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Spring Lecture: Time to Tame the Liver!©

Chinese Medicine, Gallbladder Stones/Disease, Gastro-Intestinal Disease, Influenza/Viral Infections, Nutrition/Diet/Food Therapy, Products, Recipes

Jun 152018

Spring seems to be my favorite time to talk about Chinese Medicine Food Therapy and how one can tailor their diet to the season for healing. In May 2018, I did a lecture on this topic and am posting my notes and recipes here:
Spring: Time to Tame the Liver
Summary Table of Spring Foods discussed
Five Element Chart

Recipes, etc.
Anti-Aging Brain Mix recipe
Raspberry-Lime Aqua Fresca
Ban Lan Gen Chong Ji
Dandelion Flower Syrup
Stir-fried Watercress with Almonds and Ginger
No-Cook Mint Syrup
Mint Syrup (cooking required)
Rose Hips Lemonade (with Hibiscus)

Note:
References for recipes are in the documents themselves.
This is an update to notes in my Spring 2013 Newsletter.

Chinese Herbal Medicine and the H1N1 Virus

Influenza/Viral Infections

Sep 222012

Great article summarizing using Chinese Herbal Medicine for treating viral infections, specifically focused on the H1N1 virus. Chinese Herbal Medicine and the novel H1N1 virus
This article is written for the Chinese Medicine professional, but referred to here to educate the public as to how viral infections such as influenza can be treated with Chinese Herbal Medicine.

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