by Maggie | May 22, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Whole-foods cleanse
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C. Jorge and I are at the tail end of our annual whole foods cleanse, and every year I repeat the same pattern. The week before our cleanse starts, I grieve all the birthday...
by Maggie | Jan 31, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
As someone who is prone to motion sickness, I can’t help but make the following comparison: on a global, national, community and personal level, 2016 left me feeling dizzy and nauseated. As the Chinese New Year approaches, I’m ready to release that white-knuckled grip...
by Maggie | Nov 15, 2016 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
I could lie to your face and tell you that I’m the perfect picture of health. I could say that, because I’m a Chinese medicine practitioner, I take all the preventative measures needed to ensure a disease-free, balanced life. I could tell you that I didn’t sneak some...
by Maggie | Feb 18, 2016 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Holistic Skin Care
I have a piece of tape stuck between my eyebrows as I’m writing this. By the time you finish reading, I hope you will too. You know that expression, “it’s written all over your face”? Well it is. Every line, every wrinkle, every discoloration or scar tells the story...
by Maggie | Oct 6, 2015 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
Sure, we’ve dipped into the mid-70s here in Daytona Beach, but Jorge, Phoebe and I are ditching our flip-flops in search of some scarf and hat weather. Beginning next week, we’ll be in Washington DC for a much needed vacation. The timing couldn’t be...
