Eco-friendly gardening and Chinese medicine share something in common: they both emphasize food as medicine to balance the body. Sustainable and organic form of gardening is a way of growing foods that can be used to heal and balance the body. Chinese medicine, on the … Continue reading
Bodywork Therapies And Their Applications In The Modern World
Bodywork is a blanket term used to describe a massive range of hundreds of natural therapies and medicines. They range from to meditation and yoga and other breathing techniques to massage and other types of manipulative therapies, and to Reiki and other forms of energy … Continue reading
Some Of The Benefits One Can Expect In Chinese Massage
The Chinese Massage is grounded on the theory of Chinese traditional medicine. It is a unique technique in which the therapist or masseuse applies pressure using the hands, feet, elbows, and arms, on the special points or areas of the client. It utilizes so many … Continue reading
Chinese Medicine And Autism
One of the most common brain development disorders is autism. These days, for every 166 child born, one will be diagnosed with some type of autism. Autistic children often suffer from auto immune problems and have weak immune systems. While autism is defined in conventional … Continue reading
The Medicinal Value Of Green Tea And Mushrooms
For those crazy about Chinese food, here is a good piece of news: Two Chinese dietary staples green tea and mushrooms have been found to possess chemicals that can kill breast cancer cells. In the International Journal of Cancer, a study was published that showed … Continue reading
Classifying Chinese Foods in Chinese Medicine
In Chinese medicine, a well balanced diet is roughly made up of 20 percent of each of the following five flavors or tastes: salty, spicy, bitter, sour, and sweet. The standard American diet is oftentimes improperly weighted with excessive amounts of sweet tastes and salt. … Continue reading
Chinese Nutritional Therapy For Athletes
Prevailing wisdom states nutrition for athletes should consider the specific sport they are preparing for. This is logical since athletic performance for activities based on strength, after all, entails various resources from the body besides endurance-based training.
But if you go past that conventional Western … Continue reading
Labor Acupressure Prepares The Baby And Mother For Very Safe, Painless, and Natural Birth
Developed in Asia more than 5,000 years ago, acupressure is an ancient healing art that deals with the flow of natural energy within the body and with the human body itself. Practitioners of this remedial technique consider the body as a system of energy that … Continue reading
The Many Uses of Acupuncture, Acupressure, and Other Alternative Means of Stimulation
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is an all-inclusive healthcare system that addresses chronic and acute diseases and disorders. It is widely believed to have originated in China more than 3,500 years ago. The philosophy of acupuncture, a healing art grounded on natural law, is to heal … Continue reading
Chinese Herbs That Can Address Kidney Yin or Yang Deficiency
According to Chinese medicine, the kidney is the organ in which the essence of the body is believed to reside. It is also related to the water element. These are the reasons why this organ is behind the excretion of toxins through the process of … Continue reading