The Soup Queen

One of the things that Nic believes (and strongly too) is that he is a healer. Perhaps it is a past life connection. But it's not just wishful thinking. He does seem to intuitively know which parts of the body to massage whenever I start saying my body aches. He is quite attuned to healing, I must say. I used to scoff at him, thinking he was just pulling my leg when he really wasn't. Over the years, we've both had our own thoughts about health and healing and conventional medicines. His younger brother is a neurosurgeon by the way so this is quite an interesting topic. His brother is in mainstream medicine while Nic believes in natural healing. I believe in natural healing too hence this blog. I believe that you can eat your way to good health . We prefer non-mainstream healing because we strongly believe the body knows best. Here's an example. Sometimes, I crave certain foods. It's not a woman-PMS thing. Lately, I've been craving peanuts and ...

I ran out of my dang gui pills recently so I decided to pop by Veng Tatt Soon in town. I usually try to eat one dang gui pill per day after my menses. I try to be as consistent with this but even so, I sometimes forget! I thought this would be a better option on days when I am too tired to double boil dried dang gui soup or even ba zhen soup. If I am to make these soups, I must first check if my freezer has chicken drumstick. I find my soups more palatable if I have at least some chicken in it. Also, I read that protein combines better with the nourishing goodness of these soups. So dang gui pills (RM25 for 100 clear capsules) will have to make do when I am not in the mood to boil any soups! Anyway, as I was about to walk out of the herbalist shop, I saw some plastic jars stacked near the counter. I'm always curious about new herbs so I asked the guy. He told me these were black wolfberry or black goji berry. Looks like black peppercorns, don't they? They'r...