One of the paramount lessons that Chinese medicine teaches is the importance of living in harmony with the cycles of nature. When one resists our ignores these cycles, imbalance sets […]
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Cultivating Qi
In the latest issue of Buddhadharma, Zen Master Harada Roshi was asked about the concept of Qi (ki in Japanese). He states that one can cultivate Qi doing yoga, qigong […]
Reduce your calories and live longer!
The relationship between calorie restriction and longevity is a sound one. My friend, Dr. Stickley, has posted on this subject. You can access his article here. Also read my comment […]
Splenda far from Splendid
The amount of food products containing Splenda and other sugar substitutes like aspartame and the sugar alcohols is increasing exponentially. Being marketed as a “healthy” alternative to refined sugars is, […]
The Skinny on Butterfat and Raw Milk
So many natural health foods have been co-opted, denatured and ‘preserved’ for the profit of the large food conglomerates. They have even manipulated some of the labeling (organic) that allows […]
Are we as healthy as our grandparents?
It often strikes me in my practice that I (and many others in my profession) are encountering significant illness and weakness in younger and younger people as the years go […]
HPV/Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The issue of vaccines is a heated one, and this blog entry is not meant to be a discussion or analysis of the efficacy or morality of vaccines in general. […]
Medicine Buddha
The mantra of the Medicine Buddha: TADHYATA ; OM BHEKANDZE BHEKANDZE MAHA BHEKANDZE RAJA SAMUDGATE SOHA ! According to Buddhism (and Chinese medicine), the causes of diseases are primarily rooted […]
Getting to the Heart of Exercising
Is exercise good for one’s health? Before you answer that question, ask yourself how you define health. Do you really have an understanding of health or do you, like western […]
Paradigm
A medicine cannot be truly effective without a successful paradigm. By that I mean, how can a system of medicine diagnose, treat, and heal an illness that it cannot even […]