Jin & Tonic Wellness

Discussing weight management with ayurvedic practitioner Sondra Rubin.

How to treat your belly button to achieve good health.

I am interviewing my super cool alchemist teacher, Phoenix Aurelius about spagyric medicine --- its history, what it is, its benefits etc.. And we are making Chinese herbal spagyric medicine together. I am so excited to have this golden opportunity to learn from the real deal.  If you are interested in checking his work out, do go to https://www.phoenixaurelius.org/?ref=jinngan Note: You can find reishi spagyric tincture and blood orange spagyric tincture by clicking on "Visit the Apothecary". Use the search bar near the top of the page; just enter in "reishi" or "blood orange" in the search bar.

Medicinal incenses and how they benefit you.

Info taken from Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shi Zhen in Ming Dynasty.

Some info about different kinds of water collected from the book 饮食须知 (The Important Knowledge About Food) written by 贾铭 Jǐa Míng.

Chinese medicine is not a "one size fits all" deal. A brief genetics vs epigenetics is also covered.

I had the opportunity to join a medical mission in Tibet organized by Raktrul Foundation in 2012. Very enlightening experience.

Gua Sha is an ancient treatment modality that draws toxins out of the body. It opens up all the meridians and improve circulation of the qi (energy) and blood.

The history of the recipe, ingredients and medicinal purposes.