Hi there, dear friends 
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2013! Thank you for following and dropping by my blog – with your feedback, we have learned a lot together on the topics posted here.
May the new year bring you and your loved ones more happiness, success, good luck, good health and wealth!
With best wishes,
choesf
A Chinese papercut with the auspicious word “Prosperity” or “Fu”
Hi there, dear friends
Time flies and another year has just begun! For the Chinese family, things will start to build up and get more exciting in preparation for the Lunar Chinese New Year, which will fall on Sunday, 10 February, 2013 .
While the crossover from the old year 2012 to the new year 2013 is a time concept with a new 2013 Gregorian desktop calendar put into use; for my family, there will be a lot to do from now onwards in getting the house in order to ensure that the lunar new year’s auspicious energies can enter and bless the family for the whole lunar year….to shopping for Chinese New Year stuff and preparing the Family Reunion Dinner feast.
To facilitate and ensure that my prayers for the family’s well being, good health, good luck and good wealth with the new Chinese year are achievable, I have
Master atan perform 3 Bird Release Ceremonies (BRCs) for my family, for Noblemen (Gui Ren or helpful people) and for my house 
.
His BRC services come with free God of Wealth Prayers on the eve of the Chinese New Year, free instructions on how to make Wealth Water and Wealth Cures for God of Wealth blessings…..and for 2013, there is an additional free service ===> “Wish Fulfillment Technique,” where our wishes can be fulfilled.
Heheh, I have a wish to be fulfilled for a long time now – “I wish to have a chance of a large winning at the lottery games!” 
A picture of my CNY goodies – too much to place on tables! LOL! There were CNY cookies, dried mushrooms, packet drinks, wines, bottles of mineral water, mandarin oranges wallets, bank documents, Wealth Cures, family photos, etc.. ready for God of Wealth blessings on eve of CNY 2012 
I have copied Master atan’s message below this post on his Chinese New Year BRCs. For the past few years, it was very exciting to have his followers (Chinese and non-Chinese, of multi religions) from all over the world preparing the items for God of Wealth Prayers and Blessings on Chinese New Year Eve.
Note – ordering just any one of his Chinese New Year BRCs will entitle you to the ”Wish Fulfillment Technique.”
Orders for Master atan’s Chinese New Year Bird Releasing Ceremonies can be made HERE or at his Dhealing Shop.
Your orders will be updated here – Chinese New Year Bird Release Ceremonies 2013 Name List
I will post the link here to his forum later when he starts giving out instructions on how to prepare Wealth Cures and Wealth Water for God of Wealth.
I have found that since I subscribed to Master atan’s Chinese New Year BRCs, my family’s luck and success have improved. I felt that it was best to have a Master/Priest do the God of Wealth prayers “professionally” for my family for better efficacy, than for me to do to my own prayers as in previous years
Well, this is my first part on “How To Feng Shui 2013″, i.e. how to prepare my home and get ready to receive the maximum auspicious energies for wealth and good luck for the Chinese New Year of the Snake 2013. So, be sure to come back here for my further posts on this topic, or subscribe to my blog to have my new posts emailed to you. 
Happy New Year!
With best wishes,
choesf
Master atan’s message ===>
Welcome to Chinese New Year Bird Release Ceremony for 2013
There are three methods of BRC for Chinese New Year (CNY ) 2013, all had many good and successful feedback .
1. Bird Releasing Ceremony for family 2013
2. Bird Releasing Ceremony for Gui Ren 2013
3. Bird Releasing Ceremony for House or Business Premise 2013
Bird Release Ceremony for Family with God of Wealth Prayer for CNY is …..
1. To get rid of Xiao Ren (vile people or people that cause trouble for us)
2. To invite Gui Ren (noblemen or people who save us from hopeless situations) everywhere for us .
and include …..
1. One year of master atan’s Prayers.
2. Welcoming and inviting God of Wealth into your house on the eve of Chinese New Year 2013 .
3. Creating wealth water and making Wealth cure in Dhealing forum( optional ) .
The Bird Release Ceremonies will be carried out during the whole 15 days of Chinese New Year 2013. ===> from 10th February to 24th of February (Malaysian or GMT+8 time zone, 23rd February for US time zone ).
For those who wish to donate to the Wealth Of God Ceremony – all donations are welcome. ( this is to generate money wealth karma for you and your family)
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Bird Releasing Ceremony for Gui Ren is…...
This is an important BRC to give thanks to our Gui Ren , as many Gui Ren ( Helpful people, Helpful Ancestors and Helpful Holy Angels ) had helped us to overcome our obstacles and brought many benefits to us and our family.
With this thankful BRC performed during CNY – we hope our Gui Ren will continuously help us and our family in 2013 to achieve a much peaceful and better life with good things to come.
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Bird Releasing Ceremony for House or Business permise is…...
This is an advance technique for BRC during CNY, it can bring many benefits to you and your family.
1. It will open up North ~ East ~ South ~ West to attract and bring in many good chi to strengthen and enhance the house with Good wealth, Good health and Peace in the Family.
2. It will balance the chi for North ~ East ~ South ~ West for the house – a balanced house will be ready for good things to happen.
3. This technique is with God of Wealth Ceremony – God of Wealth will bless SE during the CNY – when one book the above technique, God of Wealth will also bless North ~ East ~ South ~ West , the house will open up in 5 directions to bring in many good things in life to you and your Family.
4. It is equipped with the ability to remove bad Spirit and enhance good Spirit in the house or business premises.
5. It is equipped with ability to Give strong protection for the house or business premises.
Master atan
01 January, 2013.
Year of the Snake 2013
Hi there, dear friends
The lunar Chinese New Year is just a month away. Preparations are underway to welcome the new year’s auspicious energies and celebrate the happy Chinese year. I have started the massive decluttering and cleaning – old, unused stuff are donated or thrown away; furniture and every inch of the house wiped – this year, we are getting people to repaint the whole house and redecorate some rooms. These steps will help to give new chi or energies and life to the house, thereby enhancing the lunar year’s fresh energies that will soon arrive.
Feng Shui-wise, it is now time to submit the names of my family for Tai Sui (Grand Duke Jupiter) Prayers for year 2013 for blessings and protection. After that, we will be doing the Feng Shui cures and enhancers step-by-step, following Master atan’s simple, new age Dhealing Feng Shui Techniques.
I have already booked his service to perform for my family the God of Wealth Prayers and Chinese New Year Bird Release 2013.
I have copied Master atan’s message on his Tai Sui Prayers below for your information. It is a FREE prayer and everyone from any religion is welcome to join.
To protect your privacy, you can use your nicknames or usernames.
With best wishes,
choesf
Dhealing Feng Shui techniques in 2013 will be a ” Total Feng Shui Technique ” for it covers all the 9 sectors of the home, thus the home will become very balanced. When a home is balanced – good things and good chi from nature and God can easily flow into your home.
With a lot of good feedback from members in the past years, we are confident that with this new Total Feng Shui technique implemented, you can feel the good chi and gain good things in good time.
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Dhealing Feng Shui techniques are simple, affordable and easily placeable – member can prepare their own items and get them activated for in the forum here. One doesn’t need to know Feng Shui to practice Dhealing Feng Shui techniques. All one needs to know is where the North or East sectors of his or her home are located – East is where the sun rises.
How to Feng Shui 2013
Step # 1 – Tai Sui Prayers
All members and their loved ones are encouraged to list their names in the 2013 Prayer Room for Tai Sui Prayer.
This prayer is very important as I had activated it to be …..
1. You and your family will have the protection and support from Tai Sui in many areas of your life – especially wealth and health.
2. When you are moving outside or away from your home or traveling – you will also have His protection and support.
3. If you had unknowingly offended Tai Sui – you will be protected.
For the past few years, we had placed SCC and Trinity 3coins in the NW and North, and Piyao in the SE facing Him – these sectors were very clean when Tai Sui came and stay in our home – Tai Sui was very happy in years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012 and I hope the same in 2013.
With more than 10,000 people Praying to Tai Sui in 2011and 2012 – please don’t miss out this Prayer, it is free.
Go to these links…..
Tai Sui Prayer Name List – 2013
Master atan
Hi there, dear friends
Here are Master atan’s instructions on what to prepare and how to welcome and invite God of Wealth into our homes on the eve of Chinese New Year to increase our good luck, success, prosperity and wealth for the year of the Snake 2013!
With best wishes,
choesf
God Of Wealth Prayer – 2013
Welcome and invite God of Wealth into your home on the eve of Chinese New Year, February 9th 2013.Get Blessings from God of Wealth for your home – especially at the South East Sector of your home.
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Year 2013 God Of wealth will also Bless the North,East,South and West sectors of your house , this will attract many good wealth, good luck and success chi into your house, this technique is very unique for those who had joined the CNY BRC for house or office premise.
For those who had joined the any one of CNY BRCs 2013, please place a clean glass/cup/bowl in the South East Sector of the home. The South East of a room is also good, like ….. South East of the living room or kitchen.
The glass/cup/bowl must be in place between 7.00pm to 11.00 pm ( your local time ) on the eve of Chinese New Year (that is on the February 9th 2013 – today is January 15th, 2012.) The glass/cup/bowl can be placed before 7.00 pm.
The purpose of the glass/cup/bowl is for placing your written wish. Can place more than one glass/cup/bowl.
Other items that can be placed together with the glass/cup/bowl in the South East sector are :-
1. All your Lucky 3coins
2. Bank and credit cards/documents.
3. Drinkable water – bottled minerals water/fruit juice is good and easy.
4. Food and Fruits.
5. Wealth cures.
6. Yellow Lemon
7. Photo – individual or/and family
8. Any items you need good luck and successRepeat
All items must be in place in the South East sector of your home or room between 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm, your local time, for God Of Wealth Blessings. (The items can also be prepare few days before the February 9th 2013)
Wealth water.
Place pipe, tap or drinkable water (with or without cover are both suitable). Can place many bottles. Plastic bottled mineral water is also good and suitable.
Wealth cure.
1) Get a glass or ceramic bottle about 500 ML with a cap/cover.
2) Fill it with in pipe/tap water or drinkable water and cap it.
3) Tie a set of Lucky 3coins in red packet (ang pow) with red string around the top half of the bottleI can teach you how to use or place this Wealth cure in 3 locations. However, you can make more than 3 Wealth cures. For those who had booked the CNY BRC for your business premise, you can prepare one or more Wealth cures in the house and later place one in the office – best location
in your office room
Will post the God Of Wealth wish fulfillment technique in few days time
Master atan.January 15th 2013
Year of the Snake 2013
Hi there, dear friends
Oh, I am so busy with getting the house ready for Chinese New Year that I am running behind in posting the respective steps on “How To Feng Shui 2013″ 
… as such, I am providing the direct link to Master atan’s instructions below for your reference ===>
How To Feng Shui 2013 – Step 3 to Step 8
With best wishes,
choesf
Year of the Snake 2013
Hi there, dear friends
For those of you who had ordered the Chinese New Year Bird Release Ceremonies 2013 from Master atan, here are his instructions on how and what to prepare for the God of Wealth Prayers on 09 February, 2013 and what to do for getting your wishes to come true in his Wish Fulfillment Technique.
Please note that every member of your family can submit one wish for each month of the lunar Chinese year, i.e. you can each make 12 wishes.
With best wishes,
choesf
Welcome and invite God of Wealth into your home on the eve of Chinese New Year, February 9th 2013.
Get Blessings from God of Wealth for your home – especially at the South East Sector of your home.
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Year 2013 God Of wealth will also Bless the North, East, South and West sectors of your house – this will attract much good wealth, good luck and success chi/energies into your home. This technique is very unique for those who had joined the CNY BRC for house or office premise.
For those who had joined any one of CNY BRCs 2013, please place a clean glass/cup/bowl in the South East Sector of the home. The South East of a room is also good, like ….. South East of the living room or kitchen.
The glass/cup/bowl must be in place between 7.00pm to 11.00 pm ( your local time ) on the eve of Chinese New Year (that is on the February 9th 2013 – today is January 15th, 2012.) The glass/cup/bowl can be placed before 7.00 pm. The purpose of the glass/cup/bowl is for placing you written wish. Can place more then one glass/cup/bowl
Other items that can be placed together with the glass/cup/bowl in the South East sector are :-
1. All your Lucky 3coins
2. Bank and credit cards/documents.
3. Drinkable water – bottled minerals water/fruit juice is good and easy.
4. Food and Fruits.
5. Wealth cures.
6. Yellow Lemon
7. Photo – individual or/and family
8. Any items you need good luck and successRepeat
All items must be in place in the South East sector of your home or room between 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm, your local time, for God Of Wealth Blessings. (The items can also be prepare few days before the February 9th 2013)
Wealth water.
Place pipe, tap or drinkable water (with or without cover are both suitable). Can place many bottles. Plastic bottled mineral water is also good and suitable.
Wealth cure.
1) Get a glass or ceramic bottle about 500 ML with a cap/cover.
2) Fill it with in pipe/tap water or drinkable water and cap it.
3) Tie a set of Lucky 3coins in red packet (ang pow) with red string around the top half of the bottleI can teach you how to use or place this Wealth cure in 3 locations. However, you can make more than 3 Wealth cures. For those who had booked the CNY BRC for your business premise, you can prepare one or more Wealth cures in the house and later place one in the office – best location
in your office room
Note
- “This Spiritual technique is only applicable to those who had joined in any or all of the CNY BRCs 2013 for Family or Gui Ren or Home/Business Premise. “
Wealth table Photo 2012Master atan.January 15th 2013
Hi there, dear friends
Ah, I think I have finally recuperated well and rested sufficiently from the really hectic clean-up from my minor house renovations, decluttering, frenzy preparations and feast cooking for the Chinese New Year!
Time to get down to updating my blog …. I have a new series of health foods and drinks to share with you. These days, many people are turning to natural ways of using healing foods to improve or maintain good health, and therefore, it is good to learn really effective but yet inexpensive information for good health.
But first, I want to show you what I did to give my two 17-year old GE (General Electric brand, imported from the US) refrigerators a pretty and retro makeover!
I really love my refrigerators – one is for keeping my uncooked meats, bulk Chinese herbs…while the larger one keeps ice-cream, cooked food, snacks and drinks for my family. They have both served me really well, with minimal maintenance and repairs required. Thus far, between the two of them, I have had the repairman come over less than 10 times to fix them…and that was over a period of 17 years! :D
However, as in anything that has aged, the original white paint on the body of the refrigerators was not doing too well though – the pristine white has gone off white, some little parts were beginning to rust, others parts discoloured or stained permanently, etc … 
At first, I thought of having them painted…well, it sounded like an easy task and I was willing to fork out a couple of hundred ringgit for the job….but unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone to take on the job 
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One day, I happened to come across some rolls of self-adhesive decorated paper that sold at RM30 (around USD10) each. They came in various designs and were around 2 ft wide and 20 ft long. I bought 5 rolls, not knowing how much would be required to cover the front, sides and top of my two refrigerators.
To prep my fridges’ body, I gave them a good wipe-over, while the rusted spots were sandpaper-ed away.
Then, I got my children to measure out and stick the flower motif paper onto the fridges … some precision measuring was required but the back of the paper had marked lines and boxes that made the cutting job with a pair of sharp scissors really easy.
Voila! My two refrigerators now have a beautiful retro-design look and everyone in my family thought they look great! The flower design certainly gives them a unique look from, away from the usual plain coloured finishing of refrigerators. Best is – I can now change the look of my fridges anytime ===> all I need to do is just go and get some new self-adhesive decorated paper rolls! Really easy and convenient! :cool:
By the way, last weekend I found another shop called “Kaison” in Paradigm Mall, Petaling Jaya, selling an even larger variety of self-adhesive decorated paper rolls.
So, it was like I had two new sweet and pretty looking refrigerators for the Chinese New Year! Oh, in the picture above, the natural lighting of the sun outside the window shows of the left fridge better!
With best wishes,
choesf
Dried, Roasted Burdock Root Tea
Hi there, dear friends
I was first introduced to the exceptional health benefits of the Burdock Root (Gobo in Japanese, Ngau Pong in Cantonese, New Pang 牛蒡子 in Mandarin) when I was taught to make Tateshi Kazu’s Miracle Vegetable Soup (which I had posted here in 2010) to help with my husband’s high blood pressure/cholesterol/urea acid and diabetes. Burdock root was one of the 5 ingredients in that soup.
I bought 3 burdock roots from my local market for only RM6-70 (USD2)
What got me really excited again recently about using Burdock Root as a major healing food was what I saw in a Korean health documentary show called, “Mysteries of the Human Body“. There was this Japanese doctor named Dr. Nagamo Yoshinori, a 58-year old doctor who looks 37 years old 
…and he showed the audience a photo of him taken 21 years ago, whereby he looked much older than now !
A recent health examination showed his bones and blood vessels to belong to someone whose age is in the 20′s ! Wow, how wonderful is that 
What was the secret behind his youthful looks and good health
Answer :- He has been drinking 5 to 6 cups of dried and roasted burdock root tea daily, for more than 20 years now!
My second daughter, who is 22, said the 57-year old Dr Yoshinori looked younger than her!
In that Korean health documentary, Japanese researchers were also saying that burdock root has anti-cancer and anti-tumour effects and is different from current anti-cancer agents.
So, yesterday I was busy preparing, drying and roasting burdock root to try out. Below are some pictures that I took of the process ===>
Burdock Root slices ready for drying – put to dry in the sun for half a day, or air dry inside the home for 1 day.
Dry roasting burdock root over a medium flame
Dried and roasted Burdock Root. In the documentary, Dr Nagamo said to dry roast the sliced burdock roots until they start to smoke a little. Dry roasting makes the burdock root qualities more potent
Roasted Burdock Root stored in a jar . To make tea, just put 1 teaspoon into a cup and pour boiling water. Steep for 5 minutes before drinking. Or, make a large pot and drink the tea throughout the day.
I would like to quote Susun Weed from her Healing Wise book which I had bought online from her – she sums up the goodness of burdock root perfectly ===>
“…burdock root helps “provide optimum nutrition to the glandular and immune systems, liver, kidneys, blood, lungs, and nerves.” Chromium, iron, magnesium, silicon, thiamine, and inulin are among its many useful constituents. Fresh root is also high in vitamin C. Not only is it packed with nutrition; the mucilaginous fiber of the root will absorb, bind and remove poisons and toxins in our digestive tracts.
Longevity, steady energy, sexual vitality, and freedom from chronic disease and cancer are a few of the reported effects of long-term frequent use of burdock.”
This site and this site have a lot of information on burdock root and says that burdock root is thought to heal a damaged liver and protect it from further damage. Also, Japanese researchers have isolated a substance in burdock root that can help cell mutation and have benefits against breast cancer in early stages, and against colon and pancreatic malignancies.
You will find in the Internet a wealth of information on the health benefits of Burdock Root.
When I bought the burdock roots from my regular supplier, the lady boss told me that recently, one of her customers gave her some good feedback on drinking burdock root tea. Her customer had some growth in her intestines and her surgery was scheduled quite some time away. While waiting for surgery, she decided to drink a burdock root decoction every day – she boiled a burdock root in water for 1 1/2 hours and drank that daily. She did this over a few weeks until she saw her doctor again before surgery. When the doctor did a scan of her intestines again, he was shocked to find that all her intestinal growths have disappeared and he asked her what she has been taking to have her tumours gone?
She said it was the burdock root drink. Amazing, yes?
A few years ago, I have posted here before some recipes using Burdock Root ===>
Burdock Root, Carrot, Pork Slices and Tofu Soup
Easy Burdock Root Soup for Detoxification
Nutritious Burdock Root Soup for Detoxification
Tateshi Kazu’s Miracle Vegetable Soup
There you have it – the amazing, wonderful health qualities of the burdock root. I intend to make a Burdock Root Tincture once I buy some 100% proof Vodka and I will post here instructions and pictures of that. Tinctures are easier to make and take daily, and are more potent because we are talking about burdock root extracts – we take only 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon each time.
May you and your family have good health always!
With best wishes,
choesf
Hi there, dear friends
My husband encountered his first gout attack way back in 1994 and has been on Allopurinol 300mg once daily for treatment.
In mid 2009, our family physician made him go for tests to check his health and my husband was found to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high urea acid and diabetes. On top of that, the doctor said my husband’s kidneys were not functioning optimally.
When a friend heard about my husband’s health problems, he taught me to make the Tateshi Kasu Miracle Vegetable Soup for my husband.
Tateshi Kazu Miracle Vegetable Soup
After consuming that soup regularly for around 1 year, my husband went for another round of blood tests, which revealed some good news – his kidneys were working properly already, blood pressure was around 120/30, cholesterol and urea acid levels were normalised…and his blood sugar went down slightly to 6.4 mmol/L, an improvement from 7.2 mmol/L before taking Glucophage 850mg twice daily.
Last year, his blood tests showed that his blood sugar went up again, with medication, to 7.2 mmol/L. The doctor had wanted to increase his Glucophage dose but my husband said that he will try to control his diet to bring down his sugar level.
Unfortunately, my husband is not the type to watch what he eats….he just loves food and snacks too much…especially during Chinese New Year when there are a lot of cookies, snacks and mandarin oranges laying around the house! :roll:
Here’s an example of his midnight snacking (maybe I should call it “feasting”) ===> 2 boxes of sweetened soy bean drink or sweetened Yeo Hiap Seng packet drinks, 1 large bag of nachos chips or 1 tube of Lays Potato Chips…many mandarin oranges, pineapple tarts, prawn crackers…on a daily basis, he can drink up to 1 litre of soy bean drink. His wantan noodles or nasi lemak or rice intake during meals are usually of large portions (add on noodles or rice.) :roll:
That’s why he is also the perfect guinea pig for me to test the health teas on ===>
Jiaogulan or Longevity or Immortality Tea
Kuding Cha
Yesterday, my husband and I went to see our family physician for the results of some blood tests done around the Chinese New Year time and we had some good news ===>
1) despite all that non-diabetic diet that my husband is on and his over-consumption of carbohydrates and sugar….his blood sugar level dropped from 7.2 mmol/L to 6.8 mmol/L! The normal range is 3.9 to 5.5 mmol/L for non-medication). I was actually expecting his blood sugar reading to hit sky high but I was very happily surprised. Yay, no need to increase his diabetes medication as what our doctor wanted earlier.
2) his uric acid level was normal at 0.33 mmol/L (normal is 0.18 to 0.47)
3) total cholesterol was normal at 3.6 mmol/L or 140 mg/dl (normal is <5.2 or <200), but his triglycerides was very high at 3.41 mmol/L (normal is <1.6)
4) blood pressure was 130/80
5) heart, kidneys and liver functions are working normally
Wow, not bad at all considering my husband’s food intake (by the way, did I say that he loves pork belly and pork crackling and pork liver ? ) and him not exercising at all….I would say that the health drinks have worked very well for my husband !
Yesterday, for the first time since my husband was prescribed all those medication for life, we managed to convince our doctor to reduce his uric acid and cholesterol medication to 100mg and 10mg daily – both are minimal daily doses.
Our doctor was at first reluctant but she said she will see my husband’s next blood test results in 3 months’ time to see if she should increase back the dosages. Heheh, she gave my husband quite an earful yesterday…encouraging him to take up some form of exercises to reduce his pot belly (my husband is not fat…he just has some flab around his belly).
Well, I am glad my husband is now seriously changing his diet to cut down all those soda pop, sweetened drinks, chocolates and last night, I found him drinking some Japanese Green Tea at midnight, instead of his usual packet of soy bean drink!
From now until the next month end when he is based back at the office, he works from home and I am able to set up a regiment of health drinks for him. His waking hours are a bit odd though because he works from 5 pm to 1am, following European hours to liaise with his colleagues there. So, his breakfast time is usually my lunch time and we eat the same type of food together.
This is what I give him as alternative home remedies for his health maintenance ===>
1) 1 cup of Roasted Burdock Root Tea after he has woke up, around 1pm. I thought because the tea is drank on an empty stomach, its absorption into his body system is much better and faster. I put about 1 heaping tablespoon of the burdock tea and pour boiling water to steep for more than 10 minutes.
2) 1 cup of Jiaogulan Tea (1 teaspoon of loose leaves, or 1 teabag) combined with Kuding Cha (2 sticks) right after his main meals at around 2.30 pm and 8 pm. So, he has 2 cups of this tea daily.
Before his last blood tests, I only gave him one cup daily only.
3) for his midnight snacking time, he will have 1 cup of either Japanese Green Tea or 1 cup of Yerba Mate (I will post about the Yerba Mate tea later as I am testing this out now).
The Tateshi Kazy Miracle Vegetable soup, I stopped making it as frequent as in 2010 when we drank it almost on a daily basis because my Chinese doctor said it was too cooling for me…but I will now make that once a week for my family.
I hope the health teas and soups will help wean, or at least reduce, my husband’s medication because right now, all medical expenses are covered by his employer/company…but when he retires in a few years time, we will have to fork out our own savings. Of course, it will help greatly if my husband takes care of what he eats and if he exercises more….well, there is a Chinese saying, “You can only lead the cow to the water, if the cow doesn’t want to drink the water….you can’t make him”…..hmmm, maybe a few whacks on the cow’s (or bull’s) butt will make him!
I will post here later more findings on how the health teas and soups are impacting on my family’s health. I thought to post my husband’s blood tests results here so that there is a central point of reference for them and we will know how those alternative home remedies for health are doing on him (and on my family.)
With best wishes for good health always,
choesf
Harvested Holy Basil for drying
Hi there, dear friends
I never intended to write about the Holy Basil plant – “Tulsi” as it is more commonly known among the Hindus and as “Tulasi” here in Malaysia. ….. I originally got a Tulasi plant back in 2003 more for cleansing and calming the energies in the compound/garden of my home.
I had learned from the Vasthu Sastera (Indian Feng Shui) traditions that the Tulsi can absorb negative energies from its surroundings, and from people of ill intents – the Tulsi leaves would turn brown and look as if the plant was dying if it was exposed to negative energies. However, the plant will regenerate back its energy/qi and grow lushly again.
This morning, my daughter told me that my Holy Basil plant was growing really too large and was too close to her car for her to open her passenger door properly. Throughout the years of having Holy Basil plants, this plant has somehow thrived the best and has grown the “bushiest” in its present spot of being next to my compound’s main gates, despite its home in a small, lesser than 1-foot high pot. Its location beside the gates there was as a “sentry” of my home.
Anyway, I had to trim the plant today but I felt it was a utter waste to just throw the cuttings away like that – the plant looks really healthy and I felt like it was “calling out” to me to turn it into a healing food instead!
My Indian neighbour, Aunty Kumar, had told me before that eating the Tulsi raw was good for treating stomach ailments, but I know there got to be more health benefits to it …
….well, the Tulsi didn’t let me down at all and I found a whole lot of Holy Basil information on health on the Internet. :idea:
In Dr.Singh’s Naturals website, the Tulsi or Holy Basil plant ===>
1) has abundant magnesium and therefore, is good for preventing heart diseases by ensuring our blood vessels work properly and keeping our veins clog free by having our red blood cells flow smoothly
2) can reduce glucose in Type 2 diabetics
3) is a good stress reliever and good adaptogen
4) is good for curing cough, colds, sore throats, headaches, stomach ailments
5) has a lot of anti-oxidants
6) has a nerve tonic that can even enhance our memory, prevent or cure Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
7) has anti-inflammatory properties that can hydrate our skin, making us look younger and glowing at the same time
Some websites said it can increase testosterone levels, reduce muscle sore after a strenuous workout (good for body builders), burn belly fat, etc…
In Aryurveda traditions, the Holy Basil can affect the body’s energy fields in that the Holy Basil can perform the body’s spiritual function by balancing and toning the body’s chakras. Holy Basil opens up the heart and the mind, bestowing the energy of “love and devotion.”
Wow! I didn’t know I have a pot of “medicine chest” growing in my garden! On some mornings, when I let my beagle out to the garden, I would pluck 2 Tulsi leaves to eat. Little did I know they were packing a lot of goodness in them!
Hmmm…I must figure out a way to incorporate this Holy Basil tea into my regimen of healing foods and drinks. Let me clear the “trial run” of my recently posted Roasted Burdock Root Tea first and then, I will sample the Holy Basil Tea for good health – I have a pretty good idea what I will be using the tea for!
As usual, I wish all of you “the best of health” always,
choesf
A cup of Black Fungus drink
Hi there, dear friends
The Black Fungus remedy for lowering cholesterol is quite popular nowadays and I had even written a post about it last year HERE. I only tried that remedy on and off for 2 weeks and my cholesterol level did drop a little from 6.4 mmol/L to 6.2 mmol/L (normal is less than 5.2 mmol/L).
Master atan recently introduced at his forum his Dhealing Basic Blood Remedy, which I would call an “advanced” technique for lowering cholesterol and blood detoxification – his method incorporates the use of oats in addition to Black Fungus. His health remedy was quite timely since I was on a quest to reduce my husband’s dependency on medication, especially Lipitor, and therefore, I decided to put my husband and myself on Master atan’s “programme” to seriously cleanse our blood for 1 whole month! Today is the 8th day since we started taking the oats and Black Fungus.
Here are the 3 simple ingredients that you will need daily to carry out Master atan’s blood cleansing/detoxifying method ===>
1) Oats (instant, rolled, whole) – 1 to 3 tablespoons (I went for the maximum amount)
2) Dried Black Fungus – 50 gms
3) Ginger – a few slices (up to a thumb-size if you love ginger)
Dried Chinese Black Fungus or Woods’ Ears
Method
* Note :- you can do this blood detoxification programme for 7 days first and see how it goes for you. The maximum duration allowed is 30 days straight.
1) For the Oats Remedy – the night before you start, put the desired amount of oats into a cup – fill halfway up the cup with room temperature water. Stir the oats and let sit on the kitchen counter top overnight.
2) First thing the next morning, when you wake up (before you brush your teeth), boil some water and pour into the cup of overnight soaked oatmeal. Stir well and drink that. It is important to drink this on an empty stomach.
3) For the Black Fungus Remedy – rinse quickly the dried Black Fungus and then soak them in 5 cups of water in a pot for 1 hour. After that, add the ginger into the same water as the soaking fungus and then boil over medium/small heat for 2 hours until the liquid is reduced to 1 cup.
3) Consume the Black Fungus drink anytime on an empty stomach.
It is highly recommended that you join Master atan’s FORUM and post any questions or feedback that you may have there, so that he can monitor your progress and advise you accordingly while you are following his Basic Blood Remedy. To register at his forum as a user, just click on “Register” located at the top right hand corner of the page there.
My husband and I have been posting our progress at the forum, too. I have copied Master atan’s message below for more information on his blood detoxification technique. You can also visit his page for more information on this remedy.
With best wishes,
choesf
Master atan’s message from his Forum :-
Welcome to Dhealing Basic Blood Remedy.
This is my proven technique to remedy one’s blood so that oxygen, nutrition and energy can reach all part of one’s body – when this happen – the body will heal itself.
This basic technique use 2 items – oat and black Fungus. This will block toxins going into our body and clean our blood and blood vessel.
Oat will stop toxins going into our body – like saturated oil, sugar and others, black fungus is very effective to remove bad cholesterol in our blood and blood vessel.
A Chinese Physician applying the art of Chinese Pulse Diagnosis to check a patient’s health
Hi there, dear friends
I fell sick with a bad sore throat, fever, cough and cold over the weekend and I quickly headed over to my regular Chinese Physician this morning. Yesterday, I was coughing very badly (so badly that the Chinese would joke that our liver can be coughed out in my situation!) and I woke up today with a splitting headache and no energy to do anything.
Three hours after drinking the first dose of my Chinese medicine upon coming home, my energy level is now up, my frequent coughing has dwindled down to the occasional one… and I am beginning to feel some normalcy returning! Well…at least enough for me to write a new post here for you . LOL!
Most of the time, my family would just visit our regular doctor trained in Western medicine whenever anyone of us fell ill, with the usual illnesses revolving around sore throats, fever, coughs and cold. However, the Western medicine prescribed often caused us drowsiness, lethargy and sometimes, a simple course of medication just won’t work for us and that is when we will go to our Chinese Physician for treatment instead .
We tend to go to our Western doctor first because the medical expenses are covered by my husband’s employee insurance benefits, whereas the costs for visiting a Chinese Physician are borne by ourselves. But sometimes, I really want to get well soon and be back on my feet in no time, and I would rather fork out some money for that!
With Western-trained doctors, they would prescribe some medicine to us to ease those symptoms of ailments, and it tend to take at least one week to recover back to our normal self.
With doctors in Traditional Chinese Medicine, they take our pulse first to diagnose what is wrong with us and then prescribe us some medicine to treat the root cause of our ailments. That is why just one visit to a really good Chinese Physician would suffice to get us well, up and running in just three to four days (the usual course of Chinese medication is around that period)!
About 20 years ago, I used to see a 76 year old Chinese Physician in SS2, Petaling Jaya and he would write out a Chinese Prescription Formula for three packages of herbs to be put together and paid for at the adjoining Chinese Medical/Herbal Shop. A package of the herbs would be boiled in four Chinese rice bowls of water until one bowl of liquid is left to be consumed. That is repeated in the following two days.
However, that Chinese Physician has already retired and the following Chinese Physicians that I had visited were not that good. A really reliable, experienced physician would be able to diagnose accurately by just taking our pulse for a few seconds and know exactly what is wrong with us, and prescribe accurate herbal medicine to cure us.
Luckily, a friend introduced Dr Sia to me a few years ago and I have found him to be really good. You will know that anything (or anyone) is good whenever or wherever you see a long line of people queuing up, waiting patiently for their turn. I have seen babies, toddlers, teenagers, adults, the elderly and even people of other races seeing Dr Sia! Wow!
I don’t know how old Dr Sia really is ….he looks like he is about sixty years old with white, bushy eyebrows! I was told he is a second generation Traditional Chinese Physician and people even came from out of town to see him.
He prescribes Chinese herbal medicine that is ready to drink (no need to boil any herbs on our own), very palatable to consume (that even toddlers have no trouble with the taste), which is really convenient. Before, I had to make a decoction of Chinese herbs and although time is not a factor, usually those decoctions are really bitter and yucky to consume…and they smell awful, too!
Here is the name and address of my Chinese Physician (to find his clinic, you can use Google map by typing in his address) ===>
Dr. Sia - No 25, Jalan Hujan Rahmat, Overseas Union Garden, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel :- 03-77840415
When you are on Jalan Hujan Rahmat, look out for a Magnum lottery outlet – it to the right of his clinic. The other side of Magnum is a Chinese Medicine/Herbal Shop. His clinic is painted a sunflower yellow and has two large, red lanterns hanging on the ceiling. There is a Chinese sign board….sorry, I can’t read Chinese
His consultation hours are from Mondays to Saturdays, 11am to 1pm, 3pm to 5pm.
However, he may be late sometimes, and if you see his clinic is locked, just wait outside and he will turn up. Best is to give a call before going there.
The procedure for first timers visiting him is this ===>
1) when you go into the clinic, you will see a small window immediately to your left. There is a cash register there and on the side of the cash register, you will see a pile of small cards with numbers on them. Just take the first card, that is your queue number.
2) on the right of the clinic, you will see a long row of wooden bench. That is the waiting area.
3) Dr Sia’s consultation room is through the second door on the left.
4) take a seat and wait for your turn. It helps to ask those that are already there what is the currently number being called so that you know how long you have to wait.
5) when you go in to see Dr Sia, he will ask you “How are you?” in Mandarin – by the way, he speaks mostly Mandarin and Hokkien….and a spattering of Cantonese. He will take your pulse and that is when you tell him what you are seeing him for. He will write a prescription for his wife or assistant to gather the herbal medicine for you, and he will most likely tell you what foods to avoid while you are taking his medicine.
For me, I have a long list of foods/drinks to avoid – no cooling teas, no cooling herbal drinks, no curry, no mee nor meehoon, ….
Then he would ask for your Chinese name….and you are done! You would have spent at most just three minutes in there, unless you have more questions for him.
Caution! ===> Dr Sia can be quite eccentric and if you are not taking care of your health probably, he may rebuke you!
6) when you are finished with Dr Sia, just go back to the bench to wait for your name to be called when you medicine is ready. They have to combine the various herbal formulae and boil the medicine before dispensing it in two bottles. You are to take 30ml of the medicine twice a day.
7) the consultation fee is RM10, and with the herbal medicine, the total cost is around RM74 to RM80, depending on what ailments you have.
Please note that I am not being paid by Dr Sia to promote his practice…but he is a really good and reliable Chinese Physician. I have talked to his other patients before and some said they have been seeing him for 30 years already, while most of them have been recommended by their friends to see him.
So, I am also recommending him to those of you that stay in the Klang Valley. Good Chinese Doctors are really hard to come by these days, and therefore, do go give him a try.
With best wishes for good health,
choesf
Hi there, dear friends
Good news! I have finally got my blood tests results back and I can confirm that Master atan’s Dhealing Basic Blood Remedy has worked for me after consuming Black Fungus and oats for 1 month! Total cholesterol went down (from 6.2 mmol/L to 5.5) while good cholesterol went up. In addition, my blood sugar (from 5.4 to 4.5) went down, too! 
My blood results are as follows for comparison (before and after following the 1 month Black Fungus blood detox) ===>
BEFORE – Blood tests done in September 2012 :-
Total Cholesterol = 6.2 mmol/L (normal is < 5.2)
Triglyceride = 1.77 mmol/L (normal is < 1.68)
HDL Cholesterol = 1.19 mmol/L (normal is > 1.03)
LDL Cholesterol = 4.2 mmol/L (normal is < 2.5)
Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio = 5.2 mmol/L (normal is < 5.0)
Uric Acid = 0.32 mmol/L (normal is 0.15 – 0.45)
Blood Sugar/Glucose Plasma Fasting = 5.4 mmol/L (normal is 3.9 – 5.5)
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AFTER- Blood tests done on 21 April, 2013 :-
Total Cholesterol = 5.5 mmol/L (normal is < 5.2)
Triglyceride = 2.24 mmol/L (normal is < 1.68)
HDL Cholesterol = 1.43 mmol/L (normal is > 1.03)
LDL Cholesterol = 3.04 mmol/L (normal is < 2.5)
Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio = 3.8 mmol/L (normal is < 5.0)
Uric Acid = 0.33 mmol/L (normal is 0.15 – 0.45)
Blood Sugar/Glucose Plasma Fasting = 4.5 mmol/L (normal is 3.9 – 5.5)
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While my total cholesterol has gone down from 6.2 to 5.5 and my good cholesterol (HDL) has gone up from 1.19 to 1.43 , …… my Triglycerides has gone up from 1.77 to 2.24.
Also, the doctor said that my kidney function is not too good 
- Urine Creatinine is 2.10 mmol/L (normal is 4.0 – 25.00). He told me to cut down on my meat intake and go back for another kidney test in 1 month’s time.
Otherwise, liver functions are also good. 
It looks like I will have to cut down on those meaty meals and go for more vegetables and fruits instead…although my cholesterol has gone down, it is still over the normal range and I have to go check out my kidney function in a month’s time ! 
As such, for those of you who have high cholesterol, do try this technique to lower our blood cholesterol (and blood sugar as well since mine went down?)!
With best wishes,
choesf
Hi there, dear friends
Here is wishing all mothers and grandmothers out there a very Happy Mother’s Day! Ah, today is the day that you get to be QUEEN for a day!
I remember a few years’ ago, I woke up really surprised to find that my children had got up earlier to clean the whole house for me! They vacuumed and mopped and dusted…I was amazed and deeply touched!
In another year, I woke up to find that my children had cooked some pancakes for breakfast for me.
When my children got older and my eldest daughter has begun working, Mother’s Day was celebrated with a nice lunch or dinner at some restaurant and going to the movies. This year, I decided to cook something special for my family instead on Mother’s Day… for tomorrow, I will be going with my second daughter for a foot reflexology massage, a pedicure and then for a nice brunch. Ah, bliss….
Do have a wonderful day today with your family!
With best wishes,
choesf
Hi there, dear friends, 
There are a few ways to de-stress and the easiest one is to do a salt bath or a salt scrub, depending on your preference and if you have a bath tub at home. How it works is mainly by removing negative energies (that we have picked up daily and accumulated) from our auras. The usual symptoms that tell us that it is time to do this bath is whenever we feel cranky, heavy headedness, “sticky” thinking, mind is slow to work, lethargy, etc.
Sea salts work the best but if none is available, then normal salt will have to do. I stock up many packets of sea salts whenever I find them in supermarkets or grocery stores, and I try to get my family to do the salt baths on every Saturday, whenever possible. 
Salt Bath Method 1
Fill up about 10 litres of water in a pail – add a handful of salt into this container – stir it.Wet body with normal water – then pour this water slowly from head downwards.
Then take normal bath.
Salt Bath Method 2
If you have a bath tub at home, fill it up with water and about 3 cups of sea salt . Add some fresh flower petals and your favourite essential oils – lavendar, mint, etc…for relaxation. Soak in the bath for about 15 minutes or so, listening to your favourite music, sipping a cup of your favourite beverage (chamomile tea would be good), and a wet face towel over your eyes.
When you get out of the bath tub, and you are draining the water in the tub, please observe if you feel dizzy or slightly lightheaded as the bath water is draining away. If yes, please stop the water from draining away, wait for about five minutes or so and then continue with the draining. Sometimes, there could be too much negative energies and as they are been pulled away from the body’s auras through the water, some dizziness may be expected because the body is suddenly feeling lighter without the “heavy load.”
Salt Scrub
1) You need 1 cup of sea salt at least.
2) Standing in a shower, wet and then soap the whole body, from head to toes (hair, too). Rinse with water.
3) Starting from the crown of the head down to the soles of your feer, use salt to scrub every part of your body, including your ears and face.
4) Rinse away all the salt with water from the shower head.
After doing anyone of the above, your skin will feel fresh, tingling and soft and most importantly, you should feel lighter in spirit, happier and the world seems to be a better place to be in.
For those doing the salt baths for their first time, it is recommended that they do this twice a week for a few weeks, and after that, once a week should suffice.
Have a nice day today! 
Blessings, Love and Light to you,
choesf
Hi there, dear friends
This 07 August, 2013 marks the beginning of the month long Chinese 7th Month Of The Hungry Ghosts Festival. According to Chinese traditional beliefs, the gates of Hell will open and connect to the human realm, permitting ghosts to be released to roam among the living.
During this period, some people will make it a point not stay out too late for fear of “bumping” into these spirits. On the fourteenth day of the lunar 7th month, come evening time, the Chinese would make offerings of candles, joss sticks, cooked food, fruits and some Hell money to the wandering souls and spirits to appease them.
Other people would participate in merit generating spiritual practices for their departed ancestors at temples.
My family would take part in Master atan’s Dhealing Bird Release Ceremony (BRC) for ===>
1) BRC for Ancestors
2) BRC for Departed Relatives & Friends
3) BRC for Gui Ren (Helpful People)
I have copied his message from Dhealing Forum below for your information.
If you are interested in having Master atan perform the BRCs for your Ancestors for their blessings over your family for Good Luck, you can order the BRCs from HERE or at Master atan’s WEBSITE.
With best wishes,
choesf
Welcome to Dhealing Special Bird Releasing Ceremony (BRC) for the Dead with getting rid of Xiao Ren (Vile people or Troublemakers) for and inviting Gui Ren ( Helpful people ) to you and your family – for Ancestors, Departed Friends and Departed Relatives.
This ceremony can be performed at any time during the year. However, the 7th month of the Chinese calender is considered to be a very good month to perform this ceremony, for it will bring the most benefits to the living and dead. ( the 7th month is from 7th August to 4th September 2013 )
This BRC in the 7th month will come with a free Ancestor Prayer Ceremony. This unique Ceremony will be performed by Master atan, can and will appease the dead and make them happy. The Prayer Ceremony can also remove charms, spells and bad spirits for those who join in the BRC.
For this year, I had added the BRC for Gui Ren (Helpful People) – it had benefited many in the past.
The BRC will be performed from 8th August to 4th September 2013. The last day to join the above Ceremony is 4th September 2013
In Feng Shui, this BRC is a very important technique for it can remedy and balance the Yin chi. It also can remedy and balance the Ying and Yang of the house and those who join this ceremony.
We hope this ceremony can be an answer to your problems that you are facing now or in the future.
Master atan
23 July 2013
iHerb USA – Use my Gift Code No. MLL655 for up to US$10 off for first time purchases during your checkout
Hi there, dear friends
Health supplements and organic foodstuff/toiletries are very expensive in Malaysia, and because of that, I hardly buy them previous as I would have to spend a lot of money monthly for my family of 6 (the youngest is 18.)
Recently, in my quest in finding a good brand of pharmaceutical grade, molecularly distilled double strength (EPA & DHA, Omega 3 of 600mg per capsule) Fish Oil to buy, I stumbled onto iherb, an online store in USA with 35,000 products. That was a really amazing find for me and I am writing about it here so that you know of a great place to buy health supplements or products that you may need but can’t find where you live.
I got this family sized bottle of EPA/DHA 600mg Fish Oil with 240 capsules for US$29-97 only (RM120), and it comes with a FREE bottle of 60 softgels of 100mg CoEnzymeQ10 (worth RM100). The equivalent of this Fish Oil would have cost more than US$100 or RM300 if bought in Malaysia!
Please note that I am not being paid in any way by iherb to promote their site.
I will also give you some tips on how to have your imported purchases passed by the Malaysian Customs and Malaysian Pharmacy Division .
Other than the savings I got, I also love the low cost and the speedy delivery of the order by courier to me. I always chose DHL Priority Express which cost only US$10 for my package weighing around 2kg (US$15 for 5kg) and around 5 – 7 days (from date of ordering) to reach me!
Yesterday, I received my third order from iherb in the last 2 months, and it has always being a delight for me when opening up the package. The items bought meant a lot of savings for my family and opened up a world of exciting goodies which are difficult to find in Malaysia.
Organic Decaffeinated Whole Coffee Beans for my husband’s espresso machine so that he can make decaffeinated cappucinos for me!
At the various products found at iherbs, you will find reviews of the products submitted by people who had purchased them and that will help you to decide whether to buy them or not.
After this article, I will write more about the amazing health benefits of taking Omega 3 Fatty Acids (EPA and DHA) found in Fish Oil and why I needed a large, regular supply every month. If you have been following my blog, you know that I have been suffering from heart palpitations and arrhythmia since last year and I am so happy to tell you now that my heart no longer suffers from those conditions since I started taking large doses of Fish Oil 2 months ago!
One of the conditions that is worrying me now is my thinning hair … I have very fine hair and with perimenopause, my hair is beginning to recede at the crown area and thin at the top of my head. I have been using shampoo bought locally for preventing hairfall but it doesn’t seem to help. So, I bought some organic thickening shampoo and hair stimulator/tonic from iherbs .
Avalon Organics, Biotin B-Complex Therapy, Thickening Shampoo, 14 fl oz (414 ml) which I bought for US$7-39 (about RM28). Organic toiletries are very expensive in Malaysia
Herbatint (Antica Herbavita), Permanent Herbal Haircolor Gel – I decided to use a herbal hair colour that has no ammonia and gentle on my scalp
Some tips on getting your package past the Malaysian Customs and Pharmaceutical Division
1) make small purchases not more than RM500 each time. I always try not to go past US$130. I think the items may be taxed if it exceeds that amount.
2) do not buy more than two of the same items, i.e. restrict each type of product to two only. Buying more may get the product confiscated, especially for health supplements, as the Customs only allow us to purchase them for personal use only. If we are buying in larger amounts, the Customs will consider that we are buying them with for reselling here – for that we would need to apply for a licence to import them and pay a large sum of money.
3) don’t buy anything that you think may be banned or prohibited in Malaysia. For that, I think iherbs has a list of prohibited items for Malaysia at their website.
I read from some other blogs that organic baby foodstuff and products are a favourite with new moms. Some other items I bought…
NOW Citronella Essential Oil 2 fl. oz or 30 ml for only USD3-18 or RM10. Pure essential oils are very expensive in Malaysia.
This essential oil is really strong with a refreshing fragrance and I use it to repel the mosquitoes in my house. It is cheap enough for me to use it liberally for anything – even for adding into homemade my enzymes for use washing dishes or mopping the floor.
Doctor’s Best, High Absorption CoQ10, 100 mg, 120 Veggie Caps – only US$12-95 or RM42-00. If I had bought this locally, it would have cost me RM150.
As we age, our energy levels tend to drop because of decreasing amounts of CoEnzymeQ10. People who are on statins (e.g. my husband is on cholesterol medication) will have that enzyme depleted in their body. Therefore, my husband and I have started taking CoQ10 since a month ago and our energy levels are simply superb these days. We no longer feel lethargic easily.
So, do have a look at this world leading online store and compare prices of the health supplements there with those you are currently purchasing for your family. You may also find a lot of interesting products at iherbs that you may not be able to find in Malaysia.
For example, I already have on my “wishlist” there at iherbs to purchase a bottle of Peanut Butter With Maple Syrup, some Organic Popcorn (to make popcorn at home), O’Keefe’s Working Hands Cream (for dry and cracked finger skin), etc.
Do feel free to use my Gift Code – MLL655 – to knock off US$10 off your first order if your purchases exceed US$60 (US$5 if purchases are more than US$40).
Happy browsing and shopping at iherbs!
With best wishes,
choesf
O’Keeffe’s Cream For Working Hands which I had purchased online from iherb for USD6-30 or about RM20-00
Hi there, dear friends
When I stumbled onto this hand cream on iherb , I thought it was perfect and just what I needed to treat my chronic cracked heels and finger tips. The “Working Hands” name on the label sayes it all – I am constantly using my hands to clean and cook and garden (I don’t like to wear gloves) …..i.e. my working hands will need this cream!
Right away, I ordered it from iherb and I just received the cream yesterday. Please note that I am not being paid nor was I given this product free to review and promote. I am posting here just so you know that there is a “man’s cream” (extra strength, and none of those soft, gentle ladies’ cream?) out there for us ladies to try treating our cracked skins.
Previously, I have tried many types of skin creams/lotions for cracked heels and finger tips but nothing seemed to work for me, and I continued to slather on lots of creams and lotion every day and night!
As we grow older, different stages of our life will mean different levels of hormones and our skin will become more prone to dryness and cracking. For those of us who are often exposed to a lot of water, detergent, heat or rough work daily, having cracked fingers can be a very painful affair. This applies to us homemakers and to those that work in restaurants, farms, etc. :sad:
Whilst drinking some tisanes or herbal remedies like the Jiaogulan Tea or the Wood Ears/Black Fungus Drink does improve my skin condition, I am still getting cracked finger tips and heels.
I have an exceptional deep and persistent crack on my left heel and I noticed that the crack is now not so bad today, after applying the O’Keeffe’s cream 3 times already since yesterday. What I like about the cream is that it is not greasy at all and it is odourless. Now that I have this cream on hand, I need not worry excessively about my hands and I have one problem off my shoulder as I clean and cook for my family!
In case you are purchasing this from iherb, you can use my Gift Coupon Code No. MLL655 to knock off USD10-00 if you are a first-time customer there and your purchases exceed USD60-00; or USD5-00 off if your purchases exceed USD40-00 .
I will keep you posted here on the progress of my cracked fingertips and heels later.
With best wishes,
choesf
NOW Citronella Essential Oil 1 fl. oz or 30 ml for only USD3-18 or RM10. Use COUPON CODE ML655 to get up to USD10 off your first purchase
Hi there, dear friends
My husband’s nephew passed away from haemorrhagic dengue fever many years ago and I am always really worried about any of my family members contracting dengue fever. With the increasing rainy spells in our tropical country, recent news about the rise in dengue fever cases only got me more concerned ===>
Aedes albopictus mosquito
1) Rapid increase in dengue fever cases raises alarm in Malaysia – The Star
2) Singapore on alert after dengue fever cases rise – The Independent
3) Sharp rise in dengue fever cases – The Star
Because my house is near a forest reserve and a park, the mosquito count can be higher than in other urban areas. Aedes mosquitoes like to come out from hiding to bite during dusk and dawn – their hiding places being anywhere shady outside, or anywhere dark in our house, e.g. behind cabinets, under beds, etc.
My husband and children had often complained of mosquitoes biting them when they went to bed and the lights were turned off. .
We don’t have mosquito screen netting at our windows and doors because we like to have the free flowing breeze coming into our house. Although we have used electric mosquito coils/mats and even mosquito sprays to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, I was not happy that they were chemical in nature and I was also worried about the unknown chemical impact on my children’s health. In addition, the mosquito coils and sprays do cost quite a bit.
When I stumbled onto this online health supplement store a couple of months ago, I was very happy to find that website selling pure and genuine essential oils at very economical prices. Right away, I ordered a bottle of Now Foods Citronella Essential Oil at only USD3-18 each in addition to my other stuff to try and see how well the essential oil can repel mosquitoes .
I love the strong, sharp, musky and invigorating Citronella smell… and I love that its aromatherapy benefit also helps to make my house smell great – that, for me, was a wonderful bonus in addition to my using it for the main purpose to repel mosquitoes. I would drop a little citronella oil here and there, in all corners (especially dark areas) and near my sofa set in my three-storey house. Wow, that one little bottle of pure essential oil can sure go a long way! I still have a quarter bottle left now after 2 months of using it. Moreover, I didn’t have to use it every day and the mosquitoes stayed away! :D
Anyway, it was only today that I asked all my children if there were still mosquitoes biting them in their respective rooms and in the study room (mosquitoes were often biting their legs earlier and distracting them)…and I was really surprised that they all told me that there is practically NO MORE MOSQUITOES around them these days!
Wow, I was really impressed with the effects of the Citronella Oil in repelling mosquitoes and that is why I am writing about it here to let you know that there is a really cheap, effective and most importantly, NATURAL way of making sure that there are no mosquitoes near you and your loved ones.
We can now sleep better with no mosquitoes biting us anymore, and I am really relieved that I now have a good, natural, and refreshing way of making sure that the chances of those dangerous Aedes mosquitoes coming into my house are minimised!
Hope you will be able to find some pure Citronella Essential Oil to try. It will be especially good and safe for babies and young children, compared to the other chemical mosquito coils/mats.
With best wishes,
choesf
Yep, I felt my mid-life was like that crazy roller coaster ride!
Hi there, dear ladies :D
It took me a really long time to finally sit down here and write about my peri-menopausal journey (warning – lengthy post here ) In my Asian/Chinese culture, we hardly discuss openly about menopause and therefore, I didn’t have a lot of expectations or information on it until recently.
My mom never talked about her menopausal experience to me. Neither did my sister, who was 20 years older and who had passed away from cancer when she was 55. I had thought menopause is merely the cessation of menstruation. Simple. Period.
After reading up a lot on the Internet and from books on menopause ( heheh, I was actually trying to find out how the other menopausal women were feeling and whether what I was going through was normal or not) , I found out that every woman’s menopausal experience is unique and different…sigh…it is like comparing your own childbirth experience with other women’s!
If you are perimenopausal and feeling every bit of its effects, you will not get any understanding from your husband or children because they can’t feel what you are going through…. the feeling is like trying to describe a roller coaster ride to some primitive cave men, and all I got was some blank stares!
However, you will get some comfort and solace in reading up experiences from similar-aged women. I often compare notes with my friends who are perimenopausal, too. I even talked to my daughter’s friends to check if their moms are perimenopausal.
I started feeling perimenopausal when I was 42 when I started getting episodes of general malaise without any reason. I was lucky to never have any PMS symptoms before but it is as if my body is making up for those years of non-PMS feelings to a full blown perimenopausal experience ===> hence, my roller-coaster picture above !
The earlier perimenopausal years were manageable still with a number of alternative remedies I had found (which I will talk about in Part 2 of this article later) … but the past few months have been very difficult for me and I was thinking that I must be at the “climactic change” phase – the rocky period that is about 2 years (more or less depending on individuals) before and after menopause (cessation of period completely).
The “climatic change” is where there is no control over the physical and mental challenges brought on by the out-of-balance hormones. Basically, every new day was totally unpredictable …. and there I was, as if seated in a never ending roller-coaster ride ===> until I found some bio-identical hormones available online to buy from this health supplement website. PHEW!
I first learned about bio-identical hormones (which are hormones that act just like the NATURAL hormones in our body) a few years ago while watching an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s show on TV and her gynaecologist, Dr. Christiane Northrup was talking about bio-identical hormones. But I had looked around for this type of hormone with difficulty here in Malaysia – there was some bio-identical hormones being sold at some obscure beauty salons at a very expensive price of a thousand plus Ringgit!
It was only just a week ago that I found out that other than the estrogen hormone being drastically reduces during menopause, the progesterone hormone is being depleted when ovulation stops. Although estrogen is already low, but when progesterone is even much lower, there is …
ESTROGEN DOMINANCE by Dr Lam
ESTROGEN DOMINANCE by Dr Lee
Estrogen Dominance occurs when progesterone declines more than esterogen
Right away, I ordered some Natural Progesterone Cream from HERE (use Gift Coupon Code MLL 655 to get USD10 off your first order exceeding USD40) and when I got my package from the DHL courier yesterday, I immediately applied the progesterone.
Source Naturals, Natural Progesterone Cream
Wow, right away, I felt as if my world has became bright and cheery again…the darkness has lifted from my heart and my heart was almost singing. The crankiness and depression was gone! This morning, for the first time in many weeks, I woke up with a smile on my face and I was actually looking forward to the day! Amazing!
There are some websites where you can find out if you are estrogen dominant by filling out a questionnaire. I will give you that link later.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I have had negative experiences with my gynaecologists previously – one was a male and the other was a female – both never understood what I was going through and they only prescribed me some CoEnzyme Q10 for energy. When I told them that I could be perimenopausal, they did some blood works for me and said that the results were “normal” for someone at my age! Blah! :roll:
Anyway, the best way to adjust the dosage/application of the natural progesterone cream to to see how we feel after that. I will post more information that are useful on progesterone cream.
I hope this article can help some of you who have found your way here while searching for perimenopausal or menopausal information. This post serves to give some indepth explanation on menopause for my daughters, too. Like I said, different women will experience menopause separately…
I will also comment here later on the benefits of the progesterone cream.
Take care, stay positive and try to have a nice day!
With best wishes,
choesf
P.S. I haven’t smiled so much in a long time!
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