In the past two days, I’ve eaten things I regularly don’t. Stress, holidays, weakness, whatever.

Many people have no symptoms when they eat this way, because they have strong constitution, or because they’ve always eaten this way, but I am sensitive, so I feel:

• Listless
• Irritable
• Constipated
• Not hungry

To get this stuff (mostly cheese, some sugar) out, I’m using something called Ume-Sho-Kuzu, with a pickled umeboshi plum, shoyu (high quality soy sauce) and kuzu (aka kudzu, a white rock that comes mainly from Louisiana these days).

The energy of this medicine pulls out fat and oil, and revitalizes my digestive system, while it alkalinizes it.

Usually, 1-2 days of this plus some good eating (brown rice, miso soup, steamed veggies, beans) and especially good chewing, can set me straight.

For more information on Macrobiotics, go to Macropedia or Macrobiotics New England, or drop me a line at dayogaman@gmail.com