All Entries in the "Chinese Medicine" Category
Cupping Therapy for Common Ailments
Cupping therapy is the ancient Chinese method of using cups made from glass or plastic to create a vacuum to exert pressure causing blood to arrive at the site and assist in healing. Cupping therapy is targeted at the Chinese belief in Meridians and the body’s energy force or ‘Qi’. This alternative therapy, which is [...]
Chinese Healing Traditions And Their Application Today
It is important to remember that Chinese healing and traditional medicine, though viewed as ‘Alternative’ or ‘Complementary’ therapy in the Western world are actually the mainstream of medical care in the Oriental world or East Asia. Chinese healing relies on several diagnostic factors such as visual, tactile auditory and olfactory as well as case history [...]
Tai Chi For Fibromyalgia, Chinese Medicine For Cancer
Alternative treatments are now increasingly able to target and treat specific illnesses and conditions, either in conjunction with mainstream treatments or by themselves. According to this report, researchers have found that traditional Chinese medicine can increase effectiveness of cancer treatment. Huang Qin Tang is a formulation containing roots, fruit and other plant extracts that has [...]
Chinese Traditional Treatment for acne Sufferers
If you have acne, chances are you have tried a lot of different over the counter and even prescription medications and may met with varying degrees of success. On the other hand it may be that looking at the list of chemicals and artificial substances that make up the acne remedy, you may have been [...]
What Is Goji Berry And What Are Its Health Benefits?
The Goji Berry, also known as the Wolfberry is said to be one of the most nutrient dense food available and is also said to have many curative and medicinal properties. It is said that Chinese medicine has long relied on the Goji berry to cure a variety of ailments such as kidney, liver or [...]
Chinese Astrology – Energy And Balance For Body Healing
TCM or otherwise know as Traditional Chinese Medicine, is a practice of balance in the body. TCM has been a tradition in China for over two thousand years now. It has now rapidly spread across the world. TCM is maintained by being in control of your body balance and beyond. The life force that is [...]
What You Need To Know About Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is part of the alternative systems of medicine in the West, but is the standard of medicine in about half the world. TCM has within it practices like the well known (acupuncture and herbal medicine) and the less known like dietary therapy, tui na massage, qigong, and moxibustion (the burning of [...]
Acupuncture, Yin And Yang And Modern Medicine
The basis of Chinese medicine revolves around the basic principle of yin and yang which are two opposing energy forces that reside inside the body. Once the two forces are balanced then the body is able to achieve both wellness and health. One way to reach this balance is through the practice of acupuncture which [...]
