Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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What Your Cravings are Telling You | The Yinova Center
Schedule your appointment online or email us We are available for in-clinic & virtual appointments seven days a week, with appointment times available all day. We have locations in Manhattan & Brooklyn & also offer concierge visits. See All Locations. Book An Appointment
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Medicinal Mushrooms | Chinese Medicine | The Yinova Center
Among the vast trove of remedies in the pharmacopoeia of traditional Chinese medicine, some of the most revered medicinals are not plants, but fungi. Reishi, maitake, cordyceps, and turkey tail are quickly becoming all the rage as the latest superfood trend. In Chinese medicine, however, the use of medicinal mushrooms dates back to some of…
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Could the Key to Happiness be in a Pill? | The Yinova Center
Yes! … and no. While we can’t promise to make all of your problems go away with a simple pill, what we can do is tell you about an ancient Chinese herbal formula, Gan Mai Da Zao Tang, which has been prescribed for over 2,500 years to settle anxious minds and promote happiness. It’s a…
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An Immune Boosting Soup | The Yinova Center
In Asia the line between food and medicine is more blurred than we in the west are used to. Chinese medicine is full of recipes that combine food and herbs to make meals that both nourish and cure. With cold and flu season still in full swing I thought I’d share a healing recipe for…
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How to Keep your Work Stations Ergonomic | The Yinova Center
Schedule your appointment online or email us We are available for in-clinic & virtual appointments seven days a week, with appointment times available all day. We have locations in Manhattan & Brooklyn & also offer concierge visits. See All Locations. Book An Appointment
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5 Facts About Chinese Medicine | The Yinova Center
Let’s start with some basics, shall we? Traditional Chinese medicine is a 3,500-year-old system of medicine. It’s used to address a huge variety of ailments from minor imbalances to chronic conditions and is based on the philosophy that the human body is in a dynamic state of balance- both internally and with the outside world.…
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Acupuncture for Infant Colic | The Yinova Center
Sleepless nights that turn into days filled with exhaustion, on repeat: newborn babies who cry nonstop and can’t seemed to be soothed is a such a difficult and frustrating thing to endure, especially if your baby is otherwise healthy. According to this study, if your baby is crying more than three hours a day on…
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Can you Compost in NYC? | The Yinova Center
Did you know that New York City has a whole system for recycling household food waste? Jill talks to Erycka de Jesus from The NYC Compost Project hosted by Big Reuse about how to compost in a city and why composting is important. Then we join Jill in the kitchen with Ann Ogden from the…
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How to Forgive (and Why You Should) | The Yinova Center
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.” – Gandhi My heart has been heavy recently. There is so much violence and hostility…
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Bone Broth | Recipe | The Yinova Center
A good soup has healing properties. We’re not talking about any old soup, however. There’s nothing particularly curative about the kind of soup that comes in a can or a carton. Soup’s much-vaunted medicinal properties come from the broth that makes it and that broth gets its goodness from bones. Bone broth has been a…
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