It’s been said that timing is everything, and that may be particularly true when it comes to the body’s ability to fight off disease. Chinese and Western medicines both have a concept of a “body clock” with cycles of internal timing and regulation. New research published in the February issue of the journal Immunity shows that the success of our immune defense depends in part on our “body clock.” Continue reading
Chinese herbalists have been using bark, roots, seeds, and flowers to treat serious medical conditions for over 2,000 years. In modern times, pharmaceutical companies have made big money by isolating certain compounds from plants and replicating them synthetically. It is within this context that I want to highlight a new study from Harvard School of Dental Medicine that has isolated molecular properties in the Chinese herb Chang Shan, and found a use for it in treating auto-immune disorders like Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Continue reading
Chinese Medicine teaches us that stuck emotions affect our health just as much as unhealthy food or lack of exercise. Here’s a good reminder of how to cultivate happiness and get unstuck, from the Greater Good Science Center at UC … Continue reading
Whether you have low back, neck, or shoulder pain from sitting at the computer, or acute knee pain from pounding the pavement too hard, Tai Chi and Qi Gong are two systems of exercise that get your Qi and blood moving, with great benefits for physical and mental health and recovery from pain. Continue reading
Australia’s RMIT University has made a short video explaining the basics of acupuncture theory. Continue reading
Acupuncture can do wonders for pain – both acute and chronic. It both eases the pain and helps you bring greater awareness to your body as a whole entity. Your acupuncturist can’t be there in the middle of the night, however, or at your desk at work, or at your dinner table. This approach has helped many people deal with pain in a healthy way, no pills required! Continue reading
Acupuncture reduces protein linked to stress in first of its kind animal study. More news on the possible mechanisms of acupuncture! A researcher at Georgetown University Medical Center has found molecular evidence of acupuncture’s ability to reduce stress by lowering … Continue reading
Are you falling asleep easily? Are you staying asleep? Do you have dreams that wake you up? Do you feel refreshed in the morning? Acupuncturists will always ask you about your sleep because it gives us insight into your body’s … Continue reading
When you go to an acupuncturist, they will inevitably ask you if you have any food cravings. The idea is not to shame you or find out about your “guilty pleasures”. In Chinese medicine, the nature of your cravings is diagnostic – it helps us understand where your imbalances are. Continue reading
Since we’ve all just recovered from the Thanksgiving Turkey, only to gear up for the Christmas Goose/Chanukah brisket, I thought I’d share this very important book with you. The China Study tells the story of T. Colin Campbell, PhD, a … Continue reading
Traditional Chinese Medicine is often used to address various menstrual and reproductive issues, such as PMS, painful periods, irregular periods, excessive bleeding, PCOS, and a host of other issues. A lot of people have heard that TCM can improve fertility in … Continue reading
Researchers from University of Alberta have published a study in the journal Pediatrics that looks at data from around the world, collected over a span of 60 years. They find that acupuncture is safe for children, concluding that most of … Continue reading
If you know anyone who has battled lung cancer, you know that one of the biggest obstacles to survival is the fact that people are often diagnosed in later stages of the cancer. One reason for this trend is that … Continue reading
One of the main tenets of Chinese Medicine is that our emotions play a role in our health and physical functioning. In the last few decades, Western science has begun to understand this idea in a number of ways, whether … Continue reading
How does acupuncture work? Yes, acupuncture needles manipulate qi flowing in meridians to balance the body, but what does that mean in our modern physiological understanding of the body? This is a question that the scientific community has not been … Continue reading
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