This morning after my workout
and a little breakfast,
I planned to go to the Glazer Farms organic market
in Coconut Grove.
It’s about 30 to 45 minutes away from my house.
What I like about the organic market is that
they have countless unusual prepared salads,
soups, fresh juices, mouth-watering coconut
water and the best darn raw fruit pies that you
have ever tasted. Not only are all of these treats
delicious, they are extremely healthy filled with
minerals and vitamins.
My plan was to stock up and have a weeks worth
of ready to eat healthy foods and treats.
My friend Bob said he was going to the market as
well, so we planned to go together and meet up at
around 10 O’ clock. The market trip usually takes
around 2 or 3 hours from port to port- if you stop
for lunch, and it’s a relaxing way to enjoy the morning.
He picked me up with Shaina, his wife, and we
were off to the market.
We were driving for about 20 minutes and that’s
when I heard the news.
Shaina said, “We were going to The Red Lands
to “Country Robert’s.” Not only is it about an hour
and a half away, nothing is organic!
Too late for me to get off this trip!
I was now a prisoner on Shaina’s trip.
“Cest La Vie.”
This kind of thing happens to all of us now and then.
We are forced to do something or go somewhere
that we really don’t want to do and this was one of them.
It turned out to be a lot of fun, although it wasn’t
what I had in mind. I finally got home around
6 O’ clock in the evening and just had to laugh at
how the day went. Let me give you some good advice
when you are “Shanghaied.”
You need to roll with the punches.
You can go kicking and screaming or curl up in your
emotional shell or love what you’re doing when
you are doing it.
Do you remember the song by Crosby Stills & Nash,
‘You gotta love the one you’re with?’
“Don’t be angry, don’t be sad don’t sit crying talking
good times you’ve had Love the one you’re with.”
In every situation we always have a choice.
How we will handle our own emotional state
is 100% up to you.
One can change it at will or be pulled around by our
negative emotional being.
As you go through the exercises in the book and DVD
in the Turn stress Into Power program, you will learn
powerful and yet simple exercises, meditations and
secret hand positions called Mudras; A gesture or position,
usually of the hands, that locks and guides energy flow.
I took a long walk under the great ball of Yin light,
The Harvest moon to balance my energy and cultivate energy
On September 12 at 5:27 a.m. EDT the moon will
be at its fullest.
This moon is celebrated across many cultures.
It’s an especially powerful moon for meditations,
lasting changes and moon magic.
The moon represents Yin the female force.
In the Taiji symbol Yin is represented by the dark half
with the seed of white in it.
The Chinese character means the dark side of a hill which
shows us the roots of the philosophy in the natural world.
It’s the perfect time for making new changes in your life.
As we move into a Fall season things will naturally change
on the planet. Fall is the time for closure, harvest and to
start preparing your body and mind for the winter.
In Chinese medicine Fall is when the lungs and large intestine
are most active.
We are coming into the colds and cough season and it’s
perfect time to strengthen your immune system.
From simple to elaborate, celebrating the harvest moon is part of
clearing the clutter in your mind body and spirit .
A time to turn your thoughts to the comforts of your home as the
cold weather arrives, think of ways to bring your attentions into
the area in your home. Focus your energy on creating the changes that make your life more balanced.
I’ll am personally start a six day detox program to clean out
my system and move into the Fall season as smoothly as possible.
I started my ritual cleanse today, as I do every time the seasons change.
This gives my digestion system a rest and helps to detox the liver, kidneys and lungs.
I started this morning with deep breathing exercise on the beach and
when I got home I started drinking apple juice and water 8 oz. of each
I drink at least a quart of apple juice a day for the next
6 days, with a two day liver flush next weekend.
The liver flush formula:
*Pink grapefruit
*Olive oil
*Garlic
*Lemon
*Blender
Organic is best if you can get it
Take 4 oz. of fresh grapefruit juice
1/2 lemon
2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 piece of fresh garlic
Blend the mixture until smooth and drink it down. Yum!
It will help to clear potential stones out of the liver and
clear out the colon.
I’ll do this for a few days and follow up with the
two week homeopathic detox kit.
When a person comes into
my office as a patient they
always fill out the usual papers
on their health history.
Then they meet with me and are
usually somewhat caught off balance
by the unusual way of determining
the appropriate treatment. I always
take a look at their tongue, feel the
pulses and ask some important health
questions that help unravel their health
problems that most doctors don’t take
the time to go over.
1. What’s your main symptom, why does it bother you?
2. When was the last time you felt good?
3. Do you have any pain? Where is it and on a scale from 1-10
4. What do you plan to gain from the treatment?
5. Were you breast feed as a child?
6. Do you get colds easily or did you as a child?
7. Did you suffer from allergies or asthma as a child?
8. Have you ever had your tonsils or appendix taken out?
9. Do you have any amalgam fillings or root canals?
10. Have you taken antibiotics?
11. Do you feel tired after eating?
12. Do you have a regular bowel movement?
13. What foods don’t you do well with?
14. How much liquid do you drink per day?
15. What do you fear the most?
16. What do you feel is the cause of your problem?
All of these questions reveal hidden secrets
about your immune system, the function
of your lymphatic system and if your body
is suffering from Toxic over load.
You maybe asking yourself what the heck
is toxic overload?
That’s when we are exposed to chemicals
in pesticides, plastics, cosmetics, cleaning solvents,
and many other common products they build
up to toxic levels in our bodies and break
down our natural defenses against disease.
Let’s say there is a pile of garbage,
parasites, fungus and bacteria that
will come to eat the garbage, this is a
natural occurrence that’s how
organic material is broken down.
Or you can kill the parasite fungus and
bacteria with poisons which will work
for awhile but they will return. But if you
clear the garbage up there is nothing to
eat and the parasites and other things
will not come back. When you eliminated
the source of the problem it’s gone forever.
We start out life with a clean system.
As we age, we are exposed to toxins in
the food we eat, the water we drink and the
air we breathe. Before you know it we have a
toxic over load where diseases begin to develop.
We can kill them with pharmaceutical drugs,
but that’s not a cure and they damage the body trying.
For every action there is a reaction and every
pharmaceutical drug has side effects. If we
detox we can clean out our systems and
keep our immune systems functions running well.
I use many different detox programs to assist the
body in healing and staying healthy.
Some are as simple as a drink that you take for 4 weeks
Detox involves everything from changing your
fillings in your teeth to high colonics. It depends
what symptoms you have and how serious you
are in getting back to optimal health.
I wish you the best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness
Joe’s energy was sagging for weeks on end. He called and made an appointment for some one-on-one coaching and we got together on “Skype”. After going over his medical history and life style habits, we came up with a plan that pulled him out of his slump.
This is what he said:
“Dr. Wu, for the most part, my energy is good and I am in good health.
Sure I get those nagging pains here and there, but all in all my systems are
A-OK.”
Approximately 3 months ago I started noticing that after work I would come home and that was it. I didn’t want to go out, see people or even read a book. In fact every time I started to read I’d fall asleep.
This was unusual for me, as I am very social most of the time.
I would even train after work but that was no longer possible.
I had no idea what happened.
When you told me about your Multi-Four vitamin pack I decided to try it and see if it would help.
Well, it did and I am back.
My energy is good again, I am working out every night and reading, as I just finished another novel .
I am back to my old self again!
Thanks,
JJ
I have found a common denominator in most of my patients.
They lack in energy, vitality and stamina for the most part.
They blow their Qi, and lack in good nutrition.
We all start off fine, however with the poor food choices, stresses in our daily life, pollution in the air, water and food we eventually suffer.
Our health mentally, physically and spiritually needs to be nurtured.
It takes more than your workout, more than your loving relationships and more than your internal practices to make the right choices in your exercise, food, drink and the quality of both of these.
That’s why I spent hundreds of hours working on this vitamin pack to give you the extra boost you need to continue at full blast without burning out.
Here is what is in the Multi-Four pack:
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and Happiness,
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PS. Even eating all organic will not give you all the essential vitamins
and minerals we need now.
Supplements are now a must in todays world.
If you have questions please write me at www.drwudhi@energymedicineflordia.com
The National Weather Service
issued excessive heat warnings
for wide areas of central and
eastern United States, saying
that the combined heat and humidity
could push the “real feel” temperature
to 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius)
through Saturday.
The thermometer hit 91F (33C)
but it felt more like 112F (44C),
according to AccuWeather.com.
By the weekend, the heat wave
is expected to cover half of the
United States and affect nearly
150 million people.
‘DANGEROUS HEALTH RISK’
The low pressure system that
barreled east was expected to bring
powerful thunderstorms with hail
to northeastern states.
“Do not take this threat lightly,”
the National Weather Service
warned.
The extreme temperatures
are particularly dangerous.
When it gets that hot it’s really
important to stay hydrated, we
all know the importance of drinking
water, but there are some other
important things to know to keep
us from de-hydrating.
Drinks like alcohol,
soda,other high sugar drinks,
and even coffee will dry you out.
Pure H2O is the safest to drink
and water with electrolytes will
keep you cool and
well hydrated.
Eat fruit– this will also
help to cool your
body off, my favorites are:
-plums
-peaches
-grapes
-pears
-watermelon
Here are a few of my formulas
for cooling yourself down
when it’s this hot.
Buy an organic pineapple;
it’s really important that the
pineapple is organic. Pineapples
are so sweet and bugs love them
as much as we do, so they spray
them with poisoned chemicals,
lots and lots of sprays! When I
lived in Hawaii, you would see
them spray them all the time. My
friend Gail used to go down to the
tide pools that were below
the pineapple fields to soak every day.
Although the fields were a hundred
feet above little did she know that
all that poison was leaching down from
the pineapple field into the pools.
Before she knew it she was sick
from toxic poisons. She is still
beautiful on the outside, but her
internal organs are all suffering.
So make sure you get an Organic Pineapple.
cut off the outside skin and instead of
throwing it in the basket, wash it well
and then put it in water and boil it for
about ahalf an hour.
Then you strain it and
pour off the juice and put in the
refrigerator.
It’s a very cooling drink for the summer,
needs no sweetener and will keep you
hydrated and cool.
Another one of my special cooling summer
formulas I learned from Dr. Fu Dhi he’s
from Harbin China. Although Harbin
is one of the coldest places in China in
the winter,the summers are hot and
humid and when I went to school,
there was no air-conditioner.
This recipe is most likely thousands of
years old.
We all like ice cold watermelon, the
sweet red meat is cooling and
refreshing and people all over the
planet eat it, drink the juice and
you may think that’s the trick.
But wait there is more to the watermelon
than you would ever think.
The rind is rich in silicon and its
outer green skin is concentrated
in chlorophyll.
Rind can be used to keep you
cool as well.
You can take the watermelon rind
which is the white part, cut it up
into about one inch squares, add a
little salt and put it in the refrigerator
to cool for an hour or so.
Once it’s chilled,
you can add it to either vegetable
or fruit salads.
Also watermelon
rind can be juiced and drunk 1 or
2 oz. of the juice 2 to 3 times a day-
it will also lower your blood pressure,
but if you have a heart condition
leave out the salt.
Stay hydrated can also keep you
Young.
When I’m doing my Qi Gong practice
this time of year,
I focus on the kidneys and the spleen.
That’s the water and earth elements.
The Recharging Qi Gong program
www.RechargingQiGong.com
is the perfect program to do all summer.
It will tonify your organs and cool
down your body mind and spirit.
I wish you the Best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness
All day Saturday I was with a group
of 50 doctors at an exciting seminar
on nutrition. You may be asking
yourself, what’s so exciting
about nutrition anyway?
Food is our medicine or it should be,
but in today’s world there is so much
pollution in our water, soil and air that
we can no longer get the proper nutrition
from the food we eat. We need to
supplement our diets to stay in shape
and to have the energy we need to run
our lives as healthy and stress free as we can.
The type of food and the quality of your food
makes all the difference in our health and our
chances of longevity. Our food isn’t nearly
as clean as it was 30 to 50 years ago.
My mother who is 91 years old said,
“There was no such thing as organic
food when I was growing up, because
it was all organic.”
No, GMO’s, No poison sprays and
the fertilizers were all from the
compose pile, a real recycling system.
She went on to say,
“Your grandmother always had a garden
because food was expensive and that’s
how she helped feed the family.
I don’t know why people don’t grow
vegetable gardens today. If they
did they would have better food,
save money and give the children a
chance to see how things grow.”
As long as I can remember we always
had a vegetable garden, and my family
passed that knowledge down from
generation to generation. I always
plant a garden and my children
always have one too.
Gardening can help you with your
meditation and Qi Gong rooting
and grounding practices.
“The greatest gift of the garden is
the restoration of the five senses.”
~Hanna Rion
Unfortunately, for all of us the nutrients
in the soil have been depleted, and
food grown in soil has fewer nutrients.
Chemicals are used in raising both
plants and animals, particularly on
huge industrial farms. What they are
producing surely isn’t about your
health or mine, you can mark my words.
Our Diet lacks nutrients and relies heavily
on processed foods that include artificial
color, additives, flavorings, and
chemically altered fats and sweeteners.
There are many reasons why we might
want to pay attention to what we eat.
We especially need to pay attention when
we are sick so we can help our bodies
get the nutrients we need to heal.
There are many health benefits if
we look at food as medicine.
“Let your food be your medicine,
and your medicine be your food.”
~ Hippocrates
Getting the right nutrients into our
bodies are keys to optimum long-term health.
That’s why we need to supplement our
diet along with the right foods.
A multivitamin is the best starting
point for everybody and every BODY.
To put it in simple terms, you
wouldn’t supercharge your car if
the spark plugs were fouled out, would you?
I have tried many different vitamins
and supplements with thousands of
patients in the last 30 years. There are
many products on the market today
that aren’t worth a dime. You are literally
flushing your money down the toilet.
We have researched over 75 different
companies, and have found that
pharmaceutical grade dietary
supplements and vitamins are
the most valuable for long term health.
There is a difference between
something that is expensive and
something that is valuable to your health.
This formula will give you the most value
for the buck.
I have been working with a
team of researchers, nutritionist
and doctors to formulate the top
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Qi Essentials “Multi-Four” is a combination
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Don’t put your health on the back burner.
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The conference last weekend
brought up some shocking facts.
Did you know that the USA is
ranked # 50 in life expectancy?
Obesity and being Overweight
causes a multitude of serious illnesses
and close to 75% of Americans
are just too fat.
I was talking to a patient and
she was telling me that her weight
gain as well as her daughter’s all
had to do with their hormones
and nothing else.
Hormones are chemical
messengers in the body. They are
released into the blood stream in one
place, and travel to another place in
the body and provide information.
We have around 600 hormones in
our bodies. They are receiving sites and
receptor sites communicators between each other.
They are the lock and the hormone is the key.
A healthy person has 20,000 receptor sites
for the hormones to communicate too.
But most have less than 5,000 receptors.
That’s like having the key broken
in the lock.
Some of the factors that cause
the break down in communications
are in our foods, exercise and
life styles.
Things like:
-Excess hormones in animal products
- Taking birth control pills
-Pesticides sprayed on our vegetables
-Bug sprays
-Weed killers like round up/agent orange
-Plant fungus killers
-Being a couch potato or doing the wrong
exercise.
-Poor sleeping habits
-Eating the wrong foods
The animals eat the plants and their
hormones get jacked up and when
you eat them it’s passed on to you.
There is a large connection between
hormones and chronic illness.
One of the keys is in the foods we eat
and the quality of that food.
According to Merrian-Webster Dictionary,
Food is material taken into an organism and
used for growth, repair and vital processes.
It is nourishment in solid form which is
something that nourishes and sustains.
The most important organ linked to
hormone communications and fat
burning is your LIVER.
If your liver is malfunctioning, it is
IMPOSSIBLE to lose weight.
Here are some liver issues
that you could have.
Even if your blood test comes back
normal, you could still have a liver
that’s not functioning even
with a normal blood test.
-Right shoulder pain
-Morning pain in your fingers
-Hard to get up in the morning / feeling grouchy
-Always craving fatty foods
-Joint problems
-Skin problems
-Yellowing of your eyes
-Sensations of fullness on the right side
What can you do to improve
the function of your liver?
-Read labels they put things in our food
that you would never eat if you were aware
of the hidden poisons
-If it comes in a box or a can don’t eat it
-Take all artificial sweeteners out of your diet
they will make you retain water and inhibit
both the function of your liver and the brain
-If the label doesn’t say “Non GMO’s” then don’t eat it
-Eat only grass feed meat and don’t over cook it
-Get a good night sleep
-Eat 50% of your food raw
-Exercise daily both internal and external
-Get natural treatments to help repair your liver
-Eat clean foods, organic locally grown
We don’t realize that things like steroids,
cortisone, growth hormones, hormone
replacement therapy, bio-identical
hormones, birth control pills and
HCG all cause the liver to function poorly.
We were brought up to believe that the government,
the Food and Drug Administration and the Medical
community were protecting us,our food and our
medicine.
Well wake up!
If you are not taking responsibility for your
own health your in for a big shock.
The reason I teach, train and practice
daily is to give you and me tools to stay
healthy.
Join me in staying fit mentally, physically and spiritually
www.qigonginnercircle.com
I wish you the best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness
Back in 1978 I was living in the mountains with my family. My friend Bob came to visit from Michigan on his way to Arizona. I’ve known Bob since I was 12 years old.
His family they lived just a few houses away from us.
Although I haven’t seen him in years, he heard that we moved to Telluride and showed up one afternoon at our door.
Bob went to school with me at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) and at that time it was called “The Center for Creative Arts” in downtown Detroit.
Somewhere along the way he picked up the skill of making pies and that night he made a few pies for our family and passed down his pie making secrets to me.
That spring the rhubarb came up in the high country and I decided to make a few delicious rhubarb pies. I picked a whole bunch of fresh organic rhubarb and brought it into the house and began my pie making magic. I started with a homemade organic lattice crust. You know, that crisscross kind?
It was just beautiful and it was filled with rhubarb and fresh strawberries. I put them in the oven and when they were ready I placed them on the table to cool.
I went into town to do a few things. When I came back both pies were gone, I asked my wife what happened to the two pies?
She said, “I had friends drop in unexpectedly and I served the pies.”
Me, “Both of them?”
She said, “Yep! They are gone and we really enjoyed them. Thanks.”
I asked her if she saved me a piece as those were the first rhubarb pies that I ever made and she said,” No there all gone.”
At first I was disturbed and in disbelief that they didn’t even save me a small piece.
It took me a few hours to make them and they were all gone!
But as we all know for every action there is a reaction.
The next day I was at the post office and one of the guys who came over to visit my wife and have a piece of pie, came up to me and was really pissed off.
He said after eating the pies he had stomach cramps and diarrhea all night.
I heard that from more than one of her guests.
Apparently, I got some of the leaves of the rhubarb into the pie and the leaf will give you the runs for sure– it’s considered a mild poison.
Although I never got to taste my first rhubarb pie it sure made me put a smile on my face.
In life there is always a reaction to everything we do.
The reason I train, meditate and eat a healthy diet is; I am creating a reaction in my body, mind and spirit. The reaction I am shooting for is openness, clarity, flexibility, awareness and optimal health.
We can all achieve these qualities but it comes with work and training It takes two wings to fly. One is the practice and the other wing is the training or education, to achieve your goals you need both. If you just have one wing you flop around on the ground and never get anywhere. But if you get the proper training and practice you will soar to new heights.
The purpose of the Qi Gong Inner Circle www.qigonginnercircle.com is to train serious students.
If you’re just starting to train and practice this isn’t for you right now.
Get the Recharging Qi Gong www.Rechargingqigong.com program and Turn Stress into Power www.Turnstressintopower.com and practice for 6 months first.
These programs will give you the foundation you will need to become part of the Qi Gong Inner Circle www.Qigonginnercircleqigong
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth and Happiness
It’s warming up in South Florida
and the snow birds are flying home.
It’s Spring, and a bunch of holidays have
just passed to celebrate the coming of new life.
Spring is in the air!
As the seasons change, it’s time
to pay close attention to your diet.
When the temperature increases, we
will all need a lot more liquids to keep us hydrated.
I drink a lot more water; it’s time to
eat more fruits like plums, pears, and watermelon.
Also soups are one of my favorite
in both the summer and winter.
My friend Jerry Gruber is a fabulous chief
and gave me this recipe for a killer gazpacho soup.
What really makes it so good is the fresh flavor
of all the crisp vegetables.
Cold Gazpacho can be one of summer’s enjoyments.
Gazpacho soup originated from Spain.
It’s traditionally made with ripe tomatoes,
bell peppers, cucumbers, garlic, that is blended
with olive oil, vinegar, vegetable juices and served cold.
Here is Jer’s recipe:
Ingredients:
3 bell peppers (the more color the better)
3 peeled tomatoes
3 cucumbers
2 purple onions
(Seed everything) you don’t want to
get seeds stuck in your teeth.
Dice all veggies (fine).
Take all scraps and put in a blender.
Add enough red wine vinegar to cover
and then add ¼ to ½ cloves of garlic.
Add a pinch of ground caraway seeds and blend in a big pot.
Add ½ large can of V8 32oz can
(I found an organic one at whole foods.
If you can go all organic, it would be the best)
1 Large can of tomato soup –organic
1 can of tomato juice – organic
Add the stuff you strained and then add oil
Add 2 tsp of light weight olive oil and mix gently
Salt, spike (a natural seasoning)
White pepper
Some hot sauce to taste
A splash of Tamari sauce or Braggs amino acid
A little bit of lemon to kick up taste
Chill and add a dab of yogurt just before serving
P.S
It’s also a great time to do a detox program!
Detox-Kit liquid drops combine three homeopathic
remedies to relieve symptoms of illness caused by an
unhealthy lifestyle and/or exposure to environmental toxins.
*Lymphomyosot stimulates the lymphatic system
*Nux vomica-Homaccord stimulates the
gastrointestinal pathway and liver function
*Berberis-Hommacord stimulates the
kidney and gallbladder systems.
Homeopathic remedies are very safe and effective
and can be a great way to detoxify the body,
especially the liver and kidneys. For the colon,
however, nothing comes close to effectiveness of
a high quality fiber supplement that gets in
there and literally scrubs things clean.
Special herbs are also
needed to remove intestinal parasites.
contains a combination of homeopathic remedies
and many traditional Homeopaths believe that the
homeopathic remedies should be given in single
doses and the perfect remedy needs to be
determined for each individual.
I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and Happiness,
Last week it was in the thirties in Florida and that’s really cold for
South Florida. I was talking to a friend who is in Michigan and he
said.
“It’s colder than a witches tit”.
That sounds really cold.
I looked the expression up. Here is what I found.
“The simple explanation is that “colder than a witch’s tit” is just a vivid metaphor, like “hotter than the hinges of hell.” Since a witch is in league with Satan, presumably she has no maternal feelings. Thus the medium by which she would suckle a child is, well, cold as a witch’s tit.
But there’s some history behind this wisecrack. A witch’s tit (or witch’s teat, to use the older spelling) supposedly left a marking that witch hunters and courts would look for on the body of an accused person. Supposedly, witches would suckle their familiars, and sometimes the Devil himself, from this “unholy” body part. To find these marks, as well as insensitive spots on the skin called devil’s marks–caused by the Devil’s claws or teeth–the suspects were stripped, shaven, then closely examined for any blemishes, moles, or even scars that could be labeled as diabolical. To find marks invisible to the eye, the examiner would poke the victim inch by inch with a blunt needle (called a bodkin) until they found a spot that didn’t feel pain or bled. Discovery of these marks or spots–one supposes they would be considered cold since they were a sign of communion with the Devil–would be “proof” of the person’s dealings with Scratch, so they would be shown in full court before the execution”.
Cold weather can cause problems with your health if you are not prepared,
especially the Kidneys and that can lead to back pain, stiffness and host
unwanted symptoms.
Although I now live in the Sun Belt, I was brought up in the northern
part of the USA and lived in the mountains of Colorado for years.
Winter is the season that you need to protect your kidneys.
In China the winters were long and cold, so they developed a system to
build energy, tonify the body and to nourish the internal organs to stay
healthy and strong. Qigong, diet and tonics play a major
part in nourishing the bodies immune system.
This is one of my favorites to keep your body warm and give you a
tremendous amount of energy on those cold days.
Dr. Wu’s tonifying Lamb Stew
Here’s what you will need.
I always buy organic veggies and when you get the lamb,
make sure that it is grass fed with no hormones or antibiotics.
2 lbs meat (I prefer lamb)
1 head garlic
1 kohlrabi cubed
Rosemary fresh
Burdock root (is high in minerals)
Lotus root
1-cup carrots sliced
2 red potatoes
2 turnips’s cubed
2 cups fresh okra
2 cups Shou wu chih
Brags ¼ cup
2 tsp olive oil.
Sea salt to taste
½ gal. of pure water
Cooking instructions
Brown meat with ½ of garlic
Add water about ½ gallons.
Cook until meat is nearly done
It can take 1- 2 hrs to cook.
Cook with a sprig of fresh
Organic Rosemary
Add Burdock sliced thin, it
takes the longest to cook
Add Turnip and kohlrabi
they cook at about the same
time
Add potatoes & lotus root
2 cups Shou wu chih
Add the other ½ of the garlic
Prepare okra cut ½
Add at end after off the fire
Add brags at end, sea salt
cayenne and olive oil
If you’re not a meat eater -substitute the meat with more root veggies.
As for the best internal exercises, I focus on the grounding and
rooting practices and of course the kidney exercises.
Go through the Recharging Qi Gong book you’ll find plenty
of them to build your Qi and keep you warm all winter.
It’s extremely important to keep your low back warm during the
winter months.
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