Stay Strong, Happy and Healthy: The Oriental Medicine Way

We were stocking up on antivirus Chinese medicinal herb formulas when we got to talking with our supplier about how the antivirus medicinal herbs currently being prescribed by Oriental medicine practitioners to prevent the onset of Covid, or mitigate its symptoms, got formulated and distributed to people around China so quickly. He’s an expert in Chinese medicine pharmacopeia, authoring and translating several tomes on the use and effects of Chinese medicinal herbs; essentially encyclopedias which are widely used by institutes of Oriental Medicine to teach their students, and in the day to day clinic work of practitioners. So we knew he would have something interesting and informative to say.

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5 Element Theory

Five Ways To STRENGTHEN Your Lungs and Immune System

Eat foods that nourish the Lungs. These include: daikon radish, lotus root, maiitake mushrooms, and Chinese herb formulas. Get enough sleep. Reduce and keep stress low. (Easier said than done … but doable.) Pace yourself. Make sure to save some of your energy. Begin developing—or maintain—an inner practice like meditation, or deep breathing, to help your body relax […]

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