Last week, I wrote about our Jing, how In Chinese Medicine it’s connected to our Kidney energy, and therefore the Water Element, and the season that we’re in right now, winter.
Acupuncturists know that we want to do everything possible to avoid tapping into and therefore depleting our Jing—the root of all energy—so this week, I will go into a little bit more detail on some foods you can eat to keep your Jing strong.
While Acupuncture theory believes that there is no such thing as having too much Jing, and that therefore all of us can benefit from eating the right foods, please remember that there is never one food or food type that is right for everyone! You are all different, and some of the foods in this email are completely inappropriate depending on your own diagnosis. If you’re my patient, you should know what you’re diagnosis is, so follow the guidelines accordingly.
- For those who run hot, and/or have a history of a toxic lifestyle that needs to be cleansed from their system. Do NOT eat these foods if you feel cold a lot, they are too cold and cleansing!
- Brain is actually also a Jing nourisher…if you have courage to try it, let me know!!!
- A great way to use the bones is just to get an organic bone from either the butcher or a local meat source, and just simmer it slowly for a few hours in water to make a broth. You can either simmer it so long that it becomes a gelatin that you can refrigerate for several days and add spoonfulls to soups and stir-frys, or just simmer it for a couple hours and make into a broth to be used for soup.
- Very important that ALL organ meats be eaten organically exclusively.
