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It’s a beautiful, sunny Saturday. Recent rains have dissipated much of the humidity in the air, making the weather warm […]

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

According to Chinese medicine, we are now in peak Spleen time. This is the time of year, often referred to

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

Welcome to the second edition of the Waayyy Behind Book Club, where I talk about the books I’ve been reading

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

I joined a writing class recently, and one of the exercises was to take a decade of your life and

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

Right now, in the middle of a heat wave, it is pleasant to look up into the dark, night-time sky

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

A few weeks ago, I had an unfortunate accident. It was a minor one, and a silly one, really, but

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

Introducing the Waayyy Behind Book Club! Inspired by a book-crazy friend of mine, I thought I’d post every month about

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

On a lovely summer’s day last week, my son and his girlfriend finally graduated from university. I say ‘finally’ because,

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

Our herbal monograph of the month is Chinese gentian, the main ingredient in our Chinese Bitters tincture. There are many

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.

It’s been difficult for me to talk about Julia’s decline and death. For the last few months, I have felt

About the author: Rebecca Wong has an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She has received her training in acupuncture and herbalism from respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, and Michael Tierra at the East West Herb School in California.