Traditional Chinese Medicine in Cleveland considers Candidiasis as a symptom of underlying dampness. According to Ayurvedic therapy, things that have a sweet taste can cause dampness. It believes that dampness contributes to coldness, because when your shirt gets wet on a cold day, you’re highly likely to freeze. If sweetness promotes dampness, sugar allows yeast to thrive, and since yeast is a damp condition, then it is only a good idea to not only avoid … Continue reading
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Pain And Injury In Chinese Sports Medicine
Both the Chinese and Western medicine way of examining a sports injury, like a strain or sprain, may on the surface seem very similar, but when they are carefully observed, they actually are quite different.
The movement of blood and vital energy (qi) in a specific part of the body may be influenced by some impact or force exerted on the body. This impact may be due to a fall and may result in a … Continue reading
Tui Na Massage Makes You Feel Enlivened, Happy, And Re-Energized
The ancient healing art of Tui Na massage has been an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Overland Park for the past four millennia.
The term Tui Na is derived from two Chinese words, Tui which means “to push” and Na, which means “to grasp”. It is used as treatment for conditions that in western medicine would normally require an osteopath, chiropractor, or a physiotherapist.
While Tui Na usually works on the joints and … Continue reading
How To Cook And Serve The Highly Nutritious Chinese Taro The Traditional Chinese Way
Long a staple in traditional, Chinese cooking Chinese taro has been used in a variety of ways and is valued for the nutrients and vitamins it supplies and exceptional taste. A lot of street vendors, in fact, sell Chinese taro because it is so easy and quick to prepare. After including this delectable morsel in your cooking, you’ll soon understand how despite eating so eat so well, the Chinese manage to stay so thin.
Even … Continue reading
Falun Gong Can Help Prevent A Person From Relapsing In Addiction
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, is a traditional Chinese “cultivation system” or spiritual movement. This practice was first introduced in 1992 in China by Li Hongzhi. It was labeled a “heretical” practice and banned by the communist Chinese government in 1999. There are several news accounts of thousands of Falun dafa practitioners being imprisoned, tortured, and even killed by the Chinese government.
In its espousal of absence of rituals in daily worship and greater … Continue reading
Tai Chi Can Be A Viable Treatment For Osteoporosis
In the treatment of osteoporosis treatment, the problem of bone mineral tissue loss must be addressed. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation of USA, people should address their osteoporosis issue through either non-pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical means.
The bone density of a person is usually determined with the use of X-ray absorptiomety examination. You will be diagnosed as having osteopenia if your score in this examination is between one and two and a half; on the … Continue reading
IBS And The Role Of The Spleen And Liver In Digestive Health
Founded on the idea of harmony and balance between yin and yang, Chinese medicine uses an approach to digestive health quite different from that of modern Western medicine. Chinese medicine states that the liver is where the blood is stored. It is the organ system that normalizes the level of blood in circulation. Therefore, for nourishment, the liver’s health relies on the adequacy of blood flowing in the body.
In addition, the spleen has also … Continue reading
Chi Nei Tsang To Boost The Flow Of Energy Throughout Your Body Strengthen Your Core
Strengthening our center or core is what we hear a lot these days but what does this really mean? Well, what is our core, in the first place? Our core is our body’s center of gravity that’s situated in the area of stomach stretching from the navel to the pubic bone. Our center/core is an extremely important part of our body while the navel plays an integral role in our daily well being and health.… Continue reading
What is Cranial Sacral Massage Therapy?
The cranial-sacral system of our body is composed of the cerebrospinal fluid and membranes that wraps and shield the vertebrae and brain. The fluid that flows through the (CNS) is the cerebrospinal fluid. It travels over the dural tube found between the skull and brain. This fluid carries nutrients to structures in the nervous system and eliminates wastes from the brain and spinal cord. The cerebrospinal fluid is mainly responsible for the detoxification of the … Continue reading
Acupressure A Useful Treatment For Migraines And Headaches
For most practitioners, acupuncture is the best treatment for headaches, but they also believe that acupressure can be also a powerful treatment for headaches and one of its best features is that it is easy to learn and can be done safely at home. The differential patterns for the various types of headaches may depend on whatever organ system(s) is affected although almost always it is the Gallbladder meridian that’s affected.
The Gallbladder meridian is … Continue reading