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Drop the Dairy, Clear Up Facial Discoloration
This woman’s face shows 8 irregularities in her mouth region which correlate to her gut problems. The odds are that dairy is one of her triggers as she is Asian and most Asians and African American ethnicities have a high lactose intolerance. Continue Reading
Blue Veins (Sugar Bug) Across Your Child’s Nose Bridge
When blue veins show across your child’s nose bridge, she’s not at her best according to Traditional Chinese Face Reading. These veins, as we see below, are found in the very young whose diets are typically high in sweets and other inflammatory foods. This explains their Japanese name, kanmushi, or “sugar bug.” Continue Reading
Natural Remedies for Chronic Diarrhea
Besides the inconvenience and discomfort, there’s a more important reason that frequent bouts of diarrhea are problematic. Chronically loose bowels signal malabsorption and, if unchecked, can lead to overall weakness and declining health. However, an occasional incident, triggered by the flu or travel, is actually quite normal and so no cause for fretting. Here are… Continue Reading
Face Reading Helps Resolve Snoring
A Root Cause of Snoring Wanting to stop snoring, this 59-year-old Californian, we’ll call her Hannah, requested a Face Reading. Before we look for subtle facial indicators that can correlate with snoring, let’s start with the big picture and first delight in Hannah. To me, her face radiates warmth and openness. Could one ever tire… Continue Reading
Face Reading: Resolve Aches and Pains
Aching joints plague Corinne, a 17-year-old Californian. In this mini Face Reading, we’ll sleuth some solutions for her pain by examining three facial features. How can Face Reading help resolve pain in the shoulders and toes? As we’ll see, facial clues point to underlying imbalances in the inner organ systems. To lose those aches, we’ll… Continue Reading
Face Reading: Orange-Red Color Near the Lips
Facial Discoloration Two weeks ago, 34-year-old Polly looked in the mirror and saw her lips outlined with—to her eye—a garish orange color. It has persisted and, furthermore, she notes that when she’s hot, the problematic skin also itches. She wants a solution . . . fast. Let’s examine clues to understand the root of the… Continue Reading
Itchy Skin and Red Blotches
Dear Rebecca, I’ve got red blotches on my face and itchy ears and it’s been going on for several months. I find that eating sugary things or drinking alcohol intensifies both. But even when I eat well, the blotchiness and itching are still a problem. Dear Suzie, Help is at hand, and it’s as near… Continue Reading
Sweet Potatoes and Earth Element: Favor them Moist or Dry?
Some sweet potatoes cook up moist and others, relatively speaking, cook up dry. Here’s how to use Five Elements to discern which variety best suits your digestion. The so-called dry varieties (jewel, Japanese, and Hannah) are starchier and so more firm and mealy when cooked. The more “moist” garnets and Beauregards cook up softer and… Continue Reading
The Varicose Vein and Blood Sugar Connection
Blood sugar irregularities underly varicose and spider veins according to Five Element Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM). This is also true for hemorrhoids, which are nothing more than swollen veins in the anus, as well as the vulvar varicosity experienced by some pregnant women. And the more translucent skin of infants and toddlers can display swollen “sugar… Continue Reading
Pale Lips — Cold Fingers
A cold touch and pale or even bluish lips are, one could argue, not so welcoming. Conversely, there’s a sense of well-being conveyed by both a warm handshake and (among Caucasians) naturally pink lips. There are medical reasons for cold extremities (see below), but the most obvious cause is often overlooked and, no matter your… Continue Reading
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