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	<title>Neil Kingham &#187; Chinese Herbs</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Chinese Health Arts</description>
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		<title>Calendula Skin Ointment</title>
		<link>http://neilkingham.com/2010/08/calendula-skin-ointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Calendula (English Marigold) is full of flowers at the moment. As well as using the petals in cooking, they are also valuable for their remarkable skin-healing properties. Calendula promotes tissue repair, reduces inflammation and infection, and helps to prevent scarring. This very simple ointment or balm can be used for chapped hands, minor burns, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking with Calendula</title>
		<link>http://neilkingham.com/2010/07/cooking-with-calendula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pot marigold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Calendula (Pot Marigold) plants are in full bloom now, and as well as making my garden look great, I&#8217;ve been using the petals in my food. The bright orange colour looks amazing, and they have a slightly tangy flavour. Pick the flower heads off when they are fully open, and then pull off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe: Chen Pi Chicken</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbeque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bbq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chen pi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chen Pi Chicken is quite a common dish in China &#8211; Chen Pi is dried tangerine peel, and it is often used to flavour chicken. This is a great barbeque recipe, or it can be grilled or roasted. The dish &#8216;orange chicken&#8217; available in many Chinese restaurants in the West is probably a westernization of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe: Elderflower Cordial</title>
		<link>http://neilkingham.com/2010/06/recipe-elderflower-cordial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[elderflower]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elderflowers are starting to appear round my way, so I thought it was the ideal time to share this simple recipe for elderflower cordial. This cordial is so easy and quick to make, and tastes easily as good or better than any cordial you can buy. In Chinese medicine elderflowers have a cooling energy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Your Energy Levels with Chinese Herbs</title>
		<link>http://neilkingham.com/2010/05/boost-your-energy-levels-with-chinese-herbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 11:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diseases / Conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ginseng]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Using Chinese herbs on a regular basis is a simple but effective way of boosting energy levels and fighting fatigue. In the language of Chinese medicine, energy-boosting herbs are called &#8216;Qi tonics&#8217;. These herbs provide deep, long term tonification to the whole body. They are not empty stimulants, and generally do not have an instant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen herbs: Fennel Seed</title>
		<link>http://neilkingham.com/2010/05/kitchen-herbs-fennel-seed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digestive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the Mediterranean, Fennel seed has traditionally been as popular as a medicinal herb as it has been as a cooking herb. It excels as a digestive and urinary tonic. Acting on the digestive system it relieves flatulence, abdominal distention and dull pain. In Chinese terms it can be said to warm the middle and [...]]]></description>
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