by BlueSky | Mar 21, 2017 | Herbal Medicine
‘Spring’s element is wood, the organs are the Liver and Gallbladder, the color is green, the taste is bitter, the climate is wind, the stage of development is birth, the planet is Jupiter, the sense organs are the eyes, the emotion is anger, and the sound is...
by BlueSky | Nov 21, 2014 | Herbal Medicine
Most of the information in this blog post comes from a lecture I listened to by Keri Brooks, FDN. Digestion is heavily effected by our emotional state. Stress that brings us into a fight or flight state releases more Cortisol into our system. Cortisol slows down...
by BlueSky | Nov 10, 2012 | Herbal Medicine
Sometimes no matter how hard we try to rest and eat right, colds and flu get the best of us. You might feel fatigued or run-down a few days before symptoms manifest, so if you start listening to your body you may be able to reduce your symptoms by resting early on. In...
by BlueSky | Jul 25, 2012 | Herbal Medicine
We had an amazing weekend in Fairfax, CA learning Fukushin — Japanese abdominal diagnosis — during a two-day seminar with Kumiko Shirai, MSOM, L.Ac. Developed by Japanese scholars during the Edo period (1600-1800s), Fukushin is a method of diagnosing...
