Author Archives: Myoki

We are still in the middle of the winter season and many people have a challenge with stuck mucus.  Mucus can be quite yukkie when you have a cold or a sinus infection, but you have mucus althrough your body. Think of the synovial fluids in your joints and also the rectum produces mucus to […]

In the first blog on this subject, we described what stress is, we talked about energetic accounting and stress signals. In this blog, we will talk about what can cause stress. This is not an exhaustive list by all means, so please feel free to comment and add by using the contactbutton. * There are […]

IBS is a condition that manifests itself in abdominal cramps, abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea or constipation, without finding the underlying cause. In case the intestinal complaints last longer than three months and no underlying cause is found, they speak of IBS. This does not mean that no abnormalities can be found in the gut. Research as shown […]

In the first blog on stress, we talked about what stress is, energetic accounting and stress signals. In the second blog, we talked about what can cause stress. And this month we will talk about what happens in your body when stress occurs. This might be a little technical, but please bear with us. We […]

The time and age we are living in, cause a large amount of toxic load in our body, which affects all of our bodily systems in a negative way. Think of our degenerated and processed food, air pollution, light pollution, radiation, not enough movement and stress. To stay as healthy as possible and age gracefully, […]

It’s already March! We had a lot of sun in February and it almost seemed spring. February 25, was the warmest day ever measured in Holland. A phenomenon  of global warming? Probably. In the early days, people got allergy symptoms in March, but this year, it started way early. Very annoying for those people. There are different kind of allergies. * inhalation allergies, like pollen, pets, dust. Most of the symptoms are in the    airway tract and mucus layers. *  Food allergies, where most of the symptoms are in the digestive tract     and sometimes also in the skin, like eczema. In Chinese medicine, food     allergies pint to a weak spleen energy. * Contact allergies. The skin can get red or itching can occur. Hay fever or other allergies, are an immune disease. Chinese medicine says that an allergy can develop, when the body is weak and vulnerable. So, when  the immune system is weak or when you had a tiresome and stressful period a substance, like pollen, will give an incentive to the body. In normal circumstances, when the body is strong, the bode will eliminate the incentive without further due. When the body is weak, the body will start fighting and the fight is an inflammation reaction.  This reaction is considered negative and the body will store this information. The body stores this information for a very long time and every time, the body will see this negative reation as an attack. Every time you get in contact the this particular substance,, the body will counterattack. That is the reason why someone might not be bothered by, for example peanuts,for forty years, and then suddenly is not able to eat another peanut again. The danger is,  that you will start to avoid eating peanuts and when you don’t do anything about your immune system, the body will start to react to other substances as well. This way, you might allergic to all kind of substances. The way to get a grip on allergies, is to make sure your immune system is strong before the allergy starts. You might want to do this by acupuncture, food and movement. You also might want to try not to avoid the allergen. Exposing yourself to the allergen bit by bit is a way to let your body get uses to normal circcumstances. You can do this exposure, when for example the hay fever season has not yet burst into full force. You could also use herbs. Thyme and peppermint are great for the lung energy and thyme also for the digestive tract. Some other tips: * Quit smoking and use only one glas of alcohol or one cup of coffee a day,    if you absolutely have to. * Don’t use refined sugars. Sugar will worsen the symptoms. * You might want to use a supplement, such as Quercitine, Scutellariae,    GLA, probiotics, vitamine E. These are natural histamine inhibitors and super    anti oxidants. Scutellariae  and Quercitine complex, can also be use as symptom    fighters. * AHCC is a fast acting supplement that increases resistance. * Try to keep moving, because condition an resistance go hand-in-hand. Should you want to try this regimen, try it for three years in a row and you might find that the allergy will have deminished or has disapeared. Try to estimate well in advance, when the hay fever season starts  and start this regimen a few weeks beforehand. When the allergy is coming full force, you can only try to deminish the symptoms. […]

In the previous blogs, we talked a lot about stress. When stress reigns for too long and you are not able to change it, release it and/or let it go, it  leads to burn-out. It is called burn-out, but actually, it feels like a complete burn down. So, the gliding scale is: stress, chronic stress, being overworked/or being worked up, to the end-station called burn-out. […]

As promised, following the blog about skin, hair and nails. Chinese medicine uses the condition of your skin, hair and nails as a diagnostic instrument. Your skin, hair and nails are a reflection of the condition of your internal organs. You could say: so inside, so outside.The condition of your nails is a reflection of your liver energy. Premature greying or hair […]

In the previous blogs, we talked a lot about stress. Naturally, we cannot fail to talk about ways to reduce stress. Under the header related subjects, you will find a guest blog on TRE and you will find stress reducing exercises under the header movement. Under the header food and drinks, you will find tips to […]

Rheumatism is a collective name for over 100 musculoskeletal disorders. Muscles, tendons, bones and joints can be involved. It is not caused by an accident. Sometimes also the internal organs can be involved. Anyone can get rheumatism at any age. Types of rheumatism There are various types of rheumatism: * autoimmune disease/inflammatory rheumatism * arthrosis * gout * soft tissue rheumatism. With the autoimmune variety, the immunesystem sees healthy cells as angry invaders and  attacks the own body. Because of this, inflammation […]