If you don’t like it, blend it into meatballs and meatloaf and it will enrich the flavor without standing out.

3 tbsp butter
1 lb chicken livers (soaked in water with lemon juice to draw out blood, rinsed)
1/2 lb mushrooms, rough chopped
1 bunch scallions, rough chopped
2/3 cup vermouth
1 clove garlic
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp dried dill
1/4 tsp dried rosemary
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 stick butter, softened, to taste (I use much less)
sea salt

Quick and easy: saute equal parts rough chopped liver, scallion, mushroom until browned, 10-20 minutes. Add vermouth, fresh crushed garlic, a generous squeeze of lemon, and sprinkles of rosemary, dill, dry mustard, salt. It looks soupy. Boil until all the vermouth is evaporated, about 20-30 minutes. Cool. Process in blender, food processor, or mini chopper with butter to taste. Serve chilled on crackers.

I have substituted liver from calves, deer, and pig with stronger onions and leeks, and used stronger mushrooms like baby portabella and shiitake, and it has turned out well enough, but for parties, use milder chicken liver and button mushrooms.

1 tbsp corn starch (non-GMO, aluminum-free is healthiest)
1 tbsp sugar (rapadura, sucanat is best; 1 tbsp agave nectar works also for diabetics)

Mix in a mug.

Add milk slowly, stirring in so it doesn’t clump, until mug is full. Dump into a saucepan. Fill mug with an egg yolk, or whole egg if you prefer. Keep mug with egg set aside.

Heat over medium to medium high heat in saucepan, stirring constantly so it doesn’t scorch, until it boils. It will reduce and thicken slightly due to steam releasing. As it begins to boil, the cornstarch will activate and thicken the milk. (Don’t try to thicken it faster with more cornstarch; it will just get gummy like taffy.)

Slowly slowly pour hot pudding mixture back into mug with egg in it. The trick is to not cook the egg with the hot pudding, so stir vigorously to cool it and pour slowly to increase temperature in tiny increments. If you mix too fast and suddenly cook the egg, it will clump instead of blend with milk, and you will have chunky pudding. Some people use more than one egg for more thickness and easier temperature control because you have more egg-to-milk ratio as you begin.

You can put it all back in the pan and bring to a second boil if you want to cook the egg more and thicken the pudding more, without lumps, now that it’s evenly mixed with milk. This step is not necessary unless you want to guarantee the egg gets pasteurized to protect against salmonella.

Stir in 1/4 to 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, or add coconut flakes, raisins, grated almonds, etc.

For chocolate pudding, add powdered cocoa to sugar and cornstarch mix before you add milk.

Enjoy!

This is a scholarly article published by the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) but it is easy to read. Click here to read the full article.

Abstract

Gut and psychology syndrome (GAPS) offers diagnosticians an alternative to the DSM-IV-TR Axis II symptoms-driven diagnosis. GAPS offers clinical signs for diagnosis of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral developmental disorders based on biological medical markers. It also offers treatment protocols known to cure two out of three patients using natural methods. Developed by Natascha Campbell-McBride, M.D., Ph.D., after pioneering research by Andrew Wakefield, M.D., the treatments eradicate neurotoxins by balancing intestinal flora using “industrial strength” therapeutic doses of soil probiotics not found in retail health food stores. These treatments offer medication-free cures in longitudinal case studies of 10 years, for persons with autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disability (LD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and other Axis II disorders.

Full Article

I have written a research paper on this subject, which includes the treatment protocols and where you can find resources for pursuing treatment. Read the full article here.

To learn more about the diets recommended for autism, ADHD, ADD, and other developmental disorders, you can find books on the subject here.

Safe enough for over-the-counter use, you can purchase Bio-Kult here, the specific probiotics prescribed by doctors to treat properly diagnosed patients including soil probiotics and those necessary for removal of heavy metals.

Here is a nice introduction to how to change your diet for the better. It’s written by a certified nutritional consultant for the Weston A Price Foundation journal. The ideas are simple. The commitment is up to you.

Read the article Kitchen in Transition here. If you do not have access to a healthy grocery store near you, please check out my page Healthy Pantry to have items shipped to your doorstep. If you have any questions about what you’re eating, send me an email and I will get back with you as soon as I can.

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Many scientific observations have supported the existence of acupuncture points and channels as they have been perceived by doctors, patients, scholars, and others in Oriental medicine. These include low electrical activity at acupoints, radio-isotope tracing, thermal and sense propagation, and galvanic currents.

Now, scientists have injected magnetic nanoparticles into living flesh and traced their movement along natural pathways using magnetic fields. The natural pathways travelled by the nanoparticles do not correspond to any physical anatomical structure visible to the naked eye; they do, however, correspond to acupuncture channels as described by acupuncture medicine.

Reference: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2007 March; 4(1): 77–82
Read the full article on PubMed or read the scientific study and see more images here.

Sea Salt  Compress

Saute about 4 cups of sea salt in a frying pan until all the popping stops. Do not put any oil in the pan to fry the salt! Just “dry fry” it. The purpose is to get the moisture out. The salt will turn dull and darkened.

Pour the salt into a towel or cloth, and bundle up the top like you would a compress.

Being careful not to burn your skin, apply directly to where it hurts. This may be on your lower front abdomen over the womb, or on your low back.

The salt holds the heat in for some time. You can reheat the salt and do it again as often as you like.

Sea salt contains trace minerals not found in table salt or salt substitutes. Trace minerals relax muscles and improve nerve conductivity. Oriental medicine uses sea salt because it treats Kidney. Kidney refers not to the organs the kidneys, but to the collection of functions and channels that are the foundation of the menstrual cycle and reproduction.

Ginger Tea

Here is a warm and tasty beverage to help your body have the energy to send the blood down and out through your menstrual cycle. Ginger is used to “downbear” the stomach. In Oriental medicine, the “Chong Mai” is an energetic pathway that links the uterus and stomach (for example, when it is “disturbed” with a fetus, often women get morning sickness or nausea).

Bring grated or sliced fresh ginger to a boil. Use as much as ginger as you can tolerate. If it’s too strong, you can always dilute it with water later.

When it boils, simmer it for at least 20  minutes. Add sugar to taste. Use white rock candy sugar if your pain is dull and diffuse across a general area. Use red sugar if your pain is intense and localized to specific places, sharp or stabbing. Use red sugar if you have heavy bleeding. [Red sugar is a dark brown red rock candy like sugar that you can find in Oriental groceries. The white rock sugar is also available in Oriental grocery stores.]

It’s ready to drink as soon as it’s cool. The Asian tradition is to pour the tea into teacups without handles. When the cup is cool enough to hold in your hand, it is cool enough to drink.

Chinese Herbs for Menstrual Cramps

Be sure to stock your medicine cabinet with Chinese herbs for cramps. One fast-acting formula is called “Sudden Smile” because it works so well it makes women break out into a smiling face. Another formula that has Sudden Smile in it is called “Calm in the Sea of Life.” Be sure to check with your acupuncturist to make sure these formulas are suitable for your pattern of cramping, or they might not be effective.

If you’re interested in getting a correct treatment based on your diagnosed pattern, please contact me to arrange a free 15 minute consultation. Or simply book an appointment.

My goal is to create a treatment plan unique to your needs and empower you with tools for self-care, disease prevention, and complete recovery.

INGREDIENTS

12 oz pastry crust (optional if using baking dish)
grated rind of 2-3 lemons
2/3 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup superfine sugar (or less!)
4 tbsp heavy cream
4 eggs
3 egg yolks
confectioner’s sugar for dusting

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 F.
1. PIe crust: Line pie pan with pastry dough. Prick and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.
2. Beat lemon juice, lemon rind, and sugar in a bowl.
3. Slowly add cream and beat until well-blended.
4. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in egg yolks.
5. Pour mixture into pie shell (or baking dish if not using pie shell)
6. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes, until set. If it begins to brown, cover with foil.
7. Let cool. Dust with confectioner’s sugar (optional).

NOTE: The trick to getting liver to taste better is to soak it in lots of water with lemon juice, to draw the blood out. Rinse and refill the water a few times, until the water runs close to clear. I usually soak mine 30 minutes to overnight. Alternately, you can soak it in milk or buttermilk to affect flavor and tenderness.

INGREDIENTS

4 slices calves’ liver (6 oz each, 1/2 inch thick)
Flour, for dusting
1 sweet onion and/or mushrooms
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp oil (or more butter)
2 tbsp sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
2-3 tbsp chicken broth (use homemade)
1 tbsp honey
salt & pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Pat liver dry; season with salt & pepper, dust with flour.
2. Melt butter & oil in skillet at medium heat and saute onions and/or mushrooms. Transfer to warm plate.
3. Raise heat to high. Brown livers 1-2 minutes on each side. Do not overcook. Transfer to warm plate.
4. Stir vinegar, honey, chicken broth into pan and boil 1 minute (deglaze the pan).
5. Stir in remaining butter until smooth.
6. If you like, thicken the glaze to a gravy by stirring in at high heat either flour or premixed 1tbsp cornstarch & water mixture.
7. Place onions and mushrooms on browned breaded livers. Pour glaze or sauce over top.
8. Garnish with fresh watercress, or serve with stirred greens (beet greens, mustard greens, kale, etc.)

Enjoy!

Generally speaking, pharmaceutical drugs are not designed to cure illness; only to mask the symptoms of your illness. This is important. If they cured you, you would eventually be able to go off them. That would be a bad thing—for the drug companies! The drug companies do not want to cure you; they want to make a profit off you. They will keep you sick, dependent on their drugs to make you feel better by masking your symptoms.

In time, people can become increasingly dependent on their prescription drugs. They may need more. As prices increase, what happens when you can no longer afford the drugs you have become dependent on? This is a problem facing many Americans today. It is a primary reason people come see me. They simply cannot afford their medications any longer. They must find a new way to manage their health.

Fortunately, Oriental medicine can offer you a new solution, based on an old medicine—one that has worked for thousands of years before prescription drugs ever existed. Rather than diagnose a disease, Oriental medicine diagnoses the origin of your illness: the unique patterns of imbalances in your body. When the imbalances are corrected, the body heals itself naturally. I have seen many patients restore their health enough that their doctors are able to reduce or eliminate the number of drugs these patients need for diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, pain, depression and anxiety, hormone imbalance, sleep problems, reflux, etc. You could be next!

Should you consider getting healthy so you can eliminate the need to take prescription drugs? Is it worth it to you? Here is an article that might make you want to think twice about being dependent on medications if you could heal your body instead. This article is all about the dangers of prescription drugs.

Read it HERE.