Qigong Blogs

Recipe for Strengthening Vitality      BENEFIT:  Support and strengthen Kidney energy in winter   Serving size: small bowl Serves 4 people – enough for three days apiece   INGREDIENTS: 1 cup black sesame seeds: soak for 2 hours, drain water 2 cups of wood ear mushroom: soak for 2 hours, drain water and chop

Spinach Salad     BENEFITS: Good for calming down the extra heat of the chest energy. It is grounding with earth energy. Serving size: small bowl Serves 3 people   Ingredients: 6 cups water 1 lb of raw spinach 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds 1 tbsp of black sesame seeds 2 tbsp pine nuts 1

Lotus Seed & Black Sesame Seed Drink     BENEFITS: This drink is great for the lungs and nurturing of the kidneys Serves: 1-2 (it will be good for one week)   INGREDIENTS: ½ C black sesame seeds 1 C lotus seeds ½ C mung beans ½ C adzuki beans ½ C black beans ½ C

Goji Lotus Drink     BENEFITS: Support and strength Liver, Lungs, and Thyroid energy.   Serving size: small bowl Serves: 4 — enough for three days apiece   Ingredients: 1 cup Lotus root chopped 1 cup of Kelp chopped: (soak for 6 hours and then dump water) 1 cup goji berries ½ cup Mung beans:

Red Bean / White Mushroom Drink     BENEFITS: This drink helps protect the lungs, helps the liver, pancreas congestion and assists bowel movements. It also helps take the acidic heat out of the system assisting swelling in the body to go down.   Serves: 2   Ingredients: 1 cup mung beans ½ cup adzuki

Classic Mung Bean Soup     BENEFITS: This soup cools down the liver and pancreas. It helps take care of the acidic heat from the wetness of the summer. it can be a regular soup or a dessert soup. Serves: 6   Ingredients: cup mung beans ½ cup adzuki beans 1 cup basil leaves Brown