Why Should You make Your Own Toothpaste?

Your mouth contains over 700 different microbes. Every time you swallow, some of those microbes make their way to your stomach and gut. The oral microbiome contains dense communities of microbes called biofilms. According to some research, the bacteria that make up the majority of the microbes in biofilms are also associated with chronic illnesses. When these bacteria in your mouth reach your gut, they can cause an imbalance of the microbiome in your gut and this imbalance can lead to small intestine bacterial overgrowth, a condition called SIBO, which can create weakening of the tight junctions between the endothelial cells lining your gut. This condition is called a ‘leaky gut’, which allows pathogens to enter your bloodstream and the rest of your body. Once this happens, your immune system becomes activated to fight foreign invaders. A hyperactive immune system can dramatically increase inflammation in the body. Many of us are aware of the danger of fluoride, when ingested, fluoride passes both the blood-brain barrier, which is designed to protect the brain and nervous system from the damage of foreign invaders, and can pass through the placenta into the body of an unborn baby. Fluoride can bio-accumulate in the body, which means not all of it is metabolized and/or excreted by the body. About 50 percent of the fluoride you ingest through water or other food sources is excreted by the urine, while the other half tends to accumulate in the calcified areas of the body, such as bones and teeth, and your pineal gland, which is the temple of the wisdom and an important organ for your sleep cycles and anti-aging properties. Dental fluorosis has continued to rise according to CDC statistics. The average American will consume 14 pounds of toothpaste over a lifetime - imagine the impact of harmful chemicals from conventional toothpaste on our health.

If you have been using fluoride-free toothpaste, you may be not aware of artificial flavors, colors, and toxic preservatives in your toothpaste. This is why you should consider making your own toothpaste, they are safe, effective, and cheap. Here are a few DIY homemade toothpaste recipes.

Your toothbrushes also matter. You can opt-in for toothbrushes, such as Miswak stick and boar bristle brush.

Recipe One
Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. of baking soda (Mild abrasive, Red Mill Brand)
• 1 Tbsp. sea salt, finely ground (Antibacterial, whitening effects)
• 2-3 drops of peppermint essential oil or thieves based on your preferences
• A few drops of liquid stevia
• Coconut oil (The amount is based on the consistency you desire)
• 1/2 tsp. of dried sage (Optional; sage is antimicrobial)

Instructions

• Mix all ingredients except the coconut oil to taste.
• Mix in a teaspoon of coconut oil at a time until you find the right consistency for your paste.
• Put into a small, sealable glass jar or squeezable container and keep in a cool place.
• It can last about 3 weeks.

 
Recipe Two
Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. of Virgin coconut oil
• 2 Tbps. of baking soda (Red Mill Brand)
• 2 Tbsp. of calcium magnesium powder (Optional)
• 2 Tbps. of stevia powder (Optional)
• 2 tsp. of Himalayan sea salt (Optional)
• 5 -10 drops of essential oil (Such as thieves, peppermint, etc)
• 5 – 10 drops of trace minerals (Colloidal Silver)
  
  

When you brush your teeth with your homemade toothpaste, you should spit it into a garbage bin not in your sink because it can plug the sink in a short period. This toothpaste is a great follow-up to oil pulling. Your health starts from your mouth.

By the way, I will be at the Metaphysical, Psychic and Wellness Fair on May 27th in Parksville. I will be giving a talk on the Connection of Fasica, Nervous System, and Consciousness. Once you understand who you truly are, there is no limit when it comes to healing. Here are some highlights of my presentation.

• The physical manifestation of the human body as a measuring stick of the universe.
• How does the consciousness anchor and channel in the body through fascia?
• How is Sacred Geometry applied in our body as a blueprint and building block of our nervous system and cellular structure?
• How to apply this ancient wisdom to enhance your health and well-being?

Please check my poster below for more details. Everyone is welcome, I am looking forward to seeing you there. 

How to Boost Your Lymphatic Drainage

The lymphatic system is a network of vessels and organs that regulates the amount of fluid in the human body and fights against infections. It is considered a part of both the circulatory and immune systems. Your body’s lymphatic system is in charge of filtering and removing toxins from your body, all the way down to the individual cells. It’s comprised of different vessels and organs such as lymph nodes and bone marrow, all of which work together as part of your immune system.

The lymphatic system has several crucial functions for maintaining body homeostasis, including maintaining the body's fluid balance, transportation of large molecules, and immune health. The fluid balance is maintained by draining the extra fluid that remains after the exchange of blood and nutrients between the tissues and capillaries. A healthy lymphatic system helps the body get rid of toxins, waste, and other unwanted materials. These toxins and waste can get stuck in the lymphatic system, cause water retention, and contribute to weight gain. In fact, many weight challenges are linked to lymphedema due to excess water along with the toxins and waste buildup in the lymphatic system, this is why lymphatic drainage is crucial for improving the efficiency of your body’s detoxification process, strengthening your immune system, and preventing weight gain.

Lymphatic drainage is a healing modality that can help your lymphatic system to remove accumulated waste more efficiently. When you improve the efficiency of your lymphatic system, you can have more energy and better circulation, it will support the detoxification process of the liver more efficiently.

Gua sha (or skin scraping) is an ancient Chinese Medicine technique that involves using a tool and essential oils to massage your neck, shoulder, and back with certain motions and pressure. Not only does this promote lymphatic drainage, but it also helps reduce pain, promote blood circulation, and rejuvenate the skin.

Here are some amazing health benefits of skin scraping:

• Promote lymphatic drainage
• Improve blood circulation
• Detoxify the body more efficiently
• Reduce lymphedema and edema and promote weight loss
• Relieve headaches and migraines
• Reduce stress and inflammation
• Relieve pain and fibromyalgia symptoms

Other Ways to Improve Your Lymphatic Flow

Move your body. Regular movement promotes drainage and improves circulation.

Hydration. Dehydration can contribute to backups.

Choose whole food. The fewer processed foods in your system, the fewer toxins your lymphatic system will have to filter out.

Alternate between hot and cold water in the shower. Showering in hot water opens up your blood vessels, and cold water closes them. This keeps things moving within your body and promotes better lymphatic drainage.

Wear loose clothing. Tight clothes can put pressure on your lymph nodes especially while you sleep.

Now is the best time to detoxify your liver because the energy is peaking in the liver meridian in spring. I am offering skin scraping and cupping treatment with essential oils to help boost the lymphatic system, improve your energy levels and detoxify the body. For the treatment options, please check here.

Ear candling is an add-on service if you want to add it to your treatment plan. Ear candling can eliminate excess ear wax, helps relieve tinnitus, headaches, sinus infections, vertigo, and improve hearing.

A Key Point for Longevity

Today, I am going to share a source point for longevity. Huiyin acupoint is in the center of the root chakra. It is an important point located in the middle depression of the human anus and genitals. It is in a straight line with the Baihui acupressure point at the center of the head, which is a channel of the essence of Chi in the human body. Baihui acupoint receives the Yang energy from the sun and Huiyin acupoint collects the Yin energy from Mother Earth. These two points connect with each other and channel the universal energy through the human body. The human body is a measuring stick of the universe. As above, so as below. These two points balance the energy flow of Yin and Yang energy in the body and maintain harmony with the universal energy. They are the key points that help regulate the twelve meridians and sustain the life force. 

Regular massaging of the Huiyin acupoint can help regulate the physiological and reproductive functions of the human body. It is very effective to strengthen your immunity, enhance your reproductive system and regulate elimination because it is the most effective transdermal acupoint commonly used in the human body. 
 
The health benefits of the Huiyin acupoint include the following:
 

• Helps regulate bowel movement.
• Prevents prolapse of internal organs.
• Relieves hemorrhoids.
• Prevents UTI and vagina infection.
• Strengthens the reproductive system and prevents libido. 
• Increases Yang energy and boosts immunity.

Natural Remedies to Slim Your Down Fast!

In my previous videos, I targeted different areas that can contribute to weight gain, from weak gut health, toxins overload, hormone imbalance, sleep deprivation, insufficient bile flow, parasites, belief system, emotional well-being, etc. In my recent video, I mentioned a few natural remedies for weight loss and detox. Here is one example.

Seaweeds are low in calories and fat, which makes them a healthy snack for weight loss. There is a natural fiber in seaweed called alginate, which inhibits the enzymes that digest fat, so less fat is absorbed by the body. This helps prevent weight gain. Seaweeds are a good source of fiber that helps reduce hunger and prolong fullness, therefore promoting weight loss. When your thyroid function is insufficient, it can contribute to weight gain. Seaweeds have a high concentration of iodine, which is a component of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4. The thyroid gland needs iodine to make these hormones. Iodine helps stimulate the thyroid gland and maintain a healthy metabolism. In addition, seaweeds contain the pigment that may help metabolize your body fat for energy. As I mentioned in my previous video that detox is critical for weight loss, and iodine is needed by the liver for the detoxification process. Seaweeds are rich in chlorophyll, a green pigment, which is a potent detoxifier that dumps waste and toxins out of the body. A study from McGill University in Canada indicated that seaweeds help remove radiation by-products, toxic heavy metals, and other environmental toxins from the body. They offer a broad range of detoxification.

Seaweeds are rich in lignans, which are phytoestrogens that are similar to estrogen. They mimic the functions performed by estrogen and reduce toxic environmental estrogen effects by displacing them from cells. lignans also inhibit estrogen production in fat cells. In postmenopausal women, fat tissue is a primary site for releasing estrogen, and high levels of certain estrogen metabolites are associated with breast cancer. In addition, lignans also behave like Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators that may slow the growth of cancer cells and reduce inflammation, which may help prevent breast cancer, cervical cancer, and other cancers. As I mentioned in my previous video, hormone imbalance is another cause of weight gain due to too many toxic xenohormones in the body that lead to hormone imbalance.

To learn more, please check my recent video.

Liver Rescue Remedies

As we know spring is the best time to nurture and rejuvenate your liver based on TCM, and I discussed this in my previous newsletter, there are many ways to support your liver health. Let’s talk about essential oils.

Here are some best essential oils for liver detox:

1.     Rosemary

2.     Turmeric

3.     Citrus oils

4.     Clove

5.     Grapefruit

6.     Helichrysum

7.     Geranrum

How to do it?

First, find one of the most important acupoints in the liver meridian called “Taichong” (LIV-3) on your feet. It is located on the top of the foot, in the dip where the big toe connects to the second toe. To find the acupoint, trace your thumb down the top of your foot, and let it rest in the dip between the big toe and the second toe. 

Blend with a carrier oil, apply it to the “Taichong” acupoint on both feet, and massage the oil into the spot.

Did you know that dandelion is one of the best herbs to help detoxify your liver and reduce gallstones in your gallbladder?

Dandelions are full of treasure, including flowers, leaves, stems, and roots. While it is considered to be a weed-like plant by many, the health benefits of dandelion are more than you might expect. The most medicinal part is the root. Dandelion greens are delicious in your salads. Dandelion flowers make excellent healing teas or add them to your salad. The bitterness in dandelion helps squeeze the liver to purge accumulated toxins out of the liver. Dandelion flowers help cleanse digestive tracts, lungs, uterus, and heart. Phytochemicals in dandelion leaves purify the blood and lymphatic system, which help relieve lymphoma, swollen lymph nodes, and edema. The dandelion herb also enhances your digestion and relieves stomach discomfort and acid reflux. some researchers proposed that dandelion’s anti-hyperglycemic, antioxidative, and anti-inflammatory properties may help treat type 2 diabetes.

Dandelion root tea is a simple yet effective way for improving your immune system, stimulating liver function, improving good digestion, relieve pain, and reduce swelling. You can use either fresh or dried dandelion roots for tea. Both work just as effectively at helping with digestion problems and reducing inflammation. Dandelion leaves can be mixed with other greens as a delicious and nutritious salad on your dinner table. Dandelions are some of the most nutritionally dense greens you can eat. They are far more nutritious than kale or spinach. They are also a good source of Vitamins C, A, and K. Dandelion greens are rich in potassium, giving them a strong diuretic quality as well as making them an excellent blood detoxifier. Dandelion flowers are sweet and crunchy and can be eaten raw, or breaded and fried.

Now, this nutritious weed is all over the world blooming, and it is free!

May Full Moon Astrology Predictions – Break Away from the Old Paradigm

The Full moon in May occurs on May 5^th in the Zodiac sign of Scorpio, which is also a lunar eclipse. It is called the Flower Moon because it reflects the changes taking place in nature. 

Numerology Significance

May 5^th represents two 5s. Interestingly enough, this full moon happens to occur at 14 degrees of Scorpio, which adds up to triple 5. Number 5 represents freedom and self-empowerment, which is much needed with the rising of Christ’s consciousness and the Age of Aquarius. Freedom and sovereignty are going to lead us to build a breakaway society that is based on unity, love, compassion, equality, and harmony. 

The Goddess of love Venus transits the curious sign Gemini from April 11^th to May 7^th, where action-speaking Mars already landed there. With Venus and Mars conjunction in the flirtatious Gemini, love is in the air! If you are single, an exciting love encounter may suddenly be eclipsed into your life, who brings excitement and enthusiasm.

This Scorpio full moon is a great time to work on yourself and gain access to hidden resources. Intuitive clues will help you find the right direction. During this period, your hip joints and the lower spine may be vulnerable. It is a good idea not to overload your legs and back. A new relationship could rise out of nowhere because of the Uranus aspect. This lunar eclipse is a great time to reboot your energy, release emotional and mental blocks that make you feel stuck and create space for new opportunities to come into your life. During a lunar eclipse, the energy of the moon is intensified, making it a powerful time for introspection and self-reflection. Your emotions and intuition can be heightened with Scorpio energy. Lunar eclipses can also bring about significant changes and shifts in our relationships because the moon is associated with our emotional selves. This lunar eclipse can help us heal emotional traumas in our relationships and provide an opportunity to address them. If your rising sign or moon sign is in Scorpio, this lunar eclipse can affect you significantly, you may experience grief or let go of something you hold onto for too long. You are meant to break away from the old emotional baggage that keeps you stuck, it is time to free yourself and create the new life you desire, only through the process of death and rebirth, we can move forward and upward in life. 

How are the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse going to impact the world at a large scale and our financial system? Please read more here.

How to Work with Plant Consciousness?

We are in a living matrix, every living thing processes consciousness as the factual expression of the Source. Even plants have a high degree of consciousness and have developed strategies to have the intelligence to survive in a changing world. Plants sense your emotions and thoughts before you even approach them, you are just not aware of their telepathic abilities.

Many people are aware of the amazing healing abilities of psychedelic herbs, especially when it comes to stress management and mental health, such as depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. You will not be able to fully embody their amazing healing power until you realize that you are communicating with another living being represented by plants. I am going to share two simple plants that possess magical healing power.

Magic Mushroom (Psilocybin)

Psilocybin mushrooms, magic mushrooms are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain psilocybin and/or psilocin. There are more than one hundred types of magic mushrooms with high psilocybin or psilocin content. Most magic mushrooms have distinguishing color characteristics. Psilocybins are mostly gilled mushrooms with black or purplish-brown spore prints and bluish flesh. The bluish trait is more dominant in magic mushrooms with high psychedelic potency. However, if the mushroom has bluish bruises but does not have purple-brownish to black spores, it is likely not psilocybin. Magic mushrooms have a very long and interesting history. Historical evidence suggests that psychedelic plants inspired our ancestors in arts and spirituality over thousands of years.
 
Magic Mushrooms can show us vision beyond our normal imagination. Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemicals in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-exploring plant medicine trip. Psychedelic herbs such as magic mushrooms can profoundly alter how we experience the world, which helps expand our consciousness and activate brain regions that are typically channeled during our dream state.  Because of their ability to temporarily create profound changes in our consciousness, and sometimes lasting changes in our psychological well-being, psychedelic herbs like magic mushrooms have given us the opportunities to go beyond our limited mind and create a masterpiece in our reality. Besides the positive impact on our consciousness, magic mushroom also provides a wide range of healing benefits.

What about other plants? Please read my blog.