The Zhou Jing or Classic of Changes by Zhou. Part one.
The old oracle of Zhou (周). More than 25 years ago I remember seeing the "I Ching" for the first time through the bookshop window. I thought "mmm, the first chaeng” weird name for a book; I couldn't imagine at all that this old Chinese book would be one of my life’s...
Thomas Seyfried’s book “Cancer as a Metabolic Disease…”
Summer is usually the time to read some of the books that we label as 'pending' during the rest of the busy year. In Harmonia, this summer was the turn for a 2012 brilliant book written by Thomas Seyfried, a biochemical geneticist with more than 30 years of experience...
The use of Noni (international), Nuòlì (Chinese)… Morinda Citrifolia
Dr. Heinicke explains in this article the 'discovery' of the precursor of the a very important alkaloid, called pro-xeronine. Great discoveries usually happens when the investigator is looking for something else. In this case, Dr. Heinicke was studding bromelaine, an...
Bali: Villa Flow
Great boutique hotel and ready for taking care of the stressed travelers (I was when I visited this property). Kristin, the hotel manager is always available to help her customers and making all the activities (excursions, treatments, special requirements...) easy....
Apinia purpurata (Red Ginger)
Beautiful plant original from Malaysia but widespread in tropical countries. A close relative of ginger but, in terms of wellbeing, interesting because its vasodilator and anti-inflammatory effects. In Harmonia, we use red ginger in the kitchen as well at the Spa, as...
Chinese herbal tea for summer
If the weather is very hot and you perspire a lot, feeling constantly thirsty this is definitively your herbal tea. This herbal blend is quite famous thanks to its ability of calming the thirst, replenishing the fluids and ions lost because the perspiration. In other...
Food: escalivada
In my language - Catalan - the verb 'escalivar' means 'roasting (vegetables) in the embers' and we usually make 'escalivada' with tomatoes, onions, asparagus, aubergines and red peppers. Once roasted and peeled, we serve the escalivada with preserved anchovies and...
Mauritius I
Wanting to be left alone or being left alone?