Springtime has arrived! Spring is called the wood element in Chinese medicine. Spring stands for new life, new energy, new ideas. Many people like the spring.The temperatures are going up, new leaves growing on the trees. That beautiful delicate green everywhere. During wintertime, nature looked as if dead, but in reality, Mother Nature was restoring her energy. Restoring her energy is much needed […]
Daily Archives: August 7, 2019
Tension Release Exercises
We talked so much about stress, that it is now time to find out what you can do about it! So, this month, we have a guestblog for you! Thank you so much, Pepine! TRE, or tension release exercises…how shaking can help you release stress and tension. Have you ever experienced mild shaking or trembling when you had […]
SUMMER
The summer is here! Whoohoo! Mother Nature is in full bloom and the temperatures are going up. In Chinese medicine, the summer is called the fire element. It is the season of abundant energy, expansion, growth and activity. You just have to look outside to understand what is happening in your body. The organs of the summer are the heart and the small intestine. The colour that belongs to […]
Food for thought and for the winter
Chinese medicine does not look at vitamins, it looks at the energetic worth of the food in the body. So, some foods will cool your energetic system (you need this in the summer when the weather is hot) and some will heat your system up (you need this when it is cold outside). Like we said before, […]
Winter recipe 2
Adding some bay leaf to your dish, will give a slightly bitter and woody taste. This will do very well in sour dishes. It also gives taste to for example bolognese sauce, beef stew and chicken. Hasselback pumpkin Find an organic bottle pumpkin and slice it in half over the entire length. You can leave […]
Rosemary recipe
For this recipe, you can use normal potatoes, but we recommend sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are a vegetable and it will give you more fiber, which is important for the intestines. It is up to you which one you would like to use. Pre-heat the oven at 200 degrees Celcius. Clean the potatoes and cut them […]
Fodmap
The Fodmap diet has been developed en tested in practice at the Monash University in Melbourne. At this university, Peter Gibson and Susan Shepherd developed the Fodmap diet. Shepherd is specialised in food intolerances. Gibson is professor and director of gastroenterology. Before, he was professor of medicine and head of the Eastern Health clinical school. […]
Chamomile soup
For this soup you need 3 organic leeks, a clump of butter, 1 litre of homemade chicken or beefbroth and 2 eating spoons of dried chamomile buds or 4 sachets of chamomile tea. Let the butter melt and put the leeks in. Then put the leeks in the broth with the chamomile and let it simmer. You will now have a potent and soothing soup which fits this time of year very well. Please let us know if you tried this soup and how it was for you. Just hit the contactbutton. March 2019 All rights reserved
Detox drink
Since we are slowly going from winter to spring, we thought this might be a nice drink for this transition and it has detox qualities as well. You make it the night before you want to consume it. The cinnamon has a warming quality, the apple has a cooling quality and the few drops of lime are good for the liver energy. Take a glas jar. Slice the apple in very thin slices. Put some cinnamon sticks on the bottom of the jar. Then put the very thin slices of the apple against the wall of the jar. Put some drops of lime in. If you like, you can also put some icecubes in as well. Fill the jar up with mineral water without bubbles, close the jar and put it in the refrigerator for a night. Next morning you will find a nice drink. Enjoy! Please let us know it this was tasty for you.You can get in touch with us by hitting the contact button. March 2019 All rights reserved
Spring recipe
Green vegetables and the taste sour, will balance your liver energy during springtime. So, you can add them to your daily dishes. Recipe Warm a saute pan over medium heat. Add cold pressed organic olive oil, garlic, a pinche of salt. When the garlic is fragrant, add the chickpeas and cook for about 5 minutes. Then add the […]