We all like our food to taste more-ish so that we keep going back to it to enjoy the flavour. Monosodium Glutamate hit the news a few decades ago about being risky to our health but with so many different multicultural foods now available since mass immigration in the 80's and 90's, its impact, like… Continue reading MSG – is a flavour additive harming you?
Change of season is upon us again! Hot, cold, hot, cold - it sends our immune systems askew, we're more likely to wear inappropriate clothing for the weather and all of a sudden before we know it there's a lurgie on the way. In TCM we call these Exterior Wind patterns, because the ancients believed… Continue reading (Recipe) “OMG! I think I’m coming down with something” soup
Chinese medicine practitioners often recommend Bone Broth as an addition to your diet, particularly over the cooler months. It is suggested for the TCM Diagnoses of Blood Deficiency or Yin Deficiency, to help restore your body with the structural proteins it needs. Bone broth is awesome for your health but sometimes it doesn't taste that great, and if you have to have it day in, day out it can be a little bit on the boring, stodgy side. So, we've decided to share a quick & easy recipe for a beautiful soup that you can enjoy, based on bone broth.
Before we go into the whys and wherefores of this very moment and its celestial significance, let’s talk for a minute about seasonal energy and how we can use it to our advantage. Going along with what already is If you work *within* Universal vibrations and *along with* the resonant energy, things are generally easier… Continue reading The Autumn Flow (Metal Series, article 2)
The Shift to Autumn In the Southern Hemisphere we are heading into Autumn, the key season of the Metal element. To tap into the Seasonal energy and give ourselves an idea of how to harness it and use it to our advantage, we'll begin with an exercise. Early Autumn: An exercise in observation Find yourself… Continue reading The Metal Series Introduction
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