So I am excited to announce that I have discovered the vaginal steam and now you have too!!
So ladies what is a vaginal steam? It is only the best thing to happen to the vagina since....well you can fill in the blank.
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Reishi mushroom is known as Ling Zhi in Chinese medicine and is considered one of the powerhouses of the mushroom world.
The scientific name for Reishi is Ganoderma Lingzhi and contains many beneficial chemical constituents that in western medicine lends themselves to supporting heart, micro biome, Adrenals, and immune systems.
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Chinese medical saying, “Where there’s stagnation, there will be pain. Remove the stagnation, and you remove the pain.” In this case stagnation means “stuck” QI, blood, lymph, phlegm or essential fluids. When any of these substances is no longer free flowing the result is pain. So first and foremost the goal of cupping is to help remove this stagnation or obstruction.
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Let's talk about probiotics vs prebiotic. How are they different and is one more important than the other?
Let's start with prebiotics. I feel as though prebiotics are probably the lesser known of the two. Probiotics have been talked a lot about in the media and probably by even mentioned by your doctor but prebiotics are just as important.
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Do you love a good soup? I LOVE a good soup especially in the winter time. I also love me a beautiful winter squash, they are so beautiful. So this recipe is a perfect marriage of the two. This recipe is another one from one of my favorite books Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine by Ellen Goldsmith and Maya Klein. This book is wonderful and if you don’t have it you should get it.
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What exactly is ear acupuncture and what the heck is it good for?
The body never ceases to amaze and every day we continue to discover this in more and more detail. We also continue to reaffirm that the whole body is connected. We also confirming that in order to have the best healing outcomes we need to address the whole and not just the parts.
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Acupuncture Today just recently put out an article by a man named Bill Reddy, an aerospace engineer turned acupuncturist, that was talking about the use of acupuncture in manned (and woman-ed) space missions. I was so excited to read about this 1. because my daughter is really into space right now and I can’t wait to tell her about it 2. Because its awesome 3. because it just makes sense and 4. if is good enough for NASA it should be good enough for everybody (right?!)
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Most simply put seed cycling is incorporating different types of seeds into your diet at different phases of your menstrual cycle to support hormone heath and cycle health. As many of us know food is medicine and in this case different seeds support different hormones and thus the different phases of our cycles.
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I wanted to do another recipe share. Its the first day of autumn and its time to start changing our diets so match the season. Todays recipe embraces the beauty of the autumn root veggies. This recipe comes from a wonderful book by Ellen Goldsmith and Maya Klein called Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine.
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Doctors diagnose one in four U.S. women during their lives with a pelvic floor disorder. If you’re not sure what or where the pelvic floor is, it’s a remarkable set of muscles and tissue that form a sling or “hammock” around the pelvic floor. It protects the pelvic organs, including the bladder, small bowel, and rectum. It also supports the uterus and vagina in women and the prostate in men. The pelvic floor helps with important functions such as urinating and defecating, sexual intercourse, and childbirth. Keep reading to learn more about the muscles and tissues of the pelvic floor. Then find out which problems can develop when they’re too tight or weak, and discover how to prevent or treat them.
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Most of us are familiar with the term Glycemic index but I am not sure if as many are familiar with the term Glycemic load. I had never heard this term myself until I came across it in some reading I was doing about the microbiome. So I thought that it was time for some research and sharing.
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Recently a friend of my called me distressed because her 9 year old daughter was showing the signs of starting her period. Her mom was obviously concerned because 9 years old is very young to be starting your menstrual cycle and in addition there are studies showing that early puberty is linked to other health conditions later in life. She was further puzzled because her daughter isn’t exposed to or meet most of the risk factors that are often attributed to early menses in girls. She isn’t obese, she isn’t exposed to a lot of environmental toxins, she isn’t impoverished or malnourished, she has a nutritious, well balanced diet…..so what could it be?
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Gua Sha is a “scraping” technique that is really just glossed over in school but turns out is an amazingly useful treatment for a wide variety of conditions. Gua means ‘to rub’ or ‘press or stroke.’ Sha describes the red “rash” or congested blood that comes to the surface of the skin.
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I don’t know about you but I often find myself getting bored with breakfast so I think I will share this recipe that I like to use as a breakfast alternative. Mushroom, Buckwheat, Egg Bowls.
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Chen pi is in a category of herbs that regulate the Qi. This means that it helps to move energy more smoothly and in the correct direction overall but Chen pi can do this more specifically in our digestive systems as well.
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Did you know bad moods, stress, depression, or anxiety could be linked directly with how happy your gut is? Is your digestion just as unhappy and stressed as your mind? They just might be linked!
There is a lot of new, amazing research out in the world connecting our brains and our gut health. It is wild to think that what is going on in your belly can be directly affecting your mental health.
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Women’s bodies are amazing works of art and are capable of the most miraculous feats of strength and complexity. With that beauty comes the natural seasons of change that are most often looked at as burdens or diseases when they should be celebrated.
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One of the most common question that comes up during treatment is, “How many treatments is this going to take?” Although everyone is different and every person’s situations, concerns, cases and lifestyles are different there are some general rule of thumb when considering the number of treatments that are recommended. You can think of this like medicine. We need the right dose, for you to take it at the right times and for the correct length of time to see the best results.
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The BBT chart (basil body temperature chart) can be such a wonderful , interesting and insightful tool when it comes to a woman’s cycle and fertility. The real conundrum is why don’t women and health care providers use it more. One reason my simple be that many women don’t know how to chart their temperatures and then what to do with that information once we have it.
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