3 bulbs garlic 1 large onion 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil 4 cups water 1 large potato 3 bayleaves 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon oregano 6 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce Pinch cayenne pepper 1. Chop the garlic and onion and sauté together in the oil for about 20 minutes. Keep...
According to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), a happy and comfortable life is, for the large part, the result of carefully adjusting oneself to the prevailing external and internal circumstances – “going with the flow” so to speak. I will write more of the various flows of life that affect us another time, but today I...
Gut health has been in the news frequently this year, since the recent research from doctors Braden Kuo and Allan Goldstein at Massachusetts General Hospital, the US, who found that bacteria in the gut can affect mood, cognition and behaviour and lead problems in these areas – and vice versa. In neurobiological terms, the enteric...
