COOKING WINEOur favorite brand of Cooking Wine, Shaoxing, will enhance any dish, especially stir-fries and soups.
Add a splash towards the end of cooking to add depth to your food.
TANGERINE PEEL TEASCALLION HEALING PASTEDo you have a skin rash? Is your skin itchy or is it infected? Apply this traditional TCM remedy for soothing relief.SCALLION AND GINGER TEAThis traditional healing tea is very effective for colds with a headache, runny nose and chills.SCALLION COMPRESSThis ancient and authentic TCM recipe is beneficial for abdominal pain, difficulty urinating, and PMS.WATERMELON JUICEIf you find yourself drawn to a juicy slice of watermelon on a hot summer day, trust your intuition! This staple of nearly every picnic is nature’s gift to cool us off. Yet few people in the West know that watermelon has been an important healing food in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. TCM practitioners use this fruit medicinally to treat kidney infection, liver disease, diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. The essence of watermelon is cool, so it can help decrease internal heat, relieve thirst, and because it has the ability to increase the frequency of urination, it can help the body release toxins. Used topically on the skin, watermelon is very effective for overexposure to the sun. PMS TEAChinese medicine practitioners use only natural methods and natural ingredients to help their clients heal. Scallion, or green onion, as it’s frequently called, has many healing benefits. It’s especially beneficial when used to treat menstrual difficulties such as painful or irregular periods and PMS. This food helps relieve the body of internal cold, which is many times a cause for menstrual difficulties.PMS COMPRESSFennel is a food with many healing benefits. It has a warm essence that enters the Liver, Kidney, Spleen and Stomach meridians. Fennel especially conveys its healing qualities to the Liver and Stomach organ systems. This food is helpful for stomachaches cause by internal cold. It can even relieve food poisoning! Chinese medicine practitioners “prescribe” fennel to help regulate the menstrual cycle and relieve PMS symptoms.PEAR POWER FOR COUGHSThis is a traditional Chinese recipe for coughs. Pears have a cool essence that travels to the Lung and Large Intestine meridians, helping to relieve coughs and any excess heat in the Lung. Honey is a food that helps to moisten the Lung.
