In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s hot, hot, hot. So how are you feeling? Invigorated? Sapped of energy? Firing on all cylinders? Or...

You’ll probably know by now that I just love a soup recipe, so here’s a nice simple one for late spring. Mustard greens and pork soup...

Cheeringly, it seems that the perimenopause has at last been on the agenda in the media. So what’s it all about? ‘Peri’ means ‘around’,...

Happy New Year to you! Raring to go? While New Year is a positive time it’s also a bit grey and a bit dark, and despite (at least...

Here we are again - shorter days, temperatures drop, you suddenly develop an interest in knitwear - yes, it's autumn. This is a time for...

'24 Hearts for 24 Floors', near Grenfell Tower, West London (picture: Yvonne Abel) Increasingly in recent years our needles have been...

Welcome to the Year of the Rooster. As you probably already know, much of the traditional celebration around Chinese New Year is governed...

Happy New Year! And here’s to a happy, healthy and prosperous 2017 for everyone everywhere. Here are my New Year’s resolutions: lose...

What does autumn mean in Chinese medicine? Though most of us enjoy autumn, many don't, imagining that it means the end of all good things...

Summer is now transitioning into autumn, a time termed simply 'late summer' in Chinese Medicine, and the focus is now on harvest. So...