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Simple recipes to warm the body during this extreme cold weather

We have been experiencing extreme weather in Jakarta Indonesia. This extreme weather also experienced by other countries, and suspected related to the cold surge from Siberia. We have rain almost every day, and this situation worse by lack of absorbing land in the highland of Bogor. Now we face a big flood in Jakarta. The dying of some senior during this flood really concerns me. Some of them couldn’t bear the cold of weather. And it also happens in any other places. In US people facing the epidemic of flu. During this cold weather it is preferably to eat and drink food that warming the system. Chicken in Chinese medicine have this warming quality. So if you experience this cold weather and also feel cold, then you may cook a chicken and add ginseng, and barley, simmer till cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste. You may try this dumpling recipe: Buy a dumpling skin from the Chinese grocery Leek, ginger, salt, pepper, garlic   Minced chicken Chop the leek, ging

Children with Autism

In the year of a 2000 the number of autism incidence was 300:1, from 300 birth one child is autism. In 2011 was 100:1. In 2012 was 88:1. The increase number of children with autism is shocking to me. I couldn’t imagine what will happen in the next ten years. This number shows that we need to change our point of view of children with autism. Interestingly the number of non communicable disease incidence (such as stroke, hypertension etc) also increase. I decide from 2005 that I need to shift my point of view to help children with autism, that’s one of the reason I deepen my knowledge and understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) especially acupuncture. An organ in TCM comprises much function of organs from western medicine. One of the reasons is that TCM acknowledge the existence of meridian energy. For example: Heart, in TCM the function not just to pump blood all over the body system, but also for capacity of mental. This is why when there is a mental issue usua

Relation Between Our body to the Nature

We have 365 acupuncture points in our body. These points create energetic lines that connect to the internal organs. These points discovered approximately 5000 years ago in China through experience and noticing. In that time sage in china, notice a big correlation between human bodies with nature. How human life interrelated with the universe and inseparable. As a microcosm and macrocosm, affect each other Disease and imbalance is due to imbalance relation between our body and universe. For example, we have 4 seasons in north hemisphere and south hemisphere. In Chinese medicine, in each season the energy that flows in the meridian and organs has it peaked in a certain season. In winter the energy has its peak in kidney, in spring energy has it peak in liver, in summer the energy has it peak in heart and in autumn has it peak in lung. For example during the winter now in north hemisphere, winter is the time to hibernate. All creatures gather food and water before they enter

Brain Gym® International Conference in Bali, 1st time in Asia

Annual Brain Gym® International conference 2013 will be held in Bali, Indonesia. This year the theme is “Balance in Abundance” This is a big event for Brain Gym community, and open to all. Keynote speakers are professionals from various modalities, to share their knowledge for participants who are interested in the field of brain stimulation through movement, such as O. Fred Donaldson, Ph.D , Brendan O’hara, Renate Wennekes and Dr Tan Shot Yen. Numerous presenters for breakout session will come from around the world to share their knowledge. And their name will be announced on 31 st January 2013 in www.braingym-indonesia.org Information about this event and registration can be accessed through www.braingym-indonesia.org

Food

In my clinical experience food and nutrition aspect are important. Much discussion talks about the danger of consuming gluten and casein product as well as high glycemic index product. To me all this finding align with Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. The aim of Chinese medicine is to maintain health through balance on Yin and Yang aspect. Yin and Yang is an ancient philosophy of how Chinese people in that era saw life in relation to universe.  In this world many things could be divided into two aspects which are opposite each other but also supporting each other and it call Yin and Yang.  For example: Yin has the quality of female, solid, cold, below, earth etc. Yang has the quality of male, ether, hot, above, sky etc. In human body also consist of these two qualities. Some organs have the nature of Yin and the other is Yang. And illness appears when there is imbalance happen between Yin and Yang. Could be one overpowering the other or the other one is weakness tha