The leaves are blowing in the wind. The sun is setting earlier, and the air has a certain crispness to it. The yang, or hot energy of summer has started to wane, and autumn is in the air! This is an important transitional time from summer,...
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As we move farther and farther from the sun, there are fewer signs of life and a stillness in the air. For many, this is a difficult season, filled with long dark hours and barely lit days. Nevertheless, it's a very important season. Most Chinese medicine...
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Spring is coming! A time of birth and growth. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it's associated with the liver and the element wood. As we spring clean our homes, we should also spring clean our bodies. It's the perfect time to change from winter warming...
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A Leaky Gut occurs when spaces develop between the cells of the gut wall allowing bacteria to grow as well as toxins and food to leak into the bloodstream. Medications and certain treatments that cause damage: NSAIDS- such as ibuprofen, increase intestinal permeability by damaging the...
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Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that populate your digestive tract. Good bacteria helps to break down sugars, and as a byproduct produces lactic acid. Lactic acid plays an essential role in a healthy immune system as well as helps to promote the release of...
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Digestive enzymes break down proteins, cellulose, starches and other foodstuffs. In doing this they make it possible for the intestine to absorb nutrients. The digestive process is therefore inhibited if these enzymes are absent or deficient. The cause of enzyme deficiency maybe from external factors...
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Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients. They are the orchestra in a concert. Each instrument has an important role to play and each essential for the overall performance. Among the many tasks they perform they help to give strength to bones, heal wounds, and nourish...
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Did you know that 3 hours of high stress levels can half the number of beneficial gut flora? Long-term stress with high cortisol levels causes thinner mucous membranes and increases the risk of developing Leaky Gut Syndrome....
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Children start to create bad habits in their youth by either copying from their parents or by learning it from their friends. A child’s metabolism is at this time quite active and therefore children should be out playing or doing sport in order to use...
Read MoreProblems posed for women trying to get pregnant today are very different to those decades ago. While we have all this technology, the ability for couples to actually get pregnant, due to environmental, health or age issues, is becoming ever more complicated....
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