After a long cold winter, its hard to imagine we would be bothered by heat. Summer is the season of growth and maturation when sunlight brings the abundance of flowers and fruit. Summer correlates to the Fire Element and is the most yang, masculine and active of seasons. The Fire Element corresponds to The heart, [...]
Read More cool, cool down, cooling foods, heat, herbs, hot, hot weather, teaOur three sources of oxygen, food, water and air are polluted and bound with toxins. As these sources become deoxygenated, they become breeding grounds for anaerobic bacteria. All forms of pollution starve our bodies of oxygen. Environmental illness, though currently a rare disorder is thought to be a forerunner of what many will experience in [...]
Read MoreCabbage (Brassica oleracea) is one of the earliest cultivated vegetables, first grown over 4,000 years ago. This member of the Brassicaceae (Mustard) Family is a relative to cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, arugula, turnip, radish, and rutabaga. The English word cabbage is derived from the French term caboche, meaning “head, ” (as in head of cabbage). [...]
Read More cabbage, immune, probiotic, raw, vegan, vegetarianDelightful Day Lilies (Hemerocallis species) The genus name Hemerocallis comes from the Greek words hemera, meaning “day” and kalos, translating to “beautiful”. The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither at sunset, often replaced by another on the same stem the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Once considered part of the Lily [...]
Read More day lily, raw, vega, vegetarian[youtube HqmqqAm5iG4 nolink] You know spring is here when you catch a whiff of Violets (Viola odorata), which are members of the Violaceae (Violet) Family. You may also know them as Heartsease. In mythology Zeus had a lover named Ione (from which the word viola is derived from). His wife, Hera was jealous and turned [...]
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