Aspiraling

Walnuts...Amazing Superfood

2008-06-19T14:37:00.000-07:00

I cannot say enough about walnuts. I'm sure that much of it has been said before but just look at a walnut. It looks like a minature brain. Traditional Chinese Medicine, as complicated as it may seem, is really basic. It is a medicine of micrcosms imitating macrocosms. So if something visually looks like something, it is bound to help the thing it looks like. For example, red veggies help the blood, animal kidneys help the kidney. If a walnut looks like a brain, it helps the brain. In TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), the brain is linked to the kidneys. So therefore, eating walnuts (only a handful, no binging) will tonify the kidneys, specifically the kidney yang, the fire in your body. Anyone who has a low libido, which is a huge portion of the over-worked, adrenal fatigued, super stressed American population could benefit from a medicinal food that boosts the kidney Yang. Walnuts are also an excellant source of alpha-linolenic acid, an essencial fatty acid. Note: essential fatty acid means it is essential to the body but cannot be produced by the body itself. Walnuts also have almost as much calcium as milk. Walnuts also lubricate the intestines and are good for the dryer type consipation experienced by older people Walnuts are also good for people with cold-type asthma, which is characterized by white, clear, or foamy mucus, cold extremities, pale face, and a frequent feeling of coldness. Here are a few more things about walnuts

* warming in nature, sweet flavor
* can reduce inflamation and alleviate pain
* they moisten the lungs and intestines, and help alleviate coughing and wheezing
* they nourish kidneys/adrenals and brain
* they enrich sperm
* treat impotency
* help treat cold and painful back and knees

Don't eat too many walnuts if you get hot easily or if you have chronic loose stools

Note: Much of this was adapted from Paul Pritchford's Book, Healing with Whole Foods

It's all about you

2008-06-15T00:08:00.001-07:00

No one can heal you but yourself. I am a promoter of healing. People come to me and want me to magically take away their pain. I guess that is what conventional medicine has trained us to believe in...just pop the magical pill and all your sorrows and pains will disappear. Sorry, I am here to tell you that you must not be passive in the healing process if you are really going to heal the root. In fact, it can become almost a full time job. But the rewards are peace, hope all that other positive stuff. So don't expect me to preform miraculous deeds, I am just a promoter. Sometimes our energy gets blocked. Sometimes we can't move beyond that strong brick wall. I can only make you stronger so you can break down that wall or slowly remove it brick by brick.

Binge No More

2008-06-14T23:54:00.001-07:00

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Wounded Healer

2008-05-08T13:41:00.001-07:00

I am definitely a wounded healer. Healing comes from within. The healthy whole person is already within me and I keep reminding my patients/clients that they are already whole. I need to remember that for myself. What are things we can do this week to be good to ourselves. Let's see.

Take a nap. I have a free afternoon and I am going to take a nap right now.
Make art. That's why I was put on this planet.
Say positive affirmations.
Everything that is happening is meant to be as it is
I am blessed.
My talents will bring me money
I am surrounded by love
Cook healthy meals for myself and spend money on good healthy food even though I am poor. You are what you eat.
Drink lots of water. I need to do more of that.
Remind myself that I am good just the way I am.

Why aspiraling?

2008-04-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

I chose to give birth to Aspiraling today. Aspiraling has the word aspire in it which means "to soar." I like this because when I was struggling in the past, people labeled my struggles as "spiraling downward." I know one can spiral upward. I also like the word spiral because as a Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioner, meditator and one who dabbles in things that strict rational science types might laugh at, I have experienced many times how energy travels in spirals.

Day 1

2008-04-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

Just started blogging for first time. Feel strange about having my words, my inner thoughts sent out to the universe but I guess who cares. I am writing to be a source for women who are aspiring to recover from eating disorders naturally. I hope I can be of service.