite teas. It’s great for soothing an upset digestive system, and I love the way it tastes. It is perfect for cold days to warm and nourish the body. “Chai” is a Hindi word that comes from the Chinese word for tea, “cha.” Chai has a long history rooted in Read More
Zucchini Chickpea Burgers This vegan and gluten-free recipe is filled with healthy ingredients to boost the skin and overall health! Ingredients (serves 6) 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 small onion 1.5 cups of zucchini squeezed dry ½ cup of toasted sunflower seeds ¾ teaspoons of sea salt 1.5 cups of Read More
Updated March 7, 2022 Spring is a time of rebirth, renewal, regeneration, and growth. Time to awaken from your winter hibernation and brush off the cobwebs. Like most animals, humans tend to slow down during the colder months and in the process pack on a few extra pounds. As the first ambitious flowers of spring Read More
In Chinese Medicine (TCM) food is medicine. Frequently, we forget how easily we can make homemade healthy food, and with the invention of the freezer store it for extended periods of time. Making your own broth not only tastes better, but gives you control over what goes into it. Have you read what is actually Read More
Every year during the holidays I tell myself. I am going to not gorge myself. Every year, I fail. Miserably. Everything is just too delicious, and these dishes only make their way onto the table once a year. My biggest challenge is not the food choices, it is the over eating. Which can be easily Read More
Fall is my favorite time of year The waking to the crisp temperatures, the food that comes into season, not feeling like your hippie deodorant failed just by walking to the mailbox. In all seriousness though one of my favorite annual activities is to go apple picking. There is a beautiful orchard that my husband Read More
It’s soup season! Hooray! We are constantly recommending dark green leafy vegetables in Chinese Medicine. Want to cleanse the liver? Eat dark green leafy vegetables Want to nourish the blood? Eat dark green leafy vegetables Want to increase breast milk production? Eat dark green leafy vegetables Iron deficient? Eat dark green leafy vegetables Constipated? Eat Read More
Updated March 1, 2021 Springtime is the perfect time for a liver cleanse Check out this one-week liver cleanse for Spring! Then read on to learn more about how Traditional Chinese medicine works holistically with the seasons and seasonal changes to help you achieve and maintain optimal health. We include a few springtime health tips Read More
Stuffed Cabbage is a great recipe all around, and something different you can make while doing your Standard Process Cleanse. This will turn out like a stew. 1 small head cabbage sliced sweet onion crushed red pepper salt/pepper 1 medium can tomato sauce brown rice chicken broth garlic ground turkey or ground beef In a Read More
Experiences During the Purification Cleanse People often wonder if I actually practice what I preach. The answer is.. Sometimes! I am just as flawed in diet area as some of my patients. Unfortunately, due to a busy lifestyle etc. etc. excuse excuse… Bottom line is that we all make choices in life. Once I choose Read More
Dashi (or broth) 2 (4-inch) square pieces kombu– highly nutritious seaweed or kelp 2 1/2 quarts water 1/2-ounce bonito flakes or katsuobushi, about 2 cups (fish flakes usually tuna)… I tend not to use them.. Directions Put the kombu sauce pan, cover with the water and soak for 30 minutes. Set the saucepan over medium heat Read More
Pumpkin / Squash / Sweet Potato Recipe This recipe is great for a couple of different things. It is fast, simple, and delicious. I, like my grandmother, do not tend to measure anything. I go by taste and sight. The benefits: Pumpkin is good for the lung and phlegm. Ginger is very warming, aids in Read More
Pumpkin Nutrition Pumpkin is loaded with Beta-carotene Pumpkins are not just for carving. The pumpkin’s bright orange color is a dead giveaway that it is loaded with an antioxidant called beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant carotenoids converted to vitamin A in the body. Other orange squashes are similarly gifted. Current research indicates that Read More
When the day came for me to pack up all of my earthly belongings ,and escape to college, I commandeered my grandmother’s cast iron skillet. Ok, maybe not commandeered. It was more like she was conveniently getting rid of old pans, and I may have taken them. This particular pan is now dating close to Read More
Summer, for Chicago city dwellers, means a time of street fairs and outdoor concerts, farmers markets, and beach time. THESE are the reasons we continue to dwell here during the winter. Traditional Chinese Medicine & Summer In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), summer is related to: Heart organ system Fire The color red Taste: Bitter Emotion: Read More
Creamy Potato Leek Soup (without dairy!) Chicken broth Vegetable broth Potatoes (yellow)- 2 to 3 inch cubes Leeks (with more white then green if possible) Dried shitake mushroom—set aside and let soak in water Onions Garlic Black pepper Crushed red pepper ** To clean leeks: at the base of the green and white cut a Read More
Congee Recipe Great for the winter! Especially if you are feeling sick or weak, and it can be eaten for breakfast/lunch/dinner. Ingredients: ½ cup Jasmine Rice ½ cup Sushi Short Rice (glutinous) Chicken broth or vegetable broth 2 cups Water In a pot put 1 cup of rice ( ½ cup Jasmine & ½ Short Read More
Dietary Recommendations for the Lung THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR DOCTOR’S RECOMMENDATIONS OR PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective on the Lungs Any word denoting a TCM Organ System is capitalized to make it clear that a system, not a single organ, is being referenced. The Lungs are said to “open” into Read More
