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My cookbook, "Signs of the Tines: The Ultimate Astrological
Cookbook" pairs food with astrological signs. However, Chinese Medicine
has been informing people how to eat for health for centuries. I recently met
with my friend, Eva DeCourcey, who is not only an acupuncturist but a teacher
of medical Qigong. She was
"eating for her spleen that night." That, of course, was a sentence
that sparked my imagination. How do you eat for your spleen?
She explained to
me that the spleen works with the stomach to break down and utilize the foods
that we eat.It craves warm
foods, comfort foods that can be easily incorporated into the system. Raw foods
or foods that are ice cold are not conducive to the optimum working of the
spleen.
According to
Chinese medicine the spleen works overtime when we study or concentrate and it
is during those times that we need to give it warming foods. Because she had
been doing a lot of "mind work" lately, the spleen needed an extra
boost. She feed it with a warm fish stew and hot tea. She was indeed eating for
her spleen.
To order
"Signs of the Tines" visit www.signsofthetines.com.
For more
information on her acupuncture services or medical Qi Gong contact Eva at
edecourcey@gmail.com.
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