Tag Archives: Walla Walla
Heal Yourself With Food: Three Steps to Treat Fatigue and Qi Deficiency
What is qi? Qi (pronounce chee) is essentially our energy. The Chinese character for qi represents steam rising off of rice, and many scholars translate it as the substance without form that we get from our food and nutritious beverages. Our qi circulates through our body giving life force or energy to our muscles, our organs, […]
Heal Yourself With Food: An Introduction To Chinese Medical Nutrition
The backbone of Chinese medicine is learning how to use your food as your first line of defense against illness and imbalance in your body. In this way, your food is your first go-to medicine. If food alone does not correct the issue, then you need to add in stronger interventions such as acupuncture, Chinese […]
Ratatouille- King of the Summer Vegetable Dishes
Ratatouille 1 large onion 3 zucchini or yellow summer squash or a blend 4 medium sized heirloom tomatoes, or 8 roma variety sauce tomatoes 1 yellow pepper 1 red peppers 1 green peppers 5-6 long, narrow eggplants, or 2 of the big, fat, round variety 6-8 cloves of garlic ¼ cup of fresh thyme […]
Key Summer Tips For Optimal Health This Summer
In Chinese medicine, the summer is related to the heart. The heart is thought to be the fire organ of the body (each organ gets an element), and the heart fire will easily ‘blaze out of control’ when certain conditions arise. Heart fire blazing in Chinese medicine could be one of many conditions, such as […]
What I Wish I Had Known About Women’s Health and Acupuncture When I Was Younger
As a teenager and well into my early twenties, I frequently suffered from dysmenorrhea– or painful periods. Everyone told me it was normal. Many of my matriarchs confided in me that they had debilitating cramps when their cycles started and well through their school years– painful enough to send them home from work and school. […]
Farmer’s Market Recipes: Chilled Pea Soup
Peas are back in season in Walla Walla and you can find them at the Downtown Walla Walla Farmer’s Market this coming weekend. Normally, I focus on warm, cooked, or lightly steamed foods to help make items more readily digestible, but I experimented with this recipe during a particularly hot time last year and could […]
Spring Vegetable Miso Soup Recipe
Ingredients: 2 carrots 1 medium yellow or sweet onion 5 cremini or shitake mushrooms 8 cups beef bone broth, chicken stock, or vegetable stock 1 box non-GMO tofu 2 heads pak choi, or 6 leaves bok choy ¼ cup miso optional: garnish of sesame oil, soy sauce , rice wine vinegar or apple cider […]
Big decisions, Little decisions
I apologize for my impromptu hiatus from blogging. Two months ago, I was given the great opportunity to expand my private practice and to add a fantastic licensed massage practitioner, Tyhra Owen, to our clinic. The act of expanding a private practice, renovating a new office space, and moving an existing office to a new space created […]
Springtime tips for a happy liver
Spring is upon us. As many of us plot our gardens, and springtime yard projects, it is fun to check in how the seasons connect to our internal biorhythm. In Chinese medicine the season of the spring relates to the liver and the gallbladder. These organs have a rich relationship to the epic growth that […]
Balsamic Beet Salad Recipe
Balsamic Beet Salad Recipe Ingredients: 9 small beets 6 green onions 1 bunch/head cilantro 2-3 T balsamic vinegar 2 T olive oil 1/4 tsp ground pepper pinch of salt (optional, I often omit the salt) Directions: Chop the greens and the root tails off of the beets, and peel them. If you don’t want your […]
Stick Out Your Tongue 