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Boosting Immunity with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Boosting Immunity with Traditional Chinese Medicine

By Kavita Gill, R.TCMP, R.Ac   Traditional Chinese Medicine was born in a time before microscopes and petri dishes; a simpler age when the elements themselves were beneficial or harmful for all human beings alike. The ancient Chinese keenly observed the ways in...

Boosting Immunity with Traditional Chinese Medicine

By Kavita Gill, R.TCMP, R.Ac   Traditional Chinese Medicine was born in a time before microscopes and petri dishes; a simpler age when the elements themselves were beneficial or harmful for all human beings alike. The ancient Chinese keenly observed the ways in which our bodies would react to extremes in temperature devising a working theory on immunology that is practical and used...

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Top Cold and Flu Prevention Tips

Top Cold and Flu Prevention Tips

Boost Your Immune System This Winter Top Tips From Our Homeopath! Every year people are left terrified of the seasonal flu. Confusion reins about the many tips floating around to better protect yourself in a stressed out, over-worked society; not to mention the...

Immune Boosting Elderberry Syrup

Immune Boosting Elderberry Syrup

Make your own ELDERBERRY SYRUP Elderberry Syrup a lovely addition to support you through the cold and shifting weathers. Elderberries have immune boosting compounds that help not only reduce the number of seasonal cold and flues, but also decreases the amount of time...

Your Heart Really is in Your Hands

Your Heart Really is in Your Hands

Scientific Hand Analysis-Heart Lines Ever wonder what all the lines on your hands mean?  February is the month of love and such a great time to delve into a special marking on the palm called the Heart Line, using the method of Scientific Hand Analysis. Heart lines...

Winter: A Permission Slip to Slow Things Way Down!

Winter: A Permission Slip to Slow Things Way Down!

As originally published in The Elepahant Journal I am a self-professed winter lover. It’s true. It may well be my favorite season. Gasp! I said it. Sure, I love the first shoots and buds of spring and the wall of heat and slow-paced freedom of summer. Then there’s the...

Feeling Achey? Try Some Honey

Feeling Achey? Try Some Honey

“I don’t feel very much like Pooh today," said Pooh. "There there," said Piglet. "I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh The Benefits of Honey in Chinese Medicine By Elyse Tera, BA, L.Ac, (AZ), Dipl.Ac (NCCAOM) It’s hard to believe...

Simple Wisdom to Eat By

Simple Wisdom to Eat By

When it comes to eating a healthy diet many people talk about what foods to and not to eat. Whether it be a reduction of carbs or sugars, there is a common theme of either restriction or supplementation of certain foods. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)...

Cupping 101 – The Magic of Suction

Cupping 101 – The Magic of Suction

Cupping is having a moment, with athletes and actors proudly sporting their red round marks,  but it also has a rich history spanning millennia and continents. In China, applications for cupping therapy are wide, and varied–from muscular skeletal injury, to stress...

A Bootcamp…For Your Spirit!

A Bootcamp…For Your Spirit!

Personal Training for the Spirit (PTFS) bootcamp is designed to help you slow down, connect with the body and the resources in your life so that you're able to start each day with a different energetic vibration.  Part of the workout is getting to know the way your...

Winter Retreat – A Deep Dive Into Nourishment

Winter Retreat – A Deep Dive Into Nourishment

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire". We're delighted to announce our first seasonal retreat! Join Angela Warburton R.TCMP and Chef Joshna Maharaj in beautiful Gravenhurst for a...

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