I was watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on television and he mentioned that in the 1880's the average person consumed 13 grams of sugar a day while today the average person consumes 285 grams of sugar. Now Dr. Dyer is known...
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In Good Health ~ Nutrition ~ Herbs ~ Acupuncture
Chinese Medicine treats the whole body. It looks at life-style, diet and emotional states. The most important and first line of treatment is always nutrition. They feel that what you eat and how you prepare it is the foundation for...
Update ~ Nasal Irrigation ~ Allergies
Many thanks to Jackie who emailed me to let me know that the Mayo Clinic promotes the use of nasal irrigation. According to Jackie, their most recent study appeared in January 2009, with the 200 patients in the study reporting...
Did someone say overindulgence ? Try Herbs
Memorial Day ~ That great American Holiday when we honor our war Veterans. Yet the ritual always seems to end with overindulging ourselves with our favorite food and drink ~ to diet at this time would seem positively un-American. ...
Feng Shui ~ An extra pair of eyes
We have an important weekend coming up. Professionally we have the 93rd Indianapolis 500 ~ personally people will be getting in their cars for road trips to visit friends and family. I'd like to share a little driver's Feng Shui...
Find your Chinese Astrological Animal Sign ~
There is a story that goes; when the Buddha was ready to leave this Earth he called all the animals in the Kingdom to come to say goodbye to him. The Rat asked the Ox if he could ride on...
Does anyone still smoke to look older?
Today's subject is very serious...smoking. I would be remiss if I didn't at least ask you to think seriously about why you are smoking. You must have heard over and over again that smoking is at the root of many...
Pay the doctor only if he keeps you well ~
The beauty of Chinese Medicine is that it encompasses a total life style. In China over a hundred years ago one only paid the doctor when he was well; if you got sick you didn't pay because the doctor had...
Don’t Tread on Me ~
Americans favored the rattlesnake as a symbol even before the Revolution. Many felt the rattlesnake was a good example of America's virtues. Patriots argued that "it is unique to America; individually its rattles produce no sound, but united they can...
Nasal Irrigation ~ ancient Ayurvedic technigue to promote Health
Swine Flu or as the government would prefer that we call it Influenza A H1N1 is on everyone's mind. My patients are calling with questions asking if Oriental Medicine can help them if they should come down with it and...