A few weeks back, I took a back packing trip to Mt. Greylock in western MA. At the top of Mt. Greylock is Bascom Lodge, a wonderful full-service lodge and restaurant. What a great treat after a hot climb to sit down to a real meal, and not one made on a camp stove. One of the items on the… Read more »
Here’s a refreshing summer drink to help beat the summer heat in New England. With only three ingredients, it is delicious and packs a healing punch! Watermelon: it is cold and sweet; quenches thirst, relieves irritability, dispels summer heat problems, promotes diuresis and detoxifies. * Lime/Lemon: it is cool and sour in taste; helps to regenerate body fluids, harmonize the… Read more »
Summer time is finally here in New England . . . and with it those hazy, hot, and humid days that seem to sap the energy right out of you. In Chinese Medicine we look at the climactic factors of Summer-Heat and Dampness, and how they can affect the body. Summer-heat tends to injure the Yin of the body. This… Read more »