Our colleague, and friend of BIOM, Michael Max, L.Ac and Chinese Medicine Herbalist, has written this useful article about how to stay healthy during cold and flu season. A good read, filled with good information. “As the length of the days slips away and sunlight begins to fail earlier in the day, it is important […]
Category: Autumn Health Tips
Natural Medicine From the Medicinal Kitchen: Scallion Broth & Ginger Tea
Flu and colds are still taking hold, so, as soon as you feel cold or flu symptoms, take preventive action by enjoying one of these nourishing, natural home brews from the medicinal kitchen …
Healing Sounds For Seasonal Health: Resonant Rhythms of the Seasons
While we may not like the sound of a lot of things we hear today, from the news, and others’ apprehensive approximations of the state of affairs, that does not mean this moment is not resonant with what we need to hear to live healthy, fulfilling lives. For thousands of years, people everywhere have turned to sound and color as a source of healing. Without even realizing it, humans are naturally drawn to colors and sounds that nourish the mind and body. This is why most people have a favorite color and song.
Staying Healthy in Autumn: The Oriental Medicine Way
Be Aware of Dryness
During autumn, slowly increasing wind and cold begins to create dryness in the air, which affects your skin and Lungs. The effects of the natural tendency toward dryness in autumn are magnified as you begin to turn on the heat—at home, at work, and in the car—to take the chill out of the air.
Your skin and Lungs don’t like dryness, so it’s important to drink enough fluids to make sure they don’t get dried out.
Are You Ready? Covid Winter Is Coming!
As the Holiday Season arrives and we prepare ourselves to enter this first Winter of Covid, it is time for tales, new and old, told in ways new and old.
The attack of the Coronavirus has thrust humankind in an evolutionary moment! A statement surreal, yet all too true. An ancient Greek poet named, Hesiod gave the world the story about Pandora’s Box to warn about what can happen when Humankind strays too far from ‘home’; home being one’s inner knowing, one’s wisdom. It is not too far-fetched to say that’s where we Homosapients find ourselves today.
