I’ve just uploaded a video about how to use Chinese food-herbs to combat stress and anxiety, focusing on Longan fruit and Albizzia flower… Longan is a dried fruit that nourishes Heart Blood, and has been traditionally used for stress, anxiety and i...
This is a recipe to strengthen and regulate the digestive system, which comes under the domain of the Earth element in Chinese medicine (hence the name). It’s simple and easy to prepare, and tastes delicious. Ingredients (Serves 2): 4 carrots 1 small oni...
Ginger is one of the most therapeutically useful herbs in common use in the kitchen, and has been revered as a healing herb for thousands of years in Chin and across the world. Fresh ginger has 3 main uses: 1. It warms and regulates the digestive system, helpi...
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day at a series of conferences and workshops entitled ‘The Embodiment of the Dao: Daoist Yangsheng Practices and the Cultivation of Health and Vitality’. It was an inspiring and informative da...
Rosemary is one of the most useful culinary herbs for strengthening Yang. It stimulates the circulation and warms the extremeties. If you are normally cold, with cold hands and feet, rosemary is an ideal herb to use on a regular basis. It is also used to promo...
Cabbage soup has a bit of a bad name, but my version is tasty, and extremely easy to make. It is a very nourishing recipe, a Warm Blood and Qi tonic suitable for everyone. As a good Blood tonic it benefits general health, especially for weak, thin & dry p...
