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Psoriasis is a skin disease characterized by itchy and red patches that become covered with loose and silvery scales. This condition may acute, chronic and mild. The eruptions appear most often on the scalp, forearms, elbows, knees, and legs. It may also occur on the chest, abdomen, back, and soles of thee feet.
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Posted by admin on Aug 29, 2010 in
chinese medicine diagnosis Do dreams carry any meaning? Does it tell you something about the future? What do dreams mean, especially recurring bad ones? What about pleasant dreams or scarry dreams?
I get asked this quite a bit but I am of not much help as this is not something that I am familiar with. In fact intepretating dreams is a separate skill by itself.
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Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2010 in
chinese medicine diagnosis Interrelationships of Organs
This article shows the reader how to understand these different relationships. Please refer to the table at the end of the article.
Each organ interrelates with a number of other organs.
Similar function
Organ proximity
Channel Proximity
5 Element – Sheng Cycle relationship
Mother and son relationship
5 Element Ko cycle relationship
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chinese medicine diagnosis Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a system of diagnosis and health care that has evolved over the last 3000 years. The Chinese approach to understanding the human body is unique. It is based on the holistic concept of the universe outlined in the spiritual insights of Daoism, and it has produced a highly sophisticated set of practices designed to cure illness Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis So, what is a meridian anyway? This is one of the first questions students of Chinese medicine want to understand. Simply put, a meridian is an ‘energy highway’ in the human body. Qi (chee) energy flows through this meridian or energy highway, accessing all party of the body. Meridians can be mapped throughout the body; they flow within the body and not on the surface, Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis “Simple Chinese Medicine: A Beginner’s Guide To Natural Healing & Well-Being” by Dr. Aihan Kuhn is a very good introductory text on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which also provides some very good information regarding healthy living. After reading Dr. Kuhn’s biography, one recognizes her credentials for writing such a book, and after reading the book, one recognizes Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis The immune system is a complicated system that requires many different areas of the body to be functioning healthy. It has two primary functions:
1) protect the body from pathogens, and
2) fight infections when the body is invaded by an external pathogen. This, of course, also includes cancer, although cancer is not technically speaking an invasion of a pathogen Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis As you might guess, Chinese medicine takes a much more holistic approach to diagnosis and treatment. Facial analysis is something you will not find in your doctors office, but is an important element of the Chinese doctrine.
Face Reading is a very ancient practice that dates back to the time of Confucius. It has been used as an aid in Classical Chinese Medicine to Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis In Oriental medicine, a well balanced diet is comprised of roughly 20% of each of the following five tastes (or flavors): sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty. The typical American diet tends to be improperly weighted with too many salty and sweet tastes. You might ask: why does this matter? Oriental medicine, also known as Chinese medicine, is a health system based Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis Acupuncture is really a prehistoric Chinese method of recovering pain and dealing with distinct conditions by inserting needles into several components in the system. In accordance with Chinese philosophy, sickness and pain happen due to an imbalance involving two principal forces of character acknowledged as yin and yang. The Chinese trust that acupuncture refreshes Read more…
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