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 ...

Ai Ye leaves or mugwort (artemisia vulgaris) One of the herbs which I liked a lot is this herb - Artemisia Vulgaris. However I didn't know its name before this. I got to know this herb thanks to my mother-in-law. Whenever we visit her in Kuching, I'd go looking at her garden and she'd have these patch of plants in the garden. She used to call them "hnia" which I think is the name of the herb in Hokkien dialect.  Now this "hnia" has a peculiar taste which is an acquired taste. You either like it or you hate it. My mom-in-law would pluck the young leaves of this plant and fry them up with egg,  in an omelette. She would serve this with the other dishes at lunch or dinner. The downside to this herb was that it made one release gas (a.k.a fart!).  She said it was good for getting rid of "wind" and the herb was good for women.  I always wanted to bring some of the herb home to plant in my own garden BUT my husband detested the her...