Hi everyone!
Great news! Our Winter newsletter "Your Whole Life" is done and available for your reading pleasure. Get tips on how to fight colds and strengthen your immune system. Learn about CranioSacral Therapy done by our very own Erica Geier. Plus get a yummy recipe for homemade chicken soup!
The newsletter is available on our website, www.redcricket.com, under "Your Whole Life."
Or click on the link below to see the newsletter in a PDF version:
Winter Newsletter - PDF
Health and Blessings,
Joi
Showing posts with label flu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flu. Show all posts
Friday, December 16, 2011
Friday, November 13, 2009
Keep colds at bay with these recipes!
Hello everyone!
We've been having a lovely week up here in Minnesota, which has almost made me forget that it is November and winter is on it's way! Gulp...
Continuing our recent cold/flu theme, I thought I would add a few recipes to help keep you and your loved ones healthy. I love the idea of using food as medicine...very few side effects, and it tastes a lot better! Enjoy everyone!
Ginger and Scallion Soup
A good Sweat inducing recipe for when you feel a cold developing...
2 cups water
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, sliced
2 tablespoons white head of the scallion, sliced
In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add the ginger and scallion and simmer over a low flame for 15 minutes, or until the ginger is soft and its smell has spread throughout your kitchen.
Drink hot before bedtime. Keep yourself wrapped up (sweater, scarf), stay away from the cold, and especially cold drafts.
Ginger and Pear Soup
This soup will help you sweat out the pathogens that can make you sick.
2 cups water
1 pear
1 tablespoon sliced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon sliced scallion, white heads only
2 eggs, beaten
Bring water to boil in a small saucepan. Cut the pear in half; do not peel it. Add the pear, ginger, and scallion to the water. Return to a boil, cover the pan, and reduce the flame to low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, thoroughly beat the eggs ina glass or ceramic bowl. When the broth is ready - you will know it when the aroma of the ginger spreads through your kitchen - pour the decoction into the bowl containing the two beaten eggs. Mix and drink the decoction while it is still ho, then get under a heavy quilt or thick blanket for a good sweat.
Take this remedy once a day for three or four days, or until the cold goes away.
Peppermint and Scallion broth
Peppermint rises to the head and has a cooling, pungent effect. It is therefore a good relief for colds accompanies by headaches.
20-30 fresh peppermint leaves, or 2 heaped teaspoons dried peppermint
2 or 3 crushed white heads of scallion
2 cups of water
Place all ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the flame. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until half of the water has evaporated. Drink hot or warm.
- All of the recipes are from The Healing Cuisine of China, by Zhuo Zhao and George Ellis
We've been having a lovely week up here in Minnesota, which has almost made me forget that it is November and winter is on it's way! Gulp...
Continuing our recent cold/flu theme, I thought I would add a few recipes to help keep you and your loved ones healthy. I love the idea of using food as medicine...very few side effects, and it tastes a lot better! Enjoy everyone!
Ginger and Scallion Soup
A good Sweat inducing recipe for when you feel a cold developing...
2 cups water
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, sliced
2 tablespoons white head of the scallion, sliced
In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add the ginger and scallion and simmer over a low flame for 15 minutes, or until the ginger is soft and its smell has spread throughout your kitchen.
Drink hot before bedtime. Keep yourself wrapped up (sweater, scarf), stay away from the cold, and especially cold drafts.
Ginger and Pear Soup
This soup will help you sweat out the pathogens that can make you sick.
2 cups water
1 pear
1 tablespoon sliced fresh ginger
1 tablespoon sliced scallion, white heads only
2 eggs, beaten
Bring water to boil in a small saucepan. Cut the pear in half; do not peel it. Add the pear, ginger, and scallion to the water. Return to a boil, cover the pan, and reduce the flame to low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
In the meantime, thoroughly beat the eggs ina glass or ceramic bowl. When the broth is ready - you will know it when the aroma of the ginger spreads through your kitchen - pour the decoction into the bowl containing the two beaten eggs. Mix and drink the decoction while it is still ho, then get under a heavy quilt or thick blanket for a good sweat.
Take this remedy once a day for three or four days, or until the cold goes away.
Peppermint and Scallion broth
Peppermint rises to the head and has a cooling, pungent effect. It is therefore a good relief for colds accompanies by headaches.
20-30 fresh peppermint leaves, or 2 heaped teaspoons dried peppermint
2 or 3 crushed white heads of scallion
2 cups of water
Place all ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the flame. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until half of the water has evaporated. Drink hot or warm.
- All of the recipes are from The Healing Cuisine of China, by Zhuo Zhao and George Ellis
Thursday, October 29, 2009
H1N1 part 2
Hello everyone!
One of the most mind blowing things that I learned in school was that just because someone is showing symptoms of catching a cold/flu it doesn't mean that it is a done deal. I was once one of those people that would catch everything that went around. As soon as I the symptoms would start, and you know what I'm talking about....achy muscles, sore throat, fever/chills, headache....I would start feeling sorry for myself because I knew the next few days were not going to be good.
In class I learned that the start of a cold was the perfect time to do some self care, and if I caught it early enough, I could either prevent the cold entirely or decrease it's severity. Both options are great, because no one likes being sick! Here are some of the important things that I learned that have really contributed to my increased resistance to colds and flus.
Keep in mind that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is all about getting out of the way and letting your body do its' work. Once the symptoms start, one thing that is really effective is to get your body to sweat. You can drink some hot tea, or eat a hot bowl of chicken soup (we believe it will help supply your body with the energy to fight the infection) while covered in a blanket, or take a hot shower. (Remember all the movies from the 40's when someone got sick they would often drape a blanket over their head and steam themselves?) After you get a good sweat going, climb in bed and take a nice long nap, and take it easy for the rest of the day, even if you feel better after you wake up.
One of the essential things is to listen to your body when you begin to get symptoms, and rest.... really rest, so that your body can devote all of it's focus and strength upon ridding itself of the bug that's bothering it. It can be so difficult nowadays to just take it easy, but this part is essential.
One of the essential things is to listen to your body when you begin to get symptoms, and rest.... really rest, so that your body can devote all of it's focus and strength upon ridding itself of the bug that's bothering it. It can be so difficult nowadays to just take it easy, but this part is essential.
The other big thing is that we have herbal formulas that are very effective, and acupuncture can really help as well. Remember that it can really help the earlier you get a treatment. Don't forget Chinese medicine when you are ailing, we have very effective treatments for the infinite spectrum of symptoms you may suffer from, and we have been treating cold and flu symptoms successfully for thousands of years!
I know this may sound simple, but sometimes just these steps are enough to keep the cold at bay and help you have a lovely fall, winter and spring.
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