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What Your Organs Need in Life, According to Chinese Medicine
What Your Organs Need in Life, According to Chinese Medicine
|Eva Schmitt
There are countless theories about what it means to be healthy. The one right diet. The one method that will finally change everything. The one piece of the puzzle we... Read more...
Fresh ginger root on a white surface
Ginger in Chinese Medicine: Who It Helps – and Who Should Avoid It
|Eva Schmitt
You are standing in the kitchen in the morning, the first cold of the season is scratching at your throat, and you reach for ginger. Perhaps as a tea, perhaps... Read more...
Menopause in Chinese Medicine: A Different Perspective
Menopause in Chinese Medicine: A Different Perspective
|Eva Schmitt
I'm often asked how you can best prepare for menopause. An honest answer, however, is more complex than an Instagram message allows. Chinese Medicine, or TCM, has a very nuanced... Read more...
Waking Up at 3am? Why It Isn't Always Your Liver
Waking Up at 3am? Why It Isn't Always Your Liver
|Eva Schmitt
Waking in the Night: Why 3–5am Means Something Different from 1–3am If you regularly wake in the night, you have probably searched for the reason at some point. And almost... Read more...
Manifestation: A Journey Through the Five Elements
Manifestation: A Journey Through the Five Elements
|Eva Schmitt
Manifestation: A Journey Through the Five Elements Manifestation is everywhere right now. Visualise it. Want it strongly enough. Focus your thoughts on it – and eventually, it is meant to... Read more...
Sugar Cravings in Chinese Medicine
Sugar Cravings in Chinese Medicine
|Eva Schmitt
When You Crave Something Sweet: Understanding Sugar Cravings Through Chinese Medicine Sometimes the desire for something sweet appears out of nowhere. After lunch. At four in the afternoon, when the... Read more...
Stomach 36 (Zusanli): Its Effects on the Body, Energy and Emotions
Stomach 36 (Zusanli): Its Effects on the Body, Energy and Emotions
|Eva Schmitt
In Chinese medicine, the Stomach can sometimes seem almost secondary. After all, it is “just” a Fu organ working closely alongside the Spleen. Its job? To receive food, break it... Read more...
Food Supplements from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine
Food Supplements from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine
|Eva Schmitt
Vitamin D. Magnesium. Iron. Zinc. Omega 3. B vitamins. Probiotics. Today, many people take food supplements as a matter of course. Because they have heard that they are important, that... Read more...
Dairy in Chinese Medicine: Do You Really Need to Avoid It?
Dairy in Chinese Medicine: Do You Really Need to Avoid It?
|Eva Schmitt
Dairy Products from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine – Do You Really Need to Avoid Them? Dairy is probably one of the most controversial foods there is. Ask five people... Read more...
The Hidden Impact of Shame – A Chinese Medicine Perspective
The Hidden Impact of Shame – A Chinese Medicine Perspective
|Eva Schmitt
The Deep Impact of Shame – A Perspective from Chinese Medicine Perhaps a memory comes to mind immediately. Something you still don't like thinking about? A sentence someone once said... Read more...
The Five Elements – Discover the Rhythms That Shape Your Life
The Five Elements – Discover the Rhythms That Shape Your Life
|Eva Schmitt
You may have heard that Chinese medicine works with five elements rather than the three doshas of Ayurveda. But what do these five elements actually represent? They describe far more... Read more...
What Causes IBS in Chinese Medicine?
What Causes IBS in Chinese Medicine?
|Eva Schmitt
Looking Beyond the Diagnosis A diagnosis that many people hear at some point in their lives. And often it is followed by the next question: Is there anything I can... Read more...

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