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The Backers And Detractors Of Alternative Medicine
The term “alternative medicine” is becoming a common by word nowadays. By alternative medicine, we mean the use of certain methods and practices for treatment other than conventional methods of treatments such as surgery and medications.Chinese medicine and the Ayurveda medical practice in India are Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis Who Discovered Asthma Hippocrates Or Galen
What is asthma? It is a chronic disorder of the lungs and affects a person through difficulty in breathing, coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, feeling a tight or heavy chest and unable to cope with demanding physical activities.
Although asthma may develop at any stage it generally starts early in life. Symptoms Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis What Does Turmeric Do For You And How Can It Protect Your Health?
What does turmeric do for you is an increasingly common question as we discover more and more about this super herb, and how it can potentially protect you from many common diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
It is the active ingredient, curcumin that has the health giving properties, as it Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis Deer Velvet Antler – A Natural Source Of Collagen
Deer velvet antler, the 2000-year-old Chinese Medicine, has been used for decades now by world athletes and informed health enthusiasts, and in recent times has fascinated scientists with its unique growth and healing characteristics. However, many may not be aware that velvet antler is also a rich natural source Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis Understanding Male Infertility Causes – The Underlying Reasons To Infertility In Men
When a couple is struggling to get conceived, many times people will think that it’s the woman’s fault. That’s not entirely true. Generally, one third of the time the fertility problem is in the woman, one third of the time is associated with male fertility, and the other third Read more…
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chinese acupressure TAT is a swift and powerful means of affecting Behavioral Change by changing negative emotions, past trauma, limiting beliefs and physical symptoms quickly, painlessly and very effectively. It frequently yields results where everything else has failed. You owe it to yourself to take a close look at it! It is one of the most effective Behavioral Change Therapies out Read more…
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chinese medicine diagnosis The Wonders Of The Mulberry Tree
Mulberry Trees evoke a love-hate response from their owners. They are great shade trees with beautiful shape, but their berries can either be a messy disaster for their owners or a wonderful delight.
The Mulberry or Morus is a genus of 10-16 species of deciduous trees native to warm subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe Read more…
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chinese acupressure Stress is a part and parcel of life and most of us have a flair of managing stress naturally. It is only when we lost control of how to control our stress level that we become depressed and suffered from anxiety disorder. In fact, the body’s natural relaxation response is a powerful antidote to stress. Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, visualization, progressive Read more…
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chinese acupressure Acupressure is an ancient Chinese art of healing that treat the body as an energy system. The healing is performed by unblocking energy centers located within the body and these centers are known as acupoints, which are located along energy pathways known as meridians.
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chinese medicine diagnosis How To Recognizing Infertility Signs
According to data from the Discovery, the couple had signs of infertility when she and her partner was not pregnant after a year of having sex with a normal frequency without contraception. Cause of infertility in women may be caused by hormone dysfunction, blocked fallopian tubes, endometrosis, cysts, or quality of sperm Read more…
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How to Use Herbs in Chinese Medicine: The Basics and Practical Guides (Journal of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture)
How to prepare herbal decoctions or tea, and when to take the herbal decoction may have significant influence on the ultimate treatment results. Each herb has its own features. These features illustrate how herbs act on the human body, and their therapeutic effects. It is critical to understand these features of herbs before using them. This issue emphasizes on the preparation of herbs, different formats of using herbs, and energies and tastes of herbs. More than ten different ways of using herbs are described. Interactions among herbs, and among herbs and foods, as well as precautions and contraindications in using herbs are also discussed.
Table of Contents
1. How to Use Herbs in Different Ways
2. How to Make Herbal Tea and Decoctions for the Best Effects
3. Different Energies of Herbs in Chinese Medicine: Cold and Hot Herbs
4. Spicy, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and Salty: Five Tastes of Chinese Herbs
5. Interactions, Precautions, and Contraindications in Using Chinese Herbs
Excerpts from "How to Use Herbs in Chinese Medicine: The Basics and Practical Guides":
“In Chinese medicine, herbal wine has been popular for thousands of years. Herbal wine can be made through soaking herbs in wine for some time to get certain effects. The wine can usually improve the effect of the herbs, such as for arthritis. It can be taken orally, or used externally….”
“Add water to the pot to submerge all the herbs. Soak the herbs for about 30 minutes before placing the pot on a fire.
Usually the properties of the herbs decide the amount of water to be added and the cooking time….”
“Incorrect applications of herbs on patients may cause severe problems and strong toxic effects. For example, using herbs of the hot nature on a patient with hot syndromes will only cause the disease even worse. Herbs are safe and effective only when they are used correctly with appropriate properties applied to the corresponding ailments….”
“Herbs with different tastes or flavors have different pharmacological and therapeutic effects. Here the “tastes” do not refer to their real tastes in the mouth, but indicate the actions they have on the human body….”
“Ancient Chinese medicine classics recorded many herb-herb interactions, precautions, and contraindications in the application of herbs. These include the eighteen incompatible medicinal herbs, and the nineteen mutual-restraining medicinal herbs….”
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Chinese Medicine Herbs
This booklet provides a basic overview of Chinese Medicine Herbs commonly used by Chinese Medicine practitioners. This book builds on the other Chinese Medicine Guys (CMG) books -- providing additional information to give a more complete picture of Chinese Medicine, its applications and benefits. The book presents a “Best of Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Herbs. The book also includes cross-references of English, Pharmaceutical and Chinese herb names, as well as a glossary of Chinese Medicine terms to better understand information presented. This book is intended for those lay people interested in expanding their knowledge of Chinese Medicine (for educational – not self-medicating purposes). The book is also a great teaching tool that can be used by Chinese medicine practitioners in educating their patients.
Author: Tom Haskins
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(2008-10-06)
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Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life
Simple, easy to use, and practical, this introduction connects the physical, emotional, and spiritual forces at work in our lives and provides a vital contribution to the field of mind-body medicine.
Author: Gail Reichstein
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This beautifully illustrated, full-color book explains the basic principles of Chinese medicine, the causes of disharmony in the body that lead to disease and the Chinese approach to diagnosis and treatment.