These delicious health bars are gluten-free and are protein rich with various seeds and nuts.
This recipe includes Asian medicinal herbs that are good for digestion: 'Sha Ren' and 'Chen Pi'. We study these herbs in the class Oriental Herbology II. 'Sha Ren' is in the category 'Aromatic Transform Damp' and 'Chen Pi' is in the category 'Regulate Qi'.
Because of all the wonderful herbs added, this delicious soup is a qi tonic and blood tonic that can restore the body's resources. It has a good effect on brightening the eyes and slowing down the aging process. This recipe uses a 'black chicken' or 'silkie', which is considered very nourishing for the blood and essence and is available at specialty Asian markets. Locally, you can easily find it at Ranch 99 in El Cerrito or Concord, CA. You can also use a regular, organic chicken.
Desserts are often overly sweet with little medicinal value. In fact, excessive sweets injure the digestion and lead to dampness in the body which can cause various imbalances and diseases. This nutritional dessert recipe includes toasted 'Yi Yi Ren' 薏苡仁 (Job's Tears) which strengthens the digestive system (creating healthy Spleen Qi) and reduces dampness (water & mucus retention).
Strong Spleen Qi is the basis of 'post-natal Qi' and health. Keeping your spleen strong ensures that your digestive system will have the ability to extract all the nutrients from your food so your body can stay well nourished. How nice to have sweets that strengthen our body's internal organs rather than deplete them!
This recipe comes from Rebecca and is especially good for maintaining a strong digestive system (healthy Spleen Qi) and reducing dampness (water & mucus retention). Strong Spleen Qi is the basis of 'post-natal Qi' and health. Keeping your spleen strong ensures that your digestive system will have the ability to extract all the nutrients from your food so your body can stay well nourished. This is a super tasty recipe - enjoy!
This kitchardi can be eaten by all doshas but is especially good for vata. Indian Kitchardi is easy to digest and serves a similar purpose to eating Chinese congee or jook. Both of these types of porridge are used to aid in recovery from illness. The main difference is that kitchardi is typically spicy warm in nature, stimulating the yang energies in the body, whereas congee or jook is more neutral in temperature.
The sea vegetable in this soup is detoxifying and cleaning for the body. Seaweed is 'cold' in nature and its main action is that of clearing heat and transforming phlegm nodules. This action of reducing phlegm-heat is connected to seaweed ability to promote urination, which is an avenue to guide the hot-phlegm out of the body. Both of these functions are cleaning and clearing in nature. Modern research for seaweed has shown it has the ability to lower cholesterol (phlegm plaques), which is related to the cleaning action seaweed has on the body. Further, seaweed can bind with heavy metals (such as mercury and lead) and guide them out of the body. This last bit of modern research has prompted the use of various species of sea vegetables for detoxifying radioactive contamination. Try to buy seaweed that comes from healthy seas, since seaweed detoxifies the oceans too and can absorb toxins from the ocean.
