In our cold Finnish climate to drink ice cube water freezes stomach Qi energy. It can cause stomach pain, swelling, freezing, tiredness and it weakens the digestion. Finns have a lot of digestion problems and one of the reasons are icy cold beverages Here is a Cafe, where you get water of room temperature-…
“I don´t feel well, I´m not myself, my body is disturbed, pain here and there? Something is out of balance.” You can recognize the misbalance in your breathing and treat it – yourself- by breathing- wherever- whenever! Breathing is a wave movement; active inhale (YANG) and passive exhale (YIN) alternate, there is´nt one without the…
In China eating is part of social communication. There is no celebration, visit, trip or meeting without a meal. In chinese language even you say instead of “How are you doing?” “Have you eaten enough?”. In Finland we could also follow this, and get more together, have a meal and socialize. The purpose of daily…
In Chinese/ TCM: ” if your center (stomach) is ok everything is ok”. Finnish stomach is not ok- it´s rebellious! Almost every week I meet people in my practice with stomach problems. In examinations there are no physical reason to find and the question is- what can I do about it? Finland is a cold…
Sometimes can problem be surprisingly solved. Liisa (name changed) asked me:”my nose is mornings blocked and if I catch cold I always get sinusitis. Why is that?” It turned out, that Liisa had a habit to drink cold orange juice in the evenings and even more especially as she caught cold- because of vitamin-C. According…
As I was little girl, our village nurse recommended me to “dry brush” my very dry legs, which I actually did with my younger sister for a while. Not a bad suggestion at all! Brush dry or while shower after sauna legs, arms belly and back all over. To brush stimulates the blood circulation and…