Constipation is defined as having 3 or less bowel movements in a week or having a hard, dry, or difficult-to-pass stool. Ideally, we should have 1-2 bowel movements per day, optimally between 5-7 am, the time the large intestine functions most optimally. See a list of the foods below that help to lubricate the intestines and promote a bowel movement. Foods to Alleviate Constipation: cabbage bananas apples walnuts asparagus figs spinach pears pine nuts black sesame seeds chia

Too much work, studying and lack of sleep finally got the best of me and I caught a cold. Good thing I work right in a my own Chinese herbal pharmacy!! In addition to making custom prescribed Chinese herbal medicine to get me feeling back to 100%, food therapy is essential when you have a cold. This is the recipe I am making myself this morning to help my lungs, clear up congestion and recover quickly using Chinese food therapy ingredients for the lungs - pears, honey, waln

As Hippocrates said, "let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." The foods we eat every day affect our health in big way. Food can either nourish us or it can harm us. In this article, we will uncover the foods you can eat to help you control high blood pressure. As important as it is to eat the right foods, it is even more important to stay away from the wrong ones. Read below to learn the foods to eat and foods to avoid when treating high blood pressure. Food t