Why are the channels clogged? From early in life we partake of dense, heavy foods: cheese, baked goods, meats, fried potatoes, ice cream etc. push a thick, dense substance through a strainer, and eventually the small openings get clogged, rendering the strainer...
How to balance irregular digestion The key for treating irregular digestion is to replenish the blood and the digestive juices by rest and deep nourishment. Individuals with this condition are usually “go-go-go” people who never turn off their minds to...
This type of digestion is irregular on behalf of deficient Qi (body energy) and Blood, causing excess coldness and dryness in the digestive system, manifesting as deficient gastric juices (acids, enzymes, bile) and deficient blood nourishment to the digestive...
How to balance a fast digestion For this conditions of intense fire, a cool, moist (but not too oily) and rather heavy diet is required. When the digestion is fast, sharp and strong, the appetite is increased and digestion manages to cope with overeating and with...
The Do’s and Don’ts of general eating habits It has been long claimed that how you eat is superior in importance to what you eat. Maimonides teaches that eating a lot of healthy food is much more harmful than eating a little of unhealthy food. This...
Internal Damp Phlegm Dampness, a Yin disorder, includes any overly wet or moist condition in the body. It can come from the environment, or it can be due to poor diet or internal organ weakness. Damp excess in the digestive tract, lungs, urinary bladder, sexual...
The Spleen Qi is the force in charge of production and supplying of energy for the daily functions of the body. Metaphorically described in Chinese medicine as the minister of economics, it controls the process of digestion and assimilation – the factory that produces...
If a Spleen-Pancreas deficiency is allowed to worsen, it can degenerate to what is called “Deficiency of digestive fire”. Whenever Fire- the Yang, warming principle, is lacking, such an imbalance has all the symptoms of Spleen Qi deficiency together with signs of cold...
Main Indications of Spleen Qi Deficiency It is not necessary to have all of the indications of Spleen Qi Deficiency, but rather a few symptoms would suggest a pattern of Spleen Qi Deficiency: Chronically tired A feeling of being “stuck” in life Poor...
Treatment of Excess Type Liver Qi Stagnation and Liver Fire From early in life we consume dense, heavy foods: cheese, baked goods, meats, fried potatoes, ice cream etc. push a thick, dense substance through a strainer, and eventually the small openings get clogged,...
Treatment of Excess Type Liver Qi Stagnation and Liver Fire From early in life we consume dense, heavy foods: cheese, baked goods, meats, fried potatoes, ice cream etc. push a thick, dense substance through a strainer, and eventually the small openings get clogged,...
The Liver in Chinese Medicine In traditional Chinese medicine the Liver is the organ that governs the smooth flow of Qi throughout the whole person, in both body and mind. To be in a good state of health – physically and emotionally – the body needs to have a smooth,...
