Benefits of Miso
As we move into Fall and Winter, miso is a wonderful food item to keep handy. This is because of it’s salty flavor, which attunes the body to colder weather.
In Chinese Medicine, menopausal symptoms point toward a deficiency of yin. Yin is substance in the form of fluids and is closely linked with blood. When yin becomes depleted, we can use food therapy, acupuncture, and herbs to help ‘build the yin’.
As the outdoor temperatures steadily increase, I thought it would be a good time to discuss heat-related illnesses. This can include heat injury, heat exhaustion, and even life-threatening heat stroke. The first signs that we want to pay attention to in heat exhaustion involve fatigue, cramping, nausea, vomiting, and headache.