I love to teach the Zang-Fu Theory to new students, because it forces them to let go of what they know about the function of organs in a western sense, and wrap their heads around the TCM view point. But what's really important, is the functions of each TCM organ will help a good practitioner figure out [...]
Nobody messes with my mom. She's always right and will bite your head off if you don't do it her way. Imagine when at 10 years old, I decided to paint our kitchen bright turquoise. Her LV yang exploded when she came home and saw I had painted the fridge, the windows and the door as well [...]
Some of the best foods for the TCM kidney are black in colour (Corresponding colour in the 5-element theory), such as blackberries, black sesame seeds, black beans, seaweeds, black chia seeds and wild rice. I was born 10 weeks early and had scoliosis and asthma as a child. The hair on my head didn't grow until I [...]
I love how TCM Nutrition can heal our bodies, and TCM food cures are amazing if the patient is willing to be compliant. I was born premature. Ten weeks premature actually! According to my mom (who smoked 2 packs a day during her pregnancy), babies are born early all the time and smoking had nothing to do [...]
TCM is amazing and so quick to treat sports injuries, especially when it's done right away. I love to hike, mountain bike and play tennis with my hubby. But as I get older (OMG, 50 is just around the corner, yikes!) injuries seem to happen more often. I don't stretch as much anymore, I don't take the [...]
When I was in school learning observation skills for the different kinds of TCM body type and TCM diagnosis, I would practice on celebrities and I still do; it's so much fun, don't you think? I remember watching Celine Dion belting out the Titanic song and saying to myself: "Oh my gosh, her tongue is so pale, [...]
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