Posted on November 30th, 2009 by
Neil in
Chinese Herbs,
Nutrition
Rosehip syrup has been made at this time of year in the UK since the recipe was circulated during the 2nd world war as a way of ensuring that we got enough vitamin C during rationing. It makes a delicious drink, and can be used to sweeten deserts, yogurt, porr...
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Tagged As: astragalus, huang qi, rosehip, syrup
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by
Neil in
Nutrition
A while ago I was asked about ‘superfoods’, and why they all seemed to be from the other side of the world. This started me thinking – what are our native ‘superfoods’, if any? What I came up with was Oats and Nettles. In the term...
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Tagged As: oats, superfood
Acupoint Yong Quan – ‘The Bubbling Spring’ – Kidney 1 The point Yongquan, on the sole of the foot, is one of the most important in Qi Gong practice, and is also of great use in Tui na and acupuncture for its calming and relaxing effect....
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Tagged As: acupoint, insomnia, kid1, kidney 1, stress, yongquan
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by
Neil in
Qi Gong
‘Qi Gong’ is normally translated as ‘Energy Work’. While ‘Qi’ refers the the vital energy that we work with using Qi Gong, the word ‘Gong’ doesn’t exactly mean ‘work’ as we know it in English. I...
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Tagged As: meaning, Qi Gong