by Melanie | Oct 25, 2013 | Food as Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
What does it mean if you’re craving chocolate? Tune in to today’s episode to learn how to apply the Five Element Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine to decode your food cravings and discover the nutritional & medicinal power of each of the five...
by Melanie | Apr 5, 2013 | Traditional Chinese Medicine
Today’s episode is an introduction to the world of constitutional medicine. Your constitution is akin to what we’d call in biology, a “phenotype.” This is the way that your genes express themselves, the way that you show up in the world....
by Melanie | Sep 10, 2012 | Food as Medicine, Plant-based Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Waiting to treat an illness until after it manifests is like waiting to dig a well until after becoming thirsty.” ~a teaching proverb of Traditional Chinese Medicine Anxiety is the most prevalent of all mental health challenges, and it’s something...
by Melanie | Aug 19, 2012 | Plant-based Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Ever felt out-of-sorts & frustrated for seemingly no reason at all? The cause (and the solutions) might surprise you. Sometimes it’s as if our vital force gets backed up somewhere, creating an energy “traffic jam” that can lead us to feel uneven,...
