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IGOR SCHWARTZMAN</a></li> <li><a href="/pract_kendra.html">KENDRA WARD L.AC.</a></li> <li><a href="/pract_amy.html">AMY CHITWOOD L.AC.</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg"/></li> </ul> </li> <li ><a href="/med_nat.html" >OUR MEDICINE</a> <ul class="medicine"> <li class="top"><a href="/med_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/med_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li><a href="/med_treat.html">WHO WE TREAT</a></li> <li><a href="/programs.html">OUR PROGRAMS</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg" /></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/services_nat.html">SERVICES</a> <ul class="services"> <li class="top"><a href="/services_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/services_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li class="bottom"><img src="/images/pull_tab.jpg"/></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/faq_nat.html">FAQ</a> <ul class="faq"> <li class="top"><a href="/faq_nat.html">NATUROPATHIC</a></li> <li><a href="/faq_acu.html">ACUPUNCTURE</a></li> <li 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width="192" /><em>Zingiber officinale</em>, or simply ginger root is a popular spice and that is native to Southeast Asia. However, its medicinal and culinary uses today extend to many parts of the world. The fleshy juicy root has many uses including fresh or dried preparation of teas, its powdered form can be encapsulated, while its volatile oils may be distilled to produce the essential oils.</p> <p>Ginger has numerous culinary uses. It is often used as an ingredient in scrumptious ginger cookies, cakes, or even ginger beer mostly popular on the tropical islands. Pickled ginger in vinegar and sherry is often used to complement your bite-sized sushi rolls, or simply as a snack. As a spice, it is a common ingredient in most recipes found in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and of course it has also been popularized in the Western cuisine as well. If you are planning on using ginger in your cooking, I would recommend it fresh. However, if you find that you have too much, you can tightly wrap and seal it inside an air-tight container or a plastic bag. In the refrigerator, it can store up to 3-4 weeks, while in the freezer it can last up to 3 months. I would, of course, encourage you to buy just enough ginger to make your desired dishes, so that you have no leftovers, and use a fresh pieces of a root each time.</p> <p>In addition to its culinary uses, ginger root, has a multitude of medicinal properties. It can reduce inflammation, pain, blood pressure, help dissolve blood clots and stimulate blood circulation, and promote digestion. Ginger can be very effective when used as an anti-nausea medicinal herb, whether motion-induced, or pregnancy-related. Most recently, the <a href="http://www.cancer.gov" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.cancer.gov');">US National Cancer Institute</a> supported the largest research study to show the effectiveness in people who have and/or continue to undergo chemotherapy treatments.</p> <p>Overall ginger is warming in nature and its quality. This means that it can contribute to the body’s perspiration by literally having a warming effect. This also means that if you already have a tendency toward a warmer predisposition, or you perspire easily in cases of hormonal imbalances, then ginger may not be the best spice or root to use. However, if you have a tendency to be cold, have mental lethargy, irregular menses, or have a hard tim with digestion, then ginger root is an excellent complement that you can use in your foods, or simply in teas. Here is a nice simple ginger root tea:</p> <p><strong>Warming Ginger Tea:</strong></p> <p>Cut 10-12 thin slices from a fresh ginger root and place in 2 cups of water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain and drink from your favorite cup. Additionally, you can add 1 tablespoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon for extra flavor and have it after your dinner on cool night.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Warm It Up With Ginger", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=53" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=blood-pressure" rel="tag">blood pressure</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=chinese-medicine" rel="tag">chinese medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=digestion" rel="tag">digestion</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=ginger" rel="tag">ginger</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hormones" rel="tag">hormones</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=menses" rel="tag">menses</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=menstrual-cycle" rel="tag">menstrual cycle</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=nutrition" rel="tag">nutrition</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=womens-health" rel="tag">Women's Health</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=75" title="View all posts in Digestive Health" rel="category">Digestive Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=18" title="View all posts in Heart Health" rel="category">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=110" title="View all posts in Hypothyroidism" rel="category">Hypothyroidism</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in Naturopathic Medicine" rel="category">Naturopathic Medicine</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=73" title="View all posts in Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture" rel="category">Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=76" title="View all posts in US Health" rel="category">US Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=74" title="View all posts in Women's Health" rel="category">Women's Health</a> | <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=53#comments" title="Comment on Warm It Up With Ginger">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-41"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=41" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Having Fun While You Exercise">Having Fun While You Exercise</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, March 31st, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>In a recent <a href="http://www.acsm.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Education/Conferences/HealthFitnessSummit/Summit.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.acsm.org');">Health and Fitness Summit in Atlanta, GA</a> organized by the <a href="http://www.acsm.org" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.acsm.org');">American College of Sports Medicine</a>, <a href="http://www.revolutionhealth.com/articles/carol-e.-torgan-ph.d./article.2007-05-23.2521041882" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.revolutionhealth.com');">Dr. Carol Torgan</a> recommended that any adult who may be feeling tired of the old exercise routine may wish to “think about activities you loved to do as a child and incorporate those into your routine (and) include your family”. The most important aspect of exercise is make sure that it is fun. If it is not fun, then it becomes more of a chore, which ultimately leads to a lack of motivation and eventually its cessation. “The ‘power of play’ for adults,” Torgan said, “lies in simply focusing on the joy of moving, having a little fun with it, and not taking ourselves too seriously.”</p> <p>Whether you are out playing catch, running, or actively walking every day, moving your body on a regular basis is the most essential part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Having Fun While You Exercise", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=41" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=exercise" rel="tag">exercise</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=fun-and-play" rel="tag">fun and play</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=healthy-lifestyle" rel="tag">healthy lifestyle</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=us-health" rel="tag">US Health</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=18" title="View all posts in Heart Health" rel="category">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=76" title="View all posts in US Health" rel="category">US Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=25" title="View all posts in exercise" rel="category">exercise</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-34"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=34" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…">Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>How most of us think, feel, and live affects our hearts. Positive thoughts, mental/emotional states, will greatly reduce stress and improve heart health, while those that are negative will have an opposite effect. Behavioral, psychosocial, and psychological factors play an important role in health and disease. In looking at the effects of mental states and cardiovascular health, we can observe that in most people there is a direct relationship. Researchers suggest that seasonal mood changes have a direct correlation with the rates of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/en.wikipedia.org');">acute myocardial infarctions</a> (heart attacks). While, the <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.health.harvard.edu');">Harvard Mental Health Letter</a> (February, 2007) notes that at least half of the people hospitalized with a heart condition suffer from depression, or depressive symptoms. These same patients are 2 to 5 times more likely to take longer to recover, and/or suffer additional cardiovascular events.</p> <p><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_/ai_107201202" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/findarticles.com');">Anderson</a>, in his review of cardiovascular responses, summarizes that when study participants are subjected to various mental and emotional states, (some of which are anger, sadness, fear, or happiness), each of them directly affect the blood pressure. There are numerous psychosocial factors that play a role in cardiovascular health, and at the top of this list is <a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/heart_stress.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.nhlbi.nih.gov');">stress</a>. During a response to a stressful situation, or event, a surge of stress hormones is released into the blood stream, which causes all of the blood vessels to constrict. The heartbeat increases as well, which ultimately forces the cardiovascular system to be more susceptible and reactive to any additional stressors. Furthermore, stress is a major contributing factor to myriad states of cardiovascular inflammation, such as those found in cases of atherosclerosis.</p> <p>It is important to note that <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Heart_disease_Its_partly_in_your_head.htm" style="font-weight: bold" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.health.harvard.edu');">mental, emotional, and psychosocial factors</a> play a major role not only in cardiovascular health, but in all states of health and dis-ease. If your doctor is not asking you about your mental/emotional health I strongly encourage you to either bring it up yourself, or seek a healthcare provider who will. As a naturopathic physician, working on all levels of a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being is essential, and is therefore what I incorporate as part of all of my treatment plans and programs. After all, this is what makes us ‘whole’.</p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Think, Feel, Live, and Love Your Heart…", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=34" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=blood-vessels" rel="tag">blood vessels</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=cardiovascular" rel="tag">cardiovascular</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=health" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-attacks" rel="tag">heart attacks</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=mentalemotional-health" rel="tag">mental/emotional health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=mood" rel="tag">mood</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=myocardial-infraction" rel="tag">myocardial infraction</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=naturopathic" rel="tag">naturopathic</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=seasonal-mood" rel="tag">seasonal mood</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=stress" rel="tag">stress</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=18" title="View all posts in Heart Health" rel="category">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in Naturopathic Medicine" rel="category">Naturopathic Medicine</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-7"><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=7" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to February Heart Health Month!">February Heart Health Month!</a></h3> <small>Thursday, February 7th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Please download and read our latest newsletter below!</p> <p><strong><em><a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/february_2008_newsletter_heart-month.pdf" title="February 2008 Heart Health">February 2008 Heart Health Month Newsletter<br /> </a></em></strong></p> <p><script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "February Heart Health Month!", url: "http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?p=7" });</script></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=cholesterol" rel="tag">Cholesterol</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=exercise" rel="tag">exercise</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hdl" rel="tag">HDL</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=heart-health" rel="tag">Heart Health</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=high-blood-pressure" rel="tag">high blood pressure</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=hypertension" rel="tag">hypertension</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=ldl" rel="tag">LDL</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=tests" rel="tag">tests</a>, <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?tag=therapy" rel="tag">therapy</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/?cat=10" title="View all posts in Newsletters" rel="category">Newsletters</a> | <span>Comments Off</span></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </ul> </li> </li> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_subscribe" href="http://www.addtoany.com/subscribe?linkname=Portland%20Naturopathic%20Medicine%20and%20Acupuncture%20Blog&linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwfwcenter.com%2Fblog%2F%3Ffeed%3Drss2"><img src="http://wfwcenter.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/add-to-any/subscribe_16_16.png" width="16" height="16" alt="Subscribe"/></a> <a href="http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/health/natural-health" title="Natural Health Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory"><img src="http://assets.blogcatalog.com/buttons/blogcatalog5.gif" alt="Natural Health Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory" style="border: 0;" /></a> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/PortlandNaturopathicMedicineAndAcupunctureBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" alt="" style="vertical-align:middle;border:0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/PortlandNaturopathicMedicineAndAcupunctureBlog" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe in a reader</a></p> <div id="twitter_div"> <h2 style="display: none;" >Twitter Updates</h2> <ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul> <a href="http://twitter.com/drschwartzman" id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:middle;">follow me on Twitter</a> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ischwartzman.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script></a> </li>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/friendconnect/script/friendconnect.js"></script>  <div id="div-1231439555263" style="width:200px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"></div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var skin = {}; 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