Patient Resources
I created these documents as useful guides for living in an aligned harmonious way, to help nourish your vitality, transform any obstructions getting in the way, and live your fullest radiant vital self. They are the same concepts we talk about in clinic, but in a format that you can go over at your own pace.
Chinese Medicine Foundations
Chinese Medicine Dietary Therapy — The holistic lens of Chinese medicine offers simple and intuitive ways to understand the nature of food which guides how we can use it as our greatest medicine. We can nourish ourselves with exactly what we truly need in each moment, and this beautiful relationship with our food creates healthy bodies full of vitality that can overcome as well as prevent illness.
Congee — Chinese Medicine Breakfast — Congee is a traditional, deeply nourishing Chinese breakfast, a great alternative to the modern western breakfast. Congee can be adapted to meet many varied medicinal needs, it is food as medicine, and herbs are frequently added to the porridge which then acts as a delivery medium for herbal medicine. With that in mind, consider medicinal congee as a lovely way to start the day!
Leaky Gut Syndrome — The digestive system is vitally important to health as it is the foundational root of our tree of life, and when this capacity to receive nourishment doesn’t function as it should the entire rest of the body, mind, and spirit often has great challenges. Leaky gut syndrome has become a far more common issue and is often at the root of long term digestive issues as well as chronic systemic inflammation, which is essentially the issue in all of the major modern diseases.
Lifestyle Guidance
Products and Supplements Information, and Sourcing — I don’t like to push supplements as a necessary practice for everyone, food is absolutely the preferred source of nutrients, but if you are unable to meet your nutritional needs through food alone then some supplementation may be helpful, and certain health conditions are greatly supported through some products and supplements.
Chinese Medicine Patterns