General Health

Clearing Chronic Conditions With Acupuncture

Marijuana Addiction: A Chinese Medicine Perspective

Did you know that marijuana is the most widely used drug on the planet following tobacco and alcohol?

So what happens when you smoke marijuana?

The active chemical in marijuana, THC creates ‘heat’ in the stomach. Heat manifests as an insatiable hunger. The fire in the belly just burns up the food, causing you to want to continue eating, seeming never to get full. Read more

Christmas Table

13 Tips for a Stress-Free Christmas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—but also one of the most stressful! Make the season more enjoyable by stopping stress in its tracks with these tips this Christmas.

Be satisfied with “good enough”. Don’t always go for bigger and better when planning your holiday, and avoid unrealistic expectations of how things should look and be.  Read more
Soft Serve

Superfood Acai Soft-Serve

This dairy-free and gluten-free banana and berry soft-serve will cool you down while also boosting your health! A great “ice cream” alternative.

Ingredients

3 bananas, peeled 250g strawberries, hulled, plus extra, finely chopped, to serve (optional) 2 tsp coconut sugar 1 tbsp coconut oil 30g (1/4 cup) chopped walnuts 1 tbsp sunflower seeds 1 tbsp sesame seeds 1 tbsp shredded coconut 30g (1/4 cup) coconut milk powder 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 2 tsp acai berry powder 1 tsp beetroot latte powder

Method

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Top 5 Herbs For Mental Clarity

There are lots of good quality, naturopathic products to help boost focus, concentration and mental clarity. Here are our favourite five.

Bacopa: Bacopa is commonly used for Alzheimer disease, memory and thinking skills (cognitive function), anxiety, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is thought that Bacopa might increase certain brain chemicals that are involved in thinking, learning, and memory. Read more
Clearing Chronic Conditions With Acupuncture

How to Clear Mental Fog with Chinese Medicine

Are you having difficulties recalling what you ate for dinner last night or feeling generally fuzzy in the head? Do you have trouble coming up with new ideas or find yourself having to study twice as much to retain half the information? Brain fog can muddle our words as much as our thoughts. Read more

6 Common Causes of Brain Fog

Brain fog is a noticeable sign that your lifestyle and diet need an upgrade.

 

Research suggests that one in seven adults between the ages 18 to 39, and one in four adults older than 39, will experience some short-term memory loss. “Brain fog,” also referred to as “baby brain” by new mothers, and “mental fatigue” by the medical community is more common than you think. Read more

Spring Flowers

Living With The Seasons: Spring

A guiding principal in Chinese Medicine is that by living and harmonising yourself with the seasons, you are able to cultivate your health and prevent disease.

After all, Chinese medicine sprang from the observation of nature and is organized around the interaction of the nature’s five elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Metal and Earth. Read more

Pancake

Morning Plant Pancakes

These are a nutrient-dense take on the classic pancake, and made in under 5 minutes.

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana 1 scoop of protein powder (optional) 1/2 cup oats 1/2 cup almond or coconut milk 1/4 cup almond flour to thicken 1 teaspoon natural vanilla (optional)

Instructions:

Place everything into a blender Blend on medium for 30 seconds Grease a pan Pour batter into the pan Cook on medium-high heat for one to two minutes on each side

Top with berries, a good quality of yoghurt or any topping of choice and enjoy! Read more

A Man's Guide To Essential Vitamins & Minerals

8 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Testosterone Naturally

It is natural for testosterone levels to decline as a person ages, but there are steps that they can take to slow, and perhaps reverse, the process.

Testosterone is an important hormone for both men and women. Even though it’s often associated with a man’s libido, testosterone occurs in both sexes from birth. Read more

The Coronavirus: 10 Tips

Keeping Men’s Hormones in Balance

Many people think of testosterone in relation to men’s hormones, and while it is a key player, growth hormone and cortisol levels also have a profound impact on men’s health. Here’s how you can help keep these three hormone levels in balance.

Testosterone

Testosterone is responsible for men’s confidence, drive, and desire for sex and levels naturally dip by about 1 percent every year after age 30. Read more

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