Every year I get requests for soups and questions about what I cook for my family. So I thought I’d share my favorite site for recipes, Simply Recipes. Enjoy!
Tags: appetite, experiments, Recipes, soup
The question is this, what to do when you have an acupuncture appointment? For starters, I’ve lived in San Francisco for ten years and worked here for six. I’ve seen all there is to body hair or lack thereof. But nearly everyday I get an apology from a female patient for having [...]
Tags: dietary advice, health care
Normally in the summer acupuncturists warn about over-heating and what patients can do for themselves to cool down and stay comfortable; I offered a few suggestions in a previous blog. But if you live in San Francisco you know that summer isn’t like that, and that what you are facing is three months of windy, [...]
Tags: back, barley tea, dampness, dietary advice, experiments, haramaki, mugicha, summer, tea
There is one food that I consistently peddle in my office and that is stock—beef stock, chicken stock, pork stock, lamb stock, fish stock. Stock is one of those amazing foods we’ve unfortunately forgotten about. It’s packed full of minerals, calcium and gelatin in a digestible, absorbable form. If everyone consumed their homemade stock, there [...]
Tags: appetite, dietary advice, experiments, health care, pregnancy, soup, women's health
Article from the New York Times exposing the virtues of Tai Qi, but the real reason I’m posting this blog: Tai Chi & Qigong with Scott Phillips in San Francisco!!! Starts September 22nd, 6 PM to 8 PM—but come any time! Class location: 5841 Geary Street @ 23rd Avenue. 1st Hour Qigong and 2nd Hour [...]
Tags: experiments, health care, Tai Chi
There’s no polite way to discuss this next subject, so if you are squeamish about bodily functions, this is not the post for you—unless of course you suffer from this particular problem.
In my office experience thus far, the number one reason for diarrhea (and this excludes the stomach flues that are passed around in [...]
Tags: appetite, cold, dietary advice, experiments, health care
I’ve had a great summer—took a month off to backpack, meditate and spend time with family and friends. Just giving myself a bit of that downtime advice I give to patients on a daily basis. Often I ask patients what do you do for downtime, and I get a chuckle as they say [...]
Tags: experiments, health care, meditation
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