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For Your Valentine: Herbs for a Healthy Heart

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Healthy Valentine We all know the traditional Valentine gifts—chocolate, roses, wine, candle light dinner and etc. This time-honored February tradition is aimed at the heart, our loved ones. Protect your precious love with natural health: Herbal medicine is on...
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Our Metal Element in Autumn

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Traditional Chinese Medicine’s (TCM) theory teaches that we are part of Nature and are made up of her elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Each element has corresponding organ systems and their functions. The Five Elements is...
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Lotus Seed, Dried Lian Zi

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Lotus Seed, Dried Lian Zi 蓮子 Lotus Seed nourishes and calms body and mind. Lotus seed is often cooked in soups, deserts or boiled and served with raw honey. Lotus seeds, called Lian Zi, the mature seed of...
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The Rabbit and the Goddess

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In Chinese mythology, the Rabbit is the only zodiac animal that lives with the Goddess Chang'E on the Moon. The spirit of the Rabbit is vigilant, witty, ambitious, and ingenious. Be healthy for the Year of the Rabbit:...
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About yin/yang and a detoxifying soup

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Balance for HealingWe need both yin and yang. A person with a fever and thirst has more heat, has more yang; whereas weakness and chills impotence require more yang, Keeping yin and yang working smoothly to support each...
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Sophora japonica (槐花、槐花蜜)

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Sophora japonica (槐花、槐花蜜) Suffering from the heat? Headache, bloody nose, red eyes, hypertension? Many cooling, detoxifying herbs are very bitter. Sophora japonica, also known as Huai Hua Mi, (槐花、槐花蜜) is mild and pleasant tasting.
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