Episode 36: Candida (foe, or friend?), gut health & Chinese Medicine
Description
What makes up a human body? Did you know that the number of microbial (bacteria, fungi, etc) cells that live in and on our bodies can outnumber “human” cells by up to 10 to 1? This suggests that we are a microbial-human community, and that these microbes have a vital role to play in maintaining balance and health in the human.
What if Candida (and other microbes) are actually working to support our human bodies to detoxify or eliminate non-beneficial substances that our human cells can’t metabolise? Is killing off Candida overgrowth just killing the messenger (or clean-up crew, as it were)? Is the presence of Candida sending us a message – and how can we respond in order to support balance?
Chinese Medicine generally views Candida as result of excessive Damp in the body. Like the soil that sprouts mushrooms after damp, rainy periods, our bodies too can sprout an overgrowth of fungi if the internal environment is too Damp. Luckily, Chinese Medicine offers many simple lifestyle and diet tweaks that can clear Damp and restore vital health!
SHOW NOTES
More Chinese Medicine wisdom on nourishing and bolstering the Earth / Spleen, for healthy microbial balance
Episode 5: Beat the Bloat – Chinese Medicine digestion secrets!
Episode 14: Late Summer Diet & Lifestyle Tips
Candida & electromagnetic health
Episode 16: We are light beings – on biophotons and our electromagnetic health
Episode 17: Cultivating our light bodies – on biophotons and our electromagnetic health
Topical Wash
Ku Shen / Sophora / Yellow Pagoda tree
She Chuang Zi / Cnidium
Bring to boil, simmer 20 minutes, strain and apply to skin. Promptly relieves itch due to Damp and overgrowth.
ST36: Zu San Li 足三里
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