How to use Chinese Herbs?

How do you take my Chinese Herbs?

The traditional way is to make tea.   This make the herbs fast acting.  Sometime when you have a clear day, have this herbal tea and see how those fast acting herbs work.  Meanwhile, you can also put them in a water bottle and soak them over night and drink them in your water through out the next day.

How much to take?

The herbs I use are granular.  They are in a jar as loose powder.  Shake the jar in case the herbs have settled during shipment.  They come with a little spoon.  This spoon measures approximately 1/4 teaspoon or 1 gram.   Start by taking two spoons per day.  Your practitioner will lessen or increase the amount and duration of each formula.  Take one in the morning and one in the afternoon or better yet, spread it out in your drinking water.

Do they need to be prepared?

Sure!  The process will really be enhanced by you adding YOUR LOVE.  Prepare your herbs with love by soaking them to give them a change to wake up and enhance themselves. (like a warm up and stretching in exercise).  For a fast acting effect, steep the dry herbs in hot water (but not boiling) as a tea.  Or it is fine to use room temperature water too.  It is especially easy to soak the herbs over night in your water bottle and drink them through out the day.

The Chinese herbs are sold by weight.  I use the gram as my measurement to sell them.  It may contain many, many herbs each reflecting your current conditions and needs for attention.

I use large, medium and small containers to sell herbs based on the type of condition and how long you need to take a formula.  Each situation is different but in general we stick with a bottle holding about 60-65 grams which is enough for about a month if you are taking 2 spoons per day.

Checking back in

Checking back in includes how you are doing, how the condition is changing and what is showing up now.  Your body will also have its own story about what it has a need for and how much energy it has to do the job.  The practitioners consider all of these things and may then adjust the formula.

Mimi’s reflection on how Chinese Herbs work

I am a sensitive.  Therefore,  how I approach and use Chinese Herbs may be different from other approaches.  I have talked to plants and loved them, my entire life.  People laugh, but not me, my plants, animals and MY CELLS all relate very well to me!  I can hear them, feel them and see them doing what they do.  I can see the interactions and I love when they are happy!   I won’t stop paying attention to plants.   I will stick up for what I know they are and what they do.  We are all living in the same environment therefore each of our parts responds to their environment as well. We are all in a big matrix.  With a bit of awakening to the love, we as in EVERYONE, can be aware of this as well. .

If the plants sing, I know they are happy.  If they get too dry, they don’t sing.  Cells are quite the same way.  Happy feelings (if you can get them) between people, say in a work environment or a family, are super important to the overall happiness and thus health of those individuals.

Not all Chinese Herbs sing.   Just a good restaurant,  there are some brands which are happy and delicious!  That is because they loved are cared for with love.  You have to look for the brands that express this.   My practice is to extend this love with my own to you, invoke your love to your cells, and right into your cells issues.  Love heals!  We sing the peace to your pain and awaken you to your divinity.  We move through the distractions and move into the Divine Experience!!!

Welcoming your herbs

So how to welcome these new friends?  Each herb comes with an action.  Some are tenors, others sing the bass notes, etc.  They are working together in the same place, on the same thing, but like our various organs they are not the same.  They have different actions.

The herbs will work in a gentle way, encouraging your cells to awaken and realign with their jobs.  (not anything like western medication applications)  The cells, like us, can get on the hamster wheel and forget what they are doing.  They need to be deeply loved and recognized so they can reawaken to the present and thus begin to enjoy themselves again.  These herbs somehow help the the cells to get past the stress of getting disconnected with the goodness, and wake them up to the good stuff.  The cells begin to create love again and you heal from your own love.  The herbs kind of sing to you and wake you up.  Encourage you and they seem to STAY POSITIVE.

What the heck am I talking about?  How can someone come into your environment and make an ordinary day feel wonderful?   Go to YouTube and look for videos of a flash mob. Some people begin to focus on you the crowd and they do something for you.  Something perhaps unexpected.  You begin to feel wonderful because you are receiving “service” as well as the love and good vibrations.

Here is a personal example.   I was once in a restaurant in Santa Monica, CA on my birthday and the table next to us were people traveling from Denmark.  I shared that it was my birthday and they all burst out in song.  They sang their beloved Danish happy birthday song.  It was a beautiful moment of receiving for me.   How wonderful and memorable that was.  Can you imagine if that level of love and attention sustained?  That is what Chinese Herbs do.  These plants are well cared for seed to bottle with everyone clear on their purpose (for 1000s of years).  They are well bred plants that have specific jobs and do them well for you.  Each one different and then chosen specifically for you with lots of love.  Wow!

Of course the herbs have also had thousands of years of track record doing their healing actions.  We know this about herbs.  Love plus these actions is very powerful.  Studying the actions of the herbs is a life time practice like playing a musical instrument.  It is certainly a different language from our alternative health with detoxing and restoration of function.

What is Oriental Diagnosis?

Ba Gang Bian Zheng (Eight Principle Differentiation)

  • 1.        Exterior
  • 2.        Interior
  • 3.        Cold
  • 4.        Heat
  • 5.        Deficiency
  • 6.        Excess
  • 7.        Yin
  • 8.        Yang

Zang Fu Bian Zheng (Organ Pattern Differentiation)

  • 1.        Liver (Wood Element)
  • 2.        Gall Bladder (Wood Element)
  • 3.        Heart (Fire Element)
  • 4.        Small Intestine (Fire Element)
  • 5.        Spleen (Earth Element)
  • 6.        Stomach (Earth Element)
  • 7.        Lung (Metal Element)
  • 8.        Large Intestine (Metal Element)
  • 9.        Kidney (Water Element)
  • 10.     Urinary Bladder (Water Element)

Wei Qi Ying Xue Bian Zheng (Defensive, Qi, Nutritive, Blood Differentiation)

  • 1.        Wei (defense) level
  • 2.        Qi (energy)level
  • 3.        Ying (nutritive) level
  • 4.        Xue (blood) level

Liu Jing Bian Zheng (Six Stages Differentiation)

  • 1.        Taiyang
  • 2.        Yangming
  • 3.        Shaoyang
  • 4.        Taiyin
  • 5.        Shaoyin
  • 6.        Jueyin

San Jiao Bian Zheng (Triple Burner Differentiation)

  • 1.        Upper jiao
  • 2.        Middle jiao
  • 3.        Lower jiao

Qi, Blood, Body Fluids and Jing (Essence)

  • 1.        Qi deficiency
  • 2.        Reversed flow of qi
  • 3.        Qi stagnation
  • 4.        Qi and blood stagnation
  • 5.        Blood deficiency
  • 6.        Blood stagnation
  • 7.        Bleeding
  • 8.        Body fluids
  • 9.        Jing(essence)

Liu Yin (Six Exogenous Factors)

  • 1.        Wind
  • 2.        Cold
  • 3.        Summer-heat
  • 4.        Damp
  • 5.        Dryness
  • 6.        Heat

Qi Qing (Seven Emotions)

  • 1.        Joy
  • 2.        Anger
  • 3.        Melancholy
  • 4.        Meditation (Over-Thinking)
  • 5.        Grief
  • 6.        Fear
  • 7.        Fright

Other Factors

  • 1.        Food (diet)
  • 2.        Traumatic injuries
  • 3.        Phlegm
  • 4.        Bi zheng (painful obstruction syndrome)
  • 5.        Shen (spirit)
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Tapping the Healer Within

This book is out of print.
It is a virtual bible of goodness.

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Make your own acidophilus

Want to avoid the cost of continually re-buying acidophilus?  Want to have an outstanding quality of acidophilus that you can use in many ways?   In this article, I will show you how.   There are some important things to understand when taking on this practice.

Acidophilus is a culture of positive bacteria and a mix of various vitamins that are naturally occurring.  For me it is a meditation on being a positive being.  I consciously hold a positive focus and keep my gut in a positive mood.

I believe that acidophilus was “brought forward” from naturally occurring conditions of garden variety positive bacteria by wise and very positive people.   They held a very high consciousness of loving and Light.  Perhaps the energy they held around them affected their immediate surroundings and everything around them resonated with a very high frequency.  That would be enough energy to bring something that wasn’t there before; the most loving and awesome cultures.  (as well as many other energetic phenomenon.) The awesome cultures are acidophilus strains are here and they lovely!  You can learn to love and support them too.  Surprisingly, they respond back to me.   It is also a way to learn to love myself more.  It is a lovely upward spiral.

In days when there was no electricity or refrigeration, food had to be “cured” in a way that wouldn’t spoil.   For dairy, cultures were used such as yogurt, cheese and kefir and were kept in leather pouches where they would stabilize the milk through the night and into the next day assuring a family would have enough to eat.

The way I “continue” acidophilus is the same concept as culturing milk to get a second day from it without refrigeration.  It was helpful then, not so necessary now.  For the acidophilus culture it was also very ideal.  It is exactly what they like.  Don’t put your live acidophilus in the refrigerator or freezer.

There are many strains of acidophilus.   All of them are very, very positive  adding lots of lightness and levity to the body and thus the mood.   They often off set the angry bacteria that give the species a bad name.   This new,  more vibrant strain which has been preserved for all these years is acidophilus.  It is important to know that it is different from yogurt.  You can eat yogurt all day long.  You can only take a small amount of the “yogurt type” culture that is acidophilus.  Even though it tastes very similar, know the difference!  The acidophilus is way more powerful and you shouldn’t start with more than a spoon full.

If you have “gut issues” where angry bacteria has ruled your gut or your gut has shut down, it won’t be comfortable for you to make the change.  You might feel turbulent, gurgling and churning and so on.

Start up instructions:

  1. Take a tea cup and fill it with about 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup of milk.  Any kind of plain milk will do so make it something that you like.  The culture will eat the sugar in the milk.
  2. Open a capsule of acidophilis and add the dry ingredients within into the milk and stir.
  3. Cover with a napkin, paper towel or tissue and hold it in place with an elastic band.
  4. Put it in a cupboard until tomorrow

At first, your culture will be bitter.  After a few days, the culture will become sweet again.

Taste it if you want the experience but all you are tasting is the bitter refuge of acidophilus living in tight quarters of the capsule for a very long time.  Not hygienic for them, not harmful for us.  Here is a much better, cleaner, cheaper way to get your beneficial upward light filled energy.  Make it yourself.

So how to you get there?

Daily Routine for living Acidophilus:

  1. Follow the instructions above.
  2. Leave it in your cupboard for 24 hours.
  3. Take your tea cup out of the cupboard and get a new cup.
  4. Put 1-2 spoonfuls (more than a tablespoon, but you will get used to this)
  5. Add  about 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup of milk and stir.
  6. Cover with a napkin, paper towel or tissue and hold it in place with an elastic band.
  7. Put it in a cupboard until tomorrow
  8. Take the old cup and take a spoonful of the acidophilus.
  9. If any other family member is interested, they can have a spoonful too.
  10. Throw the rest out.  (I know that sounds cruel because the culture is so wonderful but if you eat it, you will detoxify WAY TOO FAST.  Have a spoonful and toss the rest.
  11. That’s it!  I rotate three cups.  One for the dishwasher, one always ready, one being used.

What about travel?

Good question.  Here is what I do.

  1. You can leave the culture in as much as 2 cups without it going bad.  If you are gone for the weekend, it will be fine because IF it has plenty of milk to eat it will live, but it will be really strong.  Only take a 1/4 teaspoon until you have a few days to get it back to “happy”.  At that time, the potency will regulate to normal and you can carry on.
  2. Longer trips.  (I have collected many rare and beautiful strains in my culture.  I don’t want to loose them!)    What I do is split it up  I take my culture in a cosmetic cup on the plane.  I use the milk from the hotel breakfast bar or else buy some.  I keep the culture alive this way and have it to use as well.   For a several week trip, I might ask someone to watch my culture for me.
  3. Give some to all your friends who are interested.  If they catch on and can keep it alive, then that is good for everyone.
  4. However, if you leave a fair amount of milk, say about 2-3 cups, it should keep it stable for a week.  Then you have to go through the detoxify process like in a new batch.
  5. If everything gets out of hand, start over with a new culture as described above.

That’s it.  If you would like some of my super culture, I would be happy to share it with you.  If you have something to share with me, I am happy to do that too.

If you would like to read more about beneficial bacteria within us, check this link.

Feel free to contact me through www.healthyenergetics.com

Peace,

Mimi

 

 

 

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FOOD! Its such a natural way to get what we need.

Hi,
See recipe below for pumpkin seed banana bread.  I just read that melatonin forms in our bodies if we have adequate proteins.   That helps us sleep well.  The green pumpkin seeds are a delicious snack, too.  Also, try chia seeds and buckwheat as complete proteins. (see info below ).  Chia is supposed to also help folks with thyroid conditions.  Just check blood test for allergies.

Also know that tiny seeds will create more estrogen in the body.  If you have a problem in that direction, go with big nuts and seeds like coconut.

Pumpkin seeds / pepitas – Eating the green, hulled, pumpkin seeds (also called pepitas) may promote prostate health, protection for men’s bones, anti-inflammatory benefits for those with arthritis, and help lower cholesterol. Pumpkin seeds are a good source of the essential fatty acids, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, and copper, protein, and vitamin K.
Pumpkin Seed Protein Powder -grind your pumpkin seeds in a coffee grinder

Pumpkin Seeds:

Rich in phosphorus, magnesium and manganese and is also a good source of other minerals including zinc, iron and copper.
A high source of protein and vitamin K.
A good source of favorable plant sterols.
Also a rich source of omega-6 EFA and omega-9. Pumpkin Seed Protein Powder is already being considered as one of the best products among organic foods.


Nuts and seeds are extremely nutrient-dense. They provide generous amounts of calories, fats, complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber. Trace minerals like magnesium, zinc, selenium and copper are important but may be under-consumed in today’s largely processed Western diet, and even in some plant-based diets. Nuts and seeds are a reliable and delicious source of these essential nutrients. Plus, more than just a way to meet basic nutrient needs, nuts and seeds have been shown to protect against disease. Phytochemicals, bioactive compounds that help fight illness, in nuts and seeds include ellagic acid, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, luteolin, isoflavones and tocotrienols. Nuts also contain plant sterols, thought to help keep cholesterol levels in check and reduce cancer risk.

Omega Pumpkin Seed Protein Powder Banana Bread

Cooking time: 45-60 minutes

Ingredients:In a food processor blend:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter (or substitute coconut oil)
1/2 cup Omega Coconut Oil
3 very ripe bananas
2 eggs (or substitute 2 tbsp Omega Hi-lignan Nutri Flax powder with 6 tbsps water)
3/4 cup milk (rice milk or almond milk) (dried buttermilk, or lactose free milk)

In a bowl prepare:
2 cups whole wheat flour (or gluten free flour: combine hazelnut or almond flour with cornstarch or tapioca flour, rice flour, oatmeal flour, grind up buckwheat,)
1 cup Pumpkin Seed Protein Powder (grind up pumpkin seeds)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder

Directions:Preheat Oven to 325 degrees F. Combine wet with dry ingredients, stir until mixed. Fold into a bread pan lined with parchment paper. Bread is finished when a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
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The world’s healthiest nuts and seeds include:
Almonds – Almonds are a good source of protein, vitamin E, manganese, magnesium, copper, vitamin B2 (riboflavin), and phosphorus. Almonds are also concentrated in protein; a quarter-cup contains more protein than the typical egg. Although one-quarter cup of almonds contains about 18 grams of fat, most of it (11 grams) is heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Eating almonds can lower bad cholesterol, reduce the risk of heart disease, provide protection against cardiovascular disease and diabetes, boost energy, and help prevent gallstones. Whole almonds (with skins) provide the most heart-healthy benefits.

Cashews – Cashews are high in antioxidants and have a lower fat content than most other nuts; additionally, 75 percent of their fat is unsaturated fatty acids. Cashews are also a good source of monounsaturated fats, copper, and a good source of magnesium and phosphorous. Eating cashews promotes good cardiovascular health, even in individuals with diabetes.

Flaxseeds – Flaxseeds, also known as linseeds, are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. Flaxseeds may provide anti-inflammatory benefits, protect your bones, and protect against heart disease, breast cancer, and diabetes. Eating flaxseeds also lowers blood pressure in men with high cholesterol. Flaxseeds are also rich in fiber and manganese and are a good source of folate, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), magnesium, phosphorous, and copper, and lignan phytonutrients. You’ll need to grind them up first (or purchase ground flaxseed) to gain the most nutritional benefits.

Peanuts – Peanuts are a good source of heart-healthy monosaturated fat, flavonoid (resveratrol), antioxidants, phytosterols, phytic acid (inositol hexaphosphate), and folic acid, making them heart-healthy, a good way to reduce your risk of stroke, and possibly even cancer. Peanuts are also a good source of vitamin B3 (niacin), folate, copper, manganese, and protein, and are a significant source of resveratrol, a chemical studied for potential anti-aging effects.. Peanuts and peanut butter may also help prevent gallstones and protect against Alzheimer’s disease. It wise to ensure that peanuts, especially raw ones, are stored in a cool, dry, environment (such as a refrigerator or freezer), as an extremely toxic and highly dangerous fungus (aflatoxin) can easily grow on peanuts when the temperature is between 86-96°F (30-36°C) and humidity is high.

Pumpkin seeds / pepitas – Eating the green, hulled, pumpkin seeds (also called pepitas) may promote prostate health, protection for men’s bones, anti-inflammatory benefits for those with arthritis, and help lower cholesterol. Pumpkin seeds are a good source of the essential fatty acids, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, and copper, protein, and vitamin K.

Sesame seeds – Sesame seeds and tahini are rich in beneficial minerals. Not only are sesame seeds a very good source of manganese and copper, but they are also a good source of calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorous, vitamin B1 (thiamin), zinc, dietary fiber, and healthy (monosaturated) fats. They contain powerful antioxidants called lignans, which are also anti-carcinogenic. They also contain phytosterols, which block cholesterol production. Sesame contains one lignan unique to it called sesamin. Eating sesame seeds may help lower cholesterol, provide relief for rheumatoid arthritis, and support vascular and respiratory health. The nutrients of sesame seeds are better absorbed if they are ground or pulverized before consumption.

Sunflower seeds – Eating sunflower seeds may help provide anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular benefits, lower cholesterol, and prevent cancer. Sunflower seeds are an excellent source of vitamin E. Sunflower seeds are also an excellent source of linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid), dietary fiber, protein, and minerals such as magnesium and selenium, and are high in cholesterol-lowering phytosterols.

Walnuts – Walnuts are an excellent source of omega-3 essential fatty acids. Walnuts are also a good source of manganese, and copper. Walnuts are also an important source of healthy (monounsaturated) fats. Eating walnuts may benefit your cardiovascular system, improve cholesterol in individuals with type 2 diabetes, help brain functions, protect bone health, and help prevent gallstones. Walnuts also have bio-available melatonin, which helps regulate sleep. A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Oct. 17, 2006) found that eating walnuts after a meal high in unhealthy fats can reduce the damaging effects of such fats on blood vessels. Walnuts also contain l-arginine, which is an essential amino acid that the body uses to produce nitric oxide, necessary for keeping blood vessels flexible.

(Amazing info!  See Chia seed info and Buckwheat below)

*According to the George Mateljan Foundation. See the “World’s Healthiest Foods” .
To Soak or Not to Soak... Although eating nuts and seeds, even when roasted, can be very healthy, it may be beneficial to purchase your nuts and seeds raw and then soak them in clean water for a few hours before eating them. Soaking raw nuts and seeds stimulates the process of germination, which increases the vitamin C, B, and carotenes (pre-vitamin A) content. It may also neutralize phytic acid, a substance present in the bran of all grains and seeds that can inhibit some absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, and zinc. Raw nuts and seeds also contain enzyme inhibitors that are neutralized by germination. If you choose to soak your nuts and seeds, please follow these general guidelines:
Getting ready: Use raw, preferably organic, nuts and seeds. Make enough for three days only. Use a glass or stainless steel bowl or jar (plastics may contain toxins). Rinse your nuts or seeds (purified or distilled water is generally preferred).

Soak them: Place your nuts and seeds in in the bowl or jar and then cover it with something breathable, like a towel or pantyhose. Let them soak according to the following schedule (all times approximate).

Almonds, germination time 8 – 12 hours at room temperature
Cashews, whole, germination time 2 – 2 1/2 hours at room temperature
Sesame seeds, germination time 8 hours at room temperature
Sunflower seeds, germination time 2 hours at room temperature
Walnuts, germination time 4 hours at room temperature
All other nuts, germination time 6-24 hours at room temperature Over the course of the soaking, drain and rinse the nuts or seeds two (2) or three (3). Each time you do this, make sure you rinse them until the water drains clear. This is especially important with nuts and seeds that soak for longer amounts of time.
Afterwards: After you’ve soaked them, you may want to do a final rinse with grapefruit seed extract or organic apple cider vinegar, as these can will clean them of bacteria without being absorbed. You now have germinated nuts and seeds! You’re ready to eat them. You can store the leftovers in the refrigerator for up to three (3) days. If the idea of soaking your nuts and seeds seems too time-consuming an endeavor for you, don’t worry””many nutrients cannot be heated out of foods, like protein, vitamin E, and fiber, which are found in ample quantities inside nuts and seeds of all kinds, both cooked and uncooked.
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Chia seeds has all amino acids- full protein:
Chia seeds have many benefits, including bolstering energy and endurance, prolonging hydration, helping to maintain blood sugar balance, and even assisting in weight loss. Chia also contains calcium, phosphorous, copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, niacin, and zinc. All of these are essential for the human body to run efficiently.

Omega 3’s

Chia seeds are packed with omega-3s, and they are a great alternative to eating fish for the fatty acid. It will give you the same results without the risk of mercury poisoning or seafood allergies. Omega-3 fatty acids are excellent for cardiovascular health. They decrease abnormal heart rhythms and lower triglyceride levels. They can also help to prevent coronary heart disease.

Antioxidants

Chia seeds also have a large number of antioxidants. They protect your body from free radicals. These antioxidants can help prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and other attacks on the body. Chia seeds have as many or more antioxidants than blueberries, which are considered to be a “superfood.”

The “chia gel” also forms a block:
The “chia gel” also forms a block between carbohydrates and enzymes in the body, so the conversion of carbohydrates takes longer and energy is released steadily, allowing for better endurance.
How Do I Use Chia Seed? The “chia gel” can add a great nutritional punch to porridges, puddings, and liquids of any kind while the chia seeds are great for baked goods including breads, cakes, and biscuits. Chia seeds also tend to “bulk” up food, displace calories, and add “good fat” – all without changing the flavor of the food. Chia seed adds a wealth of nutrients to liquids without excess calories, making it a great easy, healthy meal replacement for those that are also watching their weight. Add chia seed to your favorite protein shake or water bottle before your next workout, and see just how far your body is willing to take you when it’s operating on chia seed.

Polyunsaturated Fat of Chia seeds 6.5g
Total Omega-3 fatty acids 4915mg
Total Omega-6 fatty acids1620mg

Protein & Amino Acids
Amounts Per Selected Serving of Chia seeds:
%DV Protein
4.4g 9%   Tryptophane 202 mg  Threonine186mg  Isoleucine 195mg Leucine 352mg
Lysine 257mg Methionine 25.2mg Cystine 101mg  Phenylalanine 288mg  Tyrosine
141mg   Valine 294mg  Arginine 555mg  Histidine 147mg  Alanine 260mg Aspartic acid 457mg  Glutamic acid 691mg   Glycine 254mg  Proline 251mg   Serine 283mg
Hydroxyproline
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Buckwheat (a few people are allergic to it) is a complete protein

Seed and withered flower of buckwheat

Despite the common name and the grain-like use of the crop, buckwheat is not a cereal or grass. The grain is called a pseudocereal to emphasize that the plant is not related to wheat.Buckwheat plants grow quickly, beginning to produce seed in about 6 weeks and ripening at 10 to 11 weeks. They grow 30 to 50  inches (75 to 125 cm) tall.
Buckwheat is raised for grain where a short season is available. In Japan, 100% pure Buckwheat Soba is called ‘kiko uchi’.  (Some labels include wheat in making Soba noodles, so read the label). Eden Buckwheat noodles are 100% buckwheat. Buckwheat protein is superior to other cereal grain as it has all essential amino acids and is the best source of the important flavonoid rutin.  http://jn.nutrition.org/content/131/6/1850.full
For people who struggle with wheat allergies and gluten intolerance, buckwheat is ideal. It has plenty of protein and B vitamins and is rich in phosphorus, potassium, iron, and calcium.

Health-minded eaters are increasingly interested in fiber, the indigestible residue from plant foods. One cup of buckwheat kasha kernels provides over 20% of dietary fiber.Because buckwheat’s outer hull is very hard, and doesn’t soften with long cooking, it must be removed during processing – unlike wheat which has a soft outer hull. Dark buckwheat flour contains some particles of finely milled hulls; excessive amounts of hulls create bitterness.
Shop in the USA:  http://thebirkettmills.com/shop for buckwheat products

Starch
71-78% in groats
70-91% in different types of flour
Starch is 25% amylose and 75% amylopectin.
Depending on hydrothermal treatment, buckwheat groats contain 7-37% of resistant starch. Proteins
Crude protein is 18%, with biological values above 90%[16] This can be explained by a high concentration of all essential amino acids,[17] especially lysine, threonine, tryptophan, and the sulphur-containing amino acids.[18] Minerals
Rich in iron (60-100 ppm), zinc (20-30 ppm) and selenium [20] Antioxidants
10-200 ppm of rutin and 0.1-2% of tannins

Medicinal uses

Buckwheat contains a glucoside called rutin, a phytochemical that strengthens capillary walls. One clinical study showed mixed results in the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency.Dried buckwheat leaves for tea were manufactured in Europe under the brand name “Fagorutin”.

Buckwheat contains D-chiro-inositol, a component of the secondary messenger pathway for insulin signal transduction found to be deficient in Type II diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome. It is being studied for use in treating Type II diabetes.
Research on D-chiro-inositol and PCOS has shown promising results.

A buckwheat protein has been found to bind cholesterol tightly. It is being studied for reducing plasma cholesterol in people with hyperlipidemia.

Note:  Article on reduced colon cancer with buckwheat ingredient: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/131/6/1850.full_____________________________________________________________________ Resources
Back to Basics: Nuts and Seeds” by BBC Food
The New Four Food Group by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Nuts and Seeds – Nature’s Powerhouses” by Allison Anton
World’s Healthiest Foods List by the George Mateljan Foundation
Vegan Food Pyramid by ChooseVeg.com

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Our sister site, Vegan and Vegetarian Products Guide, lists hundreds of tasty alternatives to dairy, eggs, meat, pet food, supplements, and more that can be found in many grocery stores.
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Dust off that SuperHuman Brain of yours! It’s in there.

 

I received this email and got excited about it because I KNOW that this technique is successful for me and so many other people.

I will listen to the conference and put my recordings below.

If you don’t have  your superhuman strength yet, then hold tight to your intention. It is a reality.

Hi Maryann,

If you’re like me you probably think way
too much.

What has to get done at work?  How can I
better take care of my health?  What should
I eat for lunch? What should I do this
weekend?  How am I going to pay that bill?

There is always so much going on in our
brains!

And it seems like each issue is fighting
for mental space all the time.

Even as you’re reading this, your brain is
probably racing at a million miles a minute.

It’s tiresome, right?

It’s also likely holding you back…

What if you could just make it stop and learn
to better focus on the things that matter?

How much could you get done?

Imagine for a minute having monk-like
concentration, superhuman memory and
overflowing creativity?

It’s a lot easier than you think.

As my good friend Jim Kwik always likes to say,
“You have a superhero hiding inside of you just
waiting to come out…”

You just have to get your brain under control.

Here’s something that will help you do just that.
It’s free, but there’s only a little space left.

www.thetappingsolution.com/super-brain

My friend Jim Kwik is a memory and
concentration expert.

He’s so good that he’s taught the best minds
at Harvard and Nike how to speed read and
remember anything.

He wants to help you unlock the superpowers
you’ve always known you had.

During Jim’s new “Brainpower for Success
Summit”, 12 leading experts and
super-achievers will be sharing how they’ve
turned their brains into uncanny machines.

They’ll teach you how to:

– Break free of your crippling Facebook addiction

– Never forget the name of another person you meet

– Master your dream skill or hobby and reap super-profits from it

– Double your learning speed and capacity

– Cut your stress in half or eliminate it altogether

– Teach your children laser-like focus and concentration

By the end of this summit, you’ll be unstoppable.

www.thetappingsolution.com/super-brain

Enjoy the summit.  I know I will.  🙂

Keep Tapping,

Nick Ortner

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When your brain is balanced and relaxed, your body will follow.

So often, I find people is a form of stress that creates symptoms of scatteredness and disarray in their lives.  They are busy but don’t seem to get anything done.  My hand is raised because I know I have that quality.  I found out through my studies that this is a form of sympathetic stress.   It is a form of fight or flight that revolves around an injury.

In Oriental medicine, the core of that injury is cold, yet around it lots of heat, activity and flurry.  The action is intended to get the person to safety.  It is a scramble.  The habit or the training might create an inhibition to move.  This sometimes comes from parents who hold their children down and yell at them in some form or another.  Too much threat and not enough ability to defend.  At any rate, it is essential to get ourselves out of it in order to bring our lives and health into balance.

Here are some big tips I am learning right now.

We know about the reptilian brain, how it is reactive and not cognitive.  We know that the reptilian brain is also known as the Autonomic Nervous System.   This is the right place to think about this exercise!  We know that smell and the use of essential oils will sooth the reptilian brain.  We also know that tapping, asking for Grace and Light will accelerate the change of these deep habits.

Here is what I found out that is new to me and VERY EXCITING.  We know that the body scans the consciousness.  If you hold a state of unhappiness and your consciousness scans you a million times per day, that’s a lot of feedback about unhappiness.  That is how NLP really works.  We have to break the signals that are getting scanned to really change our consciousness.  If we want to be happy, we need to feed ourselves a happy lot of energy, smile and begin the cycle of happy.  Same with being healthy, having more money, and having the strength to determine the outcomes around you.  Yes, it all takes energy AND you can get a grip on the direction you are going by putting yourself in the proper position to get scanned as much as you can until the result starts to change.  So pull out your rating antennae so you can tell if you are changing.

Here is the exercise de jour to release the reptilian brain habits and messages.  This is one of the most difficult parts of us to realign because we operate cognitively, this is reflex.

I received an email and downloaded a free book from amazon.

 

Here is the book link.        http://reflexercise.net/

For those who have excuses . . . I will give you some basics out of the book but I believe that reading the book and absorbing the explanation is worth your time!!!   It is well written and deserves the chance to set into your consciousness.   Here we go.

This is a youtube on what it looks like before and after in the places that want to “run away”, however it is not a video about the technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEJJwOs8Ybk

Here is a few of the pages that will help you build your technique.  This is what I want you to study!!

http://www.evernote.com/shard/s99/sh/85c4bd3b-748e-47a0-a2ca-7bcd65956df6/792b4cf015a968068721d0b436d63def

 

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5 Ways to Protect from Radiation

Radiation is comprised of lots of tiny particles that emit gamma rays, etc. and burn like being hit by very tiny fires.
To some extent, a strong body can endure! So how can  we be our strongest so that we can endure levels of radiation?

1. The thyroid is a shield that protects us. To keep your thyroid safe, keep yourself and your environment charged with healthy energy.  In this case, “healthy” can be defined as  being charged with negative ions. Negative ions are created  naturally by ocean waves, water falls and rain storms where water sheers the air. There are also mechanical generators as Living Air ionizers. We want to keep the stress off of the thyroid as much as possible by keeping ourselves filled with healthy energy and spend less time in front of our favorite monitor or TV screen.

2. The radiation takes away our ability to respond. We can protect our response function by giving the body, mind and emotions what they need to feel like they are ready for anything. What do you need . . . to always be at your best?

  • lots of water
  • minerals to keep the connections moving
  • vitamins for raw materials to make what is needed
  • oils for lubrication of the moving parts
  • eliminate foods that are hard to digest
  • a good night’s sleep (to sleep by 10PM)
  • exercise (20 minutes of sweating)
  • simplifying life to remove stress
  • peace of mind

3. Grounding. Radiation is directly related to the planet. Gathering your resources from the ground and using the earth’s polarity to push off sress and radiation are key.   Spend at least 15 minutes per day grounding yourself by:

  • Being barefoot on the earth
  • Eating lots of protein
  • Wading or swimming in a natural body of water
  • Planting hands or feet into the dirt like gardening
  • Using copper wire from your skin into the earth.

4. Some of you are looking for enhancers for the body specifically for radiation. Not all of these options are right for everyone so find out what is right for you or ask us to help you.

  • Gensing – helps to regulate the radiation
  • Kelp – is bio-available iodine
  • Fulvic Acid
  • Mega Hydrate
  • Zeolite
  • Chlorella – 40% more chlorophyll
  • ashwagandha – helps with stress of oxidation.
  • Sea salt is very helpful to detox
  • Salty Miso
  • Reshie Mushroom
  • Hi doses of vit C (bowel tolerance)
  • Selenium – almonds & brazil nuts
  • magnesium – (calms)
  • coconut cream and products – like cream cheese.

5. Why is everyone talking about potassium iodine? Iodine is used by the body and particularly by the thyroid. Depletion is considered an emergency by your body. Here is how to tell if you need iodine.

  1. Take a bottle of Iodine and stain the skin on your wrist for a few seconds until you have a deep yellow stain.
  2. Time the number of hours it takes for the stain to be absorbed into the skin. (you can wash)
    1. 0 -1.5 hours = emergency
    2. 1.5 – 6 hours = severe depletion
    3. 6 – 18 hours = depleted
    4. 18-24 hours = requires vigilance and action
    5. 24+ hours = adequate
  3. Most people have some level of deficiency. The treatment and the diagnosis are the same. You can continue to stain your skin until your levels are high.
  4. Wait a week and test again.

Radiation Detection Map
Find out for yourself if there is elevated radiation in your area. The power of the internet is that civilians can report independently with their personal equipment. Locate your area on this map.

Even if there is no direct fall-out in your area, particles can be carried on clothing, shoes, upper atmosphere and aircraft.

Everyone is different. We custom build programs to build strong and confident bodies that are able to handle every day stress.  Build your sweet new body and go for a test drive today. Call for an appointment at 760-943-8044 or sign up here.

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Raw cookies – without sugar or wheat! Flax balls – for all blood types

Raw cookies – without sugar or wheat! Flax balls – for all blood types

Flax Seed Balls

 

 

Recipe as given:

 

12 balls:

¾ cup ground flaxseed

2 Tbs oat flour

1 tsp ground cloves or cinnamon or ½ tsp nutmeg (or any comb)

 

Add:

2 Tbs. peanut butter or other nut butter

¼ cup rice syrup

 

Kneed with hands until completely mixed.  Tear off pieces of the dough and roll into balls.  Leave plain or dust with cocoa powder

 

 

My Recipe:

 

1 package of flax meal (about 4 cups)

10 TBS of flour

5 TBS of cinnamon

1 cup (jar or plastic container from store) of honey (as little as possible)

1 small jar (10oz) of macadamia or almond butter

sometimes I enjoy bits of nuts or sunflower seeds for texture.

 

Mix in food processor and then mix by hand.

 

Roll into balls, dust in cinnamon, cocao and ground almonds

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Good Fats Don’t Make You Fat

There is a great deal of misperception or misconception regarding fats and oils.  All fats are good for you – they just come from different families and have different purposes. The three families of fat are:

  • Saturated Fat
  • Mono Unsaturated Fat
  • Poly Unsaturated Fat.

The difference is the number of bends in the chain. Saturated Fats have no bends in the chain, whereas, mono unsaturated fats have one bend and the poly unsaturated fats have multiple bends. The more the bends, the greater the electrical energy and the greater the vibrational energy.
Saturated fats are used for body structure and stability, while the polyunsaturated fats are used for functioning organs, such as the eyes and the heart, which require more electrical energy and vibrational energy to function. In nature fats come from nuts, seeds, olives, avocados, dark greens, coconuts, seaweed, leagumes, butter, flaxseed.
Saturated Fats
Saturated fat does not require liver bile for digestion because it is easy to digest and absorbs quickly. All cooking should be done with a saturated fat because the size of the chain makes it difficult to damage the fat. The coconut is 92% saturated fat and is considered the best and healthiest oil to cook with. Olive oil should NOT be used for cooking, because the chain is short and can be damaged so easily that it can turn rancid during the cooking process. Saturated fat helps fight disease by:
Killing parasites
Killing viruses
Killing Bacteria
Poly Unsaturated Fats
Poly Unsaturated fats speed up the functioning of the brain, the heart and the eyes. The brain gets its share first while the rest of the body may be starving for the fats. There are only two things that can leach fat from the brain and they are alcohol or a fetus, especially during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy.
Prostaglandins
Prostaglandins are made from Omega 3’s and Omega 6’s.  We need both 3’s and 6’s in roughly equal amounts to maintain balance.  Unfortunately, in the American processed food diet, there are far too many Omega 6’s – these are the ones that promote inflamation.   The imbalance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids may also contribute to obesity, depression, dyslexia, hyperactivity and even a tendency toward violence
Fat is mandatory for good health
Your heart won’t run without fat, and 60% of your heart’s energy comes from fat.
The brain is made up of 60% fat and you can’t think properly with out fat.
Nerves – the protection around your nerve is a sheath called the mylein sheath. Fat is the primary component of the mylein sheath
Hormones – fat is one of the key building blocks for hormones
Fat is a key building block for your cell membranes Fat is key for healthy skin, hair and nails
Fat is key for proper lung functioning
Fat keeps your moods stable
Fat is critical to a healthy digestive process
Fat is stored in the adipose tissue and is what keeps you warm
Fat is the source for steady and stable energy
Your body has a shut-off mechanism to prevent you from eating too much fat
Most people’s diet is severely lacking in the Omega 3’s. Any health condition a person may have that has a name ending in “itis”, such as arthritis or bursitits or colitis, indicates the person is severely lacking in the Omega 3’s. Omega 3’s come from Fish – especially Salmon and Mackeral, Flax, Walnuts, Algae, Cereal Grasses (Such as PRL’s Green’s Mix), Eggs from organically fed chickens that get flax. Grains have almost no Omega 3’s and a significant amount of Omega 6’s.
No Bad Fats
Technically there are no bad fats – however there are fats that have been damaged, and consequently, they are harmful to you. Fats go bad when chemicals are used or deodorizers are used. When exposed to light they can go rancid.  This is a problem and is why the right kind of package container is important. We recommend the Violite container that can block out the rancidifying light.
The hydrogenation process – the hydrogenation process pumps hydrogen ions into the product at high temperatures so that it stops the rancidifying process to give the product a long shelf life with consistency. The problem is, now the fat becomes waxy, hard and unusable. It is also harmful to the body. Partially hydrogenated is equally as bad and it is called “partially hydrogenated” simply because they stop the process in the middle when the product may have its best eye appeal.  However, it is still equally harmful.
Fats Don’t Make You Fat
It is erroneous to think that fat makes you physically fat. Fats don’t make you fat – eating highly processed foods will make you fat. Eating no-fat or low-fat products will make you fat. Consuming processed sugar makes you fat.  In nature, carbohydrates have protein and fats in them so that when the natural sugar enters the body, it does so slowly due to the protein and fats. Processed sugars have processed the fats and protein out. Now the sugar enters the body far quicker than it was designed to and an array of reactions occur to handle this onslaught, including storing the sugar into fat cells.
Oils
Oils when processed properly will remain cloudy and textured. When oils are manufactured for shelf life and consistency, the oils are damaged, causing them to become transfats; thereby causing them to become toxic and to produce free radicals. They become colorless, odorless and/or tasteless.
Transfats
If the body does not have enough healthy good fats and oils, the body will use transfats. Unfortunately, the body cannot maintain health in this fashion and transfats have been implicated in most all chronic health conditions.
Adverse Effects of Consuming Transfats
Lowers the good cholesterol/Raises the bad cholesterol
Decreases the quality of breast milk
Lowers the male testosterone
Increases the number of abnormal sperm in men Decreases the red blood cell response to insulin thus having an undesireable effect on diabetes
So if a person has been consuming a lot of transfats without the good fats, the damage can still be reversed. Begin to consume properly prepared healthy fats and oils – over enough time, the body with its own intelligence will begin the replacement process. The problem is that it can take years, but by taking a Quantum supplement like Quantum EFA Oil Blend along with Quantum Brain Complex, and adding a 20 minute per day exposure to sunlight, this can be accomplished over a 9 month period.

Call me for exact amounts of each

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Reflections of nature in disease and and example of Parkinsons and how to relate to homeopathics

excerpted from a much longer page here:

http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/Newsletter/021210_Moods-Immune_03.html

Might make a good article or link for your site

True Healing

If you want to restore healthy bile flow, what do you do? There are two actions necessary. One is to make different choices, which means eating healthy fats, eating healthy cholesterol, and therefore making healthy bile acids which help digest the fats properly. The other is to look for a substance out there in the world that represents bile flow.

Steiner often described plants as three-fold, flipped-upside-down versions of the human being. The human body has three main areas, the head, the heart and lungs, and the belly or metabolic area where digestion and reproduction take place. Plants are organized in the same way, only flipped upside down. The nerve or head pole of the plant is in the roots, where the plant senses environmental conditions and takes in nutrients; the breathing is in the leaves; and the metabolicreproductive pole is in the flowers.

One plant that stimulates the healthy flow of bile is called Chelidonium major, which has a bilious fluid in the roots. According to what’s called the doctrine of signatures, you can see from the way a plant grows, and from what the plant does differently from other plants, what this plant is telling you. Chelidonium major tells us, “I am the reunification of the stimulation of healthy bile flow.” So you extract the plant, make a preparation, reunite that with the human being and end up with healthy bile flow. Healthy bile flow plus conscious choices about food and how you live, that’s a different kind of healing, true healing that involves reunification and an education of the human being so that his or her life is better. That’s what we’re looking for.

So the job of a doctor is to read the book of nature and to understand what it is that the human being is expressing, where that similar phenomenon is expressed in nature, and then reunify them to create a healing.

Here’s another example. What’s the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease? There’s tremor, shuffling gait and so forth, but these are characteristic of a number of diseases. But there’s one thing about Parkinson’s disease that’s very distinct, very unusual and almost spooky. The essence of Parkinson’s manifests in the face with staring, with a wide-eyed, blank face. Where do you see that in nature? You see it in the octopus, which seems to be all head. The whole thing appears to be a head floating in the ocean with an unblinking eye staring out at you. It looks for all the world like the picture of a Parkinsonian face. The octopus is the picture of Parkinson’s floating in the ocean.

Here’s where it gets interesting. Inside the octopus you find a dark liquid called sepia. They used to use sepia as ink. In fact the US Constitution was written with sepia ink. So you have this picture of a blank staring face secreting a puff of black inky juice which is how it wards off predators so they don’t see it. The site of the pathology in Parkinson’s is in the substantia nigra, which means “black substance.” In the very deep part of the brain there’s a little gland called the substantia nigra which secretes black inky juice. This juice contains dopamine and other neuro-hormones, which supposedly are deficient in the case of Parkinson’s. Like the bile salts, many of these neuro-hormones are made of cholesterol. So in addition to requiring unification with something in the outer world, the Parkinson’s patient also needs to make changes in his or her diet.

Thus we now have a picture of the Parkinson’s patient, who for many years chose a deficient diet, resulting in a lack of neuro-hormone production in the substantia nigra, now needing reunification with a certain kind of octopus right down into its black inky juice. That substance can be supplied with homeopathic sepia, made from black ink from a similar species, the squid. Lifestyle choices are also involved because there are certain environmental poisons, such as agricultural chemicals and trans fats, which specifically target the substantia nigra.

So, we really have a very different concept about what we mean by medicine and what healing is, which is a kind of reunification combined with education about the choices that led you to develop the disease in the first place.

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