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Author Archives: Ellasara Kling
Seasonal Harmony — Everything Flows
[Seasonal Harmony] “Everything Flows” By Ellasara Kling Heraclitus of Ephesus (6th Century BCE) The cycle of the seasons, the regular rhythmical interchange of one season into another, can almost be ignored due to the technological advances of our modern life. … Continue reading
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Tagged food as medicine, recipes, seasonal harmony
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How to Choose Food Using Chinese Medicine principles
[Season’s Harmony] Food – It’s More Than You Think By Ellasara Kling “Traditional medicine and food share a common origin” Diet Therapy is one of the healing modalities of Chinese medicine. Diet Therapy is applied not only to alleviate ailments, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Medicine, diet, Diet medicine, Ellsara King, food
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Seasonal Harmony – It’s Summer
[Seasonal Harmony] It’s Summer Ellasara Kling We have now entered into Early Summer whose emotion is Joy! We are all happy to have left the cold of winter and the windy storms of spring behind, to shed our overcoats and … Continue reading
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Tagged digestion, fire element, five element theory, food, food therapy, harmony, healthy, healthy eating, heart, Kidney, liver, lung, organic, Spleen, summer
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Seasonal Harmony – Spring Food Consciousness
Seasonal Harmony Spring: An Important Time For Food Consciousness By Ellasara Kling Spring Season Is Presided Over By The Liver/Gall Bladder System. As Winter energetically recedes, Spring’s energy increases and we enter into the morning of the year. The energy … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo shoots, cashews, celery, chicken, dandelion, eyes, flexibility, gall bladder, go with the flow, green, green bell pepper, heart, kale, Kidney, liver, lung, sour, Spleen, spring, tea, tendons, wood
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Foods Have Flavors And Flavors Have Directions
[Seasonal Harmony] Foods Have Flavors And Flavors Have Directions By Ellasara Kling Five Element Theory provides a framework through which we can observe and understand the deeper connections between ourselves and Universal Flow/Natural Cycles throughout our lives. An understanding that … Continue reading
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Tagged adzuki bean and lotus seed dessert soup, broccoli rabe with mushrooms and walnuts, direction flavor, five element theory, heart, kidney function, liver, lung, massage, natural cycles, slpeen, universal flow, winter energy cereal, winter season, wood ear mushrooms with tomato
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Foods For Late Summer
[Seasonal Harmony] Foods For Late Summer by Ellsara Kling “When internal energies are able to circulate smoothly and freely, and the energy of the mind is not scattered, but is focused and concentrated, illness and disease can be avoided.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged bean sprouts, Chinese Medicine, cucumber, earth element, five element theory, hawthorne berries, honey, late summer, lime, meridian systems, mint, red dates, Spleen, stomach organ, watermelon, yellow
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Seasonal Harmony – What’s Your Food’s Nature?
[Seasonal Harmony] By Ellasara Kling Last issue we talked a little bit about the flavors of foods and some of the effects that those flavors have on the function of the various organ systems. Also based on Five Element Theory … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, chi, Chi Kung, Dao, daoism, Ellasara Kling, energy, exercise, food, food therapy, happiness, healing, healing love, recipes, recipes for health, seasonal harmony
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Let Flavor Be Your Guide
Seasonal Harmony Let Flavor Be Your Guide By Ellasara Kling Generally, whether we plan a meal or one dish, we think of the flavor of the foods we are going to use to create a particular taste. We choose seasonings … Continue reading