“Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.” Hippocrates

Early Fall/Spring Seasonal Food…Fall Rising Focus: Proactively Nourish the Lungs. Dive into the deeper emotional healing. Summer to Fall. Winter to Spring. Learn how to listen to you. Seasonal food conversations with a deep passion to serve your well being and the well being of others.

“There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.” — Patanjali

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Honey
Water with Lime or Lemon
Mineral Water with Lime (2-3)
Good Water

Immunatea by OmToro Wellness

Proactive Well Being

Spicy + Oregano Garlic Pan Fried Broccoli

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

7-10

minutes

Ingredients

2 Cups broccoli, speared
1-2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
2 Garlic Cloves, chopped
1/2 tsp. Chili Flakes
1 tsp. Oregano, dried
Himalayan Salt & Cracked Black Pepper

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large frying pan or wok.
Cook chopped garlic in oil at medium-high heat or until light brown.
Add broccoli spears to pan. Sprinkle remaining ingredients onto broccoli and toss to combine.
Cover and cook for 7-10 minutes or until broccoli heads begin to darken (but not burn), stirring every minute or so. If necessary, lower the heat.
Remove from the heat. Serve as a man dish or a side dish. Enjoy.

Pumpkin Carrot Soup

Servings

1-2

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

1 Tbsp ghee
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
4 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 Cup Pumpkin (pre-roasted. remove the skin)
Spices: 1/4-1/2 tsp eachTurmeric, Oregano , Parsley, Fennel, Cumin, Thyme, Cinnamon and Coriander (Blend)
1 Tbsp Ginger, grated fine
1 cups water or Vegetable Stock
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 C. cilantro, chopped
Himalayan Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Steam the carrots in a stove top steamer or a wok with a little water and lid till soft.
In the blender, add steamed veggies, spices, ghee, olive oil, vegetable stock and coconut milk (reserve some of the liquids to adjust to the consistency you prefer).
Serve with fresh cilantro and ginger…add salt and pepper to taste.

Cordyceps is traditionally used in Chinese medicine to tonify and strengthen the Lungs, nourish and fortify the Kidneys, and enhance general health and wellbeing.

Cordyceps is considered a life-enhancing herb as it nourishes both the Yin and Yang, and it is revered as an absolute superior herb in the Daoist Tonic Herbal tradition.

In the Daoist herbal tradition, cordyceps is also used to increase physical performance; we reduce our recovery time after exertion and cultivate an overall robust feeling in the body, mind, and spirit when using this mushroom. It’s also an immunological powerhouse and a great herb to strengthen our capacity for the ultimate source of life and energy – the breath!

We love to use cordyceps to help combat coughs and phlegm; it’s a great ally for preventing cold and flu and in the stages of recuperation (just avoid if you have an active fever – see Contraindications below).

Wild cordyceps (C. sinensis) are rare and expensive to source; wild cordy is also quite an extreme herb! Fully wild cordyceps consist of a blade-like mushroom body growing from the head of a caterpillar; yep, this fungus uses caterpillars as its host. We use a vegan cultivated form of Cs-4 cordyceps – see Sourcing below for full details.

Traditionally used in Traditional Chinese medicine to:

Enrich/nourish/tonify/fortify/strengthen Kidneys
Help enhance/promote general health and wellbeing
Tonify/nourish/strengthen/replenish Lungs

In Taoism, Autumn is the season associated with the Metal element and the Lungs. The Lungs (also known as The Seat of Wisdom) hold an energy of poignancy and letting go of what is no longer needed. This transformative season is a time to go within, observe thoughts and experiences, focus on breathwork, release what is no longer serving, and let discernment distill into wisdom as we move towards Winter. In this intimate and compact conversation, Tahnee and Mason share what Autumn, Metal time, the season of the Lung means to them, and the Taoist tradition.

Tahnee and Mason discuss: