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Poria: The Beginner’s Guide to This Popular TCM Herb
If you’re new to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), you’ve probably heard the word “Poria” mentioned a few times. Maybe you saw it listed on a tea blend at your local health store, or perhaps a TCM practitioner recommended it to you. But what exactly is Poria? How do you use it? And will it actually…
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Growing a Filipino Food Garden in Canada: Bringing Home to Your Backyard
When you move far from home, you bring pieces of it with you. For many Filipino families in Canada, those pieces include memories of flavors, the slight bitterness of ampalaya in a morning scramble, the earthy sweetness of kalabasa in a warm bowl of ginataang gulay, the satisfying snap of fresh okra in pinakbet. For…
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Spring Is Calling: Start the Season Right
There is a particular kind of joy that a cold climate gardener understands. It arrives sometime in late February or early March, when the days start stretching just a little bit longer and the afternoon sun feels like it actually means something. You catch yourself staring out the kitchen window at the snow-covered garden beds,…
