Vibrant Health & Healing | Marian Buck Murray

Green, Beautiful Green

August 12, 2011 by Marian Buck-Murray Leave a Comment

Basil in ball jar

I’ve always loved green. It’s been my favorite color since I was a little girl. I used to ask for green soda on my birthday. Now, thankfully, instead of green soda, I favor green drinks and green tea.

Click on this quick little flick I made to celebrate green.

Green is so many things.

Green foods are nourishing to fortify our bodies.

Green tea is loaded with antioxidants to boost immunity.

Green drinks are alkalizing to clear minds and lift energy.

Green seaweed is detoxifying, to clear the funky muck that clogs us.

Green scenes are peaceful, bringing us calm.

Green, beautiful green. It feeds us, cleans us, shades us, cools us, fuels us, protects us. Enjoy some green today.

What’s your favorite green?

Be Well,

Marian

Nourish Your Body-Mind, Transform Your Life

Easy Flow

July 18, 2011 by Marian Buck-Murray 2 Comments

Water flowing at NJ's Hacklebarney State Park. — Water flowing at NJ’s Hacklebarney State Park.

Look anywhere in nature to see continual flow. Nourishment flows ground-up to reach the tippy top leaves on a tree. Water flows down from heavy clouds to nourish the ground below. Rivers and brooks flow through pathways of rocks and roots to nourish wider waters beyond.

Nature’s flow is easy. Knows where it’s going.

Digestive flow is meant to be easy. Flow just happens, easily, when pathways are strong and clear. And, just as in outdoors, when pathways are blocked or weakened, flow is stopped, disrupted. Sometimes it runs out of control.

The message, really, is quite simple. To strengthen digestive flow, go back to nature.

An organic plant-based diet will give you the vitamins, minerals, and fiber crucial for optimal digestive flow.

Naturally fermented foods, such as sauerkraut and kimchi, will empower your digestion with enzymes and probiotics.

Clean, clear water will carry the flow of nourishment, and clear the path to ease the flow.

Yoga, deep breathing, and walks in Nature will soothe and strengthen the flow.

In a nutshell. Pure foods and easy movement for easy natural flow.

Contact me for guidance in harnessing your own easy flow.

Where do you see flow in Nature? Post your questions and comments below.

Be Well,

Marian

Nourish Your Body-Mind, Transform Your Life

Amazing Chlorella

April 18, 2011 by Marian Buck-Murray Leave a Comment

I recently started taking chlorella on a daily basis. I’ve taken it in the past, but never regularly.

I can’t remember exactly what got me started – I think it was the combination of a healer telling me I should cleanse my liver along with a simultaneous chlorella sale on Mercola.com.

Anyway, I’m now taking 15 chlorella tablets a day. This may seem like a lot, but they’re tiny little pills. Very easy to swallow. I take 5 at a time, three times a day.

I’ve been doing this for about a month now. And I’ve noticed a huge difference in my energy, my clarity, and my skin. My skin especially, has gotten so much softer, clearer, and luminous.

And this of course, makes total sense – given the magnificence of this tiny little substance.

Chlorella is single-cell water algae known for its ability to purify blood and detoxify the body of heavy metals such as mercury. It’s considered a complete protein, and is a source of B-vitamins. Chlorella is highly alkalizing, promotes beneficial gut flora, aids digestion, and helps to eliminate fungus. It’s also known to lower both blood sugar and blood pressure.

And, that’s not all. Chlorella promotes tissue growth and repair.

No wonder I feel so good!

If you try chlorella, be sure to look for ‘broken cell wall’ chlorella. The cell membrane is indigestible and must be ‘broken’ in order to release the miraculous goodness inside.

I like Dr. Mercola’s brand, available at mercola.com. Any health food store should have a nice selection.

It’s definitely worth a try.

Happy Spring Cleaning!

Marian

Clear Congestion with the Mighty Daikon

January 4, 2011 by Marian Buck-Murray 2 Comments

I caught a little cold over the holidays. Alas, all the holiday fare knocked out my immunity. (I tend to be a slight bit more sensitive than the average soul) My trusty friend Ume (umeboshi plum) helped me enormously, but I was left with considerable congestion.

Luckily, I had recently bought an enormous daikon radish at a Chinese Market near my home. Although I love daikon radish, I don’t use it very often. Daikon is smelly. As soon as you cut into it, shred it, or cook it, it releases its sulfur-like aroma. No one in my family likes the smell. So, I don’t use it often.

However, Daikon is FABULOUS for clearing out sinuses. (It’s a also a good digestive.) In Chinese Medicine, pungent vegetables such as daikon, garlic, horseradish, and onion are used to break up and dissolve phlegm. Grapefruit and orange rind are also very effective.

Here’s a quick recipe for Daikon Clearing Tea. It works! I drank the tea, ate the shredded radish, and my congestion cleared away within no time.

Daikon Clearing Tea

½ daikon radish, shredded

3-4 cups filtered water

Zest of ½ – 1 lemon

Dash of soy sauce to taste.

1. Put shredded daikon radish, lemon peel, and water into a medium sauce pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

2. Pour tea through a strainer into a glass or mug. Add soy sauce to taste.

3. Leave any remaining tea/daikon mixture on stove for later use.

4. Eat remaining cooked daikon radish.

Enjoy this beautiful New Year.

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My friend Ume (u-mee)

December 15, 2010 by Marian Buck-Murray 1 Comment

Umeboshi plum paste, kudzu root and ginger make the ultimate winter power remedy.

It’s that time again. Ume (U-mee) time. Parties, cold weather, and seasonal change all weaken immunity. That’s why, when I wake up in the morning with the unmistakable signs of a cold, I immediately go for ume. I always have a stash in my cupboard.

Ume, short for Umeboshi Plum Paste, is my all-powerful weapon against colds, fatigue, and holiday over-doing.

Just a few years ago, when my immunity was completely shot from years of illness, I got colds ALL THE TIME. My husband always joked that I’m the sickest healthiest person he knows. Or was it the healthiest sick person. Anyway, not a compliment I like.

And then, I discovered my friend Ume. The remedy I have for you is a totally amazing funk-zapper. I honestly cannot count the number of times it has saved me. In fact, it is verboten in my house to EVER run out of the ingredients.

Umeboshi Plum Paste is made from fermented umeboshi plums. It is very sour , very salty. For centuries, it has been used medicinally in Japan. During the Samurai period, it was a soldier’s most cherished field ration.

Each ingredient in the Ume-Kudzu remedy has its own power. Antibacterial and alkalizing, umeboshi is the perfect system purifier and disinfectant. Powdered kudzu root is also very alkalizing, and soothes digestion. The ginger is warming, stimulates digestion and circulation, and promotes systemic cleansing. The soy sauce brings the flavors together.

And, if by chance, you do run out of kudzu, ginger, and soy, you can always do a dab of Ume. Just a teaspoon or so will help re-alkalize your system after too much of anything.

Ume-Kudzu

Good for relieving, overindulgence of sweets, acid indigestion, colds, diarrhea, headache, stomach pains, fever.

1 ¼ cups water
1 teaspoon umeboshi paste
1 ½ tablespoons kudzu powder (thickens like cornstarch)
1 tsp. soy sauce
Juice from 1 tablespoon grated ginger

Combine 1 cup water and umeboshi in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Dissolve kudzu in remaining ¼ cup cold water. Add to saucepan and stir constantly while returning to a boil. Reduce heat to low, stir in soy sauce and ginger. Simmer 1 minute, stirring constantly. Allow to cool to body temperature. Sip throughout the day.

Marian

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