Some of you might have read my previous post on “How does Chinese Medicine view Eczema“. In this post, I’m going to share some of the basic eczema care about supplements, moisturisers, bath and home care that you can easily incorporate into your lifestyle. Supplements Care Evening Primrose or Blackcurrant Oil Evening primrose oil has […]
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Turning down Turmeric
Once upon a time, there was a yellow ginger called Turmeric that not many people knew about. Come 2018, every health website has high turmeric metric readings, golden powder are sprinkled everywhere and instagram #turmeric pulls up 721,000 posts and counting 😲. 💛 What is Turmeric Turmeric is a member of the Curcuma botanical group, which is also […]
Does eating healthy fats cause dampness according to TCM?
Healthy fats such as avocado, coconut oil, butter, MCT oils are the go-to fats now, but are they causing dampness in your body? In TCM food therapy, most will advice cutting down on “fatty and heavy flavored food” because they will increase dampness (think humidity), weaken the Spleen and affect your body in many ways. […]
Top 20 CNY Snack-o-pedia
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR Only 3 more days to Chinese New Year ! Fellow chinese readers and those who are celebrating Chinese New Year, have you bought your stash of snacks already? Or have you started eating them already? >.< CALORIE CONCERNS So I did a poll yesterday on Insta-stories for the first time. Yes, […]
CHOCOLATE: Probably the best medicine
As a child, sinking my teeth into a Mars bar gave me the ultimate chocolate euphoria. As my taste buds awaken to the burst of sweetness and chewy texture uninterrupted by hard peanuts. And before you know it, it’s gone. After 20 years, although Mars bar doesn’t bring back the same explosion of chocoragasm,I still […]