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Changing of the Seasons

Changing of the seasons

A time to rest and digest!

In Chinese Medicine, encompassing the autumn equinox is associated with the Earth element and the stomach/spleen organs, two of the primary digestive organs of the body. That’s right, the spleen is a digestive organ in Chinese medicine.

It serves to transform and transport the food and drink in the body into energy and usable matter and it plays a key role in our immune system (like the biomedical spleen function), the condition of our digestion, the strength and tone of our muscles or the fleshy substance of our body and our general energy as well.… Read the rest!

Herbal Compresses

Ruby with Metta Holistic Health

My name is Ruby Ellison with Metta Holistic health and I practice Traditional Thai Medicine.

There are many wonderful modalities within Thai medicine but perhaps one of my favorites are the Thai Herbal Compresses.

Herbal Compress

These compresses are handmade and full of wonderful aromatic Thai herbs such as lemongrass and turmeric that help to heal, relax, and release.… Read the rest!