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Discover 10 ways to use umeboshi plums in this post that comprises the second part of the amazing umeboshi story. Also check my recommended 9 ways to enjoy the plums as recipes in our daily meals.  Umeboshi plums are one ...

  For those of you who love to eat fish, especially carp or salmon, this is a traditional strong nourishing fish soup that you may like to try out. This nourishing yang fish soup dish balances the gentle yin yuki ...

(This is the second part of the Legend of Thieves Oil) This recipe shows you how to make your own Thieves Oil at home. This medieval five-essential oil blend is super easy to make with wholesome natural ingredients that are ...

  (This is first of a two-part series. Please check out How to Make Your Own Thieves Oil.) Most of us have read about the Bubonic plague. But not many of us know about the story of Thieves Oil and ...

In traditional Japanese culture, the equivalent of the apple a day keeps the doctor away is the umeboshi plum. Today, people still regard these amazing umeboshi plums as an ancient power food. The ancient folks highly revered these amazing umeboshi ...

Understanding the yin-yang nature of foods for inner balance and the burdock-carrot kinpira recipe.  You learned how to make the Japanese dish yuki nabe, or “snow” hot pot, made with daikon and tofu, in an earlier post on food for ...

This lotus root drink is another traditional recipe to help ease coughs and discharge mucus. As the cold weather fast approaches, many of us succumb to those nasty colds. We can make this lotus root drink to ease coughs and ...

This traditional cleansing carrot-daikon drink recipe helps discharge solidified fatty deposits. It can also help to dissolve calcified stones in the kidneys and the gallbladder. Despite the colder days creeping up on us, autumn is not quite over yet. So, ...