Qi-Gong (also spelled Ch’i Kung) is a powerful system of healing and energy medicine from China. It is the art and science of using breathing techniques, gentle movement, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate the life energy (qi). Qigong…
Spring has finally come! In TCM the Wood/Liver energy is predominant in Spring as it rises upward and outward. You can observe plants rising up and out of the ground and trees budding. When the liver is working smoothly, we…
HOW CAN CHINESE MEDICINE HELP? In TCM diabetes is described as xiao-ke syndrome which means “wasting and thirsting” or what is known as diabetic exhaustion. The more modern term, tang-niao-bing, means “sugar urine illness.” TCM focuses on three parts of the…
HOW CAN CHINESE MEDICINE HELP? The Chinese wrote about Type I Diabetes as early as the 3rd Century. Type I Diabetes was described as “wasting and thirsting” disorder, meaning loss of weight, increased urination and increased desire for drinking fluids.…
Please take a moment to read this very interesting article from The Epoch Times featuring perspectives from Western and Chinese medicine in preventing recurrent miscarriages. Click here to view the article
There are two types of Chinese Medicine practices, one called Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which is based on the organ systems and external factors. The other practice is called Five Element based on five aspects of nature that are wood,…
Influenza Facts Annually, influenza is blamed for approximately 36,000 deaths and 114,000 hospitalizations in adults in the US. People are contagious for 1 – 4 days before the onset of symptoms and up to 5 days after the first symptoms.…
In TCM the element of Earth is represented by the Spleen & Stomach organs which also includes the pancreas. The season that best represents Earth is late summer or “Indian Summer”. All of these organs are essential for the digestive…
On September 22, 2014 the Autumn Equinox or transition from Summer to Fall will be upon us. Fall is the beginning of the yin cycle when the daylight lasts less than twelve hours. We breath in the crisp air of…
In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2012, researchers led by Andrew Vickers, an epidemiologist and biostatistician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, report that acupuncture is effective in reducing people’s chronic pain more so than…