Tips for Treating Yeast Infections
on Aug 29 in Acupuncture, Specific Health Issues, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Often I get asked in my clinic about diet recommendations for yeast infections.
When we host parasites in our system, they tend to have their own life. They produce waste products, have their specific hungers and food preferences, and feed off our body’s energy reserves. Most often, parasites also have a personality of their own, which shows up, when a person’s energy is weakened and their system is taken over by it.
The cravings of what feeds the parasite, often dominates our food choices more then an appetite for what our own body actually needs.
When I address a much needed diet change, very often there is outrage, overwhelm and “I cannot possibly do that” or “then there is nothing to eat for me” or similar expressions of distress.
The information that yeast infections cannot be healed along with the consumption of sugar and refined carbs, will send us into spasms and we often rather suffer then adjust the diet.
At least at first.
Sugar has become an addiction in the western world. The average American person consumes 140 pounds of sugar per year. Imagine the mountain of sugar in front of you, and that is per day ….., you do the math.
Sugar not only is the most inflammatory food one can ingest it also depletes the body of essential nutrients, like Vitamin B etc…
It contributes to the body’s PH becoming more and more acidic, an ideal breeding ground for infections, virus and cancer. A sugar free diet (including)(excluding) Maple syrup, Agave, Honey etc is essential for the body to move over to a more alkaline PH and for the yeast to have a less ideal breeding ground.
There are wonderful supplements to eliminate it as well, like Oil of Oregano capsules, Tanalbit, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Homeopathic Remedies.
The best thing to do is to drink a glass of warm water in the morning first thing, with some lime or lemon Juice. That will help cleanse the liver. It is important NOT to drink chlorinated tap water, but spring, or good quality filtered water.
The best foods are all organic, protein, veggies, cold pressed olive, or coconut oil, seeds, legumes, in some cases quinoa and millet are ok, seaweed, lemons and for some grapefruit is ok.
Lots of room temperature water and any herbs you can support the system. Nettle tea is great as a cleanse as well as full of minerals and nutrients.
A licensed practitioner can help. Don’t forget your acupuncture… And lots of patience.
Yeast is a sticky thing. Getting it out of the system can go along with grumpy moods and headaches, and it can take a long time.
And know that there is a dying off process where it will fight in you to not go down…”just one pice of cookie….”, “just one spoon of ice cream I have been so good for the whole week”….That is exactly what keeps it going, that one spoon.
Good luck
Allergy season
on Aug 10 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Specific Health Issues, Uncategorized
It is allergy season again.
Lots of pollen in the air. A good time to go to your Acupuncturist, get treatment and herbs and take a look at the diet.
When the body is already overloaded with foods that trigger an allergic reaction, the immune system does not have a lot of energy to deal with outside allergens as well. So we get stuffy noses, itchy eyes and sore throats etc.
This is a good time to eliminate sugar,dairy and wheat from the diet. There are so many yummy foods freshly grown out there in this time of the year that it might be not too hard to do that.
Also it helps the body to drink lots of room temperature water. If there is ice in your drink, or it is from the fridge, the body looses valuable energy to warm itself up again, as we always maintain the same temperature.
In Asia people drink hot fluids when it is hot outside because it opens up the pores, makes one sweat and so cools down the body.
Drinking cold fluids in the long run make us hotter and so then we need the next cold drink…anyway something to play with.
enjoy
Community Acupuncture in the Boulder Weekly
on Aug 09 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, In the News, Uncategorized
This article can be found online here: Boulder Weekly
Insomnia and Sleep problems
on Aug 05 in Acupuncture, Specific Health Issues, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedGood morning again
In Chinese Medicine, we look at the kind of sleeping problems one might have. It is hard to fall asleep or difficult to stay asleep. Is the sleep dream disturbed, or do you wake up early. What time in the night one wakes up, if going back to sleep is difficult, can tell something about organ imbalance. The window between 1am and 3am is often related to Liver issues.
Generally we think about sleep connected to the spirit that lives in the heart. In Chinese Medicine organs have a spirit. The heart spirit s called Shen. If the someone is anemic, the blood is not rich and at night the Shen cannot rest in the heart, but is restless, leading to disturbed sleep. So we treat improving the blood quality and nurturing the affected organ to help with sleep.
In Western Medicine, if someone has an organ transplant, often it is reported that the person picks up trades from the organ donor. In that sense even Western Medicine recognizes the presence of a spirit or personality trade related to organs.
There are several great formula’s of Chinese Herbs to choose from to balance sleep. Kidney, Liver and Heart are most often addressed.
Gluten Free Zucchini Peach mess
on Aug 02 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedSome of you might wonder this is an acupuncture site and so many recipes. Healthy food is, I think one of the most important ingredients for maintaining health. Here in Boulder we have a wonderful Farmers Market with organic fresh produce. Last Saturday my friend Maurizio, the head baker of Udi’s bakery bought a box of second’s of Peaches. He gave me some and when I came home, there where several Zucchini’s to be harvested in my garden. I thought of how to combine those two and came up with this yummy “cake”
1 and 1/2 cups of grated Zucchini add
1 and 1/2 cups of finely grated Pecan nuts, or Almonds or other nuts add
1 and 1/2 cups of Pamela’s Pancake mix, Gluten Free
if not available substitute with a mix of Millet flour and Tapioca starch, with a teaspoon of baking powder mixed in add
3 egg yolks and some (optional) Agave syrup or Maple Syrup , or Cane sugar
between 1/3 of a cup and 1/2 cup depending on your sweet tooth. The peaches are really sweet, so you don’t need any sugar at all really.
Add some cinnamon or vanilla if you like.
Beat stiffly the 3 egg whites and fold under the dough.
Fill into a parchment lined oiled baking form and spread cut up peaches over the batter. Bake at 365 for 1 hour or until done.
yummy hot and cold
Summer Pizza Gluten Free
on Jul 28 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
A wonderful recipe for a gluten fee pizza. Goes well with salad of any kind.
For the dough use either millet or quinoa flour.
1/3 of flour of choice (see above)
1/3 of finely ground flax seed golden or brown
1/3 of corn starch or tapioca flour
mix well and add a little olive oil, a pinch of salt and some dried or fresh yeast.
add enough hand warm water to make a dough you could knead if you wanted to. let sit in a warm place covered with a towel till dough rises, about 1 hour or less.
roll out thinly with the use of some more flour and put on oiled pizza sheet, not a cookie sheet, since you want the crust to get hot and crunchy in the oven.
Let rise again for 20 minutes.
spread crushed tomatoes or sauce or any toppings you might like. drizzle some olive oil over pizza before baking on very high heat, about 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until done depending on toppings.
sometimes it is better to put the cheese in the pizza only for the last 5 minutes of baking, so it does not get too hard.
don’t forget about fresh herbs, greens, garlic, olives, capers, blue cheeses, anchovies….
Boulder Community Hospital
on Jul 19 in Acupuncture, Affordable Healthcare, Alternative Medicine, Pre- and Post-Surgery, UncategorizedHello you all
have not been blogging due to business at orientation at the Boulder Community Hospital, where I am going to work in the Cancer Treatment Center with Acupuncture in an amazing team of Massage Therapist’s, Reiki Practitioners and Acupuncturist’s. Very honored to be part of that team.
More later.
Samhitta
Community Acupuncture Boulder Affordable Healthcare
on Jul 13 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Pre- and Post-Surgery, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedHere’s my first video blog post welcoming you to Community Acupuncture.
insomnia and sleep problems
on Jul 08 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Specific Health Issues, Wellness
Good morning again
In Chinese Medicine, we look at the kind of sleeping problems one might have. It is hard to fall asleep or difficult to stay asleep. Is the sleep dream disturbed, or do you wake up early. What time in the night one wakes up, if going back to sleep is difficult, can tell something about organ imbalance. The window between 1am and 3am is often related to Liver issues.
Generally we think about sleep connected to the spirit that lives in the heart. In Chinese Medicine organs have a spirit. The heart spirit s called Shen. If the someone is anemic, the blood is not rich and at night the Shen cannot rest in the heart, but is restless, leading to disturbed sleep. So we treat improving the blood quality and nurturing the affected organ to help with sleep.
In Western Medicine, if someone has an organ transplant, often it is reported that the person picks up trades from the organ donor. In that sense even Western Medicine recognizes the presence of a spirit or personality trade related to organs.
There are several great formula’s of Chinese Herbs to choose from to balance sleep. Kidney, Liver and Heart are most often addressed.
insomnia
on Jul 07 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine
Good morning.
hoping you slept well.
If you did not, and this is a common problem for you, there are two things to check out. One is how late and heavy your dinner is. The number one reason for difficulty with sleeping at night, is a full stomach. Digestion is the strongest in the morning. In Europe, there a saying, that “eat breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king and dinner like a beggar”.
This is very counter cultural for this part of the world, but try it if you like.
Also avoiding cold drinks helps digestion!
The other reason for disturbed sleep, often is tension in the neck and shoulders.
Try a Massage, Acupressure or Acupuncture, a warm bath…anything but TV…
More tomorrow about Chinese Medicine thoughts about insomnia
warmly
Samhitta
