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Summer – the Perfect Time to Cure Winter Illnesses
In Chinese Medicine, summer is the time to cleanse your body of all the illnesses you’ve accumulated during the long winter months. Chinese medicine expert Sun Si Miao once said: “Great doctors prevent illnesses that may happen in the future; Good doctors prevent the inevitable illnesses of the near future; Regular doctors treat illnesses that […]
Most of Your Problems will be Gone after Balancing Your Yin and Yang
The many living creatures on planet Earth all share one thing in common–their properties of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang can be understood as two opposing forces, two polar energies that exist interdependently. While one is right, the other is left; one up, the other down; and so forth. Yin and Yang characterize all […]
Women’s Issue (Gynecology) #3 – Liver Qi Stagnation
In the previous blogs, we talked about Women’s health issue #1 and #2. Here is #3. Women especially are sensitive to the pressure and demands of modern society, and the resulting stress is a cause of many health issues. Emotional burden, from a Chinese Medicine perspective, is the cause of liver-qi stagnation. Liver-qi stagnation, to […]
How to Keep Yourself Healthy During the Springtime
When the frost melts away and the cold disappears, animals wake from their sleep and life blooms everywhere. This kind of restoration occurs continuously during the springtime, and the vitality can be felt not only in nature, but in everyone’s body as well. This energy is better for our health than the best medicine, so we […]
An Exercise for Stronger Kidneys and Longevity
The kidneys, in addition to their normal blood purification functions, store the vital energy (essence) for the body. Vital energy is essential to life itself. To the degree that vital energy leaves the body, the body slowly dies. To the degree that vital energy increases in the body, the body thrives. Kidneys are vital to every other […]
How to Make the Best Use of Ginseng to Improve Your Energy
Typically, when a person would like to restore energy and feel revitalized, ginseng is the first choice of many. In fact, a popular method in consuming ginseng is to soak two sun-dried roots in liquor for about two months, so that all of the medicinal properties of the root will be transfer into the alcohol, and then […]