Mother Nature's Acupuncture and Chinese HerbsWomen’s Issue (Gynecology) #3 – Liver Qi Stagnation
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 be clear, is when the Qi along the Liver Meridian is not produced or circulated well. [...]
Women’s Health Issue (Gynecology) #2 – Blood Stagnation
In the previous blog, we talked about Women’s health issue #1. Here is #2. In Chinese Medicine, Blood-Qi stagnation is a huge factor that causes a wide variety of illnesses and disorders, especially for women. The healthy, regular circulation of blood is crucial to women’s health, but is often times obstructed due to stress from [...]
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 [...]
80% of Gynecological Illnesses can be Treated with Regulation of Menstrual Cycle
80% of gynecological illnesses are caused by irregular menstrual cycles. If the menstrual cycle can be regulated, then many of these gynecological illnesses would disappear by themselves. Ignoring menstrual irregularities is not smart, as they may cause many unforeseen problems later on in life. Some common menstrual problems include menstrual cramps, bloating, headaches, spotting, back pain, and irregular [...]
Women’s Health Issue (Gynecology) #1 – Coldness
In the ancient times, women’s health was often a thorny issue in Chinese medicine, much like in Western Medicine not too long ago. Women were often reluctant to discuss their problems and lifestyles openly with male doctors, and because of this, could not get the most accurate diagnosis of their conditions. Although modern women are [...]
A Simple yet Critical Anti-Aging Exercise
After passing our middle age, many of us start to develop the following problems: hypertension, high blood sugar, heart problem, neck and back pain, insomnia, diabetes, prostatitis, arthritis, cold feet, etc. Many seniors will get dementia eventually. Is there any way to prevent/solve all these problems? The answer is yes and very simple, because all these issues [...]
The Top Three Panacea of Chinese Medicine
Many people have chronic illnesses with many symptoms; often, one feels pain from head to toe, almost as if there’s no painless spot on the body. Although many of these chronic illnesses aren’t too serious, they drag on and never seem to go away. At times, the symptoms may worsen, at other times they may disappear, causing [...]
Chinese Medicine’s Biggest Secret
Chinese Medicine, beyond treating individual cases of illness, was also used in ancient times to hinder the spread of infectious diseases. Not many people know this. So I call it the biggest secret. Let’s take malaria, for example. We know today that malaria is caused by a species of bacteria in the genus Plasmodium, which [...]
Foods with Yin Properties
This article is better to be read after our previous article “Most of Your Problems will be Gone after Balancing Your Yin and Yang”. The previous article tells us the importance of balancing our Yin and Yang. Today let me introduce some food with Yin properties. So, if you have too much Yang in your [...]
Foods with Yang Properties
This article is better to be read after our previous article “Most of Your Problems will be Gone after Balancing Your Yin and Yang”. The previous article tells us the importance of balancing our Yin and Yang. Today let me introduce some food with Yang properties. So, if you have too much Yin in your [...]
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 [...]
China’s Revered Anti-Aging Herb – Tuber of Multiflower Knotweed
In 812, a 56-year-old man by the name of He was pruning trees when two plants a few meters way apart suddenly caught his attention. He thought it was very strange that the vines of these plants were crossing each other not unlike a man and woman embracing each other in love. “There got to [...]
The Food You Eat can Change Your Personality
When a person’s Yin-Yang balance is off, it not only affects the physical health, but also affects one’s personality and emotional state. Generally, a person with Yang deficiency is nervous and easily frightened, always hesitant in their decisions. A person with Yin deficiency is irritable and impatient, with an inclination for bad temper. Those with [...]
Antibiotics and Children’s Health – Advice from from an Austin Acupuncturist
After providing treatments to many young children aged 3 to 12 years old, I feel the need to write something about children’s health. Although they have different complaints, the underlying reasons are related to a weak digestive system and the demand of nutrition during growth. When we think about children, think of the image of [...]