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Chinese Herbal Medicine Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about Chinese herbal medicine including: What is it good for? How do I take it? Is it safe to take? How do I find a practitioner?
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Chinese Herbs and Food Safety
In the wake of the pet food recall, concerns about contaminated Chinese foodstuffs extend to herbal formulas and supplements. How to be sure what you are taking is safe.
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Chinese Herbs for Hypertension
Combining TCM dietary recommendations and herbal formulas can lower blood pressure. Seaweed, mung beans and hawthorn fruit are part of natural treatment for hypertension.
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Chinese Herbs for Uterine Fibroids
Fibroid growths in the uterus can cause infertility, pain, urinary incontinence and heavy bleeding. Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine reduces fibroids in many cases.
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Chinese Herbs May Help Lower Cholesterol
Given increasing concerns over the side effects of some cholesterol medications, Traditional Chinese Medicine may offer safer options for those with high cholesterol.
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Manage Diabetes With Chinese Herbs
Ancient Chinese medicine helping diabetics manage disease. Modern science confirms that TCM herbs aid in controlling blood sugar levels and lowering high blood pressure.
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Treating Cancer With Chinese Herbs
Why it is so difficult to quantify the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in cancer management. Learn about types of Chinese herbs used in treating cancers.
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Chinese Medicine and Canine Anxiety
Traditional Chinese Medicine views fear and anxiety differently than western medicine does, using diet, herbs and acupressure to calm nervous animals.
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Natural Healing
Alternative health for healing naturally through Energy Healing and Holistic Medicine
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Traditional Chinese Medicine and ADHD
As concerns grow regarding side effects of medication, especially in children with ADHD, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine offers alternatives in managing the disorder
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Chinese Medicine Helps Menopause
Insomnia, night sweats, hot flashes, depression and other symptoms of menopause are eased without Hormone Replacement Therapy's side effects. TCM provides an alternative.
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San Francisco's Other Chinatown
For an authentic San Francisco experience, visit Clement Street in the Richmond District.
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Ginseng- Prized Herb of the Orient
Of the several thousand medicinals in the Chinese herbal pharmacopoeia, ginseng is considered to be the most valuable for its vitalizing and restorative powers. "The Magic Rejuvenation Herb", "The King of Myriad Medicines" and "Herbal Panacea" are some of the labels ginseng has been given throughout its long history of use.
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Natural Hair Loss Remedies
Natural hair loss remedies are often as close as your kitchen pantry. These remedies are inexpensive, readily available, and have few, if any, side effects.
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TCM Uses For The Herb Dong Quai
Women suffering from menopausal or PMS symptoms may take dong quai. This Chinese herb may also help with heart disease, anemia, high blood pressure, abscesses or ulcers.
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Botanicals May Contain Acid That Causes Kidney Damage, Cancer
Aristolochic acid—a plant derivative commonly used in “traditional medicines” and botanical products—has been linked to kidney damage and various cancers, particularly those found in the urinary tract. Thus, after an FDA investigation revealed the presence of the acid in 18 products being sold in the United States, the agency has renewed warnings to consumers to avoid the dangerous ingredient.
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Chinese Herbal Treatment for Malaria
Resistant forms of malaria have resulted in the medical community utilizing a Traditional Chinese medical herb, Qing Hao, as key ingredient to fight malarial infections.
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Chrysanthemum Flower Chinese Tea
When summer heat and allergies bring sinus congestion and eye irritation chrysanthemum tea can help. It may also counteract some of the effects of VDT exposure.
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Finding a Good Chinese Herbalist
Ready to try Traditional Chinese Medicine? Where and how to start looking for a Chinese herbalist and what to expect from a first appointment.
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Immune Infertility
The latest scientific research into the immune system and its link with infertility.
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The Study's Over. It's Time To Call It A Night.
Participating in a medical study can be hopeful - especially if you think you didn't get a placebo. But what happens when it's over? : > ?
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Acupuncture and Infertility
As studies have rolled in over the years praising the benefits of acupuncture for infertility, many couples who have difficulty conceiving have taken to the practice.
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Acupuncture Effective in Dogs
Acupuncture, the insertion of thin needles into various points on the body, may significantly restore or maintain the mind, body, and spirit balance in your dog.
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Chinese Medicine For Your Dog
If western veterinary care is not working for your dog consider Traditional Chinese Medicine. A combination of herbs, acupuncture and massage may be just what is needed.
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Chinese Methods for Weight Loss
Optimizing weight loss using herbs and a food system developed over centuries. Why Traditional Chinese Herbalists don't expect the latest fad diets to work for everyone.
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Fight Aging with Rhodiola
From Siberia comes the perennial plant called Rhodiola rosea, the root of which has been used by Russians for hundreds of years to ward off the effects of growing older.
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Stuff That Looks Like Dandelions
Dandelions are ubiquitous, but they aren’t alone out there. A variety of wildflowers look like dandelions, but the differences are easy enough to spot.
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Acupuncture Frequently Asked Questions
Answers some of the common questions about acupuncture including: What is acupuncture good for? What's involved in having an acupuncture treament? How many treatments will I need? Does it hurt? How do I find a practitioner?
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Alopecia Areata
The autoimmune condition alopecia areata, including its symptoms, incidence, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Essential Singapore
Detailing arguably the best hotel in Singapore plus what to see in this viubrant Asian city where east meets west in the very best possible way.
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Healing and the Martial Arts: a Book Review
A book review of "A Tooth From The Tiger's Mouth," a book covering Chinese healing methods as used by doctors and martial artists in the East.
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Healing Herbs
Herbs are a mainstay in landscapes. Often these are planted in decorative herb gardens. But they can also be featured in other garden areas, including perennial beds and borders. Traditionaly, a number of herbs have been used for healing.
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Lesser Known TCM Techniques (part 3)
This article on moxibustion is the last in a series that discusses several frequently used but not well known TCM techniques. Also, read how as a TCM student back in the late 1980's, the author was nearly arrested after using this technique.
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Tasty Taiwanese Food
Answer: What is Taiwanese food? Question: if you were stranded on an island, which cuisine would you choose to bring?
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The Alexander Technique and Me - One Student's Experience
How lessons in the Alexander Technique helped an accident victim with her recovery and with her fybromalgia.
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