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This is an old family home remedy for hot dry sore throat or Cough. It’s not as complex as Chinese Medical formulas and is easily made with things already found in the kitchen.
1. Wash the peels from two grapefruit.
2. Allow the peels to dry. Continue reading
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Heat in the human body comes from external radiation and from internal metabolism. In either case the effects on the body are similar. The human body responds to heat by increasing circulation and sweating. By bringing the blood to the periphery of the body it can easily release heat into the outside environment. This decrease in resistance causes a drop in blood pressure. Its like having your thumb on a hose to get it to spray further and then suddenly taking your thumb off. The spray quickly becomes a drizzle. The same thing happens with heat. The increased size of the blood vessels and additional areas for circulation causes a drop in blood pressure. This is part of the reason that heat can make people feel tired. In this overbearing heat it is difficult to get out and exercise or even think strait. Many black men are more prone to high blood pressure. This could be a heat adaptation allowing them to work through intense heat. In intense heat most people lose their appetites. This is because your body wants to the reduce caused by metabolism to prevent overheating. Heat generally manifests with red eyes, thirst, and dark urine. It is associated with skin rashes, lesions, and irritability. One of the key signs of systemic heat is inflammation.
In the desert, heat can be deadly. The way to make yourself comfortable is to consume substances that help your internal environment stay cool. I once met a Bedouin man from Egypt. He described how his people could survive with little water: Continue reading
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You can eat nothing, but whole grain, organic, superfoods hailed by celebrity doctors and personally blessed by an actual talk show host, but if you aren’t considering your internal microbiome, you might as well be eating shards of glass. Either way, you could be tearing your insides apart. When your gut loses balance, 100 trillion microbes which were once beneficial citizens of your internal world begin to riot. They begin feasting on your intestines like a horde of microscopic zombies.
This feeding causes intestinal lesions which have been associated with a host of the chronic diseases such as:
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD):
This autoimmune disorder takes the forms of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA):
RA is an autoimmune disease that often results in bilateral inflammation of the joints.
Fungal infections:
This includes everything from toenail fungus to yeast infections.
Fibromyalgia:
This disease is associated with fatigue, generalized pain and sensitivity to pressure. It is heavily correlated with depression and anxiety. Continue reading
Andrew Miles, DOM & Xuelan Qiu, PhD 