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Set Your Sights on the Moon
Set Your Sights on the Moon The moon has always held a mystical quality for human beings. It has fueled our dreams and imagination for millennia. For thousands of years we humans dreamed of going to the moon. The phrase “shoot for the moon” once meant dreaming big and setting your sights on the impossible.
Summer Season – Preparing Your Body to Transition from Yang to Yin Energy
Summer Season – Preparing Your Body to Transition from Yang to Yin Energy Summer is Yang energy, Fire energy, as we’ve written about before. The yang energy builds to a point where it peaks and then starts to diminish and Yin energy begins increasing. In the Chinese calendar, July 22 is a very special
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Master Lin’s Autumn Pear Tea
Master Lin’s Autumn Pear Tea In this recipe you can use standard pears or Asian pears. Makes 3 Servings 5 cups of Spring Water 3 medium size organic pears, cut, core and chop in 1 inch pieces 2 TBS dried Goji Berries 1 TBS Rock Sugar (traditional Chinese) or raw honey to taste
American Ginseng and Chinese Dates Tea
American Ginseng and Chinese Dates Tea BENEFITS: This is good for improving immune function and overall health Can also be taken daily for recovery after illness. Serves: 1 INGREDIENTS: American Ginseng – 15gm (about fifteen slices) Chinese Red Dates – 3 PREPARATION Rinse dates, cut open to remove pit and
Healthy Balanced Fried Rice
Healthy Balanced Fried Rice BENEFITS: Nutritional recipe assisting the body to be vigorous ***If you have nut allergies this recipe contains pine nuts and black roasted sesame seeds*** INGREDIENTS: Goji-berries: a small handful (about 20) Pine nuts: a handful Black roasted sesame seeds: a small handful Chinese Broccoli: 1½ cups (regular broccoli
Pine Nut Pesto
Pine Nut Pesto BENEFITS: Pine nuts are good for the digestive system, kidney energy, and also help relieve coughing with mucus. PREPARATION Wash the nuts clean, about 1/4 to 1/2 lb. Stir-fry them in a pan until they become a light brown. Remove from heat. When cool, eat them like eating peanuts as a snack.
Recipe for Strengthening Vitality
Recipe for Strengthening Vitality BENEFIT: Support and strengthen Kidney energy in winter Serving size: small bowl Serves 4 people – enough for three days apiece INGREDIENTS: 1 cup black sesame seeds: soak for 2 hours, drain water 2 cups of wood ear mushroom: soak for 2 hours, drain water and chop
Spinach Salad
Spinach Salad BENEFITS: Good for calming down the extra heat of the chest energy. It is grounding with earth energy. Serving size: small bowl Serves 3 people Ingredients: 6 cups water 1 lb of raw spinach 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds 1 tbsp of black sesame seeds 2 tbsp pine nuts 1