Your lungs in TCM – the master of Qi and custodian of grief
While the Lung’s most vital and obvious role is to take in oxygen, ancient Chinese sages understood that the Lung represents – and is...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Apr 15, 2020
Plague mask – medieval medicine’s version of a hazmat suit
Wearing a surgical mask out in public today has become one of the most iconic images related to the global COVID–19 pandemic. Similarly,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Mar 14, 2020
Supporting the Shen – spirit of the mind and emperor of the heart
One of the distinguishing features of Chinese medicine is its claim that our health depends on our physical, mental-emotional, and...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Feb 15, 2020
Tissue memory – how emotional trauma gets trapped in the body
At the cellular level, our body remembers everything we feel and experience: sounds, smells, tastes and touches. Each cell within us...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Jan 5, 2020
2020 Intentions – resolve to slow down and do less
We live in a world that seems stuck in fast forward. As a culture, we’re obsessed with speed, racing against the clock to do everything...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Nov 15, 2019
The alchemy of vibrant health and longevity
Alchemy is grounded in our ability to change the very nature of things, elevating the base or ordinary, into the extraordinary. It...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Sep 15, 2019
Yin & Yang – the theory of everything
Ancient Daoist philosophers developed the concept of Yin–Yang in order to understand and explain the natural world around them, including...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Aug 15, 2019
Death – and health – begin in the colon
Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, is widely credited with saying “all disease begins in the gut.” Echoing this assertion nearly...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Jul 15, 2019
Adaptogens – the Swiss army knife of herbs to help you combat stress
The idea of using tonic herbal remedies to restore balance, vitality and health is an ancient idea. While the concept of “adaptogens” is...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Jun 15, 2019
Are your cells aging faster than you are?
Cell division – the constant replacement of old, worn-out cells with new healthy ones – is what keeps us alive. Yet our cells have only a...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- May 15, 2019
Listen to your body, it never lies
Symptoms are the body’s cry for help. Disease and illness are not simply inconveniences, but valuable sources of information,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Mar 15, 2019
20 reasons to start drinking traditional bone broth everyday
Bone broth has been a staple of traditional cultures around the world for thousands of years due to its nutrient-dense, easy to digest,...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Feb 15, 2019
Astragalus – renowned immune booster and natural energy tonic
Qi is the energetic force that underlies our life force and vitality – allowing for mental clarity, physical endurance, immunity, and...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Dec 15, 2018
Yin deficiency – one of the most common health issues you’ve never heard of
In the East, Yin and Yang are the foundation of natural philosophy and medical theory – embodying the fundamental character, purpose and...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Oct 15, 2018
Autumn – time to let old habits and limiting beliefs fall away
Autumn is the season of harvest when we reap what we planted during the spring. It is also the season of storage, when we gather our...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Sep 15, 2018
When anger becomes illness
Emotions are a healthy and normal part of life – they are what make us human. But when they become extreme, repressed or unresolved, they...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Aug 15, 2018
Why do I always wake-up at 2:00am? Understanding the Chinese body clock
Ancient Chinese sages understood that there is a natural cycle of energy that circulates within the body over a 24-hour period. This body...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- May 15, 2018
The heart – its ancient cultural and medical significance in the east and west
Throughout history, and across almost every culture, no other organ has been so widely and variously portrayed as the human heart. Even...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Apr 15, 2018
The biology of stress and the chemistry of our emotions
Stress is the silent epidemic of our time, having become a state of mind and way of life for too many of us. Yet stress doesn’t only...
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Ellen Brown L.Ac. DACM
- Feb 15, 2018
Tired of being tired – 20 signs you may have adrenal fatigue
The adrenal glands mobilize the body’s response to every kind of stress – be it physical, emotional or psychological – through hormones...
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